All the girls in Olivia's second grade class had a special tea party with their teacher, Mrs. Martin, the day after school ended. They had the best time. The food was delicious, and the decorations were beautiful. Emma's mom, Cassie, had crafts for the girls to do, and Mrs. Martin gave each of the girls a pedicure. So cute and fun!
Mrs. Martin and Olivia
Ethan and Ms. Barnett
Yesterday ended the school year! Yeah, summertime is here!!! We celebrated by first riding our bikes to school. I had been promising to do it for so long, but the last day of the year came too quickly. The kids loved it too. After school, we went to Sonic as promised for their favorite drinks, and the rest of the day was spent playing whatever they wanted. I am so happy to have the kids home with me for the next little while....I have some fun things planned!
Olivia and Ethan came home from school with their medals. Both had read so much this year that they each got a medal for reading. Olivia got another one for her class winning the most Spirit days of the year, she is also getting one tomorrow for outstanding citizenship.
Ethan got a medal for being on the A-B honor roll, and one for citizenship.
James and I were very proud of them, so we decided to take them to the movie as a reward. We went to see Ironman 2, and they loved it!!! Great job kids.
Olivia's class had a real treat today. The pirate we knew in San Diego came to read in Mrs. Martin's Second Grade Class. He was loud and scary, and the kids loved it! Great Job Captain!!!
I got the best invitation to go to a Mother's Day Tea Party at Olivia School this last week. It was very cute.
On a side note: I just got done reading a book for one of my book clubs. It was called Tending Roses. There is a part in the book where the Grandmother is writing stories for her grand daughter, and she tells about how she loved to grow roses. One day a women shows up at her door and hands her a bunch of roses and tells her that her children had stole them from the grandmother's garden. The grandmother tells her to keep them as a gift. The lady then tells her that she doesn't have time to tend to roses because she had three children. The grandmother didn't understand that comment until she had her own children. She was no longer able to grow her beloved flowers until after her children all left home. Then she writes "the best times of my life, the times that passed by me most quickly, were the times when the roses grew wild".One thing that made me nervous about moving back to Farmington, was the fact that nearly everyone is somehow related to our family. I often joke that half the town is family, but I think the truth is that nearly 3/4 of the town is!
While at Brother Hatches funeral I had two different people come up to me and tell me how we were related. I called my mom up and laughed with her, because that is something that would definitely NEVER happen in San Diego.
As I have been able to serve in the primary in our ward, I have gotten to know the Wolfe Family a little better. Sister Wolfe has been very kind to me. It was such a neat surprise to find out that we shared the same birthday! It was even more special to find out that we are related.
Sister Wolfe, and her daughter Jackie Montgomery invited our family over for dinner this last Sunday. Sister Wolfe brought out her genealogy, and showed me that my Great Grandpa Bloomfield, was a brother to her Grandmother. She told me many stories of Uncle George (my Great Grandfather). I knew he was a very special man, and it was neat to hear her stories. It really makes your genealogy come to life when you start learning about who these names actually belong to.
I have to say that now that I am here, I no longer fear finding out how I am related to people! I find it quite interesting, and am learning about my ancestors and how important they were in the four corners.
