Here is a link to our family photo shoot we did in late December.
http://www.hightowerphotography.com/Pech.html
Kim was great and she's done quite a few shoots for our friend Danielle. So we decided to go with her services - which we REALLY loved. Even though Jaina was not cooperative, as you'll see in some of the photos, we had a blast. It's the first professional photos we've had done as a family and the first photos Kevin and I have had together since we got married!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
NYE 2008-09
Wow, I can't believe it's New Year's Eve already! What a year it's been. I started off 2008 working (teaching) part time at Red Rocks CC and at New America, but I'm finishing 2008 as a FULL TIME teacher at ACE/Community Challenge School. I LOVE my job - I know not many people can say that. Even though my kids are classified as "high risk," I know that I can help them overcome some of the educational obsticles that they've encountered. I know that I am making a difference, especially when I had at least 6 kids out of every one of my classes ask, "Are you coming back in January?" That makes me feel really good.
To top it off, I added an endorsement program onto my current MA program (which is Reading & Writing) - this program will allow me to add Special Ed (SPED) onto my MA and have a dual MA. It'd only take an extra couple of semesters while I'm currently in school. This works out great because our current SPED teacher, Joe, is leaving and I'll be taking his place. This way the kids already know me and don't have to worry about some "unknown off the street" teacher coming in.
Kevin picked up a project car (the Volvo) and then he decided to go back to school too. I'm SO proud of him, he pulled off a 4.0 his first semester! :) I do try to let him go out and play paintball or just have a "free day" when we can afford it. Plus, his contract at work was renewed for another 5 years as of August 1. YAY!
Then there is Jaina. She started off 2008 as a "just turned 2-year-old" and is finishing off 2008 as a "just turned 3-year-old." Whoever said there were the Terrible 2's was full of it! I think the 3's so far are harder....at least with Jaina. She's a VERY stubborn kid - I wonder where she gets it?! - and has such a mind of her own. I hear "I'll do it myself" at least a dozen times a day. But her imagination is running wild and I know she is learning so much more at daycare (which she loves) than I can even think about. I can't wait to see what 2009 brings for us.
I know what is in the works - so far - for 2009:
-more schooling for Kevin & I
-potty training *cringe*
-trip to Grand Junction at least twice...March weather permitting & one huge gathering in early June
-we want to try to go to Montana
-Ohio trip in late June
-Kevin and I's 10 year wedding anniversary...I think we may try to go to Las Vegas
To top it off, I added an endorsement program onto my current MA program (which is Reading & Writing) - this program will allow me to add Special Ed (SPED) onto my MA and have a dual MA. It'd only take an extra couple of semesters while I'm currently in school. This works out great because our current SPED teacher, Joe, is leaving and I'll be taking his place. This way the kids already know me and don't have to worry about some "unknown off the street" teacher coming in.
Kevin picked up a project car (the Volvo) and then he decided to go back to school too. I'm SO proud of him, he pulled off a 4.0 his first semester! :) I do try to let him go out and play paintball or just have a "free day" when we can afford it. Plus, his contract at work was renewed for another 5 years as of August 1. YAY!
Then there is Jaina. She started off 2008 as a "just turned 2-year-old" and is finishing off 2008 as a "just turned 3-year-old." Whoever said there were the Terrible 2's was full of it! I think the 3's so far are harder....at least with Jaina. She's a VERY stubborn kid - I wonder where she gets it?! - and has such a mind of her own. I hear "I'll do it myself" at least a dozen times a day. But her imagination is running wild and I know she is learning so much more at daycare (which she loves) than I can even think about. I can't wait to see what 2009 brings for us.
I know what is in the works - so far - for 2009:
-more schooling for Kevin & I
-potty training *cringe*
-trip to Grand Junction at least twice...March weather permitting & one huge gathering in early June
-we want to try to go to Montana
-Ohio trip in late June
-Kevin and I's 10 year wedding anniversary...I think we may try to go to Las Vegas
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
How quickly time flies
Jaina is turning 3 on Thursday (the 18th) and I am still so amazed how quickly this has happened. Looking at pictures even from a few months ago, she still had some baby fat and pudgy cheeks. Now, she's starting to get taller (even more so!) and her face is now "leaning out" and starting to elongage. I think, "what has happened to my baby girl" but I am starting to see the adorable little girl she is becoming.
Her imagination is astounding and she makes up the funniest things on a daily basis. She loves Dora, Diego, the WonderPets, and anything else on Nick Jr. or Noggin. Her imagination runs wild, and I know she is very creative. She loves to "read" her favorite books to us and "play"t he piano - which she does pretty darn well! - and she surprised the heck out of me when she counted up to 5 in Spanish - something I haven't taught her! Plus, anytime she can be outside, she's happy. She got a great snow suit set from G-ma & G-pa Rohn that she just LOVES. We went outside on Sunday when it was cold & snowy and she was nice and warm. Probably would have stayed out there all day, but 15-degree weather was NOT the funnest for adults!
Her imagination is astounding and she makes up the funniest things on a daily basis. She loves Dora, Diego, the WonderPets, and anything else on Nick Jr. or Noggin. Her imagination runs wild, and I know she is very creative. She loves to "read" her favorite books to us and "play"t he piano - which she does pretty darn well! - and she surprised the heck out of me when she counted up to 5 in Spanish - something I haven't taught her! Plus, anytime she can be outside, she's happy. She got a great snow suit set from G-ma & G-pa Rohn that she just LOVES. We went outside on Sunday when it was cold & snowy and she was nice and warm. Probably would have stayed out there all day, but 15-degree weather was NOT the funnest for adults!
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