The story of the day!

I just love Kindergarten!  This happened yesterday in class and I just have to share it!

(The whole class is reading words together on the board)

Whole class orally:  " /l/, /o/, /g/  log     /l/, /e/, /d/  led    /l/, /a/, /d/  lad"

Me:  "Ok class.  This word right here is the word lad.  I want to use lad in a sentence, but first I need to understand its meaning.  What does the word lad mean?"

(of course I was expecting that no one would know)

(just one or two children raise their hand and I call on McKay)

Me:  "McKay, what does the word lad mean?"

McKay: "It is the Scottish word for a boy."

(my reaction:  AMAZED!)

Me:  "Wow McKay!  That is exactly what a lad is!"

(we spent the rest of the lesson talking about Scotland, where it is, and how other cultures use different words than we do for different words)

Lesson of the day:  You never realize how much these little minds are ready to soak up.  Any child is ready to learn anything at anytime.  Use every moment, question, and curious thought as a time to teach a child.  Nothing is too much for them to learn!

What a great job I have!

Brigham City Temple

This Saturday, Garrett and I woke up and decided to go the Brigham City Temple open house.  It was also the last day of Peach Days so Brigham City was full of people, but it was great to see this new beautiful temple.  It was just gorgeous inside!  It is a smaller temple and there were a lot of stairs, but it was really pretty.  I loved the windows!  The Church just does everything so well!  Then after, Garrett took me to eat at this little burger place out in Corrine that he passes a lot for his job.  It was really good!  We spent the afternoon driving around the valley looking at all the places Garrett treats for work and looking at houses.  What a fun day!

Hogle Zoo!

For Dad's Wheeler Party this year, they held it at Hogle Zoo.  I was so excited because I hadn't been to a zoo since our Honeymoon!  Ira's family, Casey's family, Garrett and I, Mom, Dad, and Heidi all met at the zoo and had a great time!  They had dinner for us, yummy treats, and even a bird show just for the Wheeler Party.  It was a lot of fun to look at the animals and spend time with the kiddos.  What a great way to end the summer!