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David & I have 5 beautiful children; Ashlee, Britanee, Colby, Austyn & Linzi. We have a wonderful son-in-law, Brian; a lovely new daughter-in-law, Kelsey; and three beautiful grand-daughters! I work full-time as Stacks Manager at the Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) on the campus of Brigham Young University. I was previously an Elementary Media Specialist (librarian) and I loved it! I love EVERYTHING cinnamon, READING, and always sing along with the radio (sometimes too loudly :)

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

australia

our newest "read-a-loud" book is The Mystery at Great Barrier Reef, so i've been doing some research on australia...i've decided i would like to move there! :) if you would also like to know more, follow this link: online.culturegrams.com/kids/kids

GREAT information, and fun facts!

Can You Say It in Aussie English?

Hello G’day
What do you think? What d’ya reckon?
Excuse me? Ay?
Well done Good on ya
Let’s have a barbecue Let’s have a barbie
You’re kidding me You’re having me on

Friday, January 16, 2009

around the world in 80 mysteries!

i'm SO excited...our next read-aloud book is...

The Mystery on the Great Barrier Reef, by Carole Marsh!

you can learn all about this series of books at www.gallopade.com. click on the "kids" tab and then click on the "carole marsh mysteries" graphic. or www.carolemarshmysteries.com. puzzles, games, book club ideas, loads of fun and exciting activities are available. you can also learn more about Carole Marsh, the author of these great books!

we will be keeping track of our "travels" on our new world map located in our media center, and i'm excited to see where we go.