If Tables Could walk

Let the festivities begin

The Christmas parties have started. Well, I guess they did last week with the big Google event. This week Jared and I swung by my work party and then to our ward party. Am I worn out yet? Nope. Bring it on. Bring on the candy and sparkling cider and egg nog and more yummy delicious desserts. Keep the fruitcake though.


Here's Cathy and her husband Chris. Cathy is super fun to hang out with in the faculty room.


Molly, Dan and Corinne. Molly and I hang out all day long and laugh.


Sam. He is a fun addition to our faculty this year.


Me and Molly.


Jared and I at my work party.

For the Heritage Christmas choir that Jared and I sang in we were to wear black with a splash of red.


My cousin Emily was in it also. Don't you love her rose?



My Aunt Kaye, looooves Santa Clauses. She has the most decorated house for Christmas. NO ONE can top her.

Berkeley's Birthday

I can't believe that little Berkeley is a one year old now. My nephew's birthday follows in a week. Berkeley is so smiley and was happy to eat his cupcake. It's fun giving a baby something messy to eat by themselves.

Ping Pong at school

I was telling my students how I was playing Ping Pong the other night and how much fun it was. My one student Scott said, "I've got a Ping Pong table here." I didn't believe him untill he showed up 5 minutes later with one. So we played. I mentioned that I was pretty good because Jared and I played at the Google party and we had some good rallys. Well it's harder when you have to play by the rules.

Google Holiday Party

Friday night Jared and I went to his Holiday party at Google up in S.F. Boy oh boy was it elaborate. The food, the entertainment, the people, everything. Each room, (there were 8) was a different Greek theme. My favorite was the underwater theme with a reggae band and a man hanging from the ceiling in an old divers suit. Then there was the Impala room where they had a hydraulics stand-off with old Impala's bouncing around playing "LowRider" by War. It was formal so Jared and I got all dazzled up.

Fall

The gorgeous tree in front of the house where I live.

Electronic Sculpture

A couple of weeks ago I collected lots of used electronics and had my students take them apart and create sculptures. They could make anything or just do an abstract piece.


Here's a robot.Abstract.

Mark and his futuristic guitar.

Abstract.

Apartment complex.

Carnival Game.

London for Thanksgiving

My Mother and I headed to London for Thanksgiving to visit my Cousins who have been living there for the past 6 months. It was fun to have a buddy to run around the city with, hopping on the tube to see every Museum with good art we could manage to visit while catching glimpses of famous sights while on the way.




The look of the street we stayed on in Notting Hill.

Buckingham Palace.

A crown on top of some thing in front of the Palace.

The London Eye.They don't have exits, they have "way outs."
Big Ben.

My mum and I went to the Cabinet War Rooms where Winston Churchill strategized WWII.

St. Paul's Cathedral

The Thames River.


The Tate Modern Museum had a huge exhibit by Carsten Höller.

He made these slides that were really tall. I went down the 5 story high slide. It was so fun and fast it took my stomach.

Cars in London

Burough Market

A market in London to get very fresh things. Like right off the farm or right from the country.



It was a bit nippy there.
My mom walking around looking for something yummy to eat.
Squid.
Squid eating a shark.

Fresh Boar, and rabbits among other things.