Spooky Flowers

These spooky flowers were delivered from my Secret Pal at work today. They are so cool!  All of the filler was spray painted black and the sunflowers were placed orange water to soak up the color.  Love it!

Julie's Quilt from Grandma

Grandma has been busy again making quilts.  This time she made one for Julie.  She also made 2 baby sized quilts to donate to her local fire department.  They keep them in the ambulances to help sooth frighten children that have been injured.

Pumpkins

We're a little late making our annual trip to Day Farms to select our pumpkins, but we finally made it there!

Everyone has their own type of pumpkin they look for.  Tom likes big, elongated pumpkins.  Megan, Julie and I try to find the perfectly round pumpkins with great color.  Hailey looks for one she can carry.  Josh's main objective is to find the one that will have the least amount of seeds inside.

I've never told the story about getting our pumpkins, corn stalks, and hay bales home.  The kids go in first, then we add the hay bale and pumpkins in the back.  The kids end up holding the corn stalk as they ride home (it's only a couple of miles).

The car is always a mess by the time we're done, but since Halloween is my favorite holiday, it's worth it!

A Quilt From Grandma

Since my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's there are few things she still enjoys doing.  Quilting is one of the hobbies she not only remembers, but enjoys.  While staying for a visit she made this quilt for Megan.

Back to School

 Josh is a cool 5th grader this year.

 Hailey is a sweet 2nd grader.  (Guess who her teacher is?  Me of course!)

 Julie is in 8th grade and our only kid at Junior High.

Meg's a sophomore this year!  Life's going to be crazy having kids in 3 different schools.  Luckily she gets to ride a bus.

The High School bus comes at 6:55 AM... so we did our group photo after I got home from work.  Yes, Julie is taller than Megan now.

These are Megan's best friends.  They came by the house before leaving for the bus to get a first day of school picture together.  We love Aubrey and Brooke!

New Classroom

I moved classrooms over the summer.  Instead of teaching in a portable this year, I am in the building.  It took my family and I all summer to move, unpack and set things up.  Here's several photos (sorry about the poor quality) of my classroom before Back-to-School Night. 

 Love the Interwrite board at the front of the room!  I always smile when parents see it in use for the first time.  There are lots of oohs and ahs.  Plus the kiddos LOVE to be able to write on it too!

We're using a pirate theme again, but I made changes to my word wall.

My calendar wall has changed, since Utah is now following the Common Core curriculum.

Love this bulletin board, which is outside of my classroom.

These are the lockers in the hallway.  I got lots of compliments on the cute clip art.  Thanks ThistleGirl Designs!

Space Derby

This year the Cub Scouts held a Space Derby.  It was a new experience for all of us.

 

 Josh's rocket is black with flames all over it. 

Josh was so proud of the rocket he built (with a little help from Dad).