Bodacious Bartley's: Easter, Talent show, and everything in between

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Easter, Talent show, and everything in between

The first few months of 2012 have been pretty great. Life has certainly been busy. The kids have been doing an amazing job in school. Jacob has gotten straight A's and continues to love his gifted class. Brooke started off the year with 2 A's and 4 B's, and now has 5 A's and 1 B+. Katie isn't yet getting letter grades, but her teacher continues to tell us what a great student she is and how much she loves having her in class. She also lost her first tooth this year! I am super proud of the amazing children they are are and I don't know how I got so lucky.

We had a wonderful Easter this year. The kids hunted for eggs and the the bunny brought them all a new book and a new Sunday outfit. Brooke gave us a wonderful FHE lesson on why we celebrate Easter.

This past week all three kids participated in their school talent show. I was so proud of them for wanting to do it, and for wanting to do it together. They had a blast, and I think they did a great job, even though they were extra nervous. The rest of the student body seemed to enjoy it.

Tony continues to work hard to provide for our family. He switched from teaching English to now teaching Social Studies, and is really enjoying the change. He is also still teaching one class per semester at San Juan College, and the students really love him there. They always give him rave reviews on his end of the year survey.

I am still taking classes at the college. I changed my major from Special Education to Pre Dental Hygiene. I will be quitting my job in May so that I can focus on completing my prerequisites by next April so that I can officially apply for the program. I will be taking 4 classes this summer, 3 in the fall, and 2 in the spring. It's definitely challenging to balance being a good mother and wife, working and going to school all at the same time, but luckily my family is very forgiving, and they help pick up the slack. That's pretty much our last few months in a nutshell. I feel extremely blessed to have such an amazing family.

PS. I found this video on my phone. My son is a huge dork. :)

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HollyApril 17, 2012 at 3:18 PM
I just love you and your kids~!
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Bodacious Bartley's?

You may think I have slipped into the time warp continuum back to the 1980's with my use of the word "bodacious" but you would be wrong. Yes, I wanted something that that started with a B so that I could show my cool use of alliteration (that's right, I know what alliteration is), but did you know that bodacious means "noteworthy or remarkable?"

This blog is mostly going to be my journaling of happenings in my life of the things that I think are noteworthy or remarkable. You may not think the items I post are, but you can choose to keep that to yourself. :)

There is so much happening lately, and my kids seem to change overnight. It is all going by way too quickly. I don't want to forget this stuff, therefore, a blog!

So if you feel so inclined, you can always stop by and see what the Bartley's are up to, and wonder to yourself, "Why in the world does Rachel think this is noteworthy?"