FINALLY AN UPDATE!!!!

Well, it's been exactly a month since I have been on here and alot has happened. Wes and I recently got an ultrasound of the baby and found out the gender. We are having a girl and we are naming her Farrah!!! WE still call her Peanut, because she looks soo cute in the ultrasound pictures. I've been trying to upload them but my computer is having some difficulties recognizing the pictures, but I will keep trying.

I finished my fall semester at FPU. It was extremely stressful and I ended up with an A and a B. The B doesn't push me up on the payscale at work, but that's ok. I passed and I am happy.

My husband interviewed for KCFD Engineer and found out that he won't get his promotion until March. He has to go through another interview, which is just as stressful as my finals at FPU. He'll make it through, he always does.

We have been remodeling some areas of the house. We recently bought an Asian rug to put in our den. It looks great! Wes has been working nonstop on our guest bathroom on his days off. He painted it blue and put in new tile on the floor. He is going to make a new mirror and put in new light fixtures. I'm so excited to see the final product. After this project he is starting on the nursery. He is not looking forward to it because he wants to do so much and it will cost us a pretty penny, but he wants the room to be perfect so he is thinking about putting in some overtime for the next two months. Hopefully it won't be too much for him.

I'm almost 5 months. My tummy is not that big yet but it sure feels big. My equilibrium is going haywire, I find myself teetering to keep standing straight. My lower back hurts most of the time. I pee frequently, and have really bad heartburn. I feel like my lungs, stomach, and bladder are being squeezed to a tiny size. THe baby keeps me up most nights. She is enjoying doing her flips and kicking like crazy. The doctor says Wes won't be able to feel the baby kick until after the 20th week or so. I feel it all the time and many times I need to sit down just to get used to her. I find myself taking naps right after work for a couple of hours because I don't get any sleep at night:)Other than all this, everything is going good at the Agee house hold. Happy Holidays!!!!

The One and Only!!!

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House Woes and Love

My four day weekend proved to be a bit more than my husband and I expected. We started the weekend off getting all the necessary items we needed to make over our guest bathroom. Everything was great until Monday afternoon came around. My husband and some of our friend had just finished getting all the electrical and sanding finished in the bathroom when we noticed one of our toilets was backed up. We got the plunger and tried to plunge it.

Unfortunately, the toilet did not like the plunger, neither did our shower and bath tub, all our sinks and front yard. Our tank was completely backed up and my husband was furious. We thought we had one four day weekend to get our bathroom done. Just kidding!!! My husband spent Monday evening working on the house septic lines, and earlier Tuesday morning around, 11 am, had the lines completely cleared out. However, with the septic lines cleared came a new problem. Our main water line broke. You can imagine my husband's facial expressions!!

Today he spent most of his time fixing and replacing the water line. He wants to buy a new house so he doesn't have to deal with these types of problems, but even with a new house, just like an old house, there will always be problems.

My husband was incredible this weekend. He is every weekend actually. He is the best provider anyone could ask for and when he works on things he really does a great job. He is a wonderful man, and I'm so thankful he was brought into my life. He is always thinking of others before himself and his heart is always warm and open to others. So sweet heart. Thank you for all your hard work. You really make this house a home and you are the most amazing husband EVER!!!! Our child will have the most wonderful daddy. You know how to do things I could never learn in a hundred years. Thank you for everything!!! LOVE YOU ALWAYS!!

Taking a Stand cont'

I was recently reading my friend's blog on taking a stand for Prop 8. I was saddened to read her temple was basically trashed by hateful people who do not understand her religion, or my religion for that matter, and what we believe and stand up for.

I feel that as I get older, this world is growing darker. People fight for what they believe in all the time, but those with strong religious beliefs are being persecuted for what they are taking a stand for. I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. I dislike when others tell me that the Bible teaches tolerance and to love others no matter what the difference. I tell them yes it does, but it also says that marriage is between a man and a woman. My biggest concern with people like this is that they pick and choose from the Bible what is convenient for them. I believe and say you either take the Bible for what it says, or you don't take it at all. I don't pick and choose. I'm not perfect in any way. I constantly struggle to live an obedient Christian life, but my Bible is my book of guidance. There are scriptures that bring me and my husband to our knees and we cry.

I don't believe I am above anybody else. I believe that the Bible is the word of God. I believe that those who believe that God is the one and only God will have citizenship in Heaven. I believe that everybody can change for the better and live a blessed life.

For so many who opposed prop 8, took down other people's signs, drove on others property and desecrated churches and temples and other religious buildings, they don't realize they were an example of hatred. I continue to pray for those who need guidance or an epiphany. I pray for those who are persecuted for their religious beliefs, because they are different from others. I pray for a better life for my children. I Pray that hatred will no longer exist. I pray for a better world for all.

I am thankful that so many stood up for their beliefs and took a stand for prop 8. WE are in for a long hard road, please let us stand together, cast our religious differences aside and continue to show love for our neighbors, for those with so much hatred, confusion and despair. We can do wondrous things together. I look forward to taking a stand by your side again.

Frustrations

Well, I've been trying to post some of the pictures I took at Halloween and my computer won't download them. I've been trying for the past few days and nothing. I dressed my pug up as a pumpkin, and he greeted all the trick or treaters with his small little barks. Once I opened the door both my dog and the kids would stare at each other like "Oh my gosh, who the heck is this and what do I do now?" I loved it. the best costume I saw that night was from a young boy. He was dressed up as an eighties guy, complete with his cut off mesh shirt, old school ray bans, sweat band on his head, black parachute type of pants and of course, the big boom box on his shoulder playing eighties music. Great costume!!

Right now I am closing in on 13 weeks in my pregnancy. I'm still feeling nauseous all day everyday. I have been craving fruits and veggies, but no protein. I haven't been going to the gym because I'm just too tired when I get home from work. I'm sleeping for almost 13-14 hours a night. Hopefully my second trimester will allow me to get some of my energy back. I really need it right now. My school work has been suffering. I will be lucky to get a B+ in my Master's classes. An A will get me a pay raise at MMS, but not a B. :(

Wes and I are trying to get our house ready for the baby. The weird thing is everything takes money and that is something that is really tight in our household right now. No Fear though, GOD will lead us through. He has never let us down and we have always believed that our love and faith grows with him and each other when we deal with any type of hard times. I know we may get sad, mad or depressed, but we try to remind each other GOD has blessed our lives in more ways than we could have ever imagined and we need to thank him and give him praise.AMEN!!!!

Best in the West! KCF!!

I know the fair ended weeks ago, and I forgot I had these pictures. Wes and I went with our fabulous spunky friends Ashley and Martin Hayward. The fair was lots of fun. I had lots of great food and I love, love, love taking pictures of the animals. Another of my favorite things to do is to take pictures with Smokey the Bear. Only you can prevent Forest Fires, or start them. Hey, I'm only saying the truth. People start fires sometimes, just ask my husband how many times he set our BBQ on fire, not on purpose of course:)












I love going to the fair, especially when there are free concerts. Ashley and I went to see Boyz II Men. They first came out when I was in grade school, and I still love their music, even though there is only three in the group now. I love their dance moves. Same old school dancing!! What was even better was being stuck in the back near the food stands and not being able to see the stage. I know I'm short, and I tried my best to stand on my tiptoes and move forwards, but everytime I had the chance, some super tall man or woman would get their first. Ashley kept laughing at me. It was great!!

Time for the baby bump

Well, believe it or not my stomach has popped! I've been told my stomach won't show until four months maybe even six, but I can't suck it in any longer, baby Peanut is making his/her presence known. My students are all excited, touching my stomach and making kissing noises. My coworker keeps telling me to buy maternity clothes. I'm just in shock. It feels weird having one's stomach pertruding from the body. It's not that big from the looks of it, but it sure feels big to me.

Ain't nothing but a PEANUT!!!

Well, it has been almost a month since I was able to last update the blog, and alot has happened. I am 8 weeks and 5 days pregnant. Extremely tired, and hungry, only nothing sounds good to eat. I go to bed at 5pm, wake up at 7pm, then go back to bed at 9pm. My master's program has taken a back seat and my grades reflect it. I really dislike getting A minuses :). I had my first ultrasound this last Tuesday. I had to take a glucola test and wait for over an hour for the ultrasound, because two of the machines were broken and only one was working. It looks like a peanut right now, and my husband and friends have been calling it peanut for the last couple of days. I still try to go to the gym when I'm not sleeping, but I can't have my heart rate over 140 and that is especially hard for me because I feel like everytime I step on the treadmill, stairstepper or eliptical my heart rate goes straight 160. Yikes!!!

My husband has been studying hard for his engineers test. I know he'll do great. He is already a great provider, but with a baby on the way now, he wants his family to have more security. When he passes the test he'll get a pay raise and start saving for Peanut's college fund. I love how he keeps thinking ahead.

School has been going crazy. I have meetings almost everyday, and I am always working on my BTSA work. BTSA is a two year program that will help me get my clear credential to teach forever!!! Well, not forever, it has to renewed after so many years. Other than my hectic life, eveything is going great. I love my life and husband, my family and friends and continue to grow in my relationship with the Lord. I couldn't ask for a more blessed life.

It's Official!!!

Well, I went and got a blood test yesterday and today I found out my results, I am for sure pregnant!!! This is very exciting for me and Wes. I spent the day calling family and looking baby things up on the internet. My mom already has the crib and and furniture picked out. My husband and I will be fixing a couple of the rooms up before the end of this year, and getting ready to make the nursery fit for a baby. I can't believe that I am going to have a little one soon. It's all so scary and exciting. I spent an hour at Target yesterday just looking at baby items. I kept thinking to myself "I'm going to need lots of these things and I don't even know what half of them are!"
My husband has been great. He has called and found a doctor for us and has already set up appontments for me as well. He is soo excited I don't think he wants to leave work right now. He will be taking as much overtime as he can now! HAHA, I'm not moody yet!! You can come home Wes!!

Adding to the team

Well, I haven't been feeling myself and I kind of had a sneaky suspicion that I could possible be pregnant. So today when I came home from work, I took a pregnancy test and sure enough I am pregnant. Now I know some people don't like at home pregnancy tests, but I'm confident it is correct. I'll be going to the doctor soon getting a 'real doctor's test' but all I can think about now is OMIGOSH!! I haven't finished working on my rooms that I tore down over summer. YIKES!! That's okay, just an extra project for my husband to do.HAHA:}:}

Actual Labor Day!!

Well, this weekend my husband and I decided to stay home and get some house work finished. WE actually put the labor in Labor Day!! HAHA!! He put in a new front door with beautiful stained glass. He put in French Doors in our family room. Thank goodness, because our sliding glass door was about to fall apart. I'm just working on the office. I'll be sanding and putting primer on the walls tonight. Tomorrow I start to paint. Always fun, especially when I can't figure out which color to choose.

Thank you Lord!!

Well, I can not believe I am going to say this but, I am excited about the new school year. I can't wait to see my coworkers and students. Plus, I am taking my Master's classes at the same time, so I know I will be very busy. I was hoping to coach volleyball this year, but it doesn't look like I will be able to. Maybe next year.

James and I were talking last night about how nice it was to have our days off together. We were able to go to the beach, visit with friends, remodel the house and just hang out with each other. I will certainly miss those days. Now that school will be starting, I won't be able to see him that much. Plus he is studying for his engineers test. I know he will do great.

We have been so blessed in our lives. The Lord has helped us get by in times of turmoil, financial hardships, and crazy schedules. James and I have pulled through together, always aksing for the Lord to guide us and use us as an instrument to spread his loving and amazing words, and to help bless others. It sounds funny saying this, put because of our crazy schedules we have grown more in love with each other and the Lord. James and I are able to have such a fullfilling life because the Lord has truly touched us and continues to guide us in our thoughts, words and actions. We continue to live such a wonderful Christian life, and we give thanks to the Lord for everything in our lives. Our friends have seen a change in us and they are amazed at the love we have for the Lord. WE pray that our friends and family will open their hearts to the Lord and receive him. The Lord has done incredible things for us and we know the Lord can do incredible things for those who accept him in their lives.

Home Stretch!!

I can't beleive it. I have exactly 6 more days of graduate summer classes left. I'm so excited and anxious at the same time. I feel like I've been working non-stop. I recenlty finished my 6 weeks at McFarland Middle School teaching math. It was a great and crazy experiece, but I'm not sure if I will do it again if I am taking another graduate summer class.

My husband also came home after weeks and weeks on the Piute fire. I'm am releived and overwhelmed that he is home safe and sound. The Lord has answered my prayers by bringing him home safe. I am still praying for the others as well. We'll be going to the coast after I am finished with my classes. It is a much needed vacation for both of us, and I can't wait to spend time with him and my family.

Praying

I spent a great July 4th with some close frineds of mine. We ate bbq, lit fireworks and watched fireworks from the Bakersfield Country Club and BC stadium. The saddest part of the night was getting a phone call from my husband. He is currently fighting the fire in Lake Isabella, and he will be there until the end of July. After that, he is being transferred over to Malibu, or some other fire in southern california and he won't be home until the middle of August. Hopfully all the firefighters will be able to contain and stop the spread of the fires, so that they can all return home to their loved ones.
Just praying for a safe return for all the men and women fighting these fires, and for my husband to come home safe and soon.

Firefighter Agee 54!!!

WEll, I recently got back from the Cabrera Family reunion just to find out that my husband will be on a strike team for the next 2 weeks fighting the fires here in California. What a bummer. First he was unable to go to my reunion because of work, now I can't spend the fourth of July with him because of work. I guess I'll just sit at home and do homework like I always do.

I miss you Wesley!!Come home to me soon. Love you and miss you lots!!!! XOXOXO

The Haka - New Zealand Vs Tonga

This war dance gives me goosebumps. I love this.

yatta

Gotta love Asian music! I don't have a comment for this video. I think it speaks for itself:):) YATTA!!!

BYU Vocal Point - Thriller

I love the THRILLER!!!

School bums me out

Now, I know it takes hard work and dedication to accomplish great things, like a degree, but the work load for my two classes are just tremendous. I have to read 10 chapters, and 1 article by Saturday, and I only have two chapters down. If I wasn't teaching summer school, it wouldn't be a problem. I'm sure my feloow classmates agree, the next six weeks are going to be rough. Lots of work and no time to breathe.

On a happy note, I get to see my family next week at our reunion. I haven't seen my cousin in over ten years, or a couple of my aunts in over two years. Can't wait to eat some Chamorran food. Ooops, sorry, we are eating at a resort. Maybe the next reunion, I want me some fin sauce!!!

Summer School

So, here I am taking three classes for summer school. Two classes are for my master's degree, and the other class I am teaching at McFarland Middle School. So my days are completely filled. I work from 7-12, then I come home and I'm on the computer until 10 pm. I don't know if I'll teach summer school next year. I like having something to do, but not at the cost up being sleep deprived.

I 'll be going to New Mexico in about a week to go to my family's ten year reunion. I am very excited, but also very broke. I can't wait for payday to get here. I am so behind in bills, I just want to catch up.

Missing my husband

My Husband left for work today, won't be home until thursday and he is extremely sick. Can't keep a firefighter down, so I thought I would keep him forever posted on my blog.


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Still waiting...

Well, I see that everybody is out of school, congratulations! I still have 7 weeks left and that is including this week. Still have some work to finish for my classes. Just about done for my KIN 730 class. On ly have to correct my expanded mission statements. I still need to post a podcast for my KIN 710 class, but I need to wait for my husband because he seems to be half computer and knows how to do just about anything you can think of when it comes to computers, and computer games.

Diane!!!! I miss you girlie. Tell Sean happy birthday! I bet Mandy is ready to have her baby, please tell her and Brian that I love the new car. I'll be teaching this summer. I get to teach retention math to 7th graders. The best part is I get to teach from 7am to 12pm!! Yeah right, I'll be so tired driving at 615 in the morning. I'm not going to be working at my store alot this summer. If you go, go in the morning because we are having our clearance sale right now. Lots of great bath stuff to buy.

Taking a break from homework right now, just another 10 minutes and I'll get back to it.

Library Thing

I recently visited a new website named Library Thing, and it's a great site to get your books cataloged, or even look for books that you may be interested in. I cataloged a few book I really enojyed and I have to say, I think I will be using this site alot. I love organization. If you would like to check out my catalog just go to http://www.librarything.com/catalog/fagee1.

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Discovering Podcasts

I have to apologize to everyone who visits my blog. I don't mean to spell words wrong. I need to take a little more time to review my posts before I publish them.

I just finished searching for kinesiology podcasts that I can put in my blogline account. I was able to find a few that I was interested in Podcastalley.com. One was about Health and Fitness, the other was about Ironman updates. I think the podcast are easy to use so far. The ones I've seen on our assignment pages are fun to watch. I think it makes the assignemnts more fun when there is a podcast to watch.

Digital Video

I read the two articles on Digital Video, and I would like to use these for my classes, the ones I teach and the ones I take. I think it is great for my students to see a technical style of teaching and it is great to reach those students that have different learning styles as well. I have used digital video once when I was taning a Kinesiology class and it turned ut really good.

Oops

Didn't mena to put the DDR video on here twice.

One Leg DDR

Awesome!!

One Leg DDR

Astonishing

Team Hoyt

I posted the 'Team Hoyt' video on my blog from You Tube because it's a constant inspiration to me. I first saw this video at church and came home right away and posted it on my Myspace page. There are so many people who have hardships but have accomplished so much in their lives that I feel silly everytime I start to complain about how hard my life is. Just watching this video helps change my attitude.

I really enjoy You Tube. I like finding new music videos and even funny PE videos. I teach a fitness component and part of the assignment is to participate in the Dance Dance Revolution assignment. When my students say it's hard, I assign them to go to You Tube and look up DDR. Some of the people dancing are hilarious and others are down right astonshing. Ever seen a one legged man dance? It's posted on You Tube. I enjoy this site alot and I know my students do as well.

LIbrary 2.0

This is how advanced and technically savy our culture is becoming. Libraries have transitioned to a web world by using the computer to keep libraries up to date with the latest ways to search for information. Libraries are now working on meeting the needs of their library users and are embracing the changes of our culture. So long card catalogs!!

Technorati

So...I've been on this new website called Technorati for about an hour and I have to say this is a really interesting site. I typed in 'kinesiology' and found 90 posts, 56 blogs and numerous videos and photos, many photos didn't seem slightly related to kinesiology at all. I looked through some of the sites tagged with kinesiology and was impressed with what I saw. The site is very interesting to explore. Everytime I searched for Kinesiology the number of posts seemed to change. This is a great way to search for other blogs on kinesiology and expand how information can be shared.

Deli.cio.us

For KIN 710, I was assigned to look at a website called Del.icio.us. I was looking at this site yesterday for about a hlaf hour, then I came home today after work and looked at it for over an hour and I am very impressed with this bookmarking site. I explored the Tag Cloud where popular subjects were in large bold letters and other subjects were not. I can use this site from any computer, home or work, and have all my favorite links, or sites that I use for school and research, all bookmarked in one website. The great thing about Del.icio.us is that I'm able to share my favorite links with others. I can save and bookmark any site that is useful to me or just fun to explore. I see this being very useful, especially for my graduate classes right now. I can bookmark my favorite research sites, and share them with others and have access to them from any computer. I could possible see myself using this site for teaching. I can tag all my fitness and health sites on Del.icio.us, and have it available for co-workers to view as well. This website is very interesting. I would like to start using this for my PE classes.

Super Dad (I Can Only Imagine, MercyMe - Background Music)

Constatn Inspiration

Frustration

So I dedicated the first four days this week to get some homework and tests finished. Today I had and still have time to work on one last assignment and it takes awhile to download. Once it has been downloaded it seems to take even longer to read the pages because my computer runs soo slow that it almost takes a minute for the next page to pop up. This bio synopsis is going to take me all night long, and I have a long work day tomorrow. I may not be able to go out of town like I had planned.:( Slow computers are not my friend right now, and I am having gym withdrawls.

WEB 2.0

I was quite amazed by the WEB 2.0 award list. There are sites on this list that I use on a regular bases and sites that I have just started to use for KIN 710. I use Craigslist.com to shop for items, I have visited Peertrainer.com to look up health related topics and ideas. I never realized these sites I use frequently are on the WEB 2.0 awards list. Other sites I found on the list were Google Docs and Twitter. I feel more knowledgable now that I know more about WEB 2.0.

Google Docs

This is a must have for anyone who likes to stay organized and have order to their day. Google Docs is easy to get to and update. I was able to organize part of my daily schedule on a spreadsheet and have the url published on my blogspot. I'll keep this updated as often as possible. I usually have my daily schedule in front of me in a planner. Using Google Docs is a great way to keep my lesson plans updated and readily available to me. I can't say this enough, it's a great tool to have. Thanks for the introduction Scott!!!

RSS feeds

Well, I have just spent an hour working on the first part of my KIN 710 assignment. Technology is sometimes completely alien to me and other times I can figure things out right away. This assignment was a bit confusing for me. I had troube with the feeds at first, I think I wanted to add too many feeds at once. Finally I was able to get everything situated. I added news feeds, classmates feeds and other odds and ends that are now at my fingertips. It's great having to go to one sit to get the information I want. RSS feeds are pretty much amazing.

Holla Nicky V!!

Well, my husband and I were out in Colorado this past weekend attending my brother's college graduation. It was absolutely a great experience. I am not one for recognition, so I didn't attend my college graduation. "Just mail it to me," I told my professors. My brother, on the other hand, fits right in with the lights and cameras and bullhorns going off in the crowd. I couldn't stop smiling when he walked across the stage wearing his cap with 'BOUT TIME' taped to it. He wants to get his Master's, but he is going to work on being a personal trainer for the summer then start looking for a different school to attend. I guess Colorado State is boring now? I told him FPU is great, but he really enjoys going to classes.

Congratulations brother Nick. I knew you could do it. I love you and miss you and hope to see you again this summer. Know what I mean?!

Social Media in Education

I got a chance to read some articles for my KIN 710 class at FPU. All three of the articles talked about social media in education, three of the aricles stood out for me. An editorial by Richard Ferdig, "Examining Social Software in Teacher Education," was interesting in that the use of technology is very useful, but if students are not engaged in some kind of social interaction while using technology, they tend to get off task and resort to some kind of social interaction like text messaging. I have witnessed this first hand in many classrooms. Students feel the need to interact with each other constantly whether it is through technology or talking face to face.

Another article I read was "Web, Library, and Teen Services 2.0" by Kimberly Bolan, Meg Canada, and Rob Cullin. The most interesting item I read was that libraries are being designed to cater to teenagers. Libraries are asking teens about their experiences in libraries and how it can be improved to get more teens to come to a library. Many of the examples the article shared were Web sites that I a currently using for this class. I think it is amazing how far technology has come that it could encourage teenagers to go to a library.

The last article I read called "Social Networking" by Alfred C. Weaver and Benjamin B. Morrison, was really an insightful article on how far social interaction has come. More and more people are able to share their lives with each other because of the many social networking sites that are available. For instance this blog is a way for me to interact with fellow peers, frineds and family. Never would I have thought that I can share my thoughts with the click of a button.

DUHH

Well, I have finally conquered my music dilemma. I was having trouple posting my playlist on my blog, and I finally was able to get it posted after an hour of trial and error. Hard work does payoff. I was very excited about the music I chose. It's music for my mood right now. The playlist website is quite amazing. The site contains songs from oldies to contemporary. It is exciting to find what kind of music is out there and fit it to my mood. I had a great time with this site and would suggest others to go to it as well. Of course, all my friends and students already know about this site so anyone who doesn't know about this site please take a look at it.

Graduation Time!!

Well, it's about that time. Wes and I will be taking a trip to Fort Collins, Colorado to see my brother graduate with his Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and Exercise Science. I am extremely happy for my brother. We are the only two grandchildren on both my mom and dad's side of the family to graduate from college. Hopefully my brother will keep up his end of the deal and go for his Master's.
Congratulations little brother!!! Keep up the hard work, I know you can accomplish whatever you put your mind to. Just remember who beat you first. HAHA!!

My husband has never been to Colorado and he has yet to meet my dad's side of the family. I'm kind of nervous for him because my dad's side is quite large with fourteen aunts and uncles, and hundreds of cousins. We get to spend two days in Colorado and hope to go back some time during this year.

Thankfulness

This is my very first post and I am very excited. I have actually been thinking about creating one for family and friend purposes for a while now.

I just want my family and friends to know that I am so thankful for the love and richness that you all have brought into my life. There have been many times, and I'm sure many of you will agree with me, that we have taken things for granted. We don't realize that everything we have in ours lives can be taken away in a blink of an eye. I am so thankful for my wonderful husband who puts his life on the line everytime he goes to work to fight fires. He is an amazing provider and works extremely hard to put a roof over our heads and food on the table and money in the bank so that I can have some money to pay for school. It's not alot but it is enough. I love you Wes!! I am thankful for my family that has stood behind me when I have rebelled, yelled, stressed out and struggled with areas of my life. I am thankful for my friends that have stayed with me and supported me through very crazy times and have prayed with and for me in times of need. I love you all.

Now with the budget crunch there is a good possibility that I may lose my job. So everyday that I go to work I take the time to thank my Heavenly Father for allowing me to be apart of a wonderful school, P.E. program and team. I still miss Highland High, but McFArland has become my home for teaching. I love both schools.

Mrs. Fischer with a "c", your strength inspires me to be a better person, an obedient follower in Chirst, a wife, daughter, sister, cousin, teacher, student and friend. I love you soo much and can't wait for our next movie night.