My goal is to make interactive science notebooks engaging for 5th grade and middle school science students while improving science test scores. NGSS expert, teacher, tpt author, mom, & widow

Summer 2017...Wow!!!






Graduations: We had Addy's promotion and Valedictorian speech (she always referred to it as her "Valevictorian" speech. Tyler earned great scholarships on the same night as Addy's promotion. My parents went with Tyler to VCHS while Wally, Heather, Shawn, and Cole attended Addy's promotion. We met at Filippi's to celebrate their accomplishments.

Eagle Scout:  Tyler also finished the paperwork for his Eagle Scout Award and we had his Court of Honor.

East Coast Trip: Then, Addy and I left for Washington DC, Gettysburg, and New York.






Family trip to Sequoias, American River, & Lake Tahoe:








We had fun enjoying the outdoors together! We loved being with our friends, the Wursters also!

Code.org CS Discoveries Training in Phoenix:
Code.org flew me to Phoenix for a week long computer science training. I learned a lot! It was amazing.




Cole surfing: Cole surfed three times a week with Grandpa Paul. He is a beach boy.




What a summer!