5th Grade Wax Museum

Jenna did a nice job on her Wax Museum project. The students had to chose an American in history to study. They then had to write, memorize a monologue, and dress up like that person to present in class and to visitors.
Jenna wanted to be unique and she has a interest in the human body, so choosing Mary Breckenridge was a good option for her. Mary Breckenridge was a pioneer in home-health nursing, public health nursing, and nurse-midwifery. She is the founder of Frontier Nursing University where nurses obtain an advance- practice degree.

Mary Breckenridge

Jenn's classroom

Jim Gaffigan

We like a good comedian. I bought these tickets as a surprise for Steve for the 1st weekend in October. We went up to SLC for dinner and then on to Abrevenal Hall for his stand-up routine. I liked it and laughed a lot, but probably not as much as with Brian Regan,

BYU vs Utah State

Steve works at BYU and there are definitely perks. The tickets were a gift from his boss. Even though it was really a bad game, it was a lot of fun having this date with Steve.

About 20 minutes before game time, this is the stadium. The sunset was nice, too. 

To top it off, Steve had bought this jacket for me before the game so I could show some spirit.

Soccer Baller

We never played soccer growing up. I don't really know the sport; certainly not like any sport that I played or regularly watched. Steve and I are not soccer fans, per se. Well, we weren't until now. This was Zac's first season in soccer, and he was good! He had some hustle and heart. He played well as "shooter" and midfielder. He is quick. Soccer keeps him engaged. I recall saying, this might be his thing. We shall see.

These fans liked climbing the tress.

The Circus

We made plans in the late summer to go to the circus the last weekend of September. It was the Ringling Bros. Circus was at the Energy Solutions Center in SLC.
The kids loved it and I really enjoyed it too. Steve was luke warm on the circus.
I liked how they kept things moving and exciting. It was perfect for  the boys that love the stimulation. My favorite part was the acrobats. The boys liked the crazy motorcyclists. Gage also liked the clowns; they were the side entertainment while the other big events were being set up.
 Steve who is far from an activists or even an animal lover was discontent with the animal features of the show, mainly the big cats and the elephants. That is for another post altogether, I suppose.

All in all, I love the family memory we made with the kids.

The Baby Clown

So fun to go with  the Diaz crew

DC Conference

I was required as a part of my school curriculum to go to "How to Start a Birth Center" Conference. There are 4-5 places throughout the year that host this conference. Alanna and I thought this venue was best for our schedules. To be brief, it was expensive and not currently applicable to me and my goals as a beginning CNM...but it was fun to be with my friend, Alanna and to tour a little of Washington DC after the conference.

After our first day of conference, we went to this Italian pub. 

The White House. I was able to FaceTime Steve and the kids. They thought it was cool 

At the conference, we met Kitty Ernst! She is a midwifery pioneer working to empower women and the profession. 

HOT DOG stand!

At the Smithsonian- check out the primate pelvi. 

It was a gorgeous day and a reverent experience to watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the unknown solider. 

Gage is a Preschooler

Learning Dynamics

Me still my soul. My baby is going to preschool.