Cool picture

This was on KSL and they were talking about this pre T-Rex that they found and how people are expressing their different views about how probable it is that our T-Rex evolved from this Raptorex. Enjoy!

Thursday Sept. 17--> Bee One Day!

Today was pretty good in both classes...except that one of my students got hit by a car right before school and in that class period I totally planned part of my lesson around her. Go figure she's the one who gets hit! :) She was driving her moped in front of the school and a car hit her. I don't know the whole story but she's ok. Thank goodness.

During second hour something funny happened today. I paused in the middle of my lesson to change it up and help my students get some energy. I had them all stand up and we reviewed everybody's name quickly. Then I told them that I was going to test them in different ways to see if they were paying attention and to see how well they knew the names of the others in the class. It all went pretty well in both classes, except for in second hour I asked a kid to name all the kids in the class that were wearing green. He hesitantly named a few kids who were wearing, like, grey and bluish grey, and then somebody said, "Evan are you color-blind?" Turns out he is. Joke's on me! I felt so bad and made sure after class that I didn't embarrass him at all! Oi vey!

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Seminary! 3 September 2009

So I FINALLY started teaching today and it was really fun! I was so flippin' nervous, though! First period went well, but I help them a few minutes over and I am 95% confident that at least 87% of them were late to their next class. ;)

For the seating charts I did a little game with them where they had 4 minutes to organize themselves in first-name alphabetical order without my help. When they had accomplished that and all sat down, I passed around the seating chart and had them stand up and say their first and last name, and also something interesting about them. It was pretty wild! I have some interesting students to say the least. One girl in 1st period lived a few years in Central America and is fluent in Spanish. That will be fun. I'm going to try to figure out how to have her use her spanish in class and have a good time with it.

We watched the Restoration DVD and I had them write some impressions feelings they had in their journals. The Spirit was really strong during that part, and it was awesome! After that I had to wrap up because it was time to go, and as I opened the door to let them out another teacher was there to open it to have me let them go. I got a mini-lecture from the boss about that one.

In second period we did the same things, but the seating chart and saying names went quicker so it was good. The Spirit was strong again when the kids were writing in their journals. This time I actually let the kids out about 9 minutes too early, so I hope they didn't cause trouble over at the school when they got back. Bro. Fuller said if the school calls over and asks why some of the kids are being late and other kids are way early he was going to tell them that I'm just a druggie and not to worry about it.

August 30-Sept 2

Hmm... 50 points for anybody who can guess what this is and why it looks purple... :)


This is a shot of Sadie after she had finished her birthday cupcake and was strolling around terrorizing people with her chocolate everything.



These two are of my other cute niece at the birthday party, and her proud father who is holding her.

Oooohhhh...chocolate... :)

Ok. This is a rainbow that formed over our house Sunday night after dinner. It was really cool because we could see the rainbow clearly all the way across the sky. Some of the other pictures didn't turn out. I guess I got so excited that it was there that I wasn't holding steady as I was taking the pictures! :) It happens, right?

This is a picture of my (vampire) niece say goodbye as she left our house Sunday night. She is so cute!!

I guess she saw the camera coming and quickly tried to cover her face...

After dinner we played games, and as you can see, things get serious at our house when it comes to card games. Yes, if you were wondering, that is my water glass you see on the left side of the picutre, and you'll notice that I'm not sitting in my chair because I'M OUT!!! :(

My other niece had her first birthday on Sunday and we were there for all the action. She was so cute as she ate her cupcake all by herself. Her mom stripped her of her clothes because we figured she would get messy. I should have taken a before and after picture of this part because she got it from her chin to her hair and all over the table and the grass. It was quite entertaining to watch.