Columbus and [Her] Crew

Today in the fifth-grade classroom we transformed into Christopher Columbus (me) and his crew (my kiddos)! We had an exciting lesson about Columbus' first voyage, but only after we made our crew hats out of paper. Who knew that a simple paper hat could make a lesson so much fun? The kids had a blast putting them together. I even had four or five students that wouldn't take them off for the entire day :)

Teaching is awesome!

A Quick Catch-Up

Halloween was fun this year! Mel and I got to dress up with our Family Home Evening group. We went as a retirement home and won first place!

Mark and Brandon both dressed up this year--they were hilarious!



Mel and I were able to help out in a leaf-raking service project. It was freezing cold, but so worth it!

Our Thanksgiving feast! It was a blast to have most of my single cousins together! I have the best relatives ever.


It was also nice to have Jamie home for the weekend. I love it when she comes home to visit!

The three youngest Walkers.

We had a beautiful snow day last Sunday. What a lovely start to the Christmas season!