Christmas is Fun when you are with your family

Christmas was a fun time for me and my family. My sisters, nephews, and I went to my dads house for a Christmas dinner. We had a great time. Mel and I gave my dad a gift card to Olive garden & gave back church videos he gave us the previous year. My dad gave us....(the same gift).... Another A CHURCH VIDEO! We are sick of getting the videos every year so we had to make joke out of the situation. You think my dad could get the hint and get us something different. LOL.



After our dinner we all went to Mel and my apartment to pass out stockings. I was in charge of doing the stockings for everyone. I really enjoyed that. I love to surprise people.
Tami was in charge of my stocking. I was impressed with what I got. I took a picture to help me remember what I got. LOL.
I really enjoy spending time with my family!

Dinner and Caroling

I love to carol with my family at christmas time. My sisters Tami, Mel, Cyndi, and my nephew Alonzo went with me to my cousin Kathleens house in Riverton. We ate a great dinner of Hawaiian Hay Stacks then we went caroling to our cousins house and some friends. I was so happy when my sisters agreed to go with me. I was able to persuade my cousin Kathleen and her kids to go to! We all had a blast! I hope to make this a tradition every year.
Here are some pictures.

Off Track & Holiday Time

Hey Ya'll!
I am off track til the 5th of January! Nice break huh. Can't beat all the vacation time a teacher gets. It makes up for all the hard work it is to be a teacher. Kids just aren't respectful like we were. It is really scary how parents aren't parenting their kids right. I had a kid sarcastically talk back to me a few days before we went off track. This is a kicker! My kids were in groups doing a skit on one of the chapters they read in a book about the Japanese Internment camps during WW11. Time was running out so I just announced to the groups time keepers to check the time. I said, "What time is it?" The time keepers looked up and then I hear from the back of the room, " It's time for you to get a watch and quit asking questions!" Imagine that! I kid said that out loud to me. I was pissed! I was shocked that a kid would say that to a teacher. He got in trouble from me. I called his mom, and she says, " Just so you know, we talk like that at home." I told her that I didn't care that he talks like that at home, but it is not appropriate at school! I wanted to give the kid some "SLAPS!" lol.

So as you can see, I was very excited to get away from the kids.

On to the fun stuff...
I have been santa claus and shopping for my families gifts. I decorated my little tree. I don't have a big tree because I live in an apartment with my sister Mel. I will get a big tree when I get a house....Some day!lol.

My sister Cyndi is coming to Utah to spend the Holidays. I am very excited. I hope to get to the slopes this winter. I really want to learn how to ski or snowboard! I also can't wait til I go sledding. I love to slide down things. LOL. WHO KNEW.

I hope everyone has a great and fun filled Holiday season!
Mele Kalikimaka!

Helen's Tree


Mels Tree

Making fun Holiday treats

I thought I would share a fun activity with you that my 5th graders and I did for our christmas activity. I got the idea from my friend Amy who has a great blog with fun ideas/ crafts to do with your kids. Thanks Ams. Here are some pictures!

Left hand on green, right foot on blue

Happy Halloween!
My Halloween was great! I was the twister game and I even painted circles on my legs!! LOL. I dressed up for my school parade and my class party. My kids were so cute. Fun, Fun. I love candy!

Jason Mraz

Just a little update on what I have been up to. I just went to the most entertaining concert in my life time so far. I went to the E center in SLC and saw Jason Mraz. I love his music because it is mello. Jason was so fun to watch, not to mention his voice is fabulous! I want to follow his tour around the united states.lol. Other than that, I am busy with school. Parent teacher conferences are coming up in a week. Stress!! I love reading everyones blog. Toodles.lol.

Rise and Shine the Cougars are out...RAW,RAW,RAW.

I went to the BYU/New Mexico game with a friend of mine on Sat. Holy cow was it cold! I did bundle up, but my toes froze. LOL. We left 5 minutes early to beat traffic and boy was that smart. I couldn't feel my toes the entire 3 mile walk to where our car was parked. Okay, it felt like 3 miles. Get this, I just happened to pick home coming week. Good one Helen! lol. I wanted to go to at least one BYU game so I can say that I've been to one. My only memory of BYU football was sitting at home in Hawaii and watching it on t.v. I never really was a big fan of BYU, but I had to support my parents alma mater. I am a BOWS FAN!!! To my shock and surprise the fans were really quiet. The most sound I heard out of people was....wait for it........IT'S ANOTHER COUGAR....(they all yelled)....1ST DOWN!. lol. I had more fun at our Kahuku games. We definitely had school pride!!! Over all I had a fun time.
I didn't take a picture because it was too cold to take one.lol. My next adventure hopefully will be indoor paint ball with the fam.
Alohas.