So I am sad to say that the season of So You Think You Can Dance is now over. What am I to watch now? I’m not exactly liking the winner, but I wanted to post my favorite routine by Wade Robson this season.

My students have been working really hard on their energy projects this past week. Just wanted to show you my faves!

Las Cruces got some snow! I guess it is not very common here, but ortunately for me, my first winter here was a snowy one. Also, I got one snow day and a two hour delay on Tuesday!

Our neighborhood the next morning.

The school football field.

Time to decorate! I am so excited! It’s neat to find little things and know that these will be ours for years to come.

My mom gave us some mountain biking ornaments…this one is the boy.

This is the girl mountain biker.

The loft tree. This is for all our ornaments with our memories.

The downstairs mantle so far…until I can find our stockings! 😦 They disappeared!

So Las Vegas was our chosen destination this year for Thanksgiving. Our first Thanksgiving! 🙂 These pictures are a little out of order, but here is what we crammed into four days of vacation!

We played Apples to Apples after eating our second Thanksgiving dinner.

Dave and his sexy pose. (I had to post it!)
This was our first Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday at my Dad and Georgia’s place.

A little game of Spades.

1. I woke up to “Viva Las Vegas” playing in my head this morning…could I be a little excited to go home for Thanksgiving?
2. I got clips this week for my mountain bike and loved it! (You have to clip your feet and attach yourself to your bike, which is a little intimidating, but very cool.)
3. Night mountain bike riding is my new favorite hobby.
4. I am finally scrapbooking our cruise from back in August.
5. I listen to Christmas music every day on the way to school to calm my nerves.
6. After getting rid of one of my all time worst students, my school days have officially gotten better.
7. I secretly grumble every time I go to te gym.
8. I have watched “You’ve Got Mail” at least thirty times in the last three months.
9. I am looking for a copy of “While You Were Sleeping” because I lost my old copy and I love to watch it around Christmas time.
10. I have used up half of my sick days already for school and it’s been legitimate, unlike when I lived in Vegas and took “mental health” days to go snowboarding or shopping.
11. If I had a million dollars, I would buy out Kohl’s and Target.
12. I had a dream the other night that Mike wanted to walk around buck naked in public and I still am trying to figure out what it could be interpreted as.
13. I am just learning this year exactly how football works.
14. All I have in our house are cinnamon or apple candles. I love those two smells.
15. When I was little I couldn’t prounce the words “channel” or “mobile”…
16. I have TMJ and I’m not supposed to chew gum, but I do it anyway.
17. Outback’s Ahi Tuna is heaven.
18. Every time I get in the shower I have to hum or sing.
19. I always wanted to be on TV and have only been able to get on MTV’s TRL once and an episode of Making the Band.
20. I was Elizabeth until I graduated high school, then I changed it to Liz.
21. I think I am the only girl not obsessed with the Twilight series (but I did manage to go see New Moon and was entertained..a little.)
22. I want to go to an NBA and NFL game one day.
23. I want to go back to school and either get a degree in Nutrition Science or Nursing.
24. My whole purpose in life is to be good. Thats it.
25. Coming up with 25 random facts is really hard…

Check out this talk by Dallin H. Oaks on Marriage & Divorce. I love how cut and dry it is. I was on the church website looking up my sunday school lesson and came across it. I love to hear advice from the apostles. It makes darn good sense!

My kids and I were having a good laugh yesterday after watching a video on balance. One of the questions that was asked is “who has a lower center of gravity, boys or girls?” and supposedly the girls have a lower center of balance.

Well to prove it, they tell you to distance yourself three feet lengths from the wall, turn around, lean your head on the wall. While doing that, you lift a chair from underneath you, and then you try and stand straight up. The girls should be able to do this, but the boys shouldn’t.

You have to try this. We were laughing so hard. We did prove its not a boy-girl thing, but its hilarious to watch.

So for the last five year I have been brainstorming a job I could do from home when I have kids, or when I take a little hiatus from teaching. I’ve always wanted to have a business out of my home…nothing too big..but just a little side job to earn a little extra money. Here are some of the ideas I came up with since 2005. If you can help me with any ideas, or suggest anything, let me know!

My mom writes science books for a publishing company. Ever since I went to BYU for the summer and studied Children’t Lit, I have been dying to write these things called “trade books”, which are picture books that contain nonfiction information. As a science teacher, I use these types of books all the time.

I used to paint and sketch all the time. I’m not a really good artist, but I like to make patterns and stuff. I was tempted to try and see if I can come up with some sketches to work on.

Liesl and I had this brilliant idea when we roomed together to come up with a modest clothing line. She had more connections, but it would be so fun to revamp my sewing skills and try to come up with some modest fashionable clothingwear.

A lot of my friends work for these companies and make a lot of side money hosting parties for these companies. The only problem is Las Cruces is kind of small, so that may be a problem.