DNA party time in S8...

My students are wrapping up their unit on DNA and genetics and we decorated up the room with their DNA projects and had ourselves a little DNA celebration Watson and Crick style :)

Visits from Dear friends and Peacocks...

Later in March one of my favorite people came to SLO for her birthday. Brie and Jason made the trek all the way from Texas to visit and hang out for her special weekend. We got to play sand volleyball at Pismo and go wine tasting in Avila. I did not manage to take any pictures of my special visitors, but I sure did get some pics of the peacocks at the winery.They have the birds just wandering around the property and perching on the owner's house. I've never seen a peacock up close before and they are super pretty and LOUD! Needless to say, after we had done a bit of wine tasting the peacocks were getting pretty annoyed by us ;)

It's OFFICIALLY a girl!!

When I went up to visit my family in March we got the exciting confirmation that Brett and Jill's baby is in fact, a girl!! My mom could not be more excited to finally get her granddaughter and Kyle and I are super stoked to have a niece!

My first present to baby Carlyn was a pink blanket. I've been dying to make one since my brothers started having kids and I finally get to make as many ruffly, girly, soft and cuddly blankets as I want!

Catching up...

It seems like its been ages since I've had time to get on here and update! A lot has been going on in our neck of the woods. Lets start with a trip to Tahoe in March for Erin's birthday and a farewell trip for my brothers. Ryan is off to Spain now and Brett is in Texas for basic training.

Below is Brady sporting some pretty rad beanie hair as we wait to find the perfect sledding hill. The weather was sunny and amazing and just perfect for a family day. Here is Cole standing on the "Olympic podium". I asked him what place he wanted to be and he said "third!". So here is our proud third place olympic sledder. Here is mom, Jill, and Brady on the shuttle to the park.

Our Wedding Website

TheKnot

Kyle and I have been working hard to tie together as many of the details of our wedding as possible the past month. Check out our *work in progress* website for the big event. Also, expect your invitations in the mail any time now!

90 Days to go :)

Date night...

This Saturday Kyle and I decided to have a date night. Since we've been so busy lately it has been tough to get in some quality time. Luckily, this quarter at Stanford is drawing to a close and our schedules will become a bit more manageable. Kyle's project is coming along nicely and he's getting ready to present his design on the 15th. I'll definitely get some pictures of his progress up soon.

Save Our Schools

http://www.standupforschools.org/

For anyone that is currently in school (preschool through college).


This Thursday, March 4 is "Start the day for Students". Wear black that day to let California know that we don't want any more cuts to Education. These cuts to education are not the way to improve things in California.

If you're not in school, but you've ever had a teacher that influenced your life, do it for them. Do it for your kids that will soon be going to school. Do it.