Halloween

We had a blast this Halloween.  We attended a ward party and trunk-or-treat the Friday before.  Then, on Halloween night, we went with some ward friends into their neighborhood and walked around for a while.  The girls were both excited, and Kae caught on quickly to the joys of saying a few simple words and receiving a delicious treat in return.  We reused a costume for Kaelisse--mad scientist.  I love that costume!  Tylie was very adamant about wanting to be a witch, and nothing I could do would persuade her otherwise.  I like to do more creative, interesting things when designing costumes, but she was so excited about the idea, that I caved.  I think they both looked very cute, and we enjoyed the holiday!  Brent and I didn't dress up at all.  Call us lame if you want.....I just call us busy.  I barely threw the girls' outfits together the night before!

My Classroom 2012

I spent a fair amount of time this summer preparing my new classroom.  I moved to the 6th grade this year, and actually started at the beginning of the year, so it was a fun time to do some creative things.  I tried to keep it simple, but still have a theme.  I like the way it turned out, and am happy for multiple young women in my ward who gave up a few hours to help me get it up and looking put together before the first day.