Most Favorite Costume EVER.

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At school on Friday, the students arrived dressed in their Halloween best. The classroom they found, had been the scene of a horrific crime the night before (Poor Alf...may he rest in peace). The student's job was to examine the crime scene and evidence carefully before writing up their take on the case.

What happened?

Who committed the crime?

What was the motive?

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It was fun to watch them try to make sense of all the senseless evidence.

As for the teacher...she dressed up as a bunch of grapes.You have no idea how excited I was for this costume. So silly, so unique, and it only took a bag of purple balloons and a fake grape vine to wrap around my head.

We need more holidays that allow for such behavior.

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CRAZY HALLOWEEN

My classroom door is labeled with this sign...

I currently have 21 "crazies" in my class.

I took my student's pictures and distorted them on the computer to look...well...crazy.

The kids LOVED it. It took me at least five minutes just to get them through the door that first morning. But I guess that was the point.

Happy Halloween ya'all.

AUTUMN IDAHO

We have been on countless drives up north to catch the changing leaves with my camera. However, I haven't found a more beautiful autumn than that of ten minutes from my home. The new school year has made it difficult to focus on any photography lately, but I just had to drop everything one Saturday morning before the season passed me by. I got lost for hours exploring this incredible wilderness. The entire world looked like a painting from Bambi-land. All of my favorites are on my photography blog {link is on the top of the right-hand column of this blog -->} Check 'em out and tell me what you think.

WHAT A VIEW

On my way out from work the other day and...

I had to take a picture. I LOVE working at a little country school.

JIM BRICKMAN

If you've ever listened to that oh-so-romantic radio show, 'Delilah', then you've heard of Jim Brickman. I swear, all wedding songs are written by this man. Anyway, he made a concert stop at BYU-I. The piano is my favorite instrument to listen to, so I bought tickets.

Andrew was a wonderful sport: He held my hand, stayed awake 'til the end (basically), and pretended to enjoy it very much. It turned out to be an awesome show and much-needed night out.

WORD TO THE WISE (FROM THE UNWISE)

NEVER pick a fight with one of these, because...

YOU WILL LOSE!

This evil contraption will haunt you in your dreams, and make you literally shudder each time you use it in the future. Not to mention, you will forever hold scars as proof of your idiocy.

COMPANY LOGO

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Andrew is working on getting his own business started. He's building a wrecker shop and office building in Shelley, ID, and wants to get a sign made to put in front of it as an advertisement. Our first order of business is to pick a company name.

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Andrew's first idea was AR Construction (as in Andrew-Rachel Construction). I was a big fan of the logo he made, and I told him that it was a very romantic gesture to use his wife's name(i love him). However, I thought he should experiment with using his last name instead. I know everyone seems to just insert their last name before the word "construction", but I am of the opinion that using the not-so-common name of Ashmore will be more memorable. It might be smart to have his name synonymous to and immediately associated with the company as well.

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As a result, Andrew made up this logo option as well. We're thinking of coloring the logo an earth friendly hunter green instead of blue. Apparently, there is a big push for "green" building these days.

Anyway, what do all you bloggers think? Which one catches your eye, sticks in your brain, and looks more professional? All suggestions welcome!

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