Happy 4th of July!!!!

Since July 4th fell on a Sunday, our town had the celebratory activities scheduled on Saturday. So we celebrated Independence Day on July 3rd at the Desert Diamond Casino. It was filled with great music, food and of course fireworks. The girls had a fun time dancing and eating, while Dave and I sat watching. It was really enjoyable and the weather was great too. Summer in Arizona can be pretty brutal so we were lucky to have a cool breeze in the air.


This was Bree's first time watching the fireworks so I was a little nervous at how she would react, but she did really well. The fireworks were accompanied with great patriotic music so it made it all the more moving.

Isabella's Year in Kindergarten

This year was a very exciting year for Isabella. She was blessed to have had Mrs. Tingle as her teacher, voted Teacher of the Year! Isabella had a rough start learning that things don't always go her way. But she began to realize that Mrs. Tingle was helping her to be a smarter and more responsible girl. I am grateful to Mrs. Tingle for helping Isabella. Ironically, Mrs. Tingle is married to my old Algebra teacher, Mr. Tingle. Mr. Tingle was my favorite math teacher in high school so it was very special having my life come full-circle.

Isabella did extremely well in her ability to learn how to read considering that she was behind developmentally from her other peers. She worked her little tail off so much that she was exited from Speech and Special Education services. She is currently working just as well as her peers. In fact, she was doing a bit better. I owe thanks to her teacher, and the special diet and multivitamins and supplements that she is taking. She has matured quite a bit and i'm extremely proud of her.

She made so many friends and enjoyed making everyone laugh. She was so silly and fun. I've uploaded some pictures of events that took place in her class. I look forward to her beginning her new adventures in First grade.

Summer Fun 2010

Well it's been exactly a year since I've posted anything to my blog......I've been quite busy. I completed my 2nd year as a Special Education Math & Science teacher. I also have completed my Master's in Special Education and will have my graduation ceremony on November 6th.....yeah!!! I'm super excited. Since I don't do well with downtime, I decided that it would be a good idea to start working on my Ed.D in Educational Leadership in December so I'm gearing down to start down the 3 year journey to being called Dr. Madeline Del Rio-Logsdon. I hope to eventually become a Director of Special Education for a school district. It definitely will give my family a more financially stable life for sure. We're hoping that it takes us on a new adventure in a new part of the country. We shall see.......

Summer has begun and I'm really happy to be able to enjoy this summer with the entire family. The girls and I are enjoying our pool time for a few hours in the day but then spending a lot of time indoors. It's only July 3rd and we've already finished two bottles of sunscreen spf 50........!! The downside to living in the Arizona desert is the fact that it's 108 degrees, which means we spend a lot of time indoors. Not something I really like to do at all! But we're catching up on our movie time, reading and cleaning. The girls are learning more responsibility and they are earning quite a bit of rewards in doing so. Kylee is here for the summer again and they are having a blast! They sleep in each other's rooms and read stories to each other as well as the regular sibling rivalry......arguing...........lol but they manage to work things out.... as they should. Overall, things are working out for us this year.......we'll keep you posted.