Lights, Camera, Action.....

So...I am going to make a commercial. This story begins a few weeks ago when my principal was at a workshop in New Orleans. His booth was next to a Provo Craft booth promoting a "Cricut in the Classroom" project. My principal volunteered to have our school help in their promotion. When he came back to school, he asked me if I would help, and because you don't say no to your principal, I agreed. I met with a team from Provo Craft today and they were telling me all the free paper, vinyl, cricut fonts and classroom supplies they were going to give me. My eyes were wide and I was so excited! One of my favorite parts about teaching is decorating my room! They looked around my room at the things I had already done with my cricut machine and started telling me all the things and project ideas they had. I wanted to jump up and down I was so excited! Then they started talking about their promotion video, and my stomach kind of sunk and my fingers started to shake! They will be coming into my room to video me and my kids working on a project together. They will also be shooting a short narrative piece where I am basically talking about how I use the cricut in my classroom. Not going to lie, I am nervous about that. I got even more nervous when the editor started to talk about the video promotion being posted on the internet and available in their store! I am really nervous/excited about it. They are coming to film in a couple weeks, so I will let you know how it goes!

Easter Weekend

We had such a fun easter weekend. Chad's weekend started Friday morning as he went golfing with his dad, grandpa and others in the Barton family. He complained of being tired and sore after walking 18 holes, but I know he loved every minute of it! Later that night we got together for a dinner at Aunt Lisa's. We had fun chatting and catching up with everyone.
Saturday morning we headed down to Gunnison for the Dyreng Easter festivities. It was a rainy day, but that did not get us down. We relocated the picnic to Grandma's backyard and waited for the sun to come out to go roll eggs. This is a Dyreng tradition that I thought was normal. Apparently it is not! Our family finds a hill, digs a little trail, and rolls our eggs down. Eventually the eggs break, and we just end up throwing them at each other! The best part is that I actually have pictures and not silly clip art pictures!


I came outside to find Canyen and Chad, and where else would he be, but up a tree!

Even Chad got into the egg rolling fun!


Payton showing off his eggs.


Connor and Brooks at the top of the trail rolling their eggs.


Everyone getting ready for the Grand Finale!

When Chad and I get together with family, we basically play Aunt and Uncle. We love to see our nieces and nephews. I smile every time I see how cute and playful Chad is with kids! So, thanks to all our siblings for sharing your kids with us!