Who Doesn't Love a Train Ride?!?

My sister and I decided for entertainment we would take the train into Salt Lake to see my dad at work...

I volunteered to hold A on the train since he wasn't interested in his stroller and C was out and about. My sister got to hold C until a seat opened up and the following is how he looked...


I know what you're thinking - SWEET! Socks with flip-flops, way to go mom for letting him leave the house like this! However - to my sister's defense (and my own) she tried multiple times to get him to take off his socks and I tried about 10 different ways from the time we got out of the car and got to the train station. No luck as you can see :)


We got to eat lunch in the Church Office Building cafeteria with my dad where he got to show off his grandboys to his buddies and then we walked around Temple Square for a bit. If it appears I am clutching C for dear life, it is because I was sure he would try and get away from me before the picture was taken to play in the water!

School's Out!!

I never thought the day would come that I would be more excited for school to end. I always thought that as a student it was the best day ever - I have a renewed appreciation for the last day of school and I am 100% confident that the teachers are more excited about it than the kids!

I received this plant from a family that I saw their little preschooler once a week. She got it for me because it says "try" and I always make her try things, even if they are hard, at least a couple of times. Aren't I a mean teacher?!?! However, I wasn't sure what to do with it since I had almost killed it in the last 2 weeks of school, so I took a picture of it to commemorate my first year completed :)


For our big end of the year celebration you will note on the building behind these lovely gals that we attended, none other than the best buffet ever, Chuck-A-Rama (cough, cough, gag). And we were required to pay for the $10 meal ourselves - what a send off! Needless to say, these are two special ed teachers that won't be coming back to my school next year and I'm sad :(


This is a gem of a picture isn't it?!?!


And the laughs just keep on coming... us Special Ed have to stick together!! (There are a few more on our team that chose not to attend this delightful lunch and leave work early:)