Golf time

Last night, we went with our FHE group to the driving range.

We had so much fun.

When we do outdoorsy stuff, I am always amazed at how breathtakingly beautiful Utah is.

Spring is here! And summer is just around the corner!

I can't tell you how excited I am for that!

This is the entourage of neighborhood children who greet us every time we go outside.

I love these kids so dang much.

We sure love our married friends here.

And we sure do love this little life we live.

the hammock.

I know I say this all of the time--but my husband is a little boy on the inside.

Yesterday, (with the weather being as nice as it was!) he hung his hammock up.

And all day, he was so excited to sleep in it.

I was invited too--but I wasn't feeling too well, and I decided I'd rather have a nice comfy bed for the night.

But my cute husband?

He kissed me goodnight and literally skipped away to go sleep in his hammock.

He was so excited.

But then at about 11:30, I woke up to him crawling into bed and saying,

"I decided I'd much rather be sleeping next to my wife."

Maybe I'll agree to go sleep out there with him tonight so he can sleep in his cute little hammock. ;)

Here is the picture he sent me last night...haha

Little sister

My little sister Jamie flew into town yesterday!

We are sooo excited to see her and have her in Utah.

She is coming out to BYU in the fall--so we will get her permanently, soon.

This weekend will = temple trip with the Mckees, attending my school's drama production with Mr. Tay, and lots of fun time with J!

P.S. I am SO happy it's Friday!

The WEEKEND is within reach!

Marriage takes three.

There have been some big decisions made in the Gilbert home the past couple of days.

It's scary.

And I always worry and wonder if we are doing the right thing.

In the end, I'm always grateful for our relationship with the Lord.

Peace and comfort about moving forward with a big decision is the greatest feeling in the world.

It makes me wonder how one can ever make big decisions without divine help?
Because marriage takes three.

Husband.

Wife.

and God.

Today I'm grateful for a marriage that involves our loving Heavenly Father.

Sometimes things like this just happen

Today in one of my sophomore world civ classes, I was trying to explain the Allies strategy in WW2.

And this is how I started the sentence: "France thought that Germany thought that France thought that Germany was going to...."

All of the students freaked out and told me to start over--that I had confused them all (duh).

So I started saying it again, this time slower.

The sentence totally made sense...but was just the most confusing way to ever say it.

But for the life of me, I could NOT think of any other way to say it.

Ask me now, and I can phrase it five million ways--but on the spot, that was all I could think of.

So as a class we worked on this sentence for like 15 minutes.

I was trying to explain it to them and they were "yelling" at me to stop--telling me that I was hurting their brains.
I think English teachers might have hated me during this 15 minutes.
It was the funniest thing to watch everyone's brains and expressions as they tried to follow this.

A few students finally understood, and so I asked one of the students who understood my craziness to explain it to the class.

I figured he would be able to explain it differently.

And he ended up drawing thought bubbles within thought bubbles.

Which I think might have confused everyone even more.

(please notice the French and German mustaches)

Ha!

Finally a student exasperatedly yelled out, "Mrs. Gilbert! Stop! This is like inception in REAL LIFE!" And then he put his face in his hands and collapsed on his desk.

It was possibly the funniest 15 minutes of my life.

Oh. Today in the same class, two students "danced for dictators"

Don't ask me how this started--but I was teaching them a funny way to remember the alliances in WW2.

One thing led to another, and the next thing I know, two boys are in the front of the classroom dancing in front of the rest of the class who were the "european dictators."

The dictators got to decide whether their dance deserved execution or whether they would spare their lives.

 I really don't know how this happens sometimes.

But it keeps us laughing.

It keeps us on the same team.

And it keeps us learning!

 I must admit, I truly love these moments and these students of mine.

Welcome to Mrs. Gilbert's class.

The polo.

During my first week at Summit, all of the teachers were given an SAHS polo.

Teachers wear it every Friday.

And every time I wear it, Taylor reminds me how much he hates it.

He honestly thinks it is the ugliest article of clothing.

And it's not even that bad!

Just a standard blue polo with a yellow stripe down the side.

Since today is Friday, I'm wearing the polo.

All morning, he begged me not to wear it.

I personally love polo Fridays--I don't have to decide what to wear!

He actually admitted that he threw it away once--but felt guilty, so later got it out of the trash.

ha!

But if he had his wish, he would burn it.

And every Friday when I get home, the first thing Taylor makes me do is change my shirt. 

hahaha--it is honestly the funniest thing ever.

My husband is too trendy for his own good.

This is the text I got from him this morning:

What do you think?
Hideous? Or not bad?

Here's to hoping this polo will survive the next 20 years! haha!

(shhh...don't tell Taylor...maybe I'll wear it on his birthday?? ;)

Sometimes

Sometimes, Taylor and I decide to swap sides of the bed for a night--just to switch things up.

And other times, we decide to sleep horizontally on the bed.

We've been sleeping horizontally on the bed all week.

Don't ask me why.