A New Kinda Chili in My Chili Bowl

One week ago after school I was hangin out with some of my buddies. This gang consisted of Hollianne, Angela, Cameron, Davey, Laura and some others. We got to talking about religion. Because the Friday before Cameron said something and the others were shocked that he would say that to me. It was more offensive to them I think- He said that I wasn’t the “right religion”. That ticked some of the other kids off, and they are Cameron’s religion. Now, being in the so called “minority” I grow up used to this. You just have to roll with what other give you. Sure their will be some comments here and there, you just have to know how to deal with it. So Cameron said “Have you ever been to a ward?” I said no that I hadn’t, and that I would make them all a “deal”.

“If I go to your guys’ church for a Sunday, then you have to come to mine the next Sunday. Does that sound fair?”

They were all game for it. But because I am the teacher of my little Sunday kids, we decided to go until March. Daveys ward on the 4th and my Church on the 11th. Now I realize there are some things about my church that I don’t necessarily like, but it’s not a bad place to worship! The people are friendly and I think that they’ll have a good experience. All 10-20 of them. That’s right 10-20! After we made the bet word got around to some of my other friends (mutual friends with the previous after school hangout kids). So the twins Liz and Sarah wanted in on the action. This led to Cassie wanting to come, and possibly Malia and Jen. Angie wants to come, so that means Riley will probably come. I told some of my friends in computer Tech what was goin on, and they wanted to come too. If those girls were able to come, that would be Morgan, Halie, Kalie- (pronounced Callie), and many others that want in.

I realize that I will have to go get some new clothes to go to church probably. They wear really nice church clothes; the boys wear suits and the girl’s dresses. I do wear dresses, although I really don’t like it. (And I don’t think that God really cares what we wear over our butts anyways, there’s more important things to worry about...)When I told the others they could just wear Jeans and T-shirts, or whatever they wanted. It blew their minds! They went nuts! Davey was all ‘Dude mad Fo’ Reals?!”

I think it’s going to be a very good experience, a new kind of chili in my chili bowl.

Life, Legs, LaCrosse, and Love...

Life- Life for me is going pretty good i guess. I have been loaded with homework. And i got my schedule changed because of Mid-Term. The only class that i had to have changed was Comp-Tech in place of P.E. Some of my Gym pals came along with me to Comp-Tech. These were my good pals- Morgan, Kelli and Eden! I sure do love my peeps, and I'm glad that i have them with me.

Legs/ Lacrosse- Conditioning is in full swing! And boy do i HURT! Not just sore- PAIN PAIN PAIN. But i hear it gets better after about a million hours of Conditioning. But the funny thing is, i LOVE it. I LOVE going to practice.... Not necessarily the pain but i love the practice. We start out with a lap around the school. ( We are actually in the school) Then we do about a bazillion stretches to loosen up. Then we do Indian Runs. Indian runs are when we all get in a big line then the person from the back has to run all the way to the front while everyone is running. This is about 3-5 laps around the school. After that we do stairs- run up the left side set, down the middle set, back around up through the right set of staires, down the middle then left. That's only one set, we do about 6 sets when you run up, you have to run through the hallway to the middle, so its not just staires the whole time its the whole Shabang. After that Bunny Hops, then Ladders, Lunges, "Fairy Pickers", skips, and then a cool down lap, another set of stretches then we go home. This takes about 2 hours to do. After this my legs feel like Jello and i am TIRED. But by the time Practice is over i have enough time to come home, Eat, do 2-4 hours of homework, check email, then i am off to bed. Not much time for a life outside of this really, but i have met some awesome people, and some not so awesome people.

We voted for captains for the Team. I voted for Hilary ( a girl in my chemistry class) and the two chelseas. The Captains were- Hilary, Chelsea, Julianne, and Jennifer. Hilary and Julianne are really nice, and i love them to death. Chelsea is nice but she can be pushy, when i am doin ladders and believe me i am going as fast as i can go and she is yellin "Come on I KNOW you can go faster than that! Come on go go go!" Folks, i put 100000 percent into anything i do, and man i was going as fast as i can go. Jennifer ( better known as Jenny) pulled me aside after practice and said this " Dude, you put in an awesome effort today, don't listen to the other girls that tell you to go faster, your doing your best, and that's all anyone can ask. So screw them, your doing fine." That's my kind of captain, taking their own time to talk to you and encourage you. My kinda Captain.

Love- HAHAHAHAHA i bet you read the title and wanted to know what that was all about. Well it was a good teaser hahahaha you wasted all your time waiting to her about "Love". At least it got you to read the post eh'!

It's Time

Why do some children go forgotten-

like they dont even exist.

What the world needs now...

Is Someone to Care......

So please, Care about the kids around the world. Its time for a change. Make the world a better place, one child at a time.

Musings of a Pre-School Teacher

For the past 10 weeks, I have been the Sunday school teacher for the Pre-school class. I knew I would enjoy it, but it has surpassed my expectations. I LOVE it. We are supposed to have about 7 kids but I usually only have about 3 or 4 every Sunday. Its hit and miss with most kids. Sarah, Cory, Megan, and Jake are my regulars. Mechel is hit and miss because of her parents custody agreements, and Sam is the same way, and Madisons family doesn't come to class. Me and Abbey ( Co-Teacher) trade off Sundays between snacks and lesson. We start off with songs and a prayer, read the story, do a coloring page and if we feel adventurous we do a craft. (We have gotten more adventurous every week).

I can tell when Cory and Jake both come, its going to be an interesting day. More like hilarious. Jake is one of my "little brothers" so when he comes into class he usually days something like- "Hello Mrs. "fruit frun" head!" When he sees cory "Hello squash face!". I cant help it its too funny. Sarah is genuinely a quiet girl and doesn't say much. Prayer requests for her usually go along the lines of "Ummmmm. My kitty Simba!"

Here are some of my favorite sayings from the kids-



Jake- " I didn' paint a boat! I painted a Machine, and its going to attack Sarah and Cory! Argahsjhakjsf"
Me- Jake we are all friends"
Jake- "Naw I just killed em' were not friends no more!" ( he get sa mischievous grin then says, 'Sowwy' Sarah.)



Me- "so guys what was the lesson about today?" ( Good Samaritan)
Cory- "it was about Sungwasses... definatwy sungwasses!"
Me- No, close it was The good Samaratin."
Cory- " Oh yeah wight. The Samerafind! But couldn't Bat-Man save dem?"



Me- "So Mechel how old are you?"
Mechel- "I am 65!"
Jake- "Oh yeah Mechel I am 40!"
Cory- " Well I am 36ty BILLION!"
Sarah-( flips hair) "I'm almost 5, beat that"



One of my favorites of all times-
Me- "one day we will get to go to heaven and be with Jesus too!"
Sam-" No we wont! How can we get to heaven if theres no wope from da sky!?"

I cant help it I love these kids! I would teach them all year if I could. These kids are a hoot and I love them. The most rewarding part is hearing them tell their parents the 'Cool awsomest painting EVER!" and how they cant wait to come back next week. It makes all the work worth it.