Tuesday

This is a picture of the family in July of 2006, I think. That's the last time we were all together.
Notice the great hairdo. That's my first post-chemo picture. My hair came back super curly and hugged close to my scalp. It was great to have hair again!! Seven grandchildren----now we have thirteen!!

I'll attempt to label the photo: Dodge is kneeling in front. First row: Beau, Carrie C., Nathanael, Thomas, Elizabeth, Luke, Grandma, and PaPa. Carrie M., Tate, Marc and Grayson on the next row. Standing behind is Wyatt, Hayley, and David.

I really wish that we could all be together once again. We need to plan for that.---Christmas would be fun. Right now the kids are really spread around the country. Beau and his family are in West Valley, Utah; Wyatt and his family are in Houston, Texas; Dodge is in Idaho (he'll graduate from BYU Idaho in December!!); Hayley and her family are in Mansfield, Texas; and Marc is in Skagway, Alaska.

I took a break from studying today. I drove down to Birdville Elementary to meet with Mick Sandoval, the principal. I needed him to go over the TEA AEIS report with me so that I would understand how to do my homework. Now I need to buckle down and get the assignment finished while his remarks are still fresh in my mind. He was in the middle of interviews. Usually they are completed by the end of April, but this year the district asked them to wait until the legislsture met so that budgets could be revised. I think he has at least 7 positions to fill. Pam White , Sandy Madewell, and Charlotta Jones retired. Amber Woods and Ashley Phifer are going to be stay-at-home moms. Renda Williams took a job at TCU. We are also adding a pre-school program (pre-school is now all day) so that's another teacher. That's a lot of people to interview. I wish him well.

Today I took it easy and read a novel. I don't get to do that very often during the school year. It was nice to just sit back and "enter another world."---not that my world is not great, just fun to explore. Mike went on splits with the missionary, so I just read all evening.....and into the early morning hours....I wanted to finish the book. It will be a groggy Wednesday morning, for sure.