Thanksgiving 2010

Sorry folks no pictures but I have to write and say that I am so thankful this Thanksgiving and not just for a full day of sitting around and eating (which we all know I love to do). It was especially fun this year to have almost my whole family there...Angi wasn't able to make it but all my other siblings and their spouses and their kids were all there. My mother had me make pies this year! What was she thinking!! Don't get me wrong I actually love making pies but to make them for the whole family including extended is a little bit nerve racking! I think that puts on some pressure to make them better than I usually make them. I only hope everyone enjoyed them... I didn't even eat any... what is wrong with me... Now I have pumpkin pie with drawl. I think that I'm going to have to make and eat pumpkin pie for like a week straight... That would be awesome!!!
This year was an interesting one! I have been in a funk lately for various reasons and can't seem to shake it! I wasn't very excited for this Thanksgiving because I haven't been enjoying family time lately, but surprisingly it did me a lot of good. So now I can't stop thinking about how thankful I am that I have them around it is all that matters!!

Rendezvous 2010

Ok so I found a few more photos for the naked collage. The one guy with no shirt, loin cloth, and flip-flops has to be a classic!!! hahahahaha





















Here's to the Fort Bridger Rendezvous without which I would have never been able to make this naked collage. So please enjoy it and if by some weird chance you know one of these people please tell them to put some pants on!!!

End o'school!!

So I'm sitting here thinking, Wow!! only 8 more days until school is officially out!! I can't believe that it is finally over! I don't mean that in a bad way despite what you may think ;) So I thought I'd share a few memories of this year... Here goes...

• car-pool rides with Christi and Chelcie (singing... screaming at the top of our lungs)
• Pretending to work out while Chelcie really did and then rewarding myself with treats because, obviously, I worked out.
• Getting in a car wreck... and then getting a little extra cash that I wasn't counting on.
• staying up late talking to Chelcie
• Staying up late grading papers!!!
• Staying after school to tutor the cutest little girl in math... She eventually got into resource.
• Finding the "Chinese Food" excuse me the "Chinese Express" in Eagle Mountain
• Stop and Thinks... more Stop and Thinks... my kids kept count and 134 stop and thinks came to our room this year so far!!! Ouch!!!
• Spring break in France!!! Yeah baby!!!
• Going Snowboarding for the first time... and lovin it!!
  
• Class parties yahoo!!
• Teacher appreciation week was stellar... bring on those junior mints and tootsies
• Starting the year with 37 students and then giving some up to Jamie
• Homework Parties
• Thieves Court... Someone stole Hone bucks from me!! Hello don't steal from me, I know who you are!!! ;)
• And finally, finding underwear, dirty socks, old jackets, gloves, and hats inside the lunch bucket... Wow!! kiddos take care of your stuff!!

Ok enough boredom here are a few pics from this year to commemorate this occasion.

Siguard!!

k so for Memorial Day, me and Chelcie went down to a little town called Siguard Utah, where my mom's family is from and we went 4-wheeling with my cousin Kent. We first rode the 50's, man I wish that I owned one of those they are super fun and my favorite part was going into 3rd gear!!!
Yeah Baby!!

So Here is Chelc looking super great on her 50
P.S. She needed a little help at first









I think I got it!!
So whilest we were 4-wheeling we found a snake and of course I told Kent to pick it up so he did and we petted it, if you can pet a snake, it was really cool.

We hiked up this mountain and took a few pics. It was super fun!!
But Very Dirty, I was super gross at the end of the day and super burnt, but it was a lot of fun!!

ok ok so it has definitely been a while since the last time that I posted so here is the scoop only 4 more days of school left and I have to say that it is bittersweet. I am so looking forward to some time off but I don't know what to do without my kids!!! Plus, the summer needs to be a bit more filled with random stuff so that I can feel ok about not going any wear this year!!
P.S. by the way my roommate Amy moved out for the summer, but hopefully she will be back at the end and I have a new roomie. Yeah, Chelcie. She teaches school with me and we have a blast together. I will be the first to admit that we are a little crazy but that's why it's so fun!!

Festival of Trees

K so my little pocket camera broke and I am having huge withdrawls. I need it all the time!! Anyways, I went out on a date yesterday to the Festival of Trees. It was pretty amazing. I can't believe how much is put into making those things. The one tree that was the big attractions was this tree that was made entirely out of blown glass. It was kind of amazing, but looked a little like something that should be in a Dr. Seuss book. Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of the night because of my stupid camera. I hope it gets fixed soon. Anyways, I had a ton of fun. Good times on random dates!!

Christmas Around the World

So Friday I went with all the 6th grade classes to Christmas Around the World. It's at the BYU Marriot Center and the BYU Folk Dancers put it together. Of course I make all my students dress up in their Sunday best. It is seriously my favorite day. My kids usually act a little better because they are in nice clothes and my class is already a little crazy so... it makes for a great day!! It was an eventful day to say the least. Several things happened this day that was not my favorite but tomorrow is another day. Here is a little pic of them looking so adorable and then of course we always have to have a funny pic.

Oh geez I forgot to mention that one of my little darlings was goofing around on the bus and kind of dislocated the tip of his finger and couldn't put it right again. Luckily, he said it didn't hurt and it didn't look broken. But me, being the mean teacher that I am made him sit up front by me the rest of the way. Also, can I say, Thank goodness for parent volunteers. They make field trips so much easier, and likable.