"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Friday, October 16, 2009

Halloween!!!

Well, here's some of what I've been doing with my life in the last month.

1. Teaching. I am LOVING my job because these 13 6th-graders just LOVE to learn! They want to know EVERYTHING! It's such a difference from last year when I would ask a question and I swear you could hear crickets chirping. Now, I ask a question and half my class raises a hand. It's so much fun!

2. Learning. My master's classes are keeping me very busy. In fact, I just barely finished a paper (that was actually due yesterday. oops!).

3. Sewing. Before I got my job I was super bored, so Mel suggested that I could make us some Halloween Costumes! I'll give you one guess for what my costume is. You're right! It's Eeyore, and Mel is Tigger. They turned out super cute. I'll make sure and get some pictures soon.

4. Coughing. All week. Need I say more?

5. Reading Bloom, a cute blog that Rachael introduced me to. They have fun giveaways like this one, and all sorts of cute ideas for fun things to do.

6. Getting ready for some fun Murder Mystery parties that we are throwing for our families. Gotta go make some homemade ice cream for tonight's party!
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