Happy V-Day

Verbomania? Definition: a craze for words. Like vigorous, veracious, versatile, versus, vernal, vibrant, vivacious. Those are some good v words, and there's more where that came from. However, the only word with v in it you need to know for today is this one.

Yep, this is me in NYC two summers ago. I imagine this was a pretty popular spot today on the day of all days. I forgot to sport my pink and red today to celebrate, but even the guys who changed my car made up for it - flower on the dash. What more could a girl want from her trusty mechanics?

I also celebrated by eating Easter candy, on Valentine's Day. OH MY GOSH. Yes, I know. I jumped the gun, however those Robin's Eggs were totally worth it. And I just got back from the coolest dance EVER. We rocked out inside (aren't those last 2 words an oxymoron?) the magnificent ice castles of Midway. Cold, you might say? Nah, not when you're rockin' as hard as I was rockin'. Good end to a fantastic day.

Did I mention that I LOVE Arizona as well? Happy Birthday to you! Almost a century old - February 14, 1912. You see, Arizona = Love. What can you not love about this? Snow-capped Mt. Graham in background with the beautiful desert and cactus flowers. Now, this is what I call a desert. Utahns, please come down and visit. You will fall in love.

Update - Peru Humanitarian Aid Expedition

I ran across this paragraph on the Generations Humanitarian website the other day:

NEWS & UPDATES:

Water Project Completed!

After 5 years of trucking in water, The Sunflower Orphanage in Peru has water! Karl Maeser Academy Spanish Teacher Kristina Anderson honored us with turning on the spigot on January 13, 2011. A sweet water supply was found some 1.2 kilometers south along the mountain above the town of Huayllabamba. In conjunction with the Mayor's office, we built the reservoir tank and dug trenches and laid PVC pipe the whole distance. Thank you to all who contributed to this massive undertaking. This will now enable us to complete our third dorm and take in another 40 children. (1/28/2011)

3rd Annual Maeser Faculty vs. Student Basketball Game

This is my favorite thing each year at Maeser. This is always something to look forward to and I love talking smack to the students. This year it was even better since we actually had our own gym to play in, which meant...........stands packed FULL of students, both middle and high school. Us ladies played the 1st and 3rd quarters with the men playing the 2nd and 4th quarters. And who won....? TEACHERS!! Booyah! This is the first year we've won too. There were some pretty impressive plays by the teachers. Not so much by the students...... haha!

Birthdays

I had an awesome birthday this year. We had a family party the Sunday before since it was also my bro-in-law's birthday to celebrate the both of us. Sweet.

Monday I had another joint birthday party with another dude in the ward, just friends this time. The candles on my cake said OLD. The candles on Shane's cake said OLDER :)

Tuesday was my actual birthday and all my students sang to me in almost every class plus my sweet sis brought me balloons and my addiction to make it though the day - sugar! To top it off, my basketball team WON their game!! They tore it up against Waterford. Thanks for coming to support, Family!