"with a little help from my friends" by the beatles. so blessed to have such wonderful friends!!!

the greatest halloween song ever.

"thriller" by michael jackson

in honor of the undefeated #4 tigers. this town is going to be crazy this weekend. lswho?

today i was in a meeting all day, so i wasn't in the classroom teaching like i normally am. i did stop by my room a few times to pick some things up and my students were SO excited to see me. they were yelling my name like i was famous or something. it was hilarious and a little odd at the same time. it was like they hadn't seen me in weeks. i kept on telling them "gosh, i feel like justin bieber". every time i said that, at least one of my students yelled out some crazy bieber fact. it was cute to see how excited they were to talk to me and tell me some bieber story. they know the way to my heart. i know that they will give me the same welcome tomorrow when they come in my class to take notes on multiplying fractions {come on, i can dream can't i?}

so here is to my bieber fever and crazy sixth graders.

justin bieber "one time"

"you and i" by ingrid michaelson


yay, it's finally sweater weather.

"Lost" by Coldplay.

today was just a perfect coldplay day. one of those real, deep, reflective days where you recognize time and where you are in life and all you want to do is write down everything you are thinking/feeling. love it. and love this song.

in honor of pep rally week:
Song #2 "dynamite" by taio cruz

martha's trouble

okay, so i know it's not monday, but i don't think i can wait until next monday to post about some more music. i wanted to introduce you to my favorite new musicians. the band is called martha's trouble and they live in auburn! no, i did not take their picture {i wish!}; i got it off of their myspace page. the band consists of the lead singer and her husband {pictured above} and another guy who plays the guitar. their genre is alternative-folk rock-pop {according to their myspace} and they are a-mazing! the husband and wife actually go to our church and lead worship, so i feel like i know them. tyler and i have also taught their son in sunday school and he is the sweetest, coolest kid you will ever meet. like, my favorite five year old on the planet. so check them out!!! they have music on itunes and their pandora station is awesome. oh, and if you are in auburn, they have a lot of concerts coming up!

i have decided to start a little thing that i like to call "music mondays". mondays can sometimes be pretty blah, so i have decided to start the work week off with a song {it also helps that both words start with the letter "m". yes, alliteration}. so, each monday i will share a different song. the tunes will come from a variety of genres, and i will always include the title and artist. hope you enjoy the music!

song #1: "Come Awake" by David Crowder