Smithsonians

Yesterday was my first day as a substitute teacher. Well, first day in 13 years. I was also asked to sub for Mrs. Jackson today. Yesterda...

I have been after Maysen for awhile now to tell me what kind of cake she wants. Today, she sent me an e-mail with the following choices. I...

Today I went to pick the kids up from school. Just like every other day. As I turned off the main street, I noticed three police men running...

I have now finished the Parry Post! Yea! As soon as I can figure out how to get it into a PDF, I will send it out. It is more complicated...

Jorja had Family Home Evening this week. She gave a lesson on the Holy Ghost yesterday, then today she wanted to sponge skate. This time all...

While checking Maysen's backpack, I noticed her school pictures. They take your pictures first, and then you pay later. If I fork over...

I snapped a picture of Maysen in bed for the night. Notice her beautiful blue blanket? She loves it. She carried it around most of the day t...

Maysen got a new blanket from Grandma Parry today! She is so happy . Maysen picked out the fabric when we were in Idaho over the summer. T...

Stockton's teacher was telling me a story today. Classic Stockton. The intern was in the front of the class working on a difficult math ...

I am a dragon lover I wonder who else believes in these creatures I hear their voices in my ears I see them when I sleep I want to write sto...

Jorja is in the bumblebee class for the first grade garden. The other classes are frogs, caterpillars, butterflies, etc. Jorja drew this bum...

After school today, we went to Sparkles. That is the skating rink $1.00 on Mondays. Maysen and Stockton usually have a great time skating ar...

Last November, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland came and spoke to our stake. It was a wonderful experience to hear him speak in person. He talked ab...

Warning!!!! This entry has a ton of pictures!!! Mike got up early this morning to do some flood cleanup. He even got a cool yellow shirt for...

Stockton has been working on his Native American project for school. He was assigned the Kwakiutl tribe. Stockton and Mike made a plank ho...

The boil alert has been lifted! We no longer have to boil water. It wasn't too bad. The hardest was using pre-boiled water for brushing ...

School has been cancelled for the rest of the week, much to the delight of Stockton and Maysen. Poor Jorja loves school. Today was a relaxi...

We had so much fun with our rain day yesterday that I didn't pay much attention to what was really going on. Man is it crazy out there! ...

It's a snow day! Well, really it's a rain day. It rained so hard last night. Mike opened the windows so we could listen to the thund...

Today was our Primary Program. I am the secretary in the primary, but I have also been doing the music. I am so glad to have the program o...

I was so excited to watch the BYU/Florida St. game tonight. Especially when I discovered we had Versus. I had no idea we had that station....

Mike had a wonderful plan to take the girls to see Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs tonight. We have two different theaters, each are abo...

If your teacher asks a question you don't know, raise your hand, wave it & kinda go "ohh,ohh!" Don't be the first per...

At Maysen's school's open house on Monday, they handed out a paper to sign if you wanted a conference with your child's teachers...

I usually try not to blog about what Mike does on his Time with Dad nights. But, this was way too cool to leave to his sorry neglected site...