Every day during calendar I have the students tell me "good news". This is sometimes my favorite part of the day because kids just get to talk. Here is some good news that my kids have shared with me.
"The plumber is coming today because my mom's toilet is leaking."
"I have to take a bath today"
"My dog died" "Really?" "Yeah....a long time ago"
In March: "It is almost my birthday" "Oh how fun! When is it?" "In June"
(Next Day, same little boy.) "My birthday is tomorrow!" "I thought your birthday was in June" "It is!" "But it is only March" ".....oh".
"My tooth is wiggly!!!" ...I have at least one student tell me that every day.
"My elbow will be better on Friday"
"I came out of my mom riding a little red tricycle!"
"When you were born?"
"Yeah...and I looked up and smiled at her."
I have very positive students if all of these qualify as "good news" :)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Oh hello!
Hello Again,
Remember how I used to blog? Yeah that was good times and I almost managed to make it a whole entire year without one blog post!!! When I got a job teaching I went private because I thought it was required. So since I went private I didn't think it was worth it to post. BUUUUT I don't think it needs to be private so I AM BACK! Probably the only one that reads this is me.
UPDATE: I teach 60 Kindergartners. (Don't worry, not all at once). They are my kids. I love them AND they drive me crazy. Here are some funny things that they have said. Please enjoy:
"I watched the movie "Elf" on Sunday" -me
After much thought one of my students said:
"Miss Morris......elf is not a church movie"
I was drawing a flashlight on the board when one of my students said
"wooooaaaahhh.....hers draws a good flashlight"
Last week I left notes in my classroom from a "leprechaun" for St. Patrick's day. It was hilarious because anytime anything in the class was out of place my students would say "the leperchaun did it!" "that leprechaun is so tricky!" One of my students told me that there were some dice under the bookshelf. I asked him if he could get them out for me. Later I walked by while he was laying on the ground reaching his arm as far as he could. While grimacing he says "man....that leprechaun is gooood!"
During writing I had a girl who was writing a story that said "I fell when I was walking to school". She told me what her story was and I helped her with the first part. I left then came back a few minutes later. When I came back her story said "I fell when a shark bit me". I said "I thought your story was you fell when you were walking to school" to which she responded "It was, but then I accidentally wrote an 's' " What a simple solution!
"Miss Morris my grandma is here to pick me up!!!" -student
"Oh how fun! Is it your mom's mom, or your dad's mom?"-me
"hahaha No Miss Morris...it's my grandma!!" -student
Student shoots a wadded up piece of paper into the trash. "Wow, nice shot. You made a bank shot" -me "Bank shot?" -student "Yeah bank shot, when you shoot it off the wall."-me " OHHH YEAH! Bank shot is my favorite word!" -student
GOOD TIMES IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM. Next time I will post other happenings in my life with pictures. Be excited.
Remember how I used to blog? Yeah that was good times and I almost managed to make it a whole entire year without one blog post!!! When I got a job teaching I went private because I thought it was required. So since I went private I didn't think it was worth it to post. BUUUUT I don't think it needs to be private so I AM BACK! Probably the only one that reads this is me.
UPDATE: I teach 60 Kindergartners. (Don't worry, not all at once). They are my kids. I love them AND they drive me crazy. Here are some funny things that they have said. Please enjoy:
"I watched the movie "Elf" on Sunday" -me
After much thought one of my students said:
"Miss Morris......elf is not a church movie"
I was drawing a flashlight on the board when one of my students said
"wooooaaaahhh.....hers draws a good flashlight"
Last week I left notes in my classroom from a "leprechaun" for St. Patrick's day. It was hilarious because anytime anything in the class was out of place my students would say "the leperchaun did it!" "that leprechaun is so tricky!" One of my students told me that there were some dice under the bookshelf. I asked him if he could get them out for me. Later I walked by while he was laying on the ground reaching his arm as far as he could. While grimacing he says "man....that leprechaun is gooood!"
During writing I had a girl who was writing a story that said "I fell when I was walking to school". She told me what her story was and I helped her with the first part. I left then came back a few minutes later. When I came back her story said "I fell when a shark bit me". I said "I thought your story was you fell when you were walking to school" to which she responded "It was, but then I accidentally wrote an 's' " What a simple solution!
"Miss Morris my grandma is here to pick me up!!!" -student
"Oh how fun! Is it your mom's mom, or your dad's mom?"-me
"hahaha No Miss Morris...it's my grandma!!" -student
Student shoots a wadded up piece of paper into the trash. "Wow, nice shot. You made a bank shot" -me "Bank shot?" -student "Yeah bank shot, when you shoot it off the wall."-me " OHHH YEAH! Bank shot is my favorite word!" -student
GOOD TIMES IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM. Next time I will post other happenings in my life with pictures. Be excited.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Graduation!
It's official. I am a college graduate. I have really enjoyed the past couple of days with my family and the graduation festivities. I think the weirdest moment for me was during my college graduation as I was sitting there and the ceremony was just beginning. It suddenly hit me that my days at BYU are over. I got pretty sad thinking about that. Ever since I was little wanted to go to BYU and I worked so hard in high school to get good enough grades to get there. I remember when I got accepted to BYU being so relieved and happy. My first lifetime goal was realized when I read that acceptance letter.
BYU was everything I dreamed of. I loved the things I learned, the experiences I had, the place I worked and the people I met along the way. I'm excited for upcoming future adventures but will certainly miss my days at BYU. Here are some pictures from Graduation thanks to Becky Jean. She was so nice to come to both ceremonies and take pictures too.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
ASSASSIN
According to Dave this is breaking some serious blogging rules because I have no pictures, just words. But I felt the need to share my journey in the game of assassin. Mostly so I would never forget the whole experience :)
In my ward at BYU we played a game called assassin. If you signed up you were given a name of somebody in the ward. You had 72 hours to shoot this person with a water gun to eliminate them...if you didn't then you would be eliminated. My complex was safe..outside and in, but the parking lot was free game.
I got my first name: Natauscha. She lived in a stairwell down from my old apartment. Because my old roommates are great, I decided to stake out in their apartment for hours waiting for her to go to her car. Her roommate told me what kind of car she drove so I just watched, for hours, waiting for her to get home. I went to my brother's tennis match then came home and her car still wasn't there. I showed my parents my apartment then when I came back...her car was there! I was so mad, I thought I had missed her. I sauntered back into my old apartment totally depressed that I had failed. While standing there, talking to my roommates, I saw her head back to her car. I grabbed my gun and chased her down! First victim.
My next name was Maren...my roommate! When I got home that night I told my roommates that I didn't get Natauscha. Turns out Jerika had me. So I had to seriously lie to her. When I went to school the next morning, I hid her gun in the kitchen drawer then booked it out the door. Whew. I got Maren that night in the parking lot. Then I got my next person inside his class. Jacob. 3 victims down.
My next two kills I got them on their way to class and inside class. One was Sarah...she was really mad that after I shot her, she squirted me in the face a few times. Oh well :)
Friday night I was on the defense. I went to the ward talent show, which is safe, but going to and from the talent show is not safe. I parked on the south side of the wilk and was a little late because I had gone to dinner with my family. After the talent show, all 10 remaining people left in the game were there...it was intense. I saw that this one guy in my ward was following my every move, I knew that he had been hired to stalk me. I walked with Maren to get a drink and decided I needed to make a getaway. I booked it down the stairs and ran and hid in the BYU bowling alley. I got a call from Maren. "Camille...you have to RUN!! They are ALL running after you!" I felt pretty safe hidden in the bowling alley but knew I had to move fast. I ran down the hall and up a hidden stairwell that comes out at the cougareat. I made a mad dash for the car. Maren called me and asked if I wanted her to pick me up. We met at an elementary school and I got in Jerika's car while Maren got in my car to drive it home. We pulled into our complex and someone saw me in the car. I decided to make a mad dash for it anyway. I ran from my car to the quad and Meghan (who had me) came towards me with a huge gun. Luckily she wasn't quite in range and I made it onto safe ground. Whew.
I got my next victim Sunday night when he came home to go home teaching. I got him right at his car about 5 minutes before my time expired. It was a miracle. Then it was down to Tommy, Dan and I. Tommy and Dan had had a pact the whole game. Dan had Tommy but had made a truce not to kill him so that they could be the final two. Well, I killed Dan on Monday after his class. Not killed, sorry, shot with a water gun. I wore a hat and held a notebook in front of my face...pretty good disguise.
My good brother Dave came with me to get Tommy outside his class. We waited, and waited. Then a girl came around the corner and saw me standing there with a bright green squirt gun. Dave and I knew that she was working for Tommy. We then proceeded to run around the Tanner building. Up and Down, Up and Down. Thank goodness Dave was there because I would have gotten lost like 18 times if I was on my own. I also saw that Dan was there. Then, we came around a corner and saw Tommy. This was the most intense moment of the game. I was hiding behind Dave and I said "Dave, that's Tommy...RUN!" And that's just what we did. We ran from the bottom floor of the Tanner building to the top. Then back down the elevator (I guess as a decoy...thought I was going to die because I have never climbed stairs that fast in my life). I escaped and Dave stayed to distract them.
I was then unsure how I would ever get Tommy. The next day at school Tommy kept texting me his schedule. He was hoping I would come try to get him and he would just get me first. Tuesday night I was exhausted and needed to get some stuff done since all I had done the previous week was play this stupid game. Suddenly I got a text message that said "Tommy is at Gold's Gym right now". I decided to give it one more try. Maren, Jerika and I hopped in Dave's truck and drove to Gold's gym. It was quite comical to have the three of us trying to decide what the best tactic would be for the kill. We ended up parking two spots away from his car and ducking down in the cab of the truck. (It was about 8:30 at night). We waited and waited. Then him and his two friends came out and were walking to his car. I shot threw the small window in the back of the truck and.....VICTORY! I got him. A small little splash on the arm. It was so wonderful to have the game over and to be victorious.
I'd like to thank all those that helped me reach my victory. Maren and Jerika for putting up with nonstop talking about the game, then coming along as my accomplices for my final kill. Dave for letting me use his truck, sleep at his place at 6 in the morning, and for leading me through the Tanner building. Kim for telling me that Tommy was at Gold's gym. Joe for telling me that Tommy was going to follow me to school in which case I decided to drive to my sister's and sleep at her place. Becky for letting me come sleep at her place :) And all others who rooted for me along the way. This was quite possibly one of the greatest successes of my life :)
Signed, Camille the Assassin
In my ward at BYU we played a game called assassin. If you signed up you were given a name of somebody in the ward. You had 72 hours to shoot this person with a water gun to eliminate them...if you didn't then you would be eliminated. My complex was safe..outside and in, but the parking lot was free game.
I got my first name: Natauscha. She lived in a stairwell down from my old apartment. Because my old roommates are great, I decided to stake out in their apartment for hours waiting for her to go to her car. Her roommate told me what kind of car she drove so I just watched, for hours, waiting for her to get home. I went to my brother's tennis match then came home and her car still wasn't there. I showed my parents my apartment then when I came back...her car was there! I was so mad, I thought I had missed her. I sauntered back into my old apartment totally depressed that I had failed. While standing there, talking to my roommates, I saw her head back to her car. I grabbed my gun and chased her down! First victim.
My next name was Maren...my roommate! When I got home that night I told my roommates that I didn't get Natauscha. Turns out Jerika had me. So I had to seriously lie to her. When I went to school the next morning, I hid her gun in the kitchen drawer then booked it out the door. Whew. I got Maren that night in the parking lot. Then I got my next person inside his class. Jacob. 3 victims down.
My next two kills I got them on their way to class and inside class. One was Sarah...she was really mad that after I shot her, she squirted me in the face a few times. Oh well :)
Friday night I was on the defense. I went to the ward talent show, which is safe, but going to and from the talent show is not safe. I parked on the south side of the wilk and was a little late because I had gone to dinner with my family. After the talent show, all 10 remaining people left in the game were there...it was intense. I saw that this one guy in my ward was following my every move, I knew that he had been hired to stalk me. I walked with Maren to get a drink and decided I needed to make a getaway. I booked it down the stairs and ran and hid in the BYU bowling alley. I got a call from Maren. "Camille...you have to RUN!! They are ALL running after you!" I felt pretty safe hidden in the bowling alley but knew I had to move fast. I ran down the hall and up a hidden stairwell that comes out at the cougareat. I made a mad dash for the car. Maren called me and asked if I wanted her to pick me up. We met at an elementary school and I got in Jerika's car while Maren got in my car to drive it home. We pulled into our complex and someone saw me in the car. I decided to make a mad dash for it anyway. I ran from my car to the quad and Meghan (who had me) came towards me with a huge gun. Luckily she wasn't quite in range and I made it onto safe ground. Whew.
I got my next victim Sunday night when he came home to go home teaching. I got him right at his car about 5 minutes before my time expired. It was a miracle. Then it was down to Tommy, Dan and I. Tommy and Dan had had a pact the whole game. Dan had Tommy but had made a truce not to kill him so that they could be the final two. Well, I killed Dan on Monday after his class. Not killed, sorry, shot with a water gun. I wore a hat and held a notebook in front of my face...pretty good disguise.
My good brother Dave came with me to get Tommy outside his class. We waited, and waited. Then a girl came around the corner and saw me standing there with a bright green squirt gun. Dave and I knew that she was working for Tommy. We then proceeded to run around the Tanner building. Up and Down, Up and Down. Thank goodness Dave was there because I would have gotten lost like 18 times if I was on my own. I also saw that Dan was there. Then, we came around a corner and saw Tommy. This was the most intense moment of the game. I was hiding behind Dave and I said "Dave, that's Tommy...RUN!" And that's just what we did. We ran from the bottom floor of the Tanner building to the top. Then back down the elevator (I guess as a decoy...thought I was going to die because I have never climbed stairs that fast in my life). I escaped and Dave stayed to distract them.
I was then unsure how I would ever get Tommy. The next day at school Tommy kept texting me his schedule. He was hoping I would come try to get him and he would just get me first. Tuesday night I was exhausted and needed to get some stuff done since all I had done the previous week was play this stupid game. Suddenly I got a text message that said "Tommy is at Gold's Gym right now". I decided to give it one more try. Maren, Jerika and I hopped in Dave's truck and drove to Gold's gym. It was quite comical to have the three of us trying to decide what the best tactic would be for the kill. We ended up parking two spots away from his car and ducking down in the cab of the truck. (It was about 8:30 at night). We waited and waited. Then him and his two friends came out and were walking to his car. I shot threw the small window in the back of the truck and.....VICTORY! I got him. A small little splash on the arm. It was so wonderful to have the game over and to be victorious.
I'd like to thank all those that helped me reach my victory. Maren and Jerika for putting up with nonstop talking about the game, then coming along as my accomplices for my final kill. Dave for letting me use his truck, sleep at his place at 6 in the morning, and for leading me through the Tanner building. Kim for telling me that Tommy was at Gold's gym. Joe for telling me that Tommy was going to follow me to school in which case I decided to drive to my sister's and sleep at her place. Becky for letting me come sleep at her place :) And all others who rooted for me along the way. This was quite possibly one of the greatest successes of my life :)
Signed, Camille the Assassin
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2010 Intramural Champions!!
February 23, 2010 I succeeded in winning my second Intramural Champion T-Shirt--this time with Dave. I choose my teammates well :) David and I have never played tennis together except for maybe one Morris Family Tennis tournament. We decided to sign up for intramurals and give it a try. Turns out Dave isn't so bad at tennis. We pretty much dominated throughout the tournament and met our toughest competitors last week beating them only 8-5. Since the tournament is double elimiation we met them again in the finals. For a week I worried about this match. Turns out there was nothing to worry about. It was a fun match and we came out victorious beating our opponents 8-3. It was a lot of fun and we had a good fan support there too :) Enjoy the pictures and just remember, my legs haven't seen the sun for 2 years so give me break! :)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Returned Missionary
(I got to go hang out with Jessica, Shane, Landon and Davis shortly after returning home. This is me and my cute nephew Davis)
My blog is up and running again. I had to make it disappear while I was on my mission, instead I think I just made it private but then didn't add anyone to view it because it would be inactive for 18 months. Upon returning home I realize that I'm not married nor do I have any children so this blog is probably pretty boring for most of you. But I'll keep it up just for the heck of it.
I returned home from my mission December 10, 2009. It was a LONG journey home. I was sad to leave my mission but I felt the confidence and assurance that I had served faithfully, that the Lord was pleased with the work I had done and now it was time to move on. I was lucky enough to have a lay over in Salt Lake so I got to see Becky, Nate, My new nephew Bennett (he's new to me even though he's 10 months old since I had never met him), and my twinner Dave. I was supposed to have an hour and a half but since my flight from Chicago was delayed an hour, I really only had about 20 minutes to get from one plane to the next. As I was debating whether or not I was going to leave security I saw out of the corner of my eye David, then Becky, Nate and Bennett. They were standing not too far from me, just on the other side of security. At that point it was no question. Of course I was going to go see them. It was great. Even though Bennett cried when I tried to hold him :)
I then flew on to Oregon and got to see Mom and Dad, Jess and Shane also came down from Portland and brought their two cute boys. Brother Clevenger, Sister Clason and The Woodleys also came. I knew that experience would only happen once in my life...well, at least until I serve a mission with my future spouse who is out there, somewhere. I enjoyed every second of it. I couldn't stop smiling at the thought of seeing my family once again.
This is a website you can visit to see pictures of my coming home. Sister Russell took these pictures. Very very nice of her! She works with my mom in the stake Relief Society Presidency.
http://picasaweb.google.com/vlrussell7/CamilleMorrisMissionReturn?authkey=Gv1sRgCMD05qKpjtbhqwE&feat=content_notification#
I just reported today in Sacrament meeting. My good friend Jenny Risley drove all the way down from Eugene just to hear me speak. I also had Sarah and Kristina two high school friends that also came to support me. I'm so grateful for all the wonderful people that the Lord has placed in my life. I'm far too blessed with such an amazing family and such supportive friends.
Serving a mission was the best experience of my life. It has changed my life forever. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is considering serving.
Signed,
Camille, Sister Morris
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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