A teacher you wish would come live at your house..

Did you ever have a Teacher you wished would come and live at your house? One that made you feel like you were REALLY special! The kind that you knew would always take your side, and have faith in you?? I had a couple that I really walked away from feeling like there was someone at school who KNEW I was going to turn out OK.. Ever wonder how your parents felt about that Teacher??

Sam has had a Special friend the last 3 years who loved him and was really into him and his strengths. I have LOVED her and felt so grateful for her ability to see past what other people see. Jen has seen his funny side, tender heart and very intelligent and inquisitive side! This year there have been a lot of cutbacks in our school district and she unfortunately has lost her place at the school.

We will always love that she gave him a place to go that helped him feel safe from the world.

Sam and Jen



plus.. she has cool shoes!

Thanksgiving fun~

Mommy and Katie, the midnight cleaning crew.



The adult table.


Kids Table.



cousins identical cousins~

Blue & Gold

We had our Troops Blue & Gold Banquet this past month! This was a really fun day! Sam and I enjoyed working together to make the cake and try to have fun at the same time!! It was fun for both of us!!


I was really proud of him, he tried hard to make it smooth and decorate it! When we were working on it I had suck memories of being in the kitchen with my Mom and watching her work on Cakes.. She was a really wonderful cake decorator. I am not great at that.. I have never figured out how to make a Beautiful Frosting rose lol.



Well, in our Fam we tape the Food network cake challenges and watch them together so I knew Sam would love this~ Sure enough when we were putting it together he told me that he "felt like he was on the Food Network!" lol

Dinner by Candle Light

This week for our Family Home Evening we had dinner by candle light. Sam wanted to eat like the pioneers. (they are talking about pioneers in 3 grade.) So after we said the payer Sam said "This is just like how the Pioneers had it, right Mom?" I looked around and said , "It's really close pal!" I did not want to ruin it for him by mentioning that they did not have a fridge that magically poped out crushed ice.. or a convenient Fred Meyer to buy their Marion Berry pie at. I am guessing they also had no Ikea plastic glass's.. And I do NOT remember hearing any old time family stories about my great grandparents crossing the country just so they could pick up pear scented candles at Walmart for a buck! :)

For Sam, it was a great pioneer night! That's all that counts right?