A trip to Illinois

Hi all! I know it's been forever since I've posted. Just wanted to send a few pics your way. Especially since not everyone and their mom's is on facebook like I am. Thanks for a wonderful time at all of your homes. I was sad to leave. But hope to see you all soon!

Love you~Leah

Made it to Chicago! :)

Ready to go on a walk.

Walking with Daddy.

Running after Grandma.

Playing with the new crayons.

Rachel opens a present from Elisa and Justin's :)

Dad opens a present.

A heater! yay!

Kyle made me a special mocha. Yum!

Beautiful lights.

Grandpa and Lydia are ready for a nap.

Christmas eve dinner. yum!

In no particular order...

Here is a picture of the fire from our campsite this last weekend. Sorry pics are a little backwards here. ;)

One of the lazer light shows with the glow sticks. Pretty neat!

Beautiful sunsets.

Our campsite.

Here are a couple pictures from camping this last weekend.

It was beautiful! This was Stoneman Lake about 10 miles away from Flagstaff, AZ.

On a random note this was my dress and stuff from Andrew and Rebecca's wedding a few weekends ago.

Here I am hiding in a tree. ;) I blend in quite nicely.

Here's some pictures from the wedding I went to on October 2nd. It was for the leaders of my small group Becca and Andrew. I liked the idea below with having two small cakes and then cupcakes underneathe.

This is Andrew and Rebecca Feight (right after getting married.) :)

This is my friend Stephanie from biblestudy and me of course on the right.

My friend Kristen Billings and Rebecca, the beautiful bride! :)

This is how beautiful it was outdoors before the wedding.

Here's a picture of me and my friend Christyn (Chris.) We were in charge of helping people park. Ha! :)

My Classroom :)

It's about time I posted on here. It's been way too long! Just wanted to show you some pictures from my classroom. For the first time in my teaching career I didn't have to move schools and could keep things up in my room. Enjoy!

Here is my classroom for the 2010-2011 school year. I hope you like it ;) I guess it's very functional for me and much cleaner now. It was nice to have some time to organize a bit. The smart board in the corner is the big white board that is interactive with the computer. You can touch the screen and write on it with a marker and erase with an eraser. It has a projector that projects everything onto the screen.

Here is the door going outside my classroom. I also have two very large practice rooms. Great idea but I really have no use for them in my room since we do not have individuals practicing by themselves in the practice rooms.

Some of the chairs in my room and a word wall on the far wall.

My mission statement for the kids.

There are some guitars on the back wall but they need strings. Hoping to get the strings bought by money from some generous parents.

I have a white board in the back of the room and tiered seating. It works very well.

Another view of the front of the room.

I was excited to meet the students the night of meet the teacher night.

I had about five show up. Here is my desk area with my computer in the back of the room. THis area is off limits to students.

It's working out really well. I sometimes use my i-pod and play songs for the kids. I have also recently brought out the piano and set it outside of my desk area to accompany classes with the music that we are learning.

Camping

These are the slots in Page, AZ.

Well I tried to change the order of the pictures, but I thought I'd save the best for first. Here are some pictures from Page, Arizona of the sandstone rocks that we went into. They almost look unreal. They are very beautiful and I probably took 100 pictures or more of them. Enjoy!

Do you see the heart shape?

Here are some pictures from the town of Flagstaff. It is very pretty.

Went to Flagstaff and I thought it would be brilliant to pitch a tent in the living room the night before. Brilliant idea seeing that I forgot the poles. Oh well...luckily this campground had a tree to attach to :)

The fire that I started.

The rising of the sun over Lake Mary.

These are just some of the pictures I took on the trip. I will add more soon. :)