First Snow

Today we got our first snowfall of the season. It wasn't a lot of snow and it didn't last long, but yes we did get snow in October. The snow stuck to the ground but not to the pavement. I will be making a trip to Sam's on Monday to replace my front tires since the diver's side is bald. I am not looking forward to all of the snow we are expected to receive this winter. I see buying snow boots to be in my future.

Background

Who changed the background? It's cute.

Music Part 2

Yesterday was my first day of teaching music class and it went well. I teach 3 kindergarten classes and one first, second, and third grade class. So if you can't count that is a total of six classes and they are each 40 minutes long. So in class we had a mini lesson and then we sang Halloween songs and played a Halloween game. The kids loved the Halloween portion of class! While subbing in the same school today I saw one of my first graders and she asked me who was to be in the middle for Pumpkin, Pumpkin (the Halloween game we played) next time, and she also wanted me to sing the song again because she couldn't remember all the words. Well, at least I know the kids are having a good time, now I will have to find ways to keep them interested.

pumkinpatch

we took the kids out to montrose orchard today it was real fun they took us on a hayride and took us out to the pumkinpatch so we could pick out our own pumkins

Music

So yesterday I got a great birthday gift. Mr. Neptune from Jayenne Elementary called me and asked me to teach music every Tuesday for the rest of the year. So I am guaranteed to at least have enough money to pay the bills every month. This will also give me the opportunity to show Mr. Neptune his mistake in not hiring me and maybe set up the chance to get a job there next year if they are hiring. They have another music teacher there that teaches one day a week so I am not sure if we are supposed to do the same thing or if I will be planning out my own lessons. I am very grateful and excited for this opportunity I have been given.

Thanksgiving

So I thought we should have a little discussion about plans for Thanksgiving. Mom would like for us to have a family temple day on Saturday, Nov. 26th, in the morning. At the last family dinner, we kind of talked about having the November family dinner at Les and Kristi's house after we go to the temple. I know Alexis and Merrit could babysit at Les and Kristi's while we are at the temple. We could all just leave our kids there (if that's O.K. with Les and Kristi).

At family dinner, we also talked about maybe having Christmas at Les and Kristi's too since we will all be together then and Mom and Dad probably won't be able to make it back up for real Christmas.

What does everyone think about these possibilities? Also, I was thinking that we should try to have some kind of family pictures taken on Nov. 26th too. We haven't had a family picture taken in quite a while, and most of us should be there. What do you guys think about that? We could either ask one of Les and Kristi's friends to come take the pictures for us or we could use a camera timer and set it up ourselves. If you guys like the idea of a family picture, do you want to try to coordinate colors for clothing in the picture? If so, throw out some ideas.

:(

So, I had another interview yesterday with 3 principals and I felt that it went really well. It is now 8:36 pm and I think it is safe to say that they will not be calling me tonight with a job offer. I'm really bummed. I'm trying to not think about it too much because if I do I will cry. I refuse to be a life-time substitute teacher and am thinking that I might need to come up with a plan B. Any realistic suggestions?