For 20 years now our Ward (or church group) has been doing an annual “Teacher Appreciation Dinner.” 

All of the youth (6th grade through high school) invited their favorite teacher to attend.  This year, even the 5th graders got to invite one, so Ashley got to come too…which meant we had 5 of our 7 kids there with a teacher. 

It was a really nice evening.  Dinner was served and we had speakers and musical numbers by the youth.

Liz got to bring 2 teachers: Ms. Hanahan & Mr. Young.

Megan with Ms. Szatkowski.

Mikayla shared Ms. Swain with her friend Kaley. Ms. Swain has been a fixture at the dinner for several years.

PJ and Ms. Lammie.

PJ and Ms. Lammie again.

Ashley with Ms. Simpson....who had a huge impact on Ashley in the 4th grade last year...and continues to influence her.

Liz with her friends Laura and Tyler.

PJ and Dane.

Dane and Liz.

Elders Lee and Kilpelainen...the missionaries got to serve dinner to us.

Elders Lee and Delgado.

We joke that Liz and Elder Delgado look like they could be brother and sister.

This one and the rest of the pictures below are photos of other youth in our ward and their teachers and parents.