Christmas projects

I had a couple of projects this Christmas. I made a story with a bag of items to go with it for about 90 girls in the ward (and I got them all delivered with Dustin's help and amazing navigation skills).
I made stockings with stickers and candy for all of my students, and I made a Christmas rag quilt.
Out of all of this I got that I need kids. (On second thought, I'm not sure that would stop me from projects, it would simply change their nature.)

My Politically correct birthday snowman

Ok, so I used to have this tradition of making a snowman cake for my birthday, and I haven't done that for years. So this year what I really felt like was a sugar free pumpkin pie without the crust. SO I made a couple of pie fillings without crust in cake pans and put them together to make this snowman. (It tasted amazing.) I feel that it is politically correct and a sign of my wisdom as I get older.
The other cake was an eggnog cake with a caramel/eggnog frosting. I took it to the Christmas party, however, with all of the wonderful things to eat no one ever tried it. I ended up throwing it away.

Caroling in Spanish

The last day of school my students wanted to go caroling around the school. We practiced a couple of songs, and this is what they came up with.

The Macks at the Condo.

So far, the most fun I've had at the condo this season was when Mary, Lamon, and the kids came to visit. At the beginning of the holiday season I bought a bunch of toys and wrapped them and put them under the tree for neices and nephews to open. However, I'm so far out in the "North Pole" that no one has come to visit. :( So when they came and opened a couple of presents it really felt like Christmas.

The Sky's the limit!

I know I haven't posted in a while, so we'll try to play catch up here. A couple of weeks ago Dustin took me up in a little two seated plane and flew us all around Nebo mountain and Utah valley. It was so beautiful to see the mountains, snow, and sunset from up there. The only downfall.... it was freezing in the plane. :)

Reindeer!!!

O.k. so me and my big imagination find a lot of magic at Christmastime. I will be the first to admit that sometimes I am just in my own world. Sooooo The other day while eating lunch at Thanksgiving Point I looked out the window and they had real reindeer!!!! I WAS SO EXCITED!!! All through lunch all I could think about was going out and saying hi to the reindeer. I knew that there would be this special connection and they would come over and I would pet them etc. So I went over and sat down next to them. At first everything seemed great. After a few minutes they just wouldn't come over to where I sitting. So Dustin went and got deer food to entice them and ...... I think deer food is just a ploy to get people to buy something. The reindeer weren't interested in it. So I finally asked the guy there to push them in my direction so that I could get a picture (he did that for a few kids so that they could pet them). However, the reindeer pushed back and headed to the other end of the pen. ..... It would seem that those were stuck up reindeer. Because I know that nice reindeer would've wanted to come over and let me pet them. .... I just know it. .... I just know it...... The first picture was at the beginning when everything seemed fine, then the second one is the view I got most of the time.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a wonderful one this year. I went to Francis Utah (by Park City) and spent the holiday with Dustin's family. It was the first time I had been with another family for a holiday since my mission. The food was great, the shopping the next day was great, and settler's...... well..... :)

Christmas in the Condo

My Class Worships Me. :)

We have disasters every day in class. They always have something to do with the history of the country that we are learning about. We had a disaster the other day involving a dictator (me) and the group had to pay a bunch of money to keep their people from being exiled. Well... when I came to class the next day I threatened to do the same thing to them, and the whole group (unprompted) got up and started bowing. I thought it was hilarious.!!!!

Bryce Canyon

Husband Tag

I'm so glad that this has been going around, because that is exactly what I am trying to do: Tag a Husband. So I would appreciate it if everyone would look at this list and let me know when you see him.
What is your husband's name? (Yet to be determined- I'm not picky though. Just no more than 4 syllables.)

How long have you been married? (Well now that one is just obvious)
How long did you date? At least 17 dates, because that is at least how long it will be before we kiss. (You may need to inform him of this first.)
How old is he? (Somewhere between 22-35)
Who eats more sweets? If he doesn't our kids are going to hate us.

Who said "I love you" first? (I'm sure he will)
Who is taller? Again, we all better hope he is. If he's shorter than I am...... let's just say our kids will never live it down.

Who is a better singer? He can be better as long as he tells me I am. :)
Who is smarter? He is, ...... but not intimidating.
Who does the laundry? I will

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He will. ( I like the left.)

Does he snore? (This one is negotiable.)

What does he do in his spared time?

Who mows the lawn? We can switch off (I like to mow the lawn)

Who cooks dinner? OH, I'll cook, but he might get sick of my experiments so he might want to have a couple of meals he puts together himself.

Who drives? We both do. He may have to drive at night though, I get tired and really shouldn't drive at that point.

Who is the first to say they are wrong? I hope I am.

Who kissed who first? If it's going to happen, he'll have to do it first. I can hold out for a long time.

Who asked who out first? He'll have to do that one too.
Who wears the pants? I hope he does. I really want to be able to look up to my husband in that role. I would like for him to be the head of our household and I want to do everything I can to support him.
Does he say he love you every day? Absolutely!

Visiting Peru- I hope the real thing isn't as complicated

The trip: Every student in my classroom has a job. We have everything from a bus driver to a garbage man. There is a president and a banker and everything in between so that they can run the classroom and I can sit back and watch as much as possible.
At the end of every term they apply for a "passport" and depending on their job they are given a first class or coach plane ticket. We then set up the classroom to resemble the country we are learning about, and they go around to different stations and have conversations in Spanish. Every now and then we have gangsters or Secret Service or counterfeit money etc. The last time we did this was Halloween. I figured the kids would be messing around anyway, might as well give them something productive to do.
Here are some of them enjoying the country: