Baby #3

What a wonderful, blessed day we have had!! I am currently 18 weeks along and today was my first prenatal visit. We were scheduled for an exam and ultrasound and upon calling me back I learned that since I was well past my first trimester, the routine first visit ultrasound was not going to happen. Since mom had come along and so did Kenzie, I was a bit upset!! Turns out we were able to squeeze in after my exam and labs :) Kenzie thought that the gel on my belly was so awesome!! As we started I let everyone know that I thought we were having a boy. It was very obvious what we were having! This pregnancy has been very different with longer morning sickness, salt cravings, and back pain!! Garrett recorded come of the video as the baby was very active (changing position, raising his arms, yawning, making fists, ect.) It was really neat to watch! So, finally, after 2 years of struggling to get pregnant, we are expecting a sweet baby boy November 1st, 2015!! To continue our ritual, we went to Buy Buy Baby and got some cute outfits and mom bought another outfit and some blankets, followed by a delicious lunch at Portillos!!

Fourth of July Fun!

The girls and I headed up to Flagstaff for a week of cool weather and camping with Grandma Vickie. We enjoyed the rain, walks, games, and Kenzie loved riding her bike around the campground. She found an older couple who had 3 dogs and she made sure to stop by and visit multiple times a day! We also drove into Flagstaff where we saw Despicable Me 2 which was awesome. Dad and Garrett drove up enjoyed the rest of the week with us. For the fourth, we went and visited Walnut Canyon. What a cool place to see as it pertains to the Arizona history that I teach my 4th graders about! We then headed to Winslow where we watched fireworks and played games!

WHoa!!

Umm, well, no excuse for my lack of posting. It seems like as a working mom trying to find the time to get everything done is a struggle. Sooo.... from last August, too much has happened to recap. MAckenzie started 1st grade in Miss Sepulvada's class. She really enjoyed it and made some friends like Curry, and girls from her girl scout troop that she was a part of! Paige had another year at the ECC and loved her teacher Ms.Blanca and Ms.T. Her friends that she saw each morning when I dropped her was Jax Shea, and Jackson. I taught another year of 4th grade. This year was a real struggle and lots of different personalities in my room. I will try to find pictures to recap all that has gone on....

Winslow Trip

In light of Brett and Laura's wedding we decided to get the family together for some fun. We brought up our kayak and brought out the Boy Scout's canoes to go up the creek. I think this was the first time in almost a year that we had all the siblings together. It was a super fun trip that completely wore everyone out! We stopped and bought Subway to pack for lunch, and then paddled up the creek. I took the kayak first but could not keep up with the canoes that had 2 or more paddling so I swapped places with Chris. We saw some cool petroglyphs and the pump house that was used to supply water to Winslow. Garrett brought his scuba masks and his spear pole he made to spear some fish! Saturday was the wedding which looked great! The ceremony was short and sweet, and they had delicious food!! Sunday, we got woken up by Gary calling to tell us to get dressed and head down to the train for a special BNSF commemorative ride. We scrambled out of the house in 15 minutes and boarded the train. That was my first time riding a train! As well as the girls and it was special to know that Grandpa was driving it! Here are the pictures from our weekend!!

She was such a great assistant to the photographer :)

Hardy Family Picture

Oh yah, having fun with the train whistle!

The Harvey Girls from the train ride

End of First Grade

This first grade year has flown by. Kenzie enjoyed her teacher Miss Sepulveda and her class for the most part. It seemed that she bounced between her friends and enjoyed playing with them all. She was a Daisy girl scout and sold cookies this year for her troop to raise money. She would come to my room after school and dreaded when I had crosswalk duty. She loved to visit the other 4th grade teachers and mooch fun treasure box surprises from them! Shannon always was sweet to her and made her feel special! She also loved to get into some students' desks and use their supplies to complete her homework. When I would tutor Madisen, she loved to take her sister KK candy when we would meet them outside. She also loved playing with them both! She went on a fun field trip this year to the World Wildlife Zoo!! Here are some pictures from her end of year party!!

Kenzie and KK enjoying Otter Pops

Ella pulling Kenzie along in the 3 legged race :)

Teacher's Corner Night

As a fundraiser for the school, I raffled off a Movie night in the park for a student and five friends. I tried to get the other 4th grade teachers in on it, however, it always turns into too much drama, so I did my own thing! There was also a golfing day where more raffle tickets could be purchased, and I heard from a participant that my prize was really popular and talked about. It was pretty cool to have that many kids be able to come... My new students this year, Lauren, was drawn! We had a great time and Garrett was such a huge help getting it set up!! Here are some pictures from the fun night :)