Christmas break

Well Christmas went great! Christmas Eve we had family and the missionaries over for a traditional polish dinner, and it went over great everyone left full! Then Christmas day we went to my parents house for some traditional American food, left there stuffed too!
All in all a great couple of days, but if you ask my husband the best day was Saturday the 27th when we went out with the family to go shooting.
We all were able to shoot three guns, a .38 revolver, a Saiga Riffle, and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.
CJ has the holding of the riffle down but me on the other hand needs to work on it! I look very uncomfortable. I wish I had a picture though of me being Rambo with the gun on my hip and just blowing the heck out of the target!
Then we shot the pistol, I have a little more practice holding the smaller guns, because I have shot the .38 a couple times. But we had so much fun, and I love shooting, this might just mean I am going to let CJ get a gun!
This last picture is introducing Urban Safari Barbie!

Here Comes Santa Claus, Here Comes Santa Claus

First grade is an amazing time in a young kids mind and everything and anything you give or show to them they are simply amazed. Well now it is Christmas and we have been doing a ton of stuff to do with it, like connect the dots and coloring pages, oh and putting together decorations to give to mommies. All a ton of fun, but the most fun is when you bring good ole Saint Nick to a first grade pod and let him read a story to them.
Now this was an exciting event one that included all the first grade classes and a great elf/ Mrs. Claus. Santa of course read Twas The Night Before Christmas. He was bombarded by questions such as "Where is Rudolf? Where are the Reindeer? Where are the Elves?" Santa did an awesome job of answering the question and the kids ate it like the best Cheesecake in the world.
Then at the end the students lined up one by one and received a candy cane and a great hug!

To you and your Kin

So it has been a month and really not to much has happened. Father-in-law got into an accident and not mobile yet, but he has determination and will be moving soon! Hubby is done with first semester of nursing school and is well still loving it. I am almost done with my second semester teaching and well it has been an incredible journey.
I think I need to take the time to thank our Heavenly Father for all the wonderful blessings that have brought CJ and I closer. Thankful for the stability we have in our jobs that has given us the ability to be stable in other areas of our lives. What an amazing part of the year! Merry Christmas to you and your family from CJ and I!

Halloween Teacher Style

Halloween is teacher style for right now until the "children" bless our lives. But I have some cute pictures from our school party. It was so much fun. The following pictures were from the Fall Festival, I was in charge of face painting, beards, pumpkins, and pretty much what ever was easier to paint.
The next pictures were from my class party the day of. The last picture are the winners of our class costume contest. The kids were so cute in their costumes. We had so much fun. We watched the Magic School Bus goes inside a Haunted Mansion, and the Magic School Bus goes Batty.

Sedona

FALL BREAK! This week I have a week off for fall break! I am so excited. So to start it off my mom, Summer, Jeremiah, and I went to Sedona Red Rock to go Hiking. It was so Beautiful. The tree's were in full change of season, with Lucius Beautiful RED, GREEN, YELLOW, and Orange leaves. We went through Jerome, which would have been great, but the newly licensed Sister was driving, a little scary. Then we stopped for great ice cream. Then off to the Red Rocks, which during the fall is something everyone should do.
We went to Crescent Moon Recreation Area and Red Rock Crossing. They have a lovely picnic area and hiking trail, which you can take across Oak Creek and up to Chapel Hill Rock. The hike was long but Beautiful in all, the trees tall and full of color.

This trail is very cool, about half way down is a rope swing and all of the kids took turns swinging
on it but not mom.
Even me!



















Then when we were finished hiking we went for a swim (not really), but we did go for a walk in the very cold water. It was very slippery, but I did really good, I walked across RAGGING WATER, and FIERCE WINDS, well it was windy and the water was flowing. It was alot of fun.

RIP Grandma Reynolds

Never in my life have I lost someone in my family that I was old enough to be emotional over. Well My step dad's mother has passed away. I know we didn''t know each other very well and we only saw her every couple years, but she was family. Now the long drawn out process of the funeral and legal issues.

But a flash back of Grandma Reynolds:
I remember the first time we went out to see her in LA, we actually stayed at my Great Grandma's house. I remember meeting Aunt Shannon and all my cousins, I remember putting way to much pepper on my spaghetti and I had to eat all.
I remember building a card house. I think we have a picture of us. I remember we got pulled over for Summer's car seat"not up to California
code" (it was they just pulled over AZ plates). Oh and seeing the dinosaurs by Blyth.

The next time we went out there I remember there was a few earth quakes, one at night and then one during the middle of the day and then one when we were driving to the lake.
I remember hearing "Flying Purple People Eater" for the first time at her house.
I remember she had a fish tank that sloshed when the earth quake hit and dad trying to save it from falling.
I do remember all the phone calls that I had with her, about my cousin Felicia and the others.

I will miss her, but do know that Heavenly Father will help her and that as soon as we can her work at the Temple will be done.
See you in Heaven Grandma!

So in the town of Prescott Valley we get excited when we play prescott in highschool football. Well it has been five years since I have been to a game, so a couple of us decided we would go to the game  Well on top of that we decided to make shurts to go along with it.  They turn out cute as you can see!

We had a great time, but unfortunantly we lost! Bummer!  But great fun non the less!