Baby, it's cold outside

Just when we thought it was safe to go outside we get hit with another cold weekend. I know that it is only March, and that I have several snow storms still ahead of me, but it still makes me sad to wake up in the morning and have it be this cold. Here are a couple of pictures to share my snowy morning with all of you.

Bracket Time

Well, it is that time again. The time of year when the weather is turning beautiful and spring is in the air. The time of year that makes you want to run inside and watch some college basketball! I have set up my bracket challenge on ESPN again. You need a password to join, so let me know and I will send you an invitation if I haven't already. But hurry, you don't have much time to make your choices.

UPDATE: I won! I won! I won! Ha Ha! I was happy about that. I ended up in the 98.7 percentile on the ESPN tournament challenge. That was pretty cool. I am excited to do it again next year.

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday I went with my friend Dawn and her little boy Carson to do an Easter Egg hunt. The hunt was at a mortgage office in South Ogden. It had snowed Saturday morning, so we were a little bit worried about how it would work, but they had set up some eggs inside for the little kids. It was fun, there were several children under 2 that were being enthusiastically encouraged to pick up eggs by their parents. Most of them didn't care, but would do it because Mom wanted them to. Our little Carson did pretty good at first, but then one of the eggs broke open and he saw that it had a tootsie roll in it. At that point the game changed and he just wanted to open the egg and get the candy out. Soon his hands were full of candy and he didn't need anymore eggs. But we continued to encourage him to get more. They would roll eggs under the cubicle desks and we tried a couple times to get Carson to pick those up, but he would run his little head into the desk every time. Poor little kid. But in the end he had a nice hand full of tootsie rolls. It was a fun little hunt.

Good Morning Mr. Clark

It has been a big week for Matt. He had his first official teaching experience on Wednesday and he repeated it today (in a math class) and is engaged for another day of teaching tomorrow. He has signed up to be a substitute teacher with the Weber and Ogden City School Districts. He plans on doing substitute teaching to gain some classroom experience while he gets everything straightened out with his degree at the University of Utah. Once he gets that done officially he can move into the realm of being a real full time teacher. I am not sure how long Matt has wanted to be a teacher, but I know that since I met him he has wanted to do something to leave his mark on the world. He has wanted to do something that will make this place we live a little better, and I have always known that he would be able to do anything he put his mind to. I know he will be wonderful at teaching and that the kids in his classes will be lucky to have him.

He's Off the List

While driving to Matt's Grandma and Grandpa's house on Saturday, we saw a sight that I just had to share with the rest of you. For the first time in my life I saw a Hummer SUV - that had been off road! It was dirty and muddy all over. And, if that wasn't enough, the driver was courteous! When we approached a lane closed for construction, he signaled and moved over - wait for it - Behind someone else. You heard me right, he didn't push his way in front of people, or wait for the last possible moment to shove his way into the lane. I was very impressed and declare that he is the coolest Hummer owner I have ever encountered. However, I am sad to say that once news of this gets out, he will probably lose his membership in the Hummer club. I wonder if they will take his SUV away?

Skiing is Fun

Matt went skiing a couple of times this week. He was trying out Telemark Skiing - which as I understand it is a primitive hybrid of alpine and cross country skiing. Thanks to my dad, we have some beautiful pictures to document Matt's graceful glide down the mountain. Thanks Dad!