I'm thankful for...

Top 5 things I am thankful for:

1. BRODEE

2. Dad, Mamma A, Loralee, Carl, Bradley, Emmet, Holly, Adam, Bonnie, and Max-- I am glad they were all here over Thanksgiving break

3. Being a 2nd grade teacher

4. My house

5. Good health and strength :)

I figured pictures say a thousand words...

 Yep we have the same shirt on...haha it was funny! No one really even noticed either, which is funnier.

 He is such a good hubby...I had to beg, give the pouty face, make a deal, and gather every

thing up for him to put the lights on the roof. :) Looks like it worked! haha

 The final look

 One of three christmass trees in my house ;)

Busy weekend

This past weekend has been pretty eventful and busy. On Friday after school Brodee and I went to Twin Falls to go Christmas shopping, Thanksgiving food shopping, and any other things we could do. Sadly to say we didn't get all the Christmas shopping done, but I can only drag Brodee around in "the city" before he cracks. :) He was a good sport :) We went to D&B and found Brodee a pair of snow boots for work...the best part = they were on sale!! Then we went to Costco, Sportsman Wearhouse (for Brodee), the mall, Target, Winco, and finally Cold Stone :) It was a pretty long night.

On Saturday, in the morning Brodee and I went and dropped off our last load of wood for the winter. Yay!!!Rayanne came and helped, and of course we had Adam with us :) Later that day around 2ish, we headed into Burley to meet Linday and Chase (friends). It was Brodee's company party for Butte, so we went to Jackpot, Nevada for the night. The dinner was amazing. They paided for everything...it was awesome. We had a lot of fun! We got home Sunday around noon, ate lunch with my parents, went to Elba, and finally we made it home...oh how I appreciate Malta, my bed, and my own house. Even though we were only gone one night, I was glad to be back...I think Brodee is wearing on me. I don't really like to leave much anymore! ;)

Random Updates!

Novemeber is moving right along. Here are just a few things that have been going on in both mine and Brodee's life:

Brodee-- Work has slowed down for him at Butte Irrigation, but he manages to pick up a few side jobs here and there so he is staying pretty busy throughout the week. For the past few months, on Saturday's we have been going to get wood. Brodee has been selling it to quite a few people. Therefore, we have been splitting, loading, and "he" has been delivering pretty much every Saturday. (Thank goodness only one more Saturday of this ;) He finished up school the first week of Novemeber, passed his final exam, and finished with another semester. He starts back up with a new semester here in January. He only has 3 more to go and he will be completely finished. Sometimes I wonder if his body ever just runs out of energy, but that is proven when his head hits that pillow...

Very sleepy boy right here :)
(At least he sleeps with important things...his scriptures :)

ME-- As for myself, life is still the same. I get up, make breakfast and lunches for both Brodee and me, get ready for school, then about 7:40ish I head over to school (long commute I know ;). I am at school all day...which is exactly where I want to be.

I have the best class and I know all teachers say that, but I really do :). People often ask me how I do it with 33 students in there, I just tell them that my classroom is basically, "Organized Ciaos." And yes we do learn, but everyday is full of new happenings behind that door. I have kids that throw up, kids that constantly want to call their mom because they need to tell them something that can usually wait till after school anyways, kids that call me "Mrs. Mom", kids who are constantly repeating, "Mrs. Boden, Mrs. Boden, Mrs. Boden", kids who get excited over one smarty for being in thier seats on time, kids anxiously waiting for the next things they are going to learn, kids talking in the hall and having to turn the whole class around till everyone is silent while walking to music, P.E., computers, library, or lunch, kids telling me "The Whole" story and then getting to the main point of why they came up to me, and kids who just love to see you everyday because they love being at school. It truely is the best way to spend my time..

After school, I come home, do random things around the house, wait for Brodee to get home, cook dinner, clean up dinner, hang out, and finally its bedtime. Then the next morning...I bet you can guess what I do? THE SAME THING =)  We do love our busy lives and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Halloween...glad it's over!

So I really hate to admit it, but I hate Halloween. It is by far the worst holiday! However, I do love all the trick or treaters that come in cute, unique costumes AND I love handing out candy, but the whole concept and dressing up, I just do not like it at all!  At school, we had a Halloween parade for all the students to show off costumes and we also had a classroom Halloween Party. My students loved it! Since I love Halloween so much (haha) I had to make sure I put on a face, so that the students wouldn't see the true dislike of this holiday. However, it was pretty fun to see all the students excited as they dressed up in thier costumes.

 Holly and Echo...they dressed up like grapes. They looked pretty cute, not to mention they won best dressed at school.

These are only some (yes some) of the students in my class with Holly and Echo. Holly is an aide in my classroom, so they all just love her and they made a new friend Echo. Holly and Echo took them through the spook alley which the NHS put on for the elementary students.

These are all of my students..yes I have 32 of them. I just adore each of them!! :)

Rayanne and Me showing our spirit of Halloween...I really had a hard time getting dressed up for this, but I did it with a smile on my face. I guess it's really for all the students, but then again thats what you get when you decide to go into a profession like mine. :)