Off-track birthdays are the best, you get to celebrate twice! We hope you have a wonderful birthday in a few weeks!

 Our portable is getting new carpet and cabinets while we are off-track! We had to put EVERYTHING in boxes with labels. We worked so hard and everyone pulled together to create a room full of synergy! WE ARE AWESOME!

 We won the class with the most reading minutes again! We are amazing readers again!

 Birthday treats - YUM!

 Birthday treats - MORE YUM!

 We are ready for the moving company to move ALL OUR STUFF to a storage facility>

 We had to have birthday treats on the stage because our room is all boxed up!

We have made it to St. George. WAHOO! Can you believe it? We have run 325 miles altogether. Colorado here we come.

 We have the honor of having a bright and friendly classmate be our VIP this week. She makes our classroom happy everyday. Thank you for all you add to our lives.

 Cookies with chocolate chips! FANTASTIC treats from our VIP.

We made a painting just like Paul Klee's. They turned out so good. We even added more of our imaginations to the pictures to make them even more exciting.

Today we had the honor of learning all about Paul Klee and his art work. We had one of our students father spend the afternoon teaching us about the artists life and the work he created. We are extra lucky because this same dad is going to send several weeks with us teaching us about many famous artists. He is dynamic and the students think he is delightful. We learned so many interesting things today.

These are some scary twins!

 We have run to Zion National Park. 300 Miles!

 Wow - you have a Zion's National Park shirt. That is so cool!

Yummy! I love to eat ice-cream! Thank you for the creamy, delicious treat. Thank you for the ice-cream scooper. The push out bottom is very cleaver.

I am going to love wrapping myself up in this warm blanket. Thank you for thinking of me on this cold winter time.

 You are going to miss that tooth when you go eat some yummy food today.

 Our VIP brought us some sweet treats today. Thank you for being so kind.

My name is Mrs. Kauffman. I am a student at Western Governors University. I am excited to work with Mrs. Freeman's 2nd grade class for the next 3 months!
I was born in California and when I graduated High School I moved to Indiana to attend Purdue University. That's where I met my husband. We moved to Utah right after we got married, and we
have been married for 20 years! I have 3 children, a 10th grade boy named Sawyer, an 8th grade girl named Grace and a 6th grade girl named Felicity. We have a dachshund named Watson who makes us laugh every day. We love living in Utah with the beautiful mountains and friendly people.
I love to read. When I was in 2nd grade my Aunt Debbie gave me a set of books called The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. They were my favorite books, along with the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary.  I read all the time when I was young.
I always wanted to be a teacher when I was a little girl and am excited to finally make that dream come true. I am thankful to Mrs. Freeman for letting me learn from her.

Homemade chocolates, YUM! My favorite was the cherry cordial.

 Another tooth gone during the Christmas break. It has to be all that yummy candy Santa brought!

 WOW! I am so excited to try an new fancy restaurant. My husband is even more excited, he loves Italian. Thank you for the generous gift1

 If you think our new VIP is absolutely darling, you are right. We have had so much fun writing about her many talents.

We have made it to Cedar City. We are so close to Colorado. We have run 275 miles. WE ARE AWESOME!

Another tooth has disappeared during Christmas break. Could it be from all the yummy treats Santa brought?

Happy Birthday to you. You are very nice to bring us doughnuts. It was fun to come back from Christmas break and have your birthday. What a great way to start the new year.