Macie Sure Has Grown

Today Macie is 6 months old. We have had her for about 3 and a half months and she has at least doubled in weight and probably size too. We love having her around, she has been a good friend for Molly. We miss her when she is not around, which is surprising with all the messes she makes. She is very shy, a complete opposite of Molly. She is such a sweetheart!!!

Reading Week

This past week was reading week at our school. The librarian had many fun things planned for the students to do throughout the week. We had a mystery reader every morning, and the students had to guess who it was. Our principal really sounds good as a woman. Ha ha. We dressed differently everyday. Today was pajama day. Of course I had to participate. Yesterday my students wouldn't leave the classroom until they had all personally asked me if I was wearing mine. I think they were very surprised by what I showed up wearing. I had on my monkey flannel pants and my monkey slippers. My slippers were a hit. (Thanks Mom and Dad) I got them for Christmas a couple years ago and my parents thought I would never wear them. The kids loved them. I took a few pictures of my class and the class I taught science to. Only the ones that participated got to be in the picture. Enjoy!!!

Kids, they say the darndest things

Today I decided to dress up a little. I bought a suit a little over a year ago for interviews. I haven't worn it since. I decided to pull it out of the closet and be different. I never dress way up for school. Usually some slacks and a nice looking shirt. I showed up today and received a lot of nice complements and questions "why are you dressed up?" I think people thought there must be a reason since I never do this.

I went out to the playground to do my duty (haha I said duty) and random students kept coming up to me and telling me I looked like a lawyer. I asked them if I could quit being a teacher and really become a lawyer so I could make more money. They told me I could not. That I make a better teacher then a lawyer.

I walked over to pick my students up to take them to the classroom. One of my cute little students said this and I quote. "Mrs. Smith, you are wearing a tusk!" "A tusk? you mean a tux." I said to her. She replied, "That is what I said" anyways I explained to her that it was a suit and a tux is something fancier that you would wear to a wedding or a fancy party.

Anyway it was fun to be different for a day and listen to my silly kids. By the way does anyone know what the letters "YNCK" stand for? One of my students asked me this yesterday. He said they are in some song...

Happy Birthday Roy

Thursday was Roy's 24th birthday. He is the hardest person to surprise. I pulled off surprise number 3 since we have been married. He said this one he didn't even suspect a little. I had a friend come over and decorate the house while Roy and I were at California Pizza Kitchen for his birthday dinner. Then she called a few of our friends from the ward over to be waiting in the dark for us to come home. We arrived home, Roy unlocked the door and wasn't surprised by the people there for his birthday but he was thinking someone had broken into our house. Our friends snapped this picture and if you look closely he doesn't look happy. Anyway he got over the fact that our stuff was not stolen and we had some delicious ice cream cake.

New Hair Cut

Well I finally got a hair cut. It was defiantly time for one, I hadn't had one since Halloween. My hair was so long and straggly that I wore it in a pony tail just about every day. I decided to go drastic. I figured if I hated it, I would still hate my hair, so why not right? Here it is. I think it will be shocking when I go to wring my hair out in the shower in the morning... There won't be any there... Well enjoy my lovely picture.

Macie the Magician and Family Pictures

The first day we had Macie we had her in her kennel and she hated it. She got herself so worked up that she had something come out of each end.... So we decided we would gate her and Molly up in the bathroom while we were gone. This seemed to work for a couple of weeks until she chewed through the gate. We then got a heavy duty gate that she would not possibly be able to chew through. Well lets just say she didn't chew through it, but she has found a clever way of getting her way. She is very quick about it. I put her behind the gate, walked to the kitchen, turned around and she was already standing there wagging her tail and looking at me for some kind of treat. Here is a video of her.

Macie got put back in the kennel that night while we were out to dinner with Roy's sister. We came home to a kennel full of throw up. So she has won and now she and Molly get to wander the house. We keep our fingers crossed every second we are gone that we don't come home to a marvelous mess. So far so good though.

Also while we were in Utah for spring break we had some "family" pictures taken. Roy's sister Leslie majoring in photography at UVU. She did these last minute for us. THANK YOU LESTER! They turned out pretty cute and we are happy to have recent pictures of both of us and the dogs.

Remembering Daisy-

Never in my life could I imagine myself getting so attached to a dog. Daisy was the greatest dog anyone could ever ask for. Her unconditional love and constant wagging tail made her a joy to be around everyday. Her love for my mom was almost overwhelming at times, but it made my mom smile on a daily basis. When we first got Daisy she had been hit by a car and the previous owners were not able to pay the medical bills for her. We picked her up from our vet with a giant pink cast on her front leg. The part that amazed me is that she was still happy, even though it was tough for her to get around. We nursed her back to health by feeding her ridiculous amounts of fast food and she quickly became part of the family. I will never forget the time my dad threw her across the room for stealing his sandwiches, or the time that she somehow got the muffins off the counter. We all loved to hear her sing, well except Maggie....

When our family loses a dog it is just as bad as loosing a best friend. We love our animals more than most can imagine. Daisy, we will miss you dearly. You were truly the best dog a family could ask for. We will miss your crazy tail, your basset hound howl, and I will bet we even miss your smell. We can all take a page out of Daisy's book. Let's rush to the door when our spouses or children come home. Let's climb under the blankets and snuggle when it is cold. Let's enjoy the company of other people...and animals. Let's show unconditional love to our friends and families. We love you Daisy, say hello to Waldo and Maggie for me.














All I know is that if my dogs aren't in heaven when I get there, I may not stay!

Big Spring Break 2009 Blog

It finally came! Roy and I were running on fumes these last few weeks. We just needed a break and were excited to go home to Utah and see family since we hadn't see most of them since Christmas. We drove home after school let out Friday night and got into town just before midnight. We were a little concerned with how Macie would handle the 5-6 hour drive, but she did wonderful. The five days we were there went by very quickly. We went shopping (and I got 2 new pairs of AWESOME shoes), hung out with a few friends, went to a Flash basketball game with my family, and got some family pictures taken of Roy and I and some with the dogs. Hopefully we will post some of those pictures soon!!!



Macie got to meet her "Grandma Dog" (this is Roy's mom, she is the grandma to all the dogs) They all love her to death, maybe because she feeds them so much people food.




I just have to share this photo with everyone. Our friends Ellie and Steve (who now live in our old apartment) have the cutest little girl Lilly. Every time I hold her she cries, but for some reason she is in love with Roy or maybe just his hat. I can't wait until we have kids, Roy will be a great dad!!!

We came home with few days to spare so I could get the house clean and some laundry done. I also talked Roy into letting me get a pedicure. They were very busy and so they asked if it was okay if I just soak my feet longer... of course I didn't mind. But my feet look much better and guess what color my toes are now... well they are pink again. I always paint them bright pink!

I also finally took pictures of the rooms I painted for you all to see.