Conference

I was given tickets to the Saturday afternoon session of General Conference last Friday.  My life last week was crazy and my house was a disaster so I was really struggling with being willing to spend the day away from life to enjoy conference.  My dear friend Trevor agreed to go with me and my sisters told me that I had to go.  So, I donned a dress and hopped in the car and Trev and I went to Salt Lake to enjoy conference.

Enjoy it I did!!

One of the BEST parts was that we were early.  We sat down in our seats and listened to the BYU-Idaho choirs warm up.  AWESOME!!

I love listening to amazing singers, speakers, and feelings both bring.

Jared!!

Last night I was up way too late chatting with Jared.  I haven't been able to visit with Jared in forever because he lives in California right now. :(  Sometime during our visit Jared mentioned that he still checks out my blog every once in a while and he mentioned that I NEVER post.  I promised him that I would post about him today.  Here it is, just for you Jared.  I had so much fun talking with you last night, even though you kept me up a little past my bedtime.  If you don't know Jared you can look back a couple of years to a little post about the Young Brothers and you'll know a little too much about Jared and John. :) 

Here's a cute picture of Jared in his uniform:

(Too bad you can't see his beautiful eyes and eylashes.  They're killer!)

My Everyday Delights

Here are just a few things that I see on a daily basis:

1.  My classroom.  Check out all of those desks!

2.  The mug that contains the secret to a happy Miss Arnold.  Diet Dr. Pepper!!!

3.  The playground.  The sight of this reminds me of the peaceful seconds I have during a hectic day.

4.  Badge!  The key to the school.

5.  Lizzard that reminds me that it is my job to help take care of my friends.

6.  Keys!  Each one opens a different door that is important to me.

7.  Shell necklace from Hawaii.  The last trip I took with some of my sisters while they were still single (too bad Claire had to jump the gun and get married :) ).

I'm trying to see all the "things" that I have in my life.  No matter how insignificant they may seem, they usually have a purpose for being there.

I'm a BEAST!!

I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.  No, really I love my job BUT today was really frustrating.  Some days I wonder if I sound to my students like the teacher from Charlie Brown.  I wonder if I have lost my ability to explain things to my students.  Then I get ornery with the kids because they don't do what I've just asked them to do.  I don't know how to fix it. :(  HELP!!

Living Next Door to My Sister

One day, last spring, I came home from church to this:

Isabel

Aaden Bug

I <3 my family!!

Seriously!!

This book....
I read this book this week.
It's an action/suspense/love story.
It's not like the other books where the bad guy gets captured and all is good in the end.
The last line of the book is terrible!!!
I must read the next book in the series!

CLEAN

I think that I've settled on a word to focus on this year. 

Clean

I need to keep my world clean.  There are so many areas in my life that I need to learn to clean up.  1. bedroom 2. classroom 3. car 4. thoughts 5. mouth

This is going to be a challenge but I think that I'm up to it.  Here's to a clean year!