Hike (sort of ) and a Cemetary Visit

 Andrew, Brooke, and Maureen decided to take a hike.  We decided to go to Bridal Veil Falls.  We had heard there is a hike there.  We drove down and really didnd't find the trailhead...the websites said there was one hike that was 1 mile which is my speed.  

Brooke started up this trail.  Not sure if this was the one we were looking for.  

So we walked along this path and saw the falls.  

It was beautiful though and fun 

It was Memorial Day weekend so Gma wanted to go to the Cemetary.  She got the mums at Dicks and I told her I would drive her.  Michelle and Mark were in Newport Beach so I had to go with gma alone.  

Andrew and Nick decided to come with us.  

We looked at the graves and put out flowers

We worked up an appetite so we stopped at Five Guys on our way out of town.  Always good food.

This is Grandpa's grave.  

Nick was testing out my cemetary plot to see if I'll fit

I had to bring the cleaning supplies...usually Michelle does that

Vaccination for Jack

 Covid 19 vacinations opened  up for 12 and above so Jack was there the next day to get his shot.  We waited about 40 minutes.  Everyone wants to get back to normal and get vaccinated

Jack wasn't so excited to get his vaccine. I think he was even a bit nervous.  He certainly wasnt having anything to do with pictures.  Glad that the vaccie is finally getting to the kids.  He is the last of our family to get it.  He just has to get the second dose now.  

He for sure wasn't interested in the sticker that said I'm vaccinated beause it would require him walking over to the tent.  Nope after the time limit, he wanted to get out of there.  

Then three weeks (and a bit) we went back for Jack's second dose.  This time, it took us longer to drive in than the vaccination.  It was super slick and didn't wait like we did the first one.  

We went right after his Lagoon shift.  He wasn't having any pictures.  He did get a sucker and a sticker.  

Yay all of us are vaccinated.  I never would have thought that we escaped Covid at our house.  (well, so far)  

Another Year

 I just completed year 28 or 27 of teaching.  I can't remember how many and I could look somewhere I'm sure.  It doesn't matter so much because I can't retire for a few years ...like 10 more.  But it was an interesting year with Covid 19 rampant.  We started the school year on a hybrid schedule.  Which meant half of the kids came to school and half of them stayed home then the next day the other half showed up and the other half stayed home  So the kids came two days a week and two days at home.  

We did that for a while and then we went back to full time school, well monday to thursday  and Friday the kids stayed home but teachers showed up.  I loved that schedule.  It was so nice to have fridays every week to plan and organize and clean.  The stress was so much less this year with that extra time.  We did have to wear masks and we had to contact trace. Which means if someone came down with Covid then anyone sitting around them had to quarantine at home for 14 days or a negative covid test after 5 days (something like that).   We had a bunch of students out.  If the school reached 10 percent of school having covid the school had to go on online learning for 14 days.  That didn't happen to my school but it did to Bountiful High School (where Nick goes).  

Then the Vaccines came out.  Teachers were the first to get them I think right after healthcare workers.  I got mine early.  Then the 16 and above could get them if you have an underlying medica condition.  Brooke and Nick got theirs.  Then others without medical conditions got theirs.  Andrew and Abi got theirs.  It was interesting because slowly the numbers started coming down and we didn't have to contact trace.  The last two weeks of school those 12 and above were approved.  Jack got his and a bunch of my jr high kids started to get immunized.  We stopped talking about numbers and covid mostly because it was not as urgent in our lives I think.  Then the last week of school we didn't have to wear masks at all.  That was a refreshing change and fun to see the kids faces that we havent seen all year.  I hope we are forever finished with Covid 19.  I'm sick of hearing Covid anything.  

This is me at school.  Thats my bulletin board behind my desk

 

Highlight of the year is the sheep heart dissection.  

Here it is close up

They come prepackaged

Here's my classroom.  I had to take a pic for someone that was doing an interior design project so decided I would post here for posterity...(like anyone will care..)  

Box of sheep hearts

The other highllight is the Frog dissection.  The black stuff is eggs and the white stuff is fat.  

They were huge bullfrogs.

Teaching is difficult and yet it has been very rewarding and a good profession.  I sure am ready for summer vacation though

104 Days of Summer Vacation

 

So this is the theme song for Fineus and Ferb..."104 Days of Summer Vacaction .."  I don't know the rest but today is Day 1. I always think I am going to be so productive and do all these things and then it is over before I know it.  

So I spent the first day of Summer Vacation at Lunch with my bestie Michelle.  She's my sister.  We lunched from 11:30 (to beat the crowd...like old women do) til 3:30.  We always have something to talk about...like wedings and kids and jobs and boyfriends and shopping and dieting and retiring. . .So fun to lunch with someone that understands you and knows you inside out.

THEN I had to run home because my other BESTIE Lynne turned 60!  So we headed to Red Lobster to celebrate her!  I told her it was her 60th birthday and she said 'nope its not'.  Ha...fun fact it really was because I had asked michelle and she said Lynne was ONE yeaer older than she was and she's 59.  I think Lynne really thought she was only 59.  Her mother is in dememtia so she didn't have her mother to remind her...:)  

CRAB was on the menu!  yum.

Jack turns 15

Jack turned 15 on June 6.  He was born on 6/6/06 at 6:00.  He was born by C section and when we were scheduling his delivery the first day they would schedule it was June 6.  The Dr asked me if that was ok and I said sure I needed him here.  He was scheduled at 3:00 then we got bumped due to an emergency and he was born at 6:00.  

His request was Cafe Rio and root beer floats.  We waited for Ty to get here so Brooke and Ty could go to Cafe Rio.  He gets a first responder Discount because he works at the Davis County Jail. 

I couldn't figure out how to get everyone in the pic and the top of their heads too.  I really shouldn't be in charge of the selfies.

We were tending Michelle's dogs so they are in the pic too

Jack is 15 so 15 fingers are in the picture.  That way we can remember how old he is

We are so glad Jack decided to join our family.  The best waited until the last to show up. 

 

Marie Osmond Concert

 

Michelle and Marti were going to St. George to see Marie Osmond.  Marti decided he couldn't go.  So I was invited to go with her.  Marie was at Tuacahan which is one of my favorite places.  Marie isn't one of my all time favorites but it was sure fun to go.  She is 60 years old and looks terrific.  She is petite and wore these high heels that I was sure she would fall down wearing.  It is always a good time at Tuacahan.  

We decided to go on this hike and it was a pretty good hike.  We hiked up and saw the city and it was beautiful.  I wasn't feeling so good...my body is falling apart...We didn't want to hike forever because we wanted to do other things too.  

Some pretty flowers on our hike

On our way back we stopped at Fillmore and played some golf.  I have seen the golf course a bunch of times and have wanted to stop and play.  Finally we did.  It was a good course and NOT crowded.  I would drive TWO hours again to play there with no crowds.

Michelle demonstrating how to play some golf

I didn't take a lot of pictures because I'm trying to be in the moment more.  But we had a great time.  We almost missed Marie because about 6:00 on Friday we decided to check our agenda and Marie was Friday night NOT Saturday.  So we did make the show.  

Saturday we hiked, and went to the pool and took a drive to Gunnison Reservoir to see how much it had changed from last summer.  We walked out to the place where the falls were and they were gone.  

We ate at Cafe Rio and Costa Vida (we really branch out a lot) and Einstein Bagels.  We shopped just a little bit. We didn't find a purse which we usually always do when we go to St. George but there is always June when we go to Tuacahan.  Fun trip so glad Marti couldn't go.  

AND I'm glad that everyone could help me out to go.  Brooke was out of town until Friday Night.  Brooke got home to tend Jack and Nick and to make sure Nick took his medicine and if he had a seizure she was there.  Brooke works on Sunday so McCall took Jack to Work at Lagoon.  

She then picked him up and they had lunch at Gma house and played cards.  

funny comic I found.  It reminds me when my cousin Susan said her son's friend had to pull over on the side of the road when they were on a trip and practice the accordion.  Can you imagine anything worse?  Well, maybe listening to the accordion practice from waiting in the car...:)