Grandpa and Grandma Visit

A few weeks ago my mom flew out to Florida to meet up with her dad (aka my Grandpa Bob) as well as my Grandma Jo, Uncle Steve, and Aunt Patty. My uncle Steve is the one who lives in Florida...not too far from Disneyworld so I might have to hit him up for a place to stay soon! After visiting Steve, my mom, Aunt Pat, Grandpa and Grandma went on a ROAD TRIP all over the eastern states. They dropped off my Aunt at her house in Wisconson...my mom had fun taking pictures of the Omish while she was there; I'll try to get some pics she took and put them on here soon! I'm sure she looked like a real tourist when she was snapping pictures as they drove by in their little horse and buggies!

Needless to stay they finally made their way to Utah 2 weeks later! It was so much fun to see my grandpa and grandma! I don't get to see them very ofter because they live in Hawaii! Lucky them:). Grandpa told me I need to come visit him and I think I might just have to do that this year:). And the best news is, is that I will have reached the ripe old age of renting a car when I go visit! Sweet!

My mom and I gave gramps and grams a tour of Salt Lake; visiting the conference center, the Tabernacle, walking around the temple, and we took a tour of the Beehive house. It was loads of fun!

Packin' UP CaMp...SAD...

I decided that now that I'm moving out, I better put up some pictures!

Thanks to my friend Amy Cady...I have this lovely sign to greet my students!

Left: Tissue paper butterflies...yay for the life cycle of a butterfly! Right: Word Wall: All of the words have been falling off, yikes! Time to move...

Left: "The Forest" aka Camp Library Right: Pattern Kites

Left: Packin' up! (If you look closely you can see my really awesome chair pockets that a mom made for me last year!) Right: It's CRT time, basically, end of the year testing...so we had some "brain food" and I tried to take a cool picture...

Oh and here are the life skills I'm always talking about...

Man, my blog is so BORING lately. Sorry friends! It won't be this way forever, I promise! I've been consumed by school lately because of a project I'm working on for my masters and then I'm also moving schools, so I've been packing up. I haven't been able to sleep lately either...I should take a picture of my right eye...it is fiery red because of stress, oh my! Some of my co-workers thought it was pink eye, but no worries, it's just stress. And don't worry about my stress...it's the good kind. I'm getting lots of stuff done and feel like I'm somewhat on top of it:). So the no sleep results in doing more homework and blogging because I get sick of doing homework. I'm also planning on publishing this blog at the end of the year so that I can have a journal of 2008, so I guess it's good that I write the boring stuff too, for posterity and all... I don't want them thinking life doesn't have it's ups and downs! And sometimes what seems like the downs are really just the runway for the ups!

Kristy has TAGGED me! Watch out, I'M IT...

4 Jobs I've Had

Operater for Target ("Thank you for calling Longmont Target, this is Tiffany; How can I direct your call?")
POS (Point of Sale!!! Stop thinking that I'm a Piece of Sh#*!) for Kohl's
Funnel Cake Maker for Rodeo's (What a blast! It was a weekend summer job in college.)
Sandwich Artist for Subway (Carolyn...do you remember those days??!?! Carolyn and I were 15 turning 16 that summer. One day we went in to get our checks and I was climbing out of her HUGE 15 passenger VAN! Sweet ride for a 16 year old, huh! Well anyway, the door frame had a huge hook that snagged my pants and totally ripped the backside of my jeans! If I remember right did we both riped our jeans that day?

4 Movies I Have or Would Watch Over and Over

SANDLOT- Good, fun humor! Plus I love baseball!
JUST LIKE HEAVEN- Charming! There's something I can't explain about that movie that I just love!
Love Comes Softly- Yep, I love Hallmark movies...I'm one of those... :)
LAWS OF ATTRACTION- Love the fiestiness of their romantic love affair!

4 of my Favorite Foods

ICE CREAM- My favorites have peanut butter...and a vanilla base:).
Poppy seed Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Alfredo-Lame I know!
Leslee's homemade cinnomon rolls!

4 Places I've Lived

Kearns, Utah
Monroe, Utah
Greeley, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado

4 People Who Email Me Regularly

MOLLY
Katey
Elissa
Joey (Missionary Brother, 1/week)

But not too much lately :(... it's okay)

4 Places I'd Rather Be

Italy, with no plans whatsoever, just lots of time and money...
Australia living Anita Stanfield's stories, ha!
Hawaii with the fam...
Chicago with Molly

4 Things To Look Forward To This Year

Going to the gas station less often.
Getting paid more.
Graduating
Talking to Joey this SUNDAY!

4 People I Tag

Katey
Rebecca
Natalie
Casey

"Remember not to..."

I found this note on the floor after school the other day, it made me laugh out loud! For those of you who have trouble reading second grade writing it says

"Dear _____,

We can probably make bracelets. Those will be our sun and moon because we are the real sun and moon. Remember not to use your magic unless you need to!"

Tulips! :) Thanks Melissa!

Help...!!!!!! She mouthed...

Right now in my class, I am doing end of the year reading testing with my students. Our awesome literacy specialist organized to have reading aides come sub our classes while we test each of our students. As I was assessing students in the hall right outside my classroom, one of my students came up to the little window along side the door and starting mouthing "HELP!" She mouthed it over and over again! It was so funny! I guess the reading aide has never taught a group larger than 6. She is a really sweet lady, but classroom management and instructions weren't her strong skills.... The kids really missed me...they said the sub didn't really know how to teach or what to do. I felt sorry for the sub, but I'm glad they missed me! I guess not everyone can (or chooses to!) manage a room full of 24, 8 year olds! HA!

Another funny story... before reading a story about tadpoles and frogs with a little girl in my class, I asked her what sounds frogs make, she looked at me like she was a little unsure and said "my grandpa has one in his throat" and then she shrugged her shoulders! When I asked her what her grandpa sounded like when he had a frog in his throat she just shrugged her shoulders again. I also asked her how it got stuck and she still shrugged her shoulders...I think she was really confused by the saying! How funny! She is adorable!

ROCKS!

Igneous * Sedimentary * Metamorphic

So pretty much my class rocks! We've been learning about actual rocks the past few weeks too! We've learned that there are 3 classes: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. So this week we tied in a little bit of writing with our rock unit and came of with these poems! And a HUGE shout out to Molly who has inspired the poet within me these days! You really should click on her name and check out her students' poems! Obviously my students all used the same format, but it's kind of fun to see what they came up with...if this is just a proud teacher moment and this really just bores all of the non-teachers out there, just glaze over this post, no offense taken! HA! Tell me which number poem you like and I'll give them a prize! HA!

Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere.
Cool rocks rolling.
Shinny rocks laughing.
Heavy rocks clapping.
Rough rocks shooting.
Rocks are formed by fire.
Rocks move by water.
Rocks are great!
Rocks are shinny.
Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere!
ROCKS, ROCKS, ROCKS!


Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere.
Pointy rocks shooting.
Bright rocks hiking.
Shinny rocks driving.
Red rocks talking.
Rocks that I love.
Rocks are pretty.
Rocks are flying.
Rocks are landing.
Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere!
ROCKS, ROCKS, ROCKS!


Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere.
Smooth rocks shooting.
Red rocks hiking.
Shinny rocks rolling.
Rocks are cool.
Rocks are awesome.
Rocks are sweet.
Rocks are nice.
Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere!
ROCKS, ROCKS, ROCKS!


Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere.
Colorful rocks dancing.
Shinny rocks rolling.
Hard rocks running.
Layered rocks blinking.
Rocks are rough.
Rocks are friendly.
Rocks are cool.
Rocks are formed by heat.
Rocks here, rocks there,
Rocks, rocks everywhere!
ROCKS, ROCKS, ROCKS!