Pet Day!

So, it seems almost every post I do has something to do with work. But, because I spend about 30 hours a week with 30 kids, I can't help but capture the great moments. Last week we had pet day. Yes..pet day! It was a reward that my students earned...and it was CRAZY! We had turtles, horses, birds, cats, dogs, and any other silly animal you could think of. The amazing part was that each time a parent brought an animal....the kids would go crazy, I mean they would seriously go crazy over a cat, like they had never seen one before! I didn't understand it, but it was fun. Oh yeah, Rylan brought Belle and Ugg to school and the kids loved that! And....the teacher next to me (and my very best friend) Mrs. Talley got on a horse at recess. It was hillarious because she is very scared of horses. She thought it was going to "bite" her. She was way funny!

Some Fun in the Sun

My ideal life would be to live somewhere where it DOESN'T snow! I hate being cold and everything about it. This President's Day/Valentine's Day weekend was awesome! We went down south to spend time with friends. We were able to ride our horses OUTSIDE! That is something very hard to do here in Heber, unless you bundle up and wear three pairs of long-johns. It was definatly T-shirt weather. We roped and bucked bulls all weekend long! It was a great way for me to spend my three day weekend! We also had a lot of fun going to the movie and eating lots of yummy food! I didn't want to come home!..... Do ya blame me? A picture is worth a thousand words!

Field Trip!!

Today we went on a field trip. FINALLY SOMETHING TO BLOG. I haven't had much time to blog the last month, so I am going to use the excuse that I had nothing to blog about until now.
We had a good day today. We went to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum and looked at artifacts that the Mormons brought with them across the trail. We do so many things with UTAH history, so it was really neat for the kids to see the museum.
After the museum, we headed to the State Capitol. It is absolutely beautiful in there. We had a great time and I have to say that I have a really good class. They were SOOOOO good!

Christmas 2009

This Christmas was amazing! It was probably one of the best! We started out Christmas Eve by going to the cemetery. This has always been something that our family has done. It was freezing cold, but we lit the candles, took some pictures, and then went on our way. After that we went and played cards at Grandma's. This is always so much fun. We woke up Christmas morning, opened all of our presents, and then went and watched Camrynn open her presents. After all of that, it was off to Grandma's for the best Christmas breakfast ever!! We opened presents and then it was nap time! It was a really fun Christmas. It is always fun to get together with all the family and have a good time.

On Friday we went snowmobilling with Rylan's family. Afterward, we had a yummy lunch at Daniels Summit Lodge. It was a really fun day. I was so tired when we got home, but it was totally worth it!

Pioneer Christmas

The day before we got out of school for Christmas break, we had a Pioneer Christmas. We played pioneer games, line danced, made a quilt, and made butter. I even brought a home-made pinata for the students to play with. It was a huge hit! We had a tug-o-war, wheel barrow races, and even played jacks and marbles. I decided this is a really fun grade and we get to do some really fun things. It was a little crazy doing all of this the day before the break, but it made me thankful that I have a couple weeks off. We also had a school sing-a-long in the morning before our pioneer Christmas. Mr. Campbell dressed up as Santa, and all of the teachers sang. It was a very fun time, but I couldn't wait to get home and enjoy myself for awhile!

Never Too Old..

When I woke up this morning and looked out the window, I saw TONS of good snowman-making snow. It was 7 a.m. and I thought maybe I shouldn't go outside just yet. So, me and mom watched the "Grinch" and had hot chocolate. When It was about 9, we both went outside. She shoveled and I made a snowman. Who cares if I am 24, I love snowmen! Hadly informed me that he looked like a "big blob of snow". Whatever Hadly....I had fun! I don't care what you say!

Rendezvous, Thanksgiving AND Black Friday

What a fun week! It all started Tuesday with our Rendezvous at school. We learn a lot of Utah History in Fourth Grade, and what a better way to let the students understand more about Rendezvous than to have one! It was a blast. We all dressed up as either Native Americans or Mountain Men. The kids loved it. We made "possible bags" to put their "beaver bucks" in. They earned "beaver bucks" and exchanged them for goods that the kids brought from home. (They brought everything from toys to baked goods). It was a lot of work putting it all together, but it turned out to be really fun!



We had a blast on Thanksgiving Day. We ate lots of food, played cards, and I went for a ride on the zip line at the Graves'. It was so much fun! After Thanksgiving dinner, we got in the car and we shopped 'til we dropped. I witnessed a chick-fight at Wal-Mart, which was priceless. Here is a little bit of how it went...(Let me warn you, it is a little PG-13)

5:03 A.M. Wal-Mart, Orem, Utah

Lady #1(about 40 years old): "Would you please hurry up!"
Lady #2(about 30 years old): "You are being a really big ______ right now"
Lady #1:"Just hurry the H up!"(and hits Lady #2 in the back of the head with a box)
Lady #2: Turns around and hits her with her box, then keeps walking
Lady #1: Throws her stuff down and runs up behind Lady #2 and starts punching her in the back
Lady #2: Turns around, throws punches, and starts pulling hair
Peace Maker Lady: "Ladies, you are better than that! Knock if off"
Lady #2: Storms off, cussing the entire time
Lady #1: Looks at Peace Maker Lady and says in a crying voice, "I didn't even do anything wrong, you don't understand"
ME: I walk away laughing my butt off at how ridiculous people are.

P.S. The picture above with myself, Hadly, and Jena, is at 3:00 A.M. on our way to Old Navy, please excuse our hair and no-make-up faces...This what you look like after too much turkey and red bull.

The Best Birthday Ever!

So, I have to say that turning 24 was AWESOME!! I think that it is fate that my birthday fell on the day that New Moon came out. (the time leading up to new moon anyway) I went with Joelle and Rachel to Chili's (thanks for an awesome dinner guys!) And of course, had chocolate molten cake for dessert. We then waited in line with Rachel's Aunt, Mom and Sis and experienced a really awesome showing of New Moon. Thanks guys!!If anybody knows me, they know that I celebrate my birthday for a at least a week. So, today Hadly and Rylan went to New Moon with me AGAIN, and then on Sunday we will have family dinner.

I also got some really great presents...Rylan knows that Ed Hardy is my fav and he bought me the cutest things. I am so spoiled.

Thanks to everyone for making my birthday so awesome.

Aunt Lana

So, this weekend my mom had this crazy idea to go to Wendover. She had already told my brother that she would watch his kids. So of course, Friday night at 7:00 p.m. she called and asked if I could watch the kids for her so she could go to Wendover. I told her I would. I like it when she can go and have fun, so I agreed. I started to put the kids down at 9:00 for bed. At 11:15 I finally had both of them asleep. Trey was teething a little bit, so we gave him some Tylenol (he is six months old) Braylon, who is four, fights his head when going to sleep. When he starts to fall asleep he wakes right back up in fear that he may miss out on something really interesting. I didn't care that it took that long to get them to bed, because I love them more than anything and I have so much fun with them. Trey decides to wake up at 3 a.m.....After four restless hours of me sleeping, I wake up instantly as he whines for his binki. Just because I went to sleep at 11:15 with the kids, doesn't mean I slept good. I don't know if anyone has ever slept with a four year old, but for some reason they think that they need to move around ALL NIGHT. He totally thought that the bottom of the bed was right in my side, because that is where his feet were all night long. So my sister-in-law told me that Trey might wake up, but just give him his binki and he will go back to sleep.
Right........How can I resist not picking up the cutest little boy ever! He was so happy when he woke up, just talking, making noises, and laughing. I picked him up, went into the other room and played peek-a-boo and sang to him until 3:30. I couldn't resist! Too much fun.....Anyways, after laying him back down he woke up at 6:00 for a bottle. I threw him in bed with me and fed him. He then fell asleep and both of them woke up about 7:30. I got them dressed, took them to Chick's to get a pancake (I fed Trey his baby food there, and he was such a good boy) and then we came home and took a nap! I have to say that I was really tired the next day, but it was all totally worth it! Besides hanging around in my pajamas and not even worrying about doing my hair or putting make-up on (as you can see in the pictures) I had fun!

I Love My Job!

I came back to school just in time for red-ribbon week. We had red day, crazy hair day, and ROCKSTAR day. Then, on Friday we went on a Field Trip to Wasatch Mountain State Park. I have been taking it pretty easy this week,I just didn't want to run myself down..So I did a couple half-days and when we went on the field trip I didn't go on the hike. I really wanted to, but they said it was going to be a long one. I just have to say that I love my job....and as you can see I love the three other fourth grade teachers. We are best friends. :-) On rockstar day I played music ALL DAY. We sang and danced everywhere we went. Of course, we did sign autographs for each other too. I had one little boy tell me I was the "coolest teacher ever!" Thank goodness for my students, they keep me thinking I am cool....who cares if they are 9!