Christmas

It was another wonderful Christmas with the family, we even had  Brandon come over which brought back some wonderful memories. Santa brought me a pair of boots and some really cute clothes. Then later as a family we played some games such as Headbands where you guess the word on your forehead. This was a great way to end the year, with the people I love. That same day Roland and I headed up to visit Dad were we received yummy treats and I got another beautiful necklace.

Christmas Program

Gingerbread =snowmen

I headed over to Natalie's home tonight to have a double date with  her and Nick. My guy date canceled so I asked Megan Wade to be my date. We were making gingerbread houses and ours kept falling apart so we kept changing what we were creating.  With our final project turning out to be  Elfsnowman, which are so cute.

Blanket Fort

I got home from work and my roommates had put together a huge blanket fort!! We all  gathered in the fort and watched  ABC Family Christmas movies.  Yay for fun roommates.

Ward Christmas Party

Ruth Anne and Whitney

The ward had a great Christmas Party down in the Riverwoods, they rented out the  Manor where we had dinner and then a talent show. Whitney played and sang a very beautiful song.  It was a fun and special night with the roomies.

Hansel and Gretel Play

My roommate Katie was playing the Bassoon in Hansel and Gretel, so my roommates and I all asked out boys. I asked out Justin Shumway from my old ward, who apparently just started dating someone. So I felt a bit awkward going out with him, but luckily were friends so it was fun date. This play had everything- opera, orchestra, children's choir, and ballet.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was great this year being back with the family. We had a yummy meal and of course looked through the ads to prepare for Black Friday. However, when it came time to go shopping my family was worn out so Roland, Dallen and I went and saw The Wolverine.  

26th Purple and Gold

THIS WEEK HAS BEEN THE BEST BIRTHDAY WEEK EVER!!  And it is not even my birthday yet!!

Today I got home and my roommate Ruth Anne had blown up balloons and bought decorations for my party. I then head  down starts to decorate the rest with my BFC  Danielle.  We cut out purple and Black streamers to decorate everything. Later  Natalie , Katie and Baby Wade came over to finish helping  and even a pizza which was very much needed. It looked soooo cute!!! This was the best party ever. Everything was gold, purple and black. I had a sparkle black shirt and my purple pants and my sexy dance shoes!. There was dancing which was awesome. Matt Nelson came and three adorable guys (Dave Williams, Andrew and John Doxey)from my ward.

Surprise Birthday Party

Today just before recess my student Paige asked if her and a few other kids could stay in during recess. I figured it would be to plan something for my birthday next week so I told her  five people could. I took the rest of class out to recess and tried to stay out of the room. I went to go get the rest of the kids and as I returned, kids were hiding inside I saw my kids scrambling and making noise of she is coming. I stopped and Mr. Reynolds came out and  mentioned "I know that the surprise is ruined but could you give us 10 more minutes they really want to do this for you". So I headed to the library for 10 minutes and when I return the lights were off in my room (which it isn't that dark). I stumble to open my door and turn the lights on and the kids jump out from behind the bookshelf and yell " Happy birthday". It was so cute they had streamers all over and balloons. They each came up to me and gave me a rose saying your the best teacher ever. 

Catching Fire

Me, Tonya, and Brooke

Brooke called me tonight and invited me to Catching Fire!!! This was a private showing so they sang Happy Birthday to me and two others. They then did some trivia questions to win gift cards in which I couldn't answer. The movie was  SO GOOD!! I LOVED it much more then the first one because of the story line had more romance. I can't wait for the next one.

MICHAEL BUBLE

Back in June Danielle sent  me a snapchat of Michael Buble coming to Utah. I started to freak out and yell because I love this guy soooo much. Well Megan got upset because she wanted to surprise me for my birthday and give me tickets. Which I told her she still could. So my cute BFF Megan who is on her mission right now sent me tickets to see Michael Buble. Danielle and I headed up to Energy Solutions at 6:30pm . We bought some MB gear of course,  Danny got me a cute hoodie and poster for my birthday! This concert was amazing in every way. He started off with singing Fever and fire shot up from the stage, he then slid down a ramp. He would sing and twirl his microphone around. He sang Happy Birthday to me( okay an 83 year old) but it should have been for me. He sang "all you need is love" and shoot confetti hearts that filled the arena.  He sang "lucky" while moving to his other stage which was right in front of us.  He left the stage and then came on for his encore wearing a black sparkle jacket in which he sang " cried me a river" where his stage lifted him up like a pyramid. At the very end he took off his microphone and begin to sing out with his voice only , which was so attractive. Ah this CONCERT WAS AMAZING!!

Thanks

 My student Kalani asked me today if  I could tell him the name of a dinosaur that can fly. So I looked up some dinosaurs and wrote Pterodactyl on a post it for him. Twenty minutes later the paper was back on my desk with the words thank you!  Items like this really make me appreciate my job. 

You got served

My Provo YSA 231st ward is doing a random act of service this month. I was served by a bouquet of beautiful flowers from Nick. It was a great surprise to come home from work. :)

BYU vs Idaho State

Natalie, Megan. Katie, Liz, Me and Matt

Today was the last BYU football game so I definitely needed to go.  I can say that I have truly become a BYU fan after attending to a game in rain, snow and wind. 

JaNae and Miles

Me, Allyce, Kayli, JaNae, Miles, Hailey and Whitney

 My girl JaNae Mortensen  got hitched today! I've known JaNae since 5th grade when we were placed on the same Recreation volleyball team. We have been playing ball together ever since, which meant her wedding would be a great reunion place. I finally got to see Hailey Jeppson  and all my Pleasant Grove teammates. Happy wedding day JaNae!!!

Halloween

Halloween is my favorite day and to have the chance to wear my  Halloween costume all day was the best. I loved being Cleopatra and wearing a cute wig with bangs all day. My kids were all so adorable and we had a great time playing games and making crafts.

Brothers

Baby Mason Metcalf

Family fun run

Today I paid to go run a mile in the cold weather. Yes, I paid to run. haha There is a first time for everything right. It was a great day though to  support the Make a Wish fundraiser. I also had the chance to run with a few of my kids which was exciting.

Another BYU Game

Natalie, Me and Justin Shumway

Pumpkin seeds

BR Lto R: Sage, Raymond, Ryan. Jada, Kaidin, Michael, Xander, Tyler, Kambry, Ember, Maritza, Kalani
FR LtoR: Keaton. Jack, Mirii, Hudson, Anna, Jake, Kaleb, Paige, Michelle, Alyssa, Yanelli

Today in math we practiced our skip counting by cutting open our pumpkin and counting all the seeds. We had a blast getting our hands dirty and preparing for Halloween.

Classic Skating

Me and Yanelli

Tonight was the kick off for our OES Drug Free week.  It was a fun time to put on some roller blades and play tag with my kids on the skating ring. This week followed with Crazy hair and sock day. We also had purple and red day and a school spirit day. 

Hee Haw

Today we had our first field trip to  Hee-Haw farm in American Fork.  We had a chance to take a hay ride, pick a pumpkin, and visit the petting zoo. A big thank you to five great parents that volunteered making our trip more fun.

General Conference

 

I received a message  three weeks ago from Katy saying she  had received tickets for General Conference and wanting me to come. I was so excited to be able to see her again and to be doing it at such a beautiful place like the conference center. I brought Natalie as my date so I wouldn't be a third wheel with Katy  and Jordan . It was a beautiful moment with it being the first time for Katy and Natalie to be at a conference meeting. As Jordan was attending  the Priesthood session, the girls and I  decided to doing some shopping at City Creek. Then one the way home I was able to stop by and visit my dad . It was a very beautiful Saturday, I was filled spiritually, physically, and emotionally.