VALENTINE'S DAY AT SAGE HILLS

Sage Hills Elementary has the tradition

of the students making there

Valentine boxes.

Here are the 2018 boxes:

Camry . . . 6th grade

Carter . . . 2nd grade

Preston . . . 4th grade

Addie . . . 2nd grade

VALENTINE'S DAY

I MISS VALENTINE'S DAY

IN THE CLASSROOM!

I loved everything about it!

It was a simple little holiday in the

middle of winter.  

I would do the party myself.

We would play "Valentine Bingo."

Play the "Candy Bar Game."

Then, I gave each kid a Hershey Bar as their valentine.

WIN!

I had extras for my nieces and nephews.

WIN!  WIN!

 Peeking in at the 6th grade dance.

 Our desks were in a square to accommodate our

Valentine folders. 

I got smarter over the years.

We used to put the hearts on the front of their desks.

(Hence, the square.)

They could pass out valentines whenever they

brought them.

Most kids would sneak the treats inside the folder!

The last few years, we spent the first part of our

party passing out valentines.

Passing out the valentines that sat

on top of desk.

The square made it so easy to pass them out!

I usually got quite a haul!

The big red heart was the folders we made.

Mom taught me how to make them.

The Sage Hills kiddos
(minus Carter, who made his in class)

had to create their own Valentine holder.

Addie and Jaycie's unicorns were adorable!

Check out Preston's!

Golden State Warriors basketball court!

Camry made a guitar.

This year was uneventful.

I got mom beautiful flowers.

Heidi brought me and mom a little plant.

I went to Costco and bought me some

"Rice Rollers" and my gum.

That was it.  The End.

Got a chuckle out of this:

VALENTINE OUTING

I decided to take Jaycie & Addie

to get their nails done for

Valentine's Day, 

to give their mom a break.

I added Camry & Courtney,

since they live across the street.

Jaycie

 Addie

Courtney

Addie

Jaycie

Camry

And here's mine!

We went through the Wendy's Drive-In,

and took our dinner back to Grandma's.

After that, we drove to the school of my former teammate, 
BreAnn Wayman.

I taught her how to make the heart folders.

I had my picture taken by the office,

and sent it to Cami.  Cami was my principal

when I retired.

She's now at a brand new school, Blackridge,

on the road to Cedar Fort.

VALENTINE'S DAY

I have been loving the retirement!

I never thought I could be so happy not being a teacher!!!

I'm busier than ever, but without having to teach school,

make lesson plans, grade papers, and enter scores in the computer,

I seem to have more time to do what I want.

My life had always been busy, and I would feel that

at least when I went to school, I would be at the same place for a few hours.

Anyway, there are only a few times I've missed teaching.

The excitement of the first day.
Clear Creek.

Halloween.

Christmastime.

Valentine's Day.

I loved our Valentine's celebration so much!
Making and decorating the folders, doing "Broken Hearts" in math, where we matched each side of a heart to make equivalent fractions.
And of course, the Valentine Party!

Valentine Bingo, the "Candy Bar Game", popping in on the 6th grade dance, passing out Valentines.

 Some years, I would get quite the haul . . . like last year:

This year, I found cute little stuffed animals at

Dollar Tree.

$.50 each!

Yup, I could afford 13 of them.

I went over the day before to give them to the kids.

I also asked on Facebook to have parents send me pictures

from the 6th grade dance.

Not too successful.

I got a couple, but, Hannah Smith's mom posted a TON!

I found a lot of the kids in them.

 Audrey and Ethan

 Cache & Lauren

 Taylor, Lauren, Hannah, Audrey

Andrew, left

 Lauren, Mary, Audrey, Hannah

 Lauren, Calvin, Adah

 Cole

Cache, Lauren, Hannah

Mr. B. in background.

Last dance.

Sarah and Adah

 Taylor and dad

 Lauren and Parents

Josh and mom

The Girls

 Taylor

Max and Audrey

 Josh and Hannah

 Hannah and Ty

 Gabe, girl, Cache

 Look at Lauren's mom go!

 Sierra

 Hannah and dad

 Picture from Sierra Charlesworth Instagram

Hazel & Audrey
I really miss Hazel!
She was so great to talk to...an old soul.
Sierra Charlesworth Instagram

That night, I went to Heidi Shurtz's wedding in Orem.
Her mom, Colleen, is Karen's sister.
Karen was my favorite roommate in college...Dixie.
I was the "yellow" bridesmaid in the famous rainbow wedding!