Sitting Duck?

Sitting in the Balloon ...kind of silly to have to sit!

Going Up

My view...

Not very high ..Huh!?!

Tethering... three large vehicles holding the balloon down....
see the ropes?

Patriotic Program and Veterans

Yes, I actually do the sound and conduct from the side of the stage

Day assembly

Thursday

Some of the Verterans

Tuesday night with about 15-20 kids missing

Soloist

Our cute LDS Scouts

The Twins had someone in the National Guards

Halloween Music Activity

This is what it looked like before we turned off the regular lights.

Doing the musical pumpkin passing activity to the Addams Family Music

Well this week has been fun at school. We played Boomwhackers to a fun Halloween song and then we put black lights into the middle of the room and put down orange cups that glowed an eery glow and passed out little orange jack-o-lantern pumpkins that happened to glow. Each child in the classes tried their "hand" at a passing game to the “Addams Family theme song…. Can you hear it .....

Pick up and pass, "click, click," pick up and pass "click, click", pick up and pass, pick up and pass, pick up and pass "click, click." (I changed the clicks to claps, it was easier!) Then I had them dance their pumpkins in front of them until we had to pass again. Kindergarten and 1^st graders could not do the passing part of the game, so they just danced their cups in front of them and then I had each child in turn come up and look at what their clothes looked like in a black light. They thought that was cool …. or maybe you should call it hot!

So I am a Strange Music Teacher ... but we sure had fun!

School Pic... interesting...

Here is my dumb School Picture taken in September 2010, a few days before I got so sick. They take pictures earlier every year. I wish I could take a better picture! Getting "Old" and being overweight sure doesn't help.
Oh well I just wanted to post something.....

REST AND RECUPERATION

UP, Up And AWAY in Kirk's Beautiful Ballooon!
I borrowed some of these pictures from Leslie or Kirk...

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 2010 just a few pictures courtesy of
Leslie and Kirk and a few with my camera.

AT THE NORTH ENTRANCE AND LOTS OF COLOR

IT WAS COLD BUT WE LIKED IT!

LAYNA'S SMILE

JACOB AND ELI

MY GO CART...lol... PUTT PUTT

SPONGEBOB

KIRK & JEREMY

THE BEES

LESLIE & JEREMY

AT THE TOP OF THE TRAM

This Fall Break was just that, R&R. I have struggled with Asthmatic Bronchitis for 4 weeks but when I went with Leslie and the kids in her Excursion up in altitude and went to Kirk's house in Albuquerque it seemed I got a lot better each day! I think getting away has helped and being around people I love is good medicine.

We went several days to the Balloon Fiesta, watched Kirk and 4 of the kids go flying in his Balloon. I went up to the company mine close to Cuba, NM with Kirk and watched him load three trucks with brown and black product and the last night I was there, went up the tram 2 miles high and had dinner with Kirk in the High Finance Restaurant. It really is High Finance! Had Sunday Dinner at Eric's and watched all the grown ups playing on their phones after dinner, so I finally went online and watched Conference. Came home on an airplane and I finally feel better! Now I just have the weekend left for the final recuperation.

FIRST DAY AT ENTRANCE

EVENING PUZZLE ACTIVITY... IT TOOK THE WHOLE WEEK TO FINISH

KIRK'S LAUNCH MONDAY MORNING

THE BALLOON PILOT!

THE ANCHOR

AT THE MINE

AND LATER THAT EVENING UP THE TRAM

YUMMY DINNER
THIS NEXT PICTURE SAYS IT ALL... WE WORE THEM OUT, BUT HAD FUN!