Valentine's Day to a 7th Grader

SO, I have this hispanic boy from Mexico who is just such a funny kid! Very proper, yet a wonderful sense of humor. He comes to visit me every morning before school starts. Well, he comes in this morning for his usual chat and he starts telling me about wanting to ask a girl to be his Valentine . I said "Oh, What do you do for your Valentine?" He say's well (in his spanish accent) ... "I send her two red roses and a card that says... you're my valentine (at school) and then we do something after school" I said "oh, what do you do after school?" He said well... we go out for ice cream and that all (so innocently) . I said oh that is so sweet. Then I asked who is he going to ask to be his Valentine. Well, he couldn't say it out loud because about 3 other kids were in my room. So he got a post it note out of my desk and wrote her name. Just about that time she walked in my room behind him. He turned red and said "Well, I better go". He didn't even say hi to her as he left, he was too shy. She is a sweet little shy girl, not the typical "HOT" girl that every boy wants ( Which makes me love him even more for not going for the popular girls) . Then he came back like 2 minutes later and whispered to me "Mrs. Dalton, please don't talk about it or say anything out loud." I told him my lips were sealed. He makes me laugh!


Just thought you might like a funny middle school Valentine story to make you laugh today!

No more monkeys jumping on the Bed!

So today I have had a really funny day! I just absolutely love my students. I think they are the BEST! They always keep me laughing.

I have this 250+ lb. Samoan boy in my first period. He came up to me and asked if he could go get a band-aide from our hall monitor. He had a cut on his hand and it was bleeding. I said sure and asked him how he got the cut. He said "Well... I was jumping on my bed and I hit the light fixture with my hand" Well... Can you imagine a 250 lb Samoan boy jumping on his bed! Of course I had to laugh. He said... "Mrs. Dalton my mom never lets me jump on my bed when she is home and so I was jumping on my bed this morning after she left for work and before I came to school" Oh well then I had to laugh even more! So then he said... "Well, Lesson learned" I won't jump on my bed any more. AND... "I am glad you can laugh Mrs. Dalton". We all had a good laugh together. I hope this gives you a hilarious visual of a BIG BOY jumping on his bed, and you can get a good laugh out of it too!

Sometimes I need to write more of these funny things in my journal just to keep me laughing.

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas. All of my family came into town and we had a FULL house! It was a lot of fun! I am so thankful for family this time of year. We were also able to spend some time with friends and just hang out. We spent a fun New Years with Steve's family and all is well in the Dalton home. We are happy and excited for 2010!
Meeting Sophie for the first time! What a sweetie she is! I had this hat made special for her in the cold weather.






It is a family tradition to re-enact the nativity. We had the newest member of the family Sophie be Jesus, the twins were the wise men, Jack was the Shepard and my Brother and Sister in law were Mary and Joseph. Definitely a highlight!

Teaching at Christmas

It is Dec. 23rd and I am at School. Well, I would love to be sleeping in but we have school today. So I decided I would make it a wonderful day, even though I would love to be at home with my family from out of town. I came in and started teasing the kids in the hall and making jokes to help them get to class. Saw a few fellow teachers and had a little chat. We will have a faculty lunch today during lunch, and I am sure it will be yummy! I love my job! Truthfully I love these kids! Yes, I have to admit sometimes I could hang them by their toes, but overall I just love them so much. It has taken me a while to realize that I am really in the right profession for me, but I really do love what I do (most days). We all have tough days sometimes right? Overall I am thankful to be a teacher and so blessed to interact with so many students each day. I am so blessed to work with wonderful fellow teachers as well. Education is truly a blessing!

Merry Christmas to all kids and Teachers!

Fannie's Dream

Cool story! I am sooooo excited. If any of you know of the book "Fannie's Dream" I was mentioning it in my teen living class today and one of my student's said "My Mom and Dad wrote that book". WHAT! ARE YOU SERIOUS? I replied. That is one of my VERY FAVORITE children's books. They also wrote Snowmen at night. Anyhow, WAY COOL. So I bought the book and they are going to sign them. I might even be able to go take a tour of their house and see all the original paintings. I was just beside my self! If you haven't read these books you should totally go check them out at the library and read them. Fannie's Dream is the best book ever!

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun little party. With lots of different groups of friends from various aspects of life. Here are a few pics.

Steve was Kipp Dynamite from Napoleon Dynamite and his friend Paul was a Hard Rocker

Diesel and I are the Tortoise and the Hare

Amy and Steve all Dressed up

These two became good friends and enjoyed the M&M's late into the evening

I am so thankful!

I am on my lunch and I am writing this post because today is the one year mark of Steve's accident. For those of you who didn't know Steve was involved in a tragic accident a year ago today that changed our lives. It was with a guy on a motorcycle and he passed away the next day. I never blogged about it because it was a really hard time! However, I truly feel that we are stronger because of it. Sometimes Heavenly Father gives you challenges that you don't think you will ever be able to handle and then he gives you the strength to get though them. I am amazed at his love and devotion to each of his children.

I remember standing on the curb after the Accident with Steve in the Police car just pleading with Heavenly Father for the other guys life and I had an overwhelming feeling that the Lord was in charge and I had to trust! At that moment I had to release my will to his will. I am amazed at Steve's strength and ability to keep moving forward. I will forever be thankful for the amazing man that I am married too. He is so tender and caring for me and other people. He would never hurt anything and I know he would have given his own life that day to save the other guy. We are so thankful for the family being understanding. We actually have become friends with them. We think of them often!

I know that the Savior lives, I know that he loves each and every one of his children and that he is constantly mindful and I know that day as I stood on the curb and felt so worried that he truly is in Charge, this is HIS plan and each of us are tested in ways we can't imagine and yet he gives us the strength to make it through.

I am so thankful today for all of the blessings our Heavenly Father blesses us with and I am so thankful for good friends and family who helped us through such a tough time.