May 2025

 So much going on every May, but also so much to be grateful for!

Joden went to his first USA State Greco/Freestyle competition and he did awesome.  He qualified for Fargo, but won't go due to baseball.

Joden got to go to Finn's birthday party.  They played paintball.

The house is coming along!

Date night!  

Reeve chose aerial yoga for her birthday party!  The girls had a great time.

Went to watch our nieces play soccer.  This was Quinn's idea of playing soccer:)

End of the year activities with my students.  My seniors presented their Capstone projects and my juniors taught each other direct instruction lessons.

Night out to celebrate Kati!

Husker baseball game turned out to be a great memory.  Joden got a home run ball hit by Hogan Heligso.  His dad came out and asked for the ball because he has had a tough year hitting.  He paid Joden $100 for it and then offered for him to snag a photo with Hogan afterwards! 

We were able to eat with family afterwards!  Ankenys did join us for the game!

Mother's Day!

Grad party fun with a student of mine!  This is Ingrid:)

We got to take Quinn to soccer one night!

End of the year Ed Rising party at the new bowling alley.

Dress up days for teachers.  This was dress up like a student day!

Tried to fill the time with my newcomers in fun ways to finish out the school year.  Halimo and I drew each other:)

Last days of school snapshots.  Below are some Westridge girls that Reeve had classes with this year.  Then the kids and I on the last day of school.

Joden made USave.  It was weird because it is a seniors team, but I guess at least he made a team.

My official last day!

Checking on the house and wishing it was further along:)

Coffee date!

First basketball tournament weekend!

April 2025

 April was full of celebrations and some good time with family and friends! 

Had a weekend where I was able to fit in a date with each of my favorite people!

Had a little surprise to celebrate my 40th!  Mike invited some of my closest friends and family:)  It was great and loved his gesture to celebrate me!

Got two sets of roses in one month!  Crazy!  One was from Heather, Karisa, and Jace for my 40th and the other set was from a senior student of mine who got a scholarship that I wrote her a letter of recommendation for.  I loved them both:)

Got to celebrate one more time with my girlfriends.  We got to go to a boutique, go to a greenhouse where we planted a flower, and we ended at dinner at a winery.  It was an awesome night:)  So blessed with such great friends!

Reeve had her last volleyball tournament.  It was a fun season for sure.  Interested to see how freshman volleyball goes:)

Did our annual trip to Wayne State College with my juniors.  It was a smooth day, which was great!

Made it to Colorado to see Mike's sister and family for Easter.  We were glad we were able to make it work:)

Joden's pickup is fixed!  Thank the dear Lord for insurance!

Working on final kitchen plans.  House is coming along.

Reeve turned 14!  We went to Wasabi the day before her birthday because on her birthday she had choir all night.  Her show choir performed at every single concert. Overall she had a great day and is definitely great at being a sass a frass.

Framing is moving along!