Temple Lights

After having dinner at Matta's, Dad and I went to the temple lights. Mom stayed in the nice warm car. Click on the picture above to see more pictures!

Whitney Walters Cooley

Today my good friend and dear neighbor, Whitney Walters, got married! Congratulations! As my gift to them I took some pictures as they walked out of the temple and put them on a CD. Click the pictures to see more!

Christmas Eve EVE with the Dibble's

Field Trip to the AZ Science Center

I went on a field trip to the Arizona Science Center with my students. Click on the picture above for all of our pictures!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I had a great Thanksgiving and extra long weekend! Adam and Xan's family spent a lovely afternoon with us and Elliot and Whitney enjoyed their time up in Idaho! I love my life!

Turkey Trot

Barn Unveiling and Utah Trip Pictures

Enjoy! I had a great time!

Front
Back

Temple

I love to see the temple!

Students

This is what I do! I love it!

John and Ceri Gough

Look who joined the blogging world! Welcome John and Ceri!

Pumpkin Walk

Yes I dressed up!

Teaching!

What have I been up to? Teaching of course! My job has kept me very busy but I love going to work each day and teaching my 24 kiddos. We've been busy in Room 23! We have done a literature study on the Hundred Dresses, had our first book celebration, FALL BREAK (that's another post), and report cards were sent home a couple of weeks ago. There is even more to come like Pumpkin Walk, Turkey Trot, and WINTER BREAK!

Things I did this week....

This week I went to the BEST professional development workshop EVER!
There I learned.........

Making an impact to the people I come in contact with EVERYDAY

The importance of music

Doing things one at a time

The importance of state changes

Kyrene was the right district for me because they had Peanut Butter M&M’s in their vending machines!!

giving sincere compliments

…wait time….

the significance of storytelling

stop hesistating and take a step

try, try, try

working in groups

creating memorable lessons … “memory is the art of attention”

the magnitude of frames (points of view)…..frames create meaning

!!!!!!!!!!!ENERGIZERS!!!!!!!!!!!

“What we see in our minds directly impacts our thinking and our behavior” ~ creating positive mental images

I learned how to juggle with three balls… through that activity I learned to:
celebrate the small successes
take small steps
importance of peer coaching
being open to new things

I BROKE a 12x12x1 inch piece of wood with my hand! It was awesome!!Here’s a picture to prove it!

What I learned from breaking a board…
it’s important to see the end in mind
power and strength of teamwork and encouraging words
the impact of music
getting through the maze of life will take courage and risks … will I be ready?. of course!!!

A special thanks goes out to our instructor Cristal McGill and
all of the amazing Kyrene teachers who attended the workshop!

Oh by the way...I got a job! I will be teaching 4th grade in the Kyrene School District!

Haircut

I got my haircut today!