What have I been doing lately?

Teacher crafts.

I love it.

And I have a lamintator, never used it before my teacher crafts.

It. Is. Awesome.

The Hubs

check this out..

Dilemma

Luckily for us, James and I have a choice between 2 wards.

1 A married BYU student ward that goes from 1-4pm (This is the ward we've been going to for the last year)

2 A regular ward that goes from 9-12pm

We like the BYU student ward, but we're not that connected to it. The real problem is the time. 1 to 4 pm! Are you kidding? It used to be 12:30, now 1? That is so late! I feel so unproductive when it's that late, and that just makes me antsy and hard to focus on anything in church. PLUS we go to Salt Lake after church every Sunday, to have dinner with James's grandma. When we get back from that the day is over!

Should we change wards? It's not a problem of bloom where you're planted. We have the option of 2 different flower pots, it's just a matter of choosing. But do we change wards from the one we've been in for almost a year? I don't know what to do.

P.S. we had such a fun day yesterday! Date night with Whitney and Kyle, ice skating and a movie! James and Kyle both have not ice skated since their missions!! It was fun. James got the award for falling the most (probably because he had the craziest moves!!)

I've been reading a lot lately...

Weird right? I've never been much of a reader. It probably has something to do with the fact that I have to wear glasses when I read, but I have to get over that to pick some books for my 5th graders! My plan is to integrate my read aloud books with Social Studies. Fifth Grade Social Studies is U.S. History! {which I am SO excited about}

So far I've read Fever of 1793

I really liked it. Probably a little too hard for 5th graders, but Laurie Hulse Anderson is a GREAT author.

Then I read Sign of the Beaver.

I had A TON of teachers recommend this book to me, that they ALWAYS read it to their 5th graders. I was not so impressed.


Then I read The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. LOVED IT!

I will probably read this one to my class, just because I liked it so much!

The last book I have finished was Number the Stars

I thought it was a really cute book about WW2, but WW2 isn't that cute so I'm not sure how I feel about it.

I am currently reading:

If anyone has any other suggestions for historical fiction books about U.S. history, I'd love some suggestions!

In other news did you know you have to be a full time student to receive financial aid? Ya neither did I. I thought I would be taking 1 class during the spring, now I'm taking 3. The one I have to take ECE 323 aka Integrated Curriculum, which is really lame btw because it is geared towards k-2 grade and I am teaching 5th graders next year. The next class is the living prophets, and I am currently trying to decide between genealogy and stress management. I need to decide by TODAY. Has anyone taken either to help me decide?