It has been forever since I last wrote. I have now taught first grade for half a year, graduated from ASU in December, and made a trip to Colorado and Wyoming. All is well with us here. Looks like our "winter" is over. It was 83 degrees today. Time to pack away the sweatshirts and jackets. I wore my flip flops for the first time today so my toes hurt tonight.
Cammie, Noah, and I hiked on Thunderbird Mtn. this morning and had a picnic before it got to hot!! Time to get in better shape.
If you are looking for something good to bake, check out Cammie's awesome site:
thefrostedcupcake.blogspot.com
Looking forward to a great week. We have half days on Wed. and Thurs. I'll be holding 26 parent teacher conferences!!!!!!

Teaching begins...

Well here is the long awaited start to my teaching career. I began last Monday. The class was finally organized and set up with the help of Cammie, Duncan, and Scott. I am very pleased with it. The children will come on Monday the 11th of August.
I am anxious and quite scared to tell the truth!!

Dream Come True in progress...

Half a century come and gone....

Well, I finally hit the big 50. Looking back over the last 50 years I have so much to be thankful for. I had a tremendous childhood in Montana and have shared close to 30 years with the love of my life. I am the mother to five beautiful children who now have children of their own. I can boast about my 2 awesome grandsons, Noah and Joshua. I am only a few months away from graduating from Arizona State University as an elementary school teacher. And to boot I am enjoying good health. Life is Good!!!
Our big news here is that the Prophet announced that a new Phoenix Temple will be built in literally our backyard. The temple will be in our stake and only a few miles from our home. The completion date is about 3 years. We are anxiously looking forward to being involved in its creation and of course in the blessing of attendance to follow.
Enjoy the summer where ever you are and remember it is hotter here!!! (and its a DRY HEAT) ha!ha!

May in Jackson Hole with Joshua

Baby Joshua

Our little miracle has arrived!

I came as fast as I could from Phoenix, AZ to Jackson Hole, WY on Wednesday the 30th of April. By plane, bus, and car I arrived running down the hall of the hospital to see my new grandson who was one hour old. It took awhile for the proud parents to decide upon a name but finally the next evening we have Joshua Duncan Wilcox- born 6:10pm on April 30, 2008 weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz. and measuring 20 in. long with a 14 in. head, blue eyes and alot of brown hair. He is adorable and very alert. Rebecca is doing great. She was a trooper through the delivery and will be going home on Friday morning. I am so glad I'll get to stay for a couple of weeks and enjoy them.
It is still winter here in Jackson. I drove out to the house late last night in a snow storm and in to town this morning while it still snowed. Luckily I brought a coat and mittens. From Phoenix's 95 degrees to Jackson's 35 degrees I hope I don't get sick.
The hospital is adjacent to the National Elk Refuge so I stepped outside this afternoon and took a few pictures of the elk. I tried to photograph Rebecca's home so that you could get a feel for the "winter." Meeka, their Alaskan Malamut, got herself tangled in her dog run cable this morning on the far end of the run which lies across a little gully. I tried to snowshoe out to untangle her but Eric's snowshoes wouldn't tighten enough on my boots so I had to give that up and just hoof it. What a surprise!! With every step I sunk 2 1/2 feet into the snow (for a person of my tremendous leg length this resulted in snow up to my hips)!!!!!! I was sweating by the time I returned to the house.
Life is good. God has blessed our family with a wonderful healthy little grandson.
I must return to my grandma duties.....hug and kiss, cuddle and snuggle, click and click photos.