Wii Champion

Did I tell you I'm a pro golfer??

Well, I'm not really. But on the day I can beat Jim... I consider myself a pro. This. Was. The. Best. Game. Ever!

Duck Dynasty

So we've started watching Duck Dynasty! Hilarious show.

Ever played Sting Pong??

Jack and Riley did.....

I love teaching!

 Here some activities that I LOVE doing with my students.

Seriously, whoever said school was boring was way off!  I have the greatest class this year!!

To cap off our unit about the phases of the moon my students had to show each phase using oreos.  This was their TEST! They all did a great job :)

It was a great way for them to demonstrate their knowledge!! They all earned and A+!

 A big thank you to pinterest (my newest addiction for teaching!! and everything else!)  To learn how to make contractions, we performed contraction surgery.

To be a surgeon you need a lot of knowledge and skill.  The best part of the lesson (for me) was that they had to study the patient (the two words that make a contraction) and determine exactly how they would perform the surgery.  Good surgeons just don't rush in and start cutting!!!  Surgeons must be precise too.

Every surgery leaves a scar (good thing I have two awesome scars on my hand to illustrate this nicely.) Even contractions have a scar.  We call it an apostrophe!!  It shows that something happened where it sits.

I won't lie.  This lesson was the BEST!!  The students performed their surgery with exactness!  

SO FUN TOO!!

and they got to keep their gloves and masks!

Utah!

 We were lucky to make a quick trip back to Utah to see the college kids.  We stopped on our way and visited Jacquie too!  (I'm sorry I didn't get any pictures with Jacquie and Ben!!)

We got to Utah, went to a basketball game.... the snow was really coming down!  The Cougars WON! and we got a lot of free t-shirts. :)  The next day was the last home football game.  It only snowed about 6 inches... no worries.  Holy Moly it was COLD!!  Kevin hosted a tailgate party-- baked potatoes, chili, and hot chocolate! YUM!

 I was so happy to have some hot chocolate.  Jessica was too!

 The boys actually went to the football game!!  We girls went to a movie... where they have HEAT!

Hi Zach ;)

Andrea and Marissa loved spending time together :)

We even have a little video footage!

Thanks for the fun night Kevin!  You are the ultimate tailgate host!

Riley's Birthday Recap

 Finally...

Settlers of Catan.

I actually want to play this with Riley!!

 Seriously!!

The best birthday present was the GIANTS WINNING THE WORLD SERIES!!!

A beautiful shirt to go with that great win :)

 Imagine Dragons.

So cool.  A big thanks to Marissa who got us addicted to this awesome music!!

 This... was the trickiest wrapping I've ever done.  The exterminator bug zapper was hidden in the 49er trash can!!!  SO so clever!! ;)

 The bug zapper is crazy.

I now have a live in exterminator!! Bam!

 This is the biggest 49er trash can I could find.  

Perhaps he'll only need to take out the trash once a year!!

(his dad will have a heart attack about this for sure!!)

Riles is 17!!

Happy, happy birthday to this sexy guy. No one can rock his sister's Hannah Montana shirt like Riley :)