Trent and Amberly

Trent and Amberly, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

Amberly is a fourth grader who comes to our class during her recess time to work with my students. (Yes, she voluntarily gives up her recess to come to my classroom!) She is AWESOME and the kids love her. Here she is working with Trent today after lunch

Danny

bye!, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

My father-in-law is in the Cardiac ICU - he has multiple blockages in one of his arteries, they cannot place a stent, so they are waiting for the blood thinners that they gave him in preparation for the cath/angioplasty to clear his system so they can do bypass surgery.

Update 2/20/10: he is now at home and doing well

Valentines Day

Valentines Day, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

I got flowers, a kissing Elmo, movie, candy, donut holes and a fuzzy soft frog!! Today is the anniversary of the day (night) that Chris asked me to marry him, seven years ago. I was very sick and in bed with a 103 degree fever, he was coming home from Virginia. He got to my house from the airport around 11:30pm, woke me up and made me get out of bed. He knelt down and I was sleepy and delirious so I sat down on the ground with him LOL. My dog licked him in the fact in the middle of his proposal. First, I told him "you weren't supposed to do this yet" but then I said "Of course" and went back to bed.

Fun in the snow!

moresnow-7, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

Poor Faith - she is obsessed with fetch, so I thought I'd throw a snowball for her ... but when it landed, it broke into pieces and blended into the snow - and she was SO confused! She kept looking and looking for the ball ...

Bonus pictures:

More snow!!

snow-4, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

It's rare for us to get any snow, much less two pretty good snows in one winter! Today we got a LOT (relatively, of course - it wouldn't be much in Wisconsin) of snow. Chris and I, the puppies and the nighbors had lots of fun playing in it. Too bad we were already out of school today (furlough day - boo) - a snow day isn't the same when you're already expecting to be off work LOL.

Bonus pictures: 

TOTY flowers

TOTY flowers, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

I found out this afternoon that I am one of the four finalists for our school's teacher of the year! I took this with my cell phone because I didn't have my camera and I was hurrying out the door to get to class.

Happy Birthday Betty!

Happy Birthday Betty!, originally uploaded by MNicoleM.

I took this picture Saturday but am uploading it as today's picture.  This is my beautiful and awesome mother-in-law who turned 60 yesterday. I love her! How lucky am I to have the best mother in the world AND the best mother-in-law?!?!