The End of another year!

It was very bitter sweet to say goodbye to my class this year.



I was able to go back from maternity leave for the last three days of school to finish up the year with my 4th graders. It was sad to say goodbye to this great group of kids. It will be my last year teaching 4th since I have taken a half day Kindergarten position at my school next year so that I can be home with my kids more. It made saying goodbye even harder. I know it is the best move for me right now but I am sad to leave my colleagues and friends in the upper grades. I am excited and a little nervous for the change.

Easter 2010

Maddux loved Easter this year!

Here he is helping dye easter eggs!

He was very excited about the Easter Bunny this year and got eacited about everything that he got to do

Here is the Easter basket after he followed the ribbon path and found it!
We spent Easter at home this year since it was so close to my due date. It was fun to do it at our house but we missed being with family!

Family Family and more Family

The best part of having a baby is all the family that come visit...


Greg's parents (PaPa and Grandma Harris with the kids!

4 Generations on my Mom's side
My Mom (Grandma Jo), Great Grandma , Ambrie and Me

4 Grenerations on my Dad's side
My Dad (Grandpa Bill), Nanny, Me and Ambrie

Ambrie with her cousin Brandon (Janae's little guy) who is just six weeks older than her.

She's Here!

Ambrie Jo Harris was born April 9th
She weighed 7lbs. 9oz.


Coming home from the hospital

The new big brother. He is so sweet with her and loves kissing, holding and looking at her sleep.
Right at the beginning he struggled with not having all the attention but now he loves her so much. When he hears her crying he always says "It's okay Baby Ambrie" and he also tries to give her the paci and sing to her when she's sad.

The whole family

She came home a perfect and healthy little girl. She has a little acid reflux which caused her to gain weight slowly at the beginning and she spits up constantly but other then that she is as sweet as they come! We love you baby girl!

Day at the LA Zoo!!

Over Christmas we had the opportunity to go to the LA Zoo for the day with Grandma Harris, Aunt Taryn, and his cousins Nate and Macy.

Maddux LOVED seeing all the animals up close and being out in the sunshine! It was such a fun day! I wish we lived closer to a zoo so we could go more often!

Maddux is TWO!!

On Maddux's birthday, after opening gifts first thing in the morning Greg and I took him out to breakfast to celebrate!

We even let him sit next to Greg like a real big boy would...which resulted in a very wiggly meal!

He picked out the smiley face pancake with "nanas", "ice cream" and "staberry" on it!

After breakfast we took him to pick out a new "big boy" bed and then finished the morning at the park even though there was snow

I didn't get any pictures but that night we all went to a SUU basketball game ...which he thought it was really fun.
Happy Birthday Sweetheart! You have made the last two years an amazing adventure. I feel so lucky to be your Mom!

Halloween Fun!

This year Halloween was so much fun! Maddux LOVED everything about it. He loved wearing his costume, he loved going trick or treating and actually understood what it was all about, he loved getting candy in his bucket and love helping us answer the door to pass out candy to other kids in costume! We had so much fun and seeing how much he loved everything made Greg and I so excited to see him discover all the festivites in the upcoming months! We really can't imagine life without him around..he makes holidays seem magical again! Here is a little video of some pictures and videos of Halloween 2009!