Emilee, what great pictures of you receiving your degree! I'm in awe that you can manage to do everything you do--especially since I know how busy I am just managing to teach my small class each day. You teach, take such obviously good care of the kids, and yet, manage to get a masters!!!
Kenzie--Laurie told me what a FANTASTIC job you did singing!!! See, I told you you had a beautiful voice and that you should use it! I hope you'll sing more now that you've tried it!
Hannah--had my "yearly" serving of snow peas at the conference I was at--now you won't have to worry about your dear old aunt being deprived of such "wonderful" food (actually though, they weren't bad--think my taste is changing....maybe for snow peas, but NEVER for peas!!
As you can note, I'm the sister that didn't make it to KC this weekend. Instead, my "big" weekend turns out to be sitting "quietly" in a chair or bed and trying to get control of the asthma that has plagued me since last week. Seems like the drastic change in the weather wasn't what I needed to experience (going from spring to winter so quickly) and I came down with a nice attack Thursday night at our conference. Unfortunately, my inhaler wasn't strong enough to control it, so by Monday I was off to the doctor's for meds. It's been a long week....managed to teach, but really was tired by night. Doc Dale ordered rest and quiet for the weekend, pointing out that I really didn't want to be sick when my brother and sisters came to Quincy in a few weeks. I'm being very good, have slept A LOT, sat in a chair and "posted" my grades, and watched a lot of boring TV!! Coughing seems to be getting a bit better, so maybe the quiet weekend will do the trick.
Watched Nikki, Bryan, and Skye on TV this morning. They were in the Dogwood Parade--boy, did they look cold! It was a miserable morning for a parade. However, the weather cleared and the afternoon was just great. Dale worked in the yard, Bryan and Nikki went over to Hannibal to get new cell phones. We all had supper together--Dale grilled for us, then the kids were off, it'd been a long day for them. Since Mom and Dad are gone, Sunday dinner will be at our house this week.....wonder what we'll have?
Dale and I really enjoyed our conference in Minneapolis last week. We spent three days with 3600 Lutheran teachers. The majority of our workshops proved very helpful and we were able to bring home some new materials for my classroom, choir, and his computer lab. It also gave us a chance to really get to know the newest members of our staff, Nate, my "commander in chief" and Krista, my 2nd grade cohart. The food and hotel rooms were great, and our banquet entertainment was the best. We all hardly recommend Ken Davis--a comedienne who really keeps you laughing (not so good when you're having an asthma attack, though).
Just talked to Laurie Anne this evening, we talk a lot by phone--she spent the day helping out at the zoo as it gets ready for its upcoming accreditation next week. She says they're more than ready and will be glad when the "visit" is over. She's really excited about the new monkeys that she'll be helping to take care of in another couple of weeks. The marmasets have eaten too many of the birds, and are being shipped off to another zoo. Their replacing them with some kind of golden haired monkeys that are a bit bigger than the marmasets, but do not care about a bird diet. She really enjoyed showing the zoo off to one of the guys from work today. He and his wife were visiting, and she was able to take them "backstage" for some behind the scene activities. She's spending the evening relaxing and watching the NASCAR race, calling and comparing notes on the race with us.
I'm looking forward to hearing about the weekend in KC. Somebody remember to post and tell me all about it. Have a great week. Our love to all.
