Priceless

Dealing with a class that talks, and talks, and talks... hard.

Dealing with off task students for 6.5 hours a day... SUPER hard.
Having students talk back to you and be disrespectful...CRAZY hard.
Walking into class and seeing this on the front board...PRICELESS!


Or having a student bring me this after I had to email his mom because of his behavior...another PRICELESS moment.


My student Elisabeth made the graduation poster and then had the class sign it. When I walked into my room Monday morning I just smiled. It was so nice to know that my students were thinking of me when I was gone. I may not get to see that they like me everyday and that is one thing that can make teaching hard, but moments like that make it all worth it. As far as Ty's letter...the only reason I post it is because he came to school sorry, but so happy to do better the next day. And he was!!! He still had his adorable personality and little quirks that only Ty has, but he was so much better and because of that I know he learned a lot more. I love my job.

Graduation

We finally made it. Its hard to believe that for now our BYU careers are over. We had a great time and are excited for the new adventures that life brings, but we will never forget our time at BYU.

Thank You Spring Break!

Lately I have been feeling overwhelmed with work and applying for jobs. I never really have time to do things around the house. All I ever get to do is clean (and trust me, some weeks its hard to do that.) But this week was different... I had Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off because of spring break. So I did some projects that I have been DYING to do! It feels great to finaly finish these projects and let the creativity flow! Thank you Spring Break!

I repainted this coffee table and added some foam to the top to make it a bench. (There isn't much space in our front room for furniture so this is perfect!) I got the pillows for free so I just paid for the fabric. It has a great green print. (You can't really see the green in the picture)

I was also able to hang these pictures in our bedroom. The frame with the 6 openings was originally $19.95 but I got it for $3.00! Only because there is a tiny nick in one cornner.
Thank you Walmart.

And thanks Mom for your help!