What a Wonderful Week!

It was my spring break this past week and boy was I ready for a break! We sure had a lot of fun and played hard. We were busy with something each and everyday. It was great to get my mind of the craziness of school and I had a small taste of soon to be summer. I apologize in advance this may be a long post.

Day 1: Wicked
Back in October we heard that Wicked was coming to Salt Lake and so we found an awesome deal and bought tickets. We have been so excited and finally got to go! So we got all dressed up and went up to the Capital Theater on Friday night. It was incredible. We met up with my mom, dad, my sister Camille and her son Nathan. We were all able to sit by each other and had an absolutely wonderful time. I love the music and have listened to it forever. It was awesome to finally be able to go and see the show. I loved how they put it all together and all the fun surpises at the end! This broadway definately is tops in my book along with Les Miserable. It was incredible!

Day 2: Lunch with A Friend
One of my good friends Rachel from Utah State and I met up with each other for lunch. It had been a long time since I'd seen her. We were good friends up at USU in the Special Ed program. What fun times we had back then. I'm so glad she lives close. I've been so blessed with such great friends over the years.

Day 3: Easter with the Holden Family
Since most of Stephen's family is living back east. We end up spending a lot of time with my family. He does have a sister at BYU and a few cousins out here too. So we decided to host Easter dinner at our house. They all were able to come over and spend the evening. It was a lot of fun and we always end up laughing lots. We had a great Easter!

Day 4: Happy Birthday Camille!
Because I was out for spring break, I decided to head up to my mom's for the day! It was my sister's birthday so the girls went to lunch! It was great to be with my mom and sisters for the afternoon. After a delicious lunch at Olive Garden we headed over to the mall and went shopping. We had a great time. I always love hanging out with my sisters.

Day 5: Dirt
The next project in our backyard was finally finished. We got a trailer full of topsoil and put it around in our yard. I'm excited to finally be able to start planting. If it would only start to warm up and stop raining so I can get out there.

Day 6-9: St. George Get-A-Way
We had a blast with our good friends Justin and Carissa the past four days. Both Carissa and I teach in the same district and so we decided to do a little road trip while we had a few days off. We packed up the car and headed down to St. George. We were hoping for a little warmer weather. However, the first day was chilly and rainy, but it worked out okay. We ended up spending the day in St. George seeing a lot of the church history sights and driving up beautiful Snow Canyon. By the end of the day the rain was clearing out and it was a lot nicer outside. The guys were anxious to use their golf clubs and we decided to go to the driving range where I about made a fool out of myself. Afterwhich the guys couldn't resist the nicer weather and decided to golf 9 holes. So Carissa and I headed for the outlets and went shopping.

The next day we got up early and headed into Zion's National Park. Steve talked us into hiking up Angels Landing. It was a beautiful hike, although I didn't like the part where the trial ends and you head up the side of the mountain with just a few chains to hold onto so you don't slide down a thousand or so feet to your death. The view however definately was worth the climb. We were all a little sore and stiff so we spent a few hours the hotel's swimming pool and hot tub. What a relaxing get-a-way. It was greatly needed before heading into the last month of school which is always crazy with testing, transitions and now packing and moving classrooms.

Change Isn't Easy

Last Monday morning when I woke up and got out of bed, I would have never guessed that my life at work would be completely turned upside down.
First of all on Monday morning in between my many IEP meetings, my principal pulled me aside and gently broke to me some news that the district special ed department would be meeting with me at 8:30 the next morning regarding my assignment next year. I was grateful for this warning from him, but the next 24 hours was a long and stressful one. Then as I sat in the meeting, I was told that I'd be moving schools and be in a different position. I really didn't have a choice in the matter. It was either take the position they offered or interview around and get the luck of the draw, if anything. I felt like a little chess piece and they were making their move. I had 24 hours to make my decision. So the next day, I ran over to this new school and met with the principal. We had a lengthy, but good discussion and he introduced me to a few teachers. I was impressed with him and think that it will be a great school to work at. I've been so blessed over the years to have worked with some amazing principals and that makes my job much easier.
After much debate,discussion and prayer, I decided to take the position. So next year I will be working at Rocky Mountain Elementary in Lindon as a small group LD teacher. I'm not excited to move classrooms one more time. The count being 5 times in 6 years. But I'm trying to look at the positive side of things. Although moving won't be fun, I am excited about the fact that I'll be working in the same school as my adorable nieces. That will be so fun to be in the same school as them. They've always asked if I could be their teacher....well I won't necessarily be THEIR teacher, but I will be close by.
So now that it's Friday, I must say that I'm so grateful for the weekend. I always look forward to general conference weekend. It's so nice to just sit back, relax and listen to the words of our Prophet and leaders. We have such inspired leaders and I can't wait to hear their words. It will be a great way to end this crazy week.