Hi Everybody!
I come home weary at the end of each day of teaching 33 fourth graders how to sit still, how to listen, how to be nice to one another, and how to clean up their messes.
Oh!! And occasionally, I teach math, reading, writing, science, and social studies! Between book fairs, school pictures, parent/teacher conferences, bake sales, popcorn sales, and our principal coming around to each class every other Friday, to see who deserves to choose out of the Cougar cart, we squeeze in those academics the best we can! They're a handful, but I love them!
Duane continues to recover from heart surgery. He's had a couple of uncomfortable days this week, but all-in-all, he's improving nicely. We will go to Tucson this week for a followup on Thursday. He has some stitches that need to come out and hopefully, the doctor will release him to drive. We make sure he gets out on little "outings" to keep him moving and help maintain his sanity after all the sitting that goes along with the recuperating. 
One outing a few days ago took us to a hobby store where he bought a fairly complicated model car to work on - he loves that stuff and is enjoying the challenge!
Dallas and Andrea attended Show Low High School's Homecoming football game last Friday night. Dallas and the young men in the ward had their own tailgate party with Subway sandwiches and soda pop. They attended the game to watch SLHS beat Payson 30 - 6 (or something close to that). Andrea played her clarinet and marched in the band. Duane wasn't feeling quite up to it all, so he and I went out for Mexican food, then watched a movie at home.
So there you have it! Have a super week ya'll!
Oh yeah - at school, our music teacher's wife had twin girls! Found this cute clip art so had to add it!
