June 2026

First time planting tulips for spring. Hopefully they will come back next year.

Mother’s Day 2026

New roof.

So much has happened since last March. I took the plunge and have officially retired from Amelia Earhart Elementary. I will probably continue to cross guard before and after school but no more elementary aid work. I worked 17 years for Provo School District. I started at Sunsetview Elementary just working lunch recess for 2 hours every day. Did that for two years because Julie kept getting strep throat in 4th grade. When she finally got her tonsils out no more strep throat. 

There was a part time opening for school lunch lady at Sunsetview Elementary so I tried it for one school year. Too much work for my fifties!  I ended up applying at Amelia Earhart Title One program in 2012 as an aide and I got it! Julie was in sixth grade at the same school so that was pretty fun and I worked 29 hours a week which was perfect. The ladies in the Title One room were very patient with me and I learned how to teach all age groups how to read following a simple but strict curriculum. 

Candy Mack made this lei and gave it to me right before my last day of school. I wore it to celebrate my retirement.

Update on Gary’s Cancer:

He went back in May to get results from radiation and chemo treatments. The MRI showed signs of greatly reduced shrinkage so that was a relief. We found out last week that he still has cancer cells in his Sacrum bone area so that might be a challenge getting rid of that. We are just waiting to find a surgeon who can not only remove the cancer mass near his rectum but also remove the cancer from his Sacrum bone. Hopefully a surgeon from the University of Utah can help Gar. We find out in a few weeks.🙏🏼🤞

June Roses

Our tree in the front yard has taken off!

Daisy’s are beginning to bloom.