I had my second formal observation of the year last week and I was super nervous. Older kids are usually scared of the Principal but I have some K students who find a visit from the Principal a chance to show off and be as obnoxious as possible...it's great fun! Anyways, when I went for my post-observation I was pleasantly surprised that Mrs. Leger thought I was doing a great job. The best part is that she asked me to teach K again next year!! I was so excited that I nearly jumped up and down. For those of you that don't know, there are 3 K classes this year and there will only be 2 next year so I really felt as though I had to work for the spot. Even though I am exhausted at the end of the day, I love teaching K! I think I have one of the best jobs in the world. : )

Top 5 funny quotes/stories from the past few week...

1. A little guy is walking into the classroom from gym class after he just got in trouble says, "Mrs. Jones, I'm sorry I got in trouble but I forgive you!"
2. After recess as the class is sitting on the carpet for phonics, a girl is crying and I ask her what is wrong. She responds through the sobs, "I am so embarrassed because I got kissed at recess"
3. During writing, one of my easily angered little guys asks, "How do you spell like?" I respond by saying, " Like is a sight word. I want you to do your best and sound it out." He responds with a loud, "UGGGG! You're a teacher and you won't even help me?!"
4. "Mrs. Jones, do you want to have a sleepover this weekend? We can play my new video game."
5. I am teaching the class about democracy ( in K language) and explaining that in the US we are not ruled but a King. One of the girls raises her hand and says, "Mrs. Jones we are ruled by a King, his name is Jesus!" Knowing that I don't have a class full of Christians, I'm not sure how to respond but simply say, "Yes, Jesus is a King for some people"

As I was driving to work today, I heard the most beautiful song on K-love (local, Christian radio station). It's called, "When I say I do" and it's written and performed by Matthew West. K-love did a competition for the best love story and this song was written for the winning couple.


You can download it free on http://www.klove.com/

I tried to play it on here but I can't seem to figure out.

Today is Presidents Day and I have the day off...one of the many benefits of being a teacher. I've just been lounging this morning and decided to make my favorite smoothie. It includes: frozen strawberries, blueberries, rasberries, yogurt and orange juice. I was so excited to drink my smoothie and update my blog BUT before I could do anything, the following events occurred...

As I am walking into the office, my smoothie flies out of my hands and spills all over Joe's white leather chair, the printer and of course the carpet. : )



After several minutes of scrubbing, rinsing, scrubbing, rinsing (you get the idea). This is the end result! If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I would like to get the stain out before Joe comes home from work.


After the whole ordeal, I sit down and enjoy what I have left of my favorite smoothie. (Yes, I had to get a new straw because the first one was crushed in the fall).

Yah! Joe and I are going to Vegas at the end of the month. Joe always gets to to go to fun places for work and this time I get to tag along. The best part is that we are going to Cirque Du Soleil... I've been wanting to see Cirque Du Soleil since I first heard about it in high school.

Here's the link to the show if you're curious... http://www.cirquedusoleil.com

Joe and I celebrated our first 6 months of marriage last week! With that, I had to stop and think of all we've done in the past several months. We...got married, went to Jamaica, moved to a new state, started new jobs, started a new church and a whole bunch of other fun stuff in the mix. Here are a few of my favorite photos to capture this hectic but fabulous time in our life.




Beautiful Jamiaca...Joe and I decided we are going back on our 5 year anniversary ( I have a feeling it might be before that)













Camping in Estes Park, Colorado. Joe does a good job at capturing the "real" me. : )







Our first time out snowboarding...I decided to ski instead of snowboard last weekend when we were out and I decided that I am never going to snowboard again. I may look cool with a snowboard but skiing is so much more fun and it doesn't hurt as bad!





Having fondue with our friends from Denver United (church). The cheese fondue was amazingly cheesy! God has blessed us with meeting so many new friends.

Joe got court side tickets to the Denver Nuggets basketball game. It was so much fun! I decided that sports are a lot more exciting when you're up close and personal! : )