Road Trip

Once school was over, it was time to head out on a road trip with my parents, sister, Stacy, and brother, Matt.  We drove from Salt Lake to Detroit for my niece's, Hurley's, blessing and her brother Brooklen's second birthday party.  Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Mount Rushmore

Crazy Horse

Corn Palace

"Field of Dreams"

View down from the Willis (Sears) Tower

Rob's family in Ann Arbor

Henry and Samuel in Detroit

St. Louis Arch

DONE!!!

Believe it or not,I am finally done with my Master's program.  My final grades have been posted.  I can't believe it - all A's.  Wow, I really must be a nerd.

Now it's time for a vacation!

Fishing

On Tuesday, the 30th of June, I went fishing with Grandpa Bob and Matt.  We went to Jordanelle. It was a beautiful day.  It was warm and the sun was shining.  Here are a few pictures of the day.

 Since I don't have a fishing license, I drove the boat while the boys fished.

However, we didn't catch any fish.  If you look at these pictures, you may see why.

Tuachan

This week I drove my grandparent down to St. George to see Annie and Footloose at the outdoor Tuachan Amphitheater.   The setting down there is gourgeous.  The back of the stage is the red rock of southern Utah.  It's fun to see the plays under the stars. 

We attended the first performance of both.  Annie was pretty good.  I have to admit though that I was more impressed with Molly than Annie.   She was just a lot more animated and stayed in character the whole time.  Footloose was also good.  The dancing was great.  It's funny how much they change the movies when they make them into musicals.  I guess I can understand because they cannot do all the same things on stage that they can in a movie.  Even with the changes, they were good.   Overall, the trip down there to see the plays is worth it.  I miss being able to see things like that in Barrow.

Empty Room

I have to admit that I hate the last few days of school.  I love the first day of 

summer break and the rest of it.  But those last few days are awful.  I had my room completely  cleaned yesterday by the time I left.  I have all day today and will spend all day tomorrow with nothing to do.  I guess I can't say nothing.  I did manage to get a bit of my homework done.  It's just depressing to have an empty room.  There's nothing to show for all the work through out the year.   I have to say, it does seem to be a waste of time to put everything away just to put it back up again.  It's just all so empty and boring.  Oh well, two more months and I get to put everything back together. 

FHE & Marshmallows

Last night we had a branch family home evening.  About twenty people showed up for it.  The primary president and I were in charge of it.  She did the lesson and I got the fun part, the activity.  The topic was David and Goliath.  So, I brought my sling shot (why I have it up here I don't know) and had the kids (and adults) practice hurling marshmallows at each other.  Some of them are actually good shots with it.  Some weren't.  I think we will be finding marshmallows all over the chapel/multi-purpose room for months to come.  That is, the ones that the little kids didn't pick up off the floor and eat.  Too bad I forgot to take any actions shots.  It was pretty funny.

Chug

As a teacher you think I would be a good role model and encourage my students to do appropriate things.  That is unless you actually know me.  Last week, my students received a pizza party as a result of a state survey that they completed.    We had a lot of pop left over and I happened to suggest to the boys that they have a contest to see who could chug a can of pop the quickest.  Well, the record was 5.6 seconds, set by the boy you can see drinking.  The one in the background did 5.9.  I have to admit that even though I encouraged it, watching it made me a little sick.  I guess I haven't changed that much.  It's a good thing I don't have to be responsible all the time to be a teacher.   

Ok, so maybe it wasn't the best idea.  At least I got my entertainment for the day.