This post is for Jessica

Pllllth!! That I assume is the noise made when you stick your tongue out at someone. You know. Just because I don't have cute kids to take pictures of blog about doesn't give you the right to make snide (no matter how true) comments.

Alright, that was directed toward Jessica. Everything else should be appropriate for all.

Well, I do have something cute about Jessica's children. First off, really good news. Ryan likes me now. It used to be that he didn't want to play with me, I don't know why. And it really bothered me that there was no apparent way to purchase his love. However, somehow we've had a break through. I'm excited.

Now for the really cute stuff. My niece Whitney told me happy Mother's Day yesterday and apparently the book she made in Primary for her mom is actually for me. Jessica saw it and said, "Is that for me?" Whitney's response: "No, it's for my mom. They didn't know Tiff is my real mom." Yeah I think it's pretty funny. I wonder how long this stage will last. Hopefully not much longer because Jessica is started to want to put some financial burden on me. : ) Okay may not so much, but it is her favorite thing to say when Whitney wants something. The nerve of some people.

Now for news actually about me. I have to share this because I just think I'm so clever. I'm doing a project based Geometry class this trimester and I'm pretty excited about the project we're doing next week before they present their final projects. Next Monday I'm having them bring cameras and I have a whole bunch of items of a Geometry Scavenger Hunt for them to take pictures of and then on Tuesday we'll go into the computer lab and create a collage of our findings. I'm really excited because I'll take the best ones and blow them up really big for posters my classroom for next year. Anyway, I thought it was a stroke of genius on my part and I hope the students have fun with it. I need to take my pictures this week so I can get mine made.

Anyway, Jessica I hope this blog post was a bit more to your liking.

What have I been doing?

Don't you worry. I am alive and well. I just apparently have been super lazy at blogging. I looked at when the last time I blogged was and it was ridiculous. Plus, Nathan had to start a blog for school and so he updates way more than I do. So now I feel like a loser.
The main news is, thanks to my friends, I'm getting lots of cute Lia Sophia jewelry. Thanks everyone for helping me out. When it all arrives, I'll take a picture for everyone to see!
Well, I don't have much to say right now. I just didn't want anyone else's blogs to say that I haven't updated in over a month. :)

Look who has gone digital!

I've got my mom hooked on digital scrapbooking. All it took was showing her how easy it is to replicate the recipe pages for us and all my sisters by simply hitting the print button. And it is no wonder where I get any of my talent. She's been doing digital for less than a month. Here are some of the things she has made (Just when I finally do something better than her...she has to start actually trying!).

Just letting you know I'm still alive

I know it's been a while but I wanted you to know I'm still alive. We just started a new trimester at school and so far it's going pretty well. The material is much less frustrating and I am loving my project based geometry class! Since it's all activities and no book work, an amazing thing happens...the kids get motivated! Who would have thought? Now if only that would work for Algebra 2 and still have the kids pass the ISATS.
Anyway, we're making a fun project in Geometry right now dealing with circles (since it's pi day on Saturday, we're celebrating on Friday). I'll have to take a picture of my example that I made. It's pretty sweet. Have a good week.

Happy Birthday Whitney

Today, my little niece Whitney turns 5 years old. Oh my goodness! I can't believe she's getting so big. I have a scrapbook page of her when she was less than 1 year old and she was just so smiley and wanting to walk everywhere. Now she's five!





For those of you that don't know, she calls me "Mommy Tiff". She and I are buddies and when I go to Idaho Falls to visit...I go to visit her. She's got such a funny imagination. If you want any proof just visit Jessica and she'll let you know (most recently Whitney has changed her name...she hasn't decided on one middle name so she has several). Anyway, happy birthday Whitney Daphne Belle June Cinderella Aurora Jasmine Pocahontas Mulan Ariel Lewis. I love you.

Stinking cute backgrounds

Okay, I used to like just my plain white backgrounds. But I am finding some stinking cute blog backgrounds. And thanks to the blog of my friend Bonnie, I found this cute website with super cute blog backgrounds. It kind of makes me wish I knew how to program so I could actually make my own. I'm sure it's easier than I think. But that one programming class I had to take at ISU has made me hate programming. I still remember my lab instructors dirty Zelda shirt...Nathan told me not to make fun of Zelda, but the whole greasy hair, gaming shirt, geeky thing, etc, was compounded by the fact that I hated the class. Anyway, these blog backgrounds are way cute and way easy that even Jessica could do it. :)
So, that is my two bits for the day. You now know what I can waste my time doing: finding cute things online.