The Book of Martha

She made it through the first round . Janet, (my niece, Mark & JoLinda's daughter) submitted a rendition of the " Star-Spangled...

Each summer I try, and I mean try, to structure my kids in what I call "Pioneer School". I orchestrate activities, chores, play d...

We hit the jackpot this week! Tommy made up for all his skimpy emails with a letter, a tape, and a digital photo card filled with over 500 p...

I've noticed in a number of classes that there are older children within a classroom grade level because they are learning English. A fe...

Last Friday, most of the children were gone by the time I dropped off my key and picked up my time sheet in the office. When I stepped outsi...

I have a friend, Teri Woolley , who shared this story with me. She was having one of those, not so good mother day's. You know, the kind...

I got my happy Mother's Day phone call from Elder Blair at our arranged time of 6 a.m. on Sunday. We had 40 minutes of asking questions,...

GRATEFUL FOR STANDARDS Janna has a friend, a foreign exchange student from Belgium. He grades the papers in her French class. The other day ...

Yes, even superheroes stop in their tracks in amazement to do a double take of the color that reigns in front of our home. Well, at least I ...

I've blogged about my niece, Janet, before ( The Next American Idol ). She's graduating from high school this year and moving on to ...

Grandma and Ryan Ryan looking really cute. I had the rare opportunity of being with my granddaughter for an entire week. Bill and Chelsea ...

I was substituting Friday when another teacher came into my classroom. I knew who she was because I remembered substituting for her the mont...

Sam and Hugh at the final event. It was a fun evening and the end of an era for our family. Sam raced his last pinewood derby car at pack me...

Janna celebrated her birthday with the requested dinner of lasagna, tossed salad, and crusty bread. We also had cake and ice cream. Too bad ...