Hanging out with Greta and Evan

I recently went to Seattle to spend
more time with my new nephew
and niece. I had a great time.

Aunt Holly is soooo funny lookin!

We worked on our soccer skills.
Very important for any child's development.

Greta gave her mom a horsey ride

Introducing Seattle's newest rapper
"Evalicious"

Evan and dad chillin after rap concert!

Just another reason I love Colorado

Owen and I went mountain biking on Memorial Day. We always seem to get caught in the rain, but I love it. Our bikes were caked in mud. We went to Lory State Park. In one of the pictures you can see Horsetooth Reservoir which is the west border of Ft. Collins.

Pranks and Revenge

Prank

On Valentines Day ,two of my friends decided it would be funny to give all of the staff at school Dora Valentines from me! They even gave the superintendent one. Our very nice secretary came up to me and thanked me for the Valentines. I of course, gave her a confused, "your welcome." All day teachers were thanking me or emailing me for my thoughtful act of kindness. Although one of our football coaches said, "What the hell is this!" When I figured out what had happened, I said "Dora, couldn't you have done something cool like transformers. Dora makes me look like a Dork!"

Revenge

So, normally when I pull a prank I have a hard time being patient. Although I am slowly learning that patience pays off. I have been waiting for about two months to play this prank and I thought of it on me own. Last Tuesday, while a student and another staff member were playing look out for me, I snuck into my friends car and tied her front doors together, so she couldn't get in. Then I made a flier for the staff party and told the staff to RSVP to my two friends. One teacher went up to one of them and said he was RSVPing for the party. Who's confused now!!!

Track

Yesterday we had a our League meet. We have Region and State left for the season. We should have between 5-9 athletes compete at state. It has been very rewarding to see the kids improve their times. One of my runners has almost shaved 1 minute off of her mile. These are some pictures I took yesterday. We are the "Huskies" in green and white.

Doing a 180 on the I-80

Saturday morning I got up at 6:00 am to get ready for a track meet. When I headed out at 6:30 there was about 1.5 of snow on the ground. I called one of the other coaches to see if it was snowing in Ault. She said it was not snowing down south, so I started on my 45 min. commute to school to meet up with the rest of my team. Part of my commute is on the I-80 heading east. As I was traveling I noticed that the car in front of me, which was about 50 meters away start to slow down, so I did the same. All of sudden my car started sliding from one side of the road to the other. No matter what I did to counteract the sliding my car just whipped back and forth. I finally decided to just hit my brakes and let my car spin to a stop. Luckily there was no cars closely behind me. Well, my car did a 180 and then stopped. So, I turned it back on, turned around and was on my way. While I enjoy doing donuts (I recently had to buy a new tire because I wore one down doing donuts), I have to admit that it was a bit scary doing donuts on the interstate. I am grateful for the Lord watching over me.

Lost in Ault

During the summer the town of Ault has "Ault Days". Part of festivities are a 5k and 10k. I decided that my track distance runners would run the 10k on Wednesday. Having never done the complete loop myself, I figure we could just follow the spray paint directions on the road. I mean how hard is it to get lost in Ault. Well, this adventure took us off the main road and through a bunch of farms. When we finally reached a paved road I decided that we should turn left. One of the seniors quickly piped up, "But Ault is to the right". So, we ended running more than a 10k and I am one of the few that has to admit that I got lost in Ault.

Um....I got stuck behind a cattle drive

Yesterday we had a two hour delay because of icy roads. So, I turned off my alarm and enjoyed a little extra time to rest. Last night I forgot to reset my alarm and well my internal alarm woke me up at 7:41am instead of 6:00am. School starts at 8:15. Luckily, I have planning period first thing in the morning. With my 45 min. commute, I got to school at 9am. I did call ahead and tell them I was going to be late. The sweet secretary just said, "Well, be careful getting here." There are some perks at this job; even if they are small. Although, I could probably get away with the excuse illustrated in the picture.