Hungry?

These 2 don't like school holiday!!

They have to wait longer for breakfast!!

Addiction

I apologize for my lack of blog posts...

Christmas was wonderful.  I have a lot of pictures to post.

Through the holidays I gained a new addiction.  It has put me behind in many projects. Thus the blog being on the back, back, back burner.

Oh Downton.

I'm so so addicted.

Some addiction is good.  I say this one is!!!

I am happy to announce that my addiction to Diet Coke is done.  I'm clean.  I've been clean for multiple weeks. I even order water when eating out.  I know.  CRAZY.  I probably should have had you sit down before announcing that!!

If you haven't watched Downton Abbey.  Do it.  

IT IS WORTH EVERY MINUTE!!

Family Home Evening

This was awesome!!

I love technology!! How great to have the whole family together :)

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!