Oh the things we do to raise money for books!

This week I ran 2 book fairs.  It just about did me in.  It is much more work than it looks!  At the HS, we did a bake sale all 4 days to raise cash to buy books.  Here is what I made:

Alayna made this cutie-talent runs deep in this family:

We had kids lining up 10 minutes before school ended to get dibs on the goodies…

I don’t know yet how much we made on both fairs but they were very successful.  We even got our doors decorated…

Daisy say “hi”

We built them a fort- these are 3 very spoiled piggies

We tried out the new awesome restaurant started by firefighters called Firehouse Subs and it was super yummy..

It was a happy week with the twins being born and good news on my dads diagnosis.  Prayers do work!

Kayla

Seeing the Piano Guys…

Kayla at BYUI

More reasons why I love my job!

We finally got to go out and celebrate Tyler’s 16th birthday.  He got his full drivers license (look out world!) and then we went to Carlos O Kelleys for lunch and went to see Maze Runnur which was super awesome and did NOT disappoint!!!

Bob has been working really hard on the home projects.  Here is the upstairs mantle.  Isn’t it gorgeous?!

It’s been a huge week for me once again…Both book fairs arrived and it was Red Ribbon Week.  The cool part about that is that we get to dress up each day.  Very few adults dress up- maybe they are too cool, BUT the kids LOVE that I go all out and that makes me cool!  One teacher said, “Is this just cape week for you?” Yes. Yes it is!

On Tuesday, it was superheroes day.  I couldn’t find a cape or mask, but I did get a picture with Catwoman!  I was Batgirl- she was a librarian, you know…

For pajama day I was Superman and Super comfortable!!

On Friday, for Halloween, I was Little Red Riding Hood with a basket of bookmarks.  The wind was super strong so coming into school I truly looked like Flying red riding hood!

I took pics of all the students on Book Character Dress Up day and made a bulletin board that says, “Reading allows us to become…” and then has pictures of all the book characters.  Cool, right?

Happy 16th to Tyler!!!

Happy Sweet Sixteen to Tyler!!  Can he really be that old?? He finally got the smart phone and headphones he’s been waiting for! Plus we had crepes with Nutella and watched Jurassic Park (Alayna has never seen it!)

Tyler also had his last game and final marching Extravaganza!

Alayna got a 100% on the assignment where she brought the Real Care baby home!  We are so proud of her!  PLUS, we got her testing scores.  She is reading at the 94th percentile and at a 12-college age reading level!

She also had her 1st temple trip to Nauvoo and said it was “AWESOME!!!”

So, I was able to attend the ILA (Iowa Library Conference) on Wednesday afternoon.  I only went to the exhibits, but it was worth it.  The whole thing was catered and had free alcohol all night.  You should have seen their face when I asked for root beer!  I was able to do so much networking and found 2 places I could order books from with lifetime guarantess and free processing- that’s HUGE!  I found some ways to get grant money possibly, and even got some free books.  I also got free bookmarks and posters.  It was a neat experience and I am so glad I went! I also found my new  favorite quote!

Then this weekend I heard there was a friends of the Cedar Rapids library sale and its something you don’t want to miss.  A friend said it was crazy crowded but basically new books for $1-2 bucks.  So I went and scored!! I should have gotten more!

Kayla’s Costume Party

I think she is having too much fun without us!