Let's Draw Mrs. Moon

One of the first weeks at school this year was "Hello Week." There were a lot of activities to get the students excited about school (at least, that's what we tried to do - middle school kids don't really get excited about school) One of the days was called "Let's Draw Our Teachers Day." Most of them were done in pencil so they are a little hard to see, but here are a few of my favorite drawings:

I love these two because you would never guess that they were done by a ninth graders. At least they thought I looked happy.

This one is a little better, but I hope I don't really have such a manly figure.

You can never go wrong with a giant head picture.





I can't decide if this one makes me look really excited, or really crazy.

This one is actually pretty good, but I hope I don't really have banana lips.

I had all of the pictures that were drawn of my hanging up in my classroom, and whenever the other students saw this one they would say, "Rude!" I think they must have thought the large nose was offensive. I did have one student who couldn't stop laughing when he looked at it, so I had to take it down. I think I side with him. I think it's funny.

If I was a superhero, apparently this is what I would look like.

This is my very favorite one. I never knew the cartoon version of me was so sexy!

A Bounteous Harvest

It has clearly taken too long for us to post this, but we thought later is certainly better than never. It turns out "Summer Garden '07: The First Attempt" didn't disappoint. For our very first time growing a garden, we were really happy with the results. Thanks to some training from our bishop, our grandpas and a couple of trusted books, we really had a great harvest. Actually there was way more than we could ever eat/use. The beans and tomotoes kept coming, as did the spaghetti squash, pumpkins and one giant cucumber. Even this far into October we are still picking tomatoes and pumpkins. We also uprooted some great carrots and onions. Michelle has had to become very clever in the meals she has prepared, all of which were delicious. And with tomato sauce (made with homegrown tomatoes and basil (and store bought garlic)) in the freezer, we'll be enjoying the harvest well into the winter.

Note to self: Four pumpkin plants are two too many.

Here's a picture from mid-September:






Aw... Poor Frankencarrot: