Good Kids!

I just wanted to point out how much I love my third hour class.  We have been testing at school this week, so our third hour Leadership class is an hour and a half long.  (I could never do the block schedule!)  It is long and with my kids who I already lose patience with, it can seem very,very, very long.  Today though, they were really easy and a few of them helped create the door decoration you will see in the picture.  Didn't they do a superb job?  I thought so.  I also thought you might like to see a picture of me in my office wearing a hat.  It is Red Ribbon Week(a.k.a. drug awareness week) and we get to wear hats all week.  I love it.  Not having to deal with my hair is awesome and I am always in a hat outside of school anyway!

I haven't been up to much this week.  I did carve another pumpkin with Janette on Monday night and have been putting some of my DVDs on my Ipod as I have figured out how.  I am a little angry about the fact that you have to keep all the files on your computer that you want in your Ipod or they will be deleted the next time that you sync the Ipod with the computer.  That is the only lame thing I have found so far!

Well, I better get off and grade some tests for Health.  They are having a make-up day at the end of class and these tests from forever ago need to be on their grades.  Go me and my procrastination once again!!!

Later,

A

P.S. I always feel like signing these posts because really it is often like I am writing each of you a letter!

Vegas Photos!

Here are some pics of the fun this weekend!

What a fun weekend. Now I will need a few days of rest to get back in the swing of things. I got to hang out with Alyssa, Leslie and of course the Hageys. We had fun "gambling" which meant I played the crane game and the boys rode rides at Circus Circus. Morgan and Derek are so good to me. They were great hosts and I am glad I have such a fun place to stay in Vegas. I had a hard time leaving the boys, Henry and Spencer. They are so cute. It was so nice to have people so excited to see me awake in the morning. I could use a cheering section like that everyday. It was also nice to see the Belagio Fountains a few times. Morgan and I went to see it again last night!

The Browns(Alyssa's Family) were also good to me. They fed me great food and let me play Guitar Hero. They also let me make a huge mess of their kitchen counters!

I was so glad to see everybody.

The drive home went quickly which was nice. I only made a few stops including stopping to see Janette's Mother's grave. I have always loved cemeteries! So peaceful.

Well, I am tired. Must go sleep. I haven't slept too much this weekend. Tomorrow is going to be a long day I foresee!

Last Full Day In Vegas

Well, today was it. I got to spend more time with Alyssa and Alexa and the Browns. They were so nice to have me. They made sure there was good food and times. Alyssa and I went to watch Alexa at both gymnastics and soccer. If you have not seen three year olde do these things, you need to. They are so cute and funny. Then we went to look for Halloween costumes and bought pumpkins to carve. We played a little Guitar Hero again then got to work on the pumpkins. After we had fun creations, I headed back to Morgan and Derek's where I had fab tacos...yum! Morgan and I then went to see the fountains at Belagio again so she could see them in the dark. I love those fountains if you hadn't figured that out by now. We then came home and "watched" a movie(I fell asleep like often happens). I am so tired; being a tourist is tough work!!!

whole lotta stripin' going on

spent most of the day on the strip with Morgan and derek and the cutest boys on the planet. We Did some shopping and saw the fountains. Do know that there will be a lot of pictures and one cool video to come. That is the only down to my toy, it does not have uploading capability. See Morgan's blog again for pics. She is being a dilegent blogger while I have been in town. Henry said something cute at McDonald's today while eating a Sunday. He said: "mom my stomach is cold" cute.

Tonight I am staying with the Browns. You remember Alyssa and Alexa. Alyssa used to teach Math with me at Independence. Her family is cool and nice. Too bad Alyssa had some sort of alergic reaction after dinner. We did not get nearly enough Guitar Hero in. We did get to play hide and seek with Alexa which was hilarious. Have I mentioned that I love kids? Three year olds are so cute and funny.

I have no concept of time. I thought it was Saturday today. I am glad it is not because vacation always goes too fast. Well off to sleep I have some soccer and gymnastics to watch tomorrow.

P.S. Just for reference the ruben I had there other day came from Jersey Mike's not Jersey Joe's

much too late but it is vacation after all!

One a.m. Two a.m. Utah time. Sleepy. We had fun just hanging out today. We played outside with the cute boys, Henry and Spencer. We also had fab sandwiches at Jersey Joe's. I do not know Joe but he makes a good Reuben and those are hard to come by out West. While Derek was working, we took the boys to the Casino. Ok, so we took them to a casino but to the kid friendly part of Circus Circus. Henry had a fun time riding the kid rides and playing games. I got in on the action and played the crane game and hit the jackpot. I had mentioned to Morgan two things I needed to do in Vegas: see the fountains at The Belagio and get a large beach ball for my girl's PE class to play volleyball with. Well as the universe would have it there were these cool balls in the crane game. I won three on five tries. To see the fun pics, check out Morgan's blog, the link is in the side of this page.

I also got to see Leslie from Wisconsin. She is so sweet and her birthday is Sat so Morgan and I baked her a cake. Granted the cake was a little dry because of a lack of eggs but it was good. It was so nice to see Les again she is so cool. It is also awesome to hang with Derek and Morgan and the boys. They are so fun and nice to me. We are going to play on the strip tomorrow. Good times!!

I am also going to spend tomorrow night with Alyssa which I am looking forward to. We are going to play Guitar Hero and have a sleep over. I don't think you ever grow out of those. Now off to dream about the soothing sound of the slots. :)