My little man

This summer, Grandpa Brown found an old briefcase for sale at a gargage sale, and guess what, Kenny had to have it. It came with a key and Kenny puts all of his treasures in it. Which actually works out surprisingly well, with a nosey sister sniffing around. This thing, I swear, weighs about 20 pounds. It's really heavy and he drags it around everywhere. We got a rare view of what was inside and every night, after homework, he pulls everything out, and looks at it, and reorganizes. It's so funny to see the things that he finds important.

Trip to Coeur d'Alene

Valentine's weekend found Allen and I on a trip to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Way up north. We flew because driving takes something like 13 hours....YUCK! I had to go there for the WBEA conference, since I was on the conference committee and executive committee. It's not my fault that it fell on the most romantic weekend of the year. We stayed at the resort that is right on the lake, and every morning, we looked out our window to see a new view of the lake. All breath taking. It was cold, of course, and just a little bit of snow, a healthy dose of fog, and a couple of sunshinny days. Don't worry, I took lots of pictures and I'm going to post them...but not all. But it definately gave me a chance to really play with my camera. The conference was good and I got tons of ideas for my classroom.

Another year....Another Birthday

Saturday was my 33rd birthday. Wonderful. I was fine with my age, embracing it really, until mom called and said, "what is it, your 35th?" Then I felt old. I was glad I wasn't really 35, but I took real comfort in knowing that my mom probably thought she was old enough to have a 35 year old. And then I felt better.

My day was pretty casual, did some cleaning and took a long bath. Read more of my Chris Stewart book. Took the kids to the neighbor's baptism, and then went to Roy and Jeanne's for a family birthday party. I got really spoiled this year. I got some movies, 13 Going on 30, and 27 Dresses. Bath and Body Works lotion and shower gel, a 4 book series, a big bag of Swedish fish, a gift certificate to Waldon Books. Yay! Then I got in the mail a West Jefferson HS BPA community cookbook. It's awesome! Also a photography book....and last but not least.......

A Nikon d60 dsrl camera. I had no idea that I was getting it. It came with a 18-55 mm lens and I also got a 55-200 mm lens. A filter for night photography that makes points of light turn into a 6 pointed star, of course, a camera bag, memory cards. I even got a Epson high resolution color printer to print out my works of art! I was so excited I nearly cried. AND.....it even came with photography lessons and a couple of how to dvds. Needless to say, I have a new favorite sound....it's the sound a slr makes when the shutter clicks.

I was in heaven, and struggled to plan for my Sunbeam lesson. I can't wait to really get to take pictures, not just goofing around. All in all, I had a great birthday! Thank you everyone!