Merry Christmas!

Here's wishing you and yours a VERY merry Christmas!

Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n.
Son of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him;
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ, the Lord.

Wahoo!

Last night we went to Allan's work Christmas party. It was quite fun. We had a delicious ham dinner and then played Bingo. You may be thinking "Bingo? Lame-o." Oh, no, my friends. It was super intense. Prizes included iPods, Nintendo DSes, bikes, digital video recorders, and a laptop. We hadn't won anything, and it was a blackout round for the last prize--a Nintendo DS. And guess who won?!?!?!?!?!? ME!!!!!!!!! I was excited, but Allan was probably more excited (he was so smiley and cute).

Also, yesterday was our six-monthiversary, and my thoughtful husband brought me a beautiful poinsettia to celebrate.

And there are only two days left of school! I'm giving a test today, and we're dissecting tomorrow.

And I feel the Christmas season so abundantly---eeek! I love this time of year!

So many things to "Wahoo!" about! I hope you can "Wahoo!" about one or two things today!

I hope I'm not in trouble...

Today was the third annual Spider Olympics held in the commons area. (Can you even believe I've been at this whole teaching-thing three years? Crazy!) First period was kind of "blah" because they are still sleepy, but second period was fun. Our last event was a spider crawl relay race, and things got so heated (translation=loud cheering) I had the attendance secretary come out, the book depository girl come out, a vice-principal, and finally the principal herself. She reminded me there were classes on both sides of the commons. I said sorry, got really red-faced, and sent the students back to class (we were done anyway). I composed the students (and myself), wrote some notes on the board, and then did the (in)famous spider mating dance.

Today was a fun day.

I can write right now

I can write right now because I'm in the midst of parent-teacher conferences. I've actually had more parents than I thought I would. They aren't coming all at once, but they're coming in a steady enough stream to prevent me from getting a lot of anything done.

It seems like things have been crazy as of late. I'm teaching the ACT prep class this week which adds a new twist to trying to accomplish other things. I really just want to sleep a lot. I think I have the S.A.D.. Maybe I need to go tanning to start making some vitamin D or something.

I put up my Christmas tree over Thanksgiving break, and it is GORGEOUS!!! I'm so pleased, and every time I look at it I smile a little. I'll post pictures sometime, but the pictures hardly do the tree any justice. There are lights around the door and windows outside, and our house looks like a cozy cute Christmas house. Hooray for Christmas time!

I wept when I heard that Elder Wirthlin had passed away. I always have loved his talks, and I'll miss him at the next General Conference. I really want to see the funeral, so maybe I'll turn on the TV on Friday during lunch and watch a bit.

The next couple of weeks' forcast is exciting: Body Worlds next Friday, Temple Square lights sometime soon, 3rd Annual Spider Olympics before Christmas break (which means spider dancing), my birthday, Christmas Eve, Christmas, spending holiday time with Allan...EEEEKKKKK! Excitement galore!