Surprise!!!!

My roommates threw me a surprise going away/birthday party about a week ago. My roommates had been telling me for days that we were just going to dinner before I left as roommates. The couple of days before I left, I was worn out from school, and packing, and everything else going on, and hadn't gotten ready for the day. So as it got closer to dinner time, I wondered why my roomies kept pushing me to get ready for the night. Well, I luckily decided to get ready, because as we left for dinner, Jor wanted to see what was going on in the lounge in my apt. complex. She opened the door, told me to come (because she all of a sudden had a complex about going somewhere by herself...which is NOT Jor) and there were all my friends from my ward yelling surprise at me. I had NO idea that they were throwing me a party. Here are some pics. of the night. They had snuck out my Wii from the apartment, and we did Dance Dance Revolution, and American Idol Karaoke. It was awesome! The other big surprise was that a guy named Kevin in my ward gave me a brand new set of Scriptures that everybody at the party signed. It was the best gift!!

Kevin and I with my new scriptures!

Giving Kevin a hug!

Me singing my heart out.

Kendall and I.

Trevor and I...what a flirt!

Tony is the best....so awesome!

Jacob and I.

These two are so awesome!!

Jor, Nat and Me.

Tori, Natalia, and me.

Tony and I waiting for DDR.

Steven, Kasey, and me...what awesome friends I have!

Here's just a glimpse into the Karaoke from the evening..oh what fun!

End of School

I finished my school year on May the 29th. The day before I got out of school the kids had a field day and I had the enjoyable...and wet chance to be in the dunk tank. My 6th grade math students had a great time aiming for me to get dunked. I won't post pictures...for my own sake. ;) Here are some pictures of the 6th grade graduation we had on the last day of school.

A bunch of my crazy kids...just waiting for things to get started.My student Jacque Kass...great girl, great student!This is Nick...this is my tough kid who was hard for me all year in class, then at the end, he came to me the last day of school, and hugged me over and over...telling me how much he would miss me, and he spent the whole day in my room. It made all the hard days worth it...when he expressed how much he really appreciated me as a teacher.

Oh boy, these are all my crazy boys. Nate S., Issak, Austin, Nate C., just to name a few of the crazies I taught. :) These are the boys who charged me to turn on and off the lights during the school year, and always kept my class VERY entertaining.

Also in the pic., my good friend and colleague Susie. I couldn't have made it through this year without her. She was always willing to listen to me, and she gave me great ideas throughout the year, to help me from going completely crazy. She is so awesome! I am going to miss her a ton!

Taylor and I....and Austin J. What a bunch of goofs are we. Who's idea do you think this picture was?

All my wonderful girls I taught. Haleigh, Ashtyn, Darby, and Karla. They were always helpful, and wonderful in my class. I will truly miss the blessings I received from teaching these awesome kids!

Nathan L., Geovanny D. (Geo), and Alex M. What funny guys! Geo never once payed attention in my class...except for the time I made him stand up in front of everybody and try to teach. He at least behaved a little better after that. :)

The Living Traditions Festival

Jordan and I went with her family to the Living Traditions Festival in Salt Lake yesterday. It was awesome. First off, we rode Trax from Sandy into downtown SLC. It was a fun, interesting experience. I had never used Trax for such a long ride. We had a great time. When we got to the festival, Jor and I shared all sorts of different kinds of foods for dinner. Basque Chorizo sausage, Basque Churro, El Salvadorian Pupusas, and Thai Curry and Pad Thai. Then to finish things off, we shared a piece of Hazelnut cake from the Swiss stand. There was so much good stuff to try, and so many cool people there.

After we ate, we sat at one of the theaters there at Liberty Park, and there was an awesome Irish group called Buille. Here's a couple of videos of them. They were awesome, and the entire evening was so fantastic!!

Game Four of the Jazz vs. Lakers Series

So on Mother's Day, we went to series basketball game in Salt Lake. It was awesome! Mom had come up north for a baseball game, so I went up to Tremonton with her, and we watched the games, ate at Cracker Barrel, and she had a sleep over at my apartment. Just have to say how much I love my mom. She is by far the best friend I could have asked for. She gives me all the advice she can, and wants to help, even when she can't. I was so glad to get to spend some time with her.

On Sunday, dad came up from Cedar, and dad, mom, Tay, Jess, and and I went to Olive Garden, and to the game. It was such a good time. The game was incredibly intense with and overtime period, people getting hurt, it was so much fun. Here's a couple of pictures.






Taylor and Jess, aren't they cute?

Final score of the game....123-115. The Jazz won!! It had to be because of the awesome crowd!

Here's just a shot of the court. We weren't very close to the floor, but the energy was so high, it didn't matter where we were.

56th Ward Iron Chef Competition

A couple of weeks ago...I know, I'm slow with the posts, my ward had an FHE Iron Chef Competition. It was so much fun. We split into groups and each had to make a dish to present to the judges at the end of 45 minutes. The secret ingredient every group had to use was......pineapple. Here are some different concoctions made by the different groups.

Here's a side view of our fabulous pineapple fruit soup. It was delicious!

The view from the top.Jor's groups curry with pineapple.Tori's crepes. They looked awesome...on my plates. :-)
Here's Jor, Tor and Suz....just being crazy.
And my RS pres. Jessica Leatham...crazy thing is that I knew her in Tahoe. She's from Carson City, and we went to Girls Camp together. She is awesome!

Jordan's Orchestra Concert

So my roomie, and best bud Jor is the orchestra teacher at my Elem. school. She had a concert with all of the sixth graders the other night, and they sounded great after her working with them for only a year. She has done a fantastic job teaching them, and our chocolate fountain was AWESOME. We've never seen that much chocolate go that fast. Here's some pics. of the event.

Here's all of us after the concert.
Dylan....and all the other's diving into the chocolate fountain.

And there were pictures at church...

Before church today, we wanted to take pictures of all of us in Alta #211. Of course it didn't happen before church, so before we left we were able to take a few shots. My roomies are Jordan, Tori, Kirsti, and Brandi. They are all fantastic girls, and I am excited to know them better and have a great Summer with them. Here's a few of the shots Joe....our honorary roommate took of us.