Teacher Appreciation....its finally done!

Well, for those of you who haven't talked to me in the last few weeks, I've spent the last month(or two or three) helping to plan and get ready for our teacher appreciation night. The youth of our ward have a tradition of nominating their favorite teacher. Most of the teachers are from school, some are private music teachers. This year, a favorite substitute got nominated and much to my disapproval, so did I.
Things went soooo good this year. Out of the 16 teachers that were nominated, 14 were able to come(one was at a funeral). So with the teachers and their guests, the students and their family, we probably had somewhere around 80-90 people. We set up enough seats for 100 and there were not very many empty seats. It was a great turnout. We also did a dinner for that many people. In the past it was thought that we couldn't do a dinner because it would be too crowded, but we did it and it turned out so great.
I got the job of making enough cole slaw for 100 people!!!! It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it turned out great. I got a lot of compliments on that cole slaw. I also was in charge of buying the supplies and making the gifts for the teachers. We did an 8x6 tile with a vinyl lettering quote from the student about why their teacher is special. I think I spent at least 10 hours cutting, peeling and transferring the vinyl. There were 20 different quotes done in .40 inch font. Can you say a pain in the butt!!! But I must say, they looked so good when they were done. We also did a slide show, played the newlywed game and parodied a song for the video.
So after all the preperation, the night came and went. I think the best part for me was having the girls in our ward come up immediatley after and say "Thank you so much Sister McClurg! You guys did such a great job. I know how much work it was." That to me, makes it all worth it. They were so gracious. Their parents were so gracious. And the teachers were so gracious. It was a ton of work, but to be able to show a teacher just how much they are appreciatied is awesome.

Spring Fever

I've got it! Spring fever is out in full force at the McClurg house. I would love nothing better than to be able to leave the windows open and let in the cool mountain air all day. But, that dang snow on the ground makes the air a little too chilly to leave them open too long. It's supposed to be in the 50's today, which is warm to me!!! Hopefully it will melt the snow and help melt away the crabbiness that I've had for the last two months. I counting on the spring to lighten my mood, brighten my home and bring nothing but good for Ben and the entire jobsite. Hopefully we can put the long hard winter behind us and start moving forward in a positive way.