LAME

I know I am lame for never updating so I will give a small one for now...which might also be lame!

• My life is crazy with only two weeks left of student teaching and my portfolio presentation Thursday night!!!!
• Dave gets to come home for Thanksgiving!
• We are announcing a RECALL on previous puppy post. He is not a cute puppy and I can't handle all the pooping by my side of the garage every morning. Maybe we will find one more suitable in the coming months...
• My little niece is as cute as ever and we have established great nicknames such as: Ella Monster, Ella Smella, and my favorite baby foo foo. I want to eat her cheeks and can't wait to see her at Christmas!!!
• I had a great birthday extravaganza...details to come.
• Oh yes and New Moon comes out this weekend. I will be first in line on Friday night!! 
• Last but not least I have decided that I am out of my mind...I had my students' make Indian costumes. I ended up pretty much making them myself. What was I thinking these kiddies are SEVEN!!! The day ended with a parade around the school and my principle asking what they were dressed as and they all said ROBOTS? Really guys? Come on paper bag vests and head wraps with a feather? Your right you must be a robot:) 
  

I know nothing to exciting but I needed to fill my posting quota for the week! 

In the World of 2nd Grade...

Well I have started my final leg of student teaching and entered the world of 7 year olds. This is what I know...

• They like to eat glue,crayons,boogers and pretty much anything they can sneak in their mouth. 
• Most of them are my same height.
• I have sang the bunny ears shoes tie song so much that I find myself singing it as I tie my own.
• They are good little readers.
• Most of them are missing their front teeth and I am never sure what name they are calling me with all the extra air coming out.
• Coloring is a treat for them.
• I have no idea what little creatures they play with at recess, but they all have magical powers. I am not cool enough to participate though!
• They really like to hug.
• They say the most outrageous things and can get away with it because they are so cute!
• Best of all I get sweet homemade notes on my desk in the morning:) I am beginning to like myself as a stick figure!

There is never a dull day! These kids are so fun and I am beginning a unit on Outer Space and will be living in the world of no gravity for the next two weeks! Any activity suggestions are welcome!

Tomorrow is our Halloween party. I will not be able to carry on the tradition of Chubby Bunny for the third year in a row. Dave retired that costume sadly. I will however be an awesome TIGER! I will be sure to get pictures!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

oh and p.s. My Boo is coming this weekend and we are going to be partying in Salt Lake!!! Can't wait:)

Vacation is Over...

Well it is time to head back to Idaho and get back to the grind.These past few weeks Dave and I kept ourselves very busy exploring El Paso and what it has to offer. Here are some of the highlights(be prepared for picture overload)...
Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta: We ventured over to New Mexico with our friends for the weekend to attend the fiesta (yes I said fiesta:) I guess I have been living too close to Mexico!). Although we had to get up at 4:30 and ride a yellow school bus (did not think I would ever have to ride one of those again) it was totally worth it. The state held up to its slogan of "The State of Enchantment"!

 

 

 

 

White Sands National Monument/Camping in Ruidoso: Amazing!!! White Sands was so fun. We packed a picnic and enjoyed seeing miles and miles of complete white! Dave struggled with the fact that sand was going to get in his car:) I had fun and was even willing to impress Dave by rolling down a hill! Go me! 
Camping...pictures are limited because the experience was so good we don't want to remember it! It rained all night and it so windy I thought we were going to blow away. Despite horrible weather we did enjoy building a fire and eating yummy tin foil dinners. 

 

DO NOT judge the outfit...I allowed Dave to dress me for the occasion. Note the hiking boots. I know I am hardcore.

I really did roll down the hill!

Note the axe in the background...Dave cut his own wood! What a wilderness man. 

 

Mine actually burnt to a crisp but Dave's was really good!

Other highlights included dinner at PF Changs courtesy of Tara and Jared. Thank you guys! Going to the movies, watching a lot of The Office ( I think that I am addicted now but I will still stay loyal to Greys!), becoming a true El Paso resident by eating at Whataburger (not to bad), playing volleyball, making yummy dinners, finally unpacking the last box, watching Dave make homemade ice cream (what this boy won't do just for a full bowl of ice cream late at night), we purchased our first washer and dryer and most importantly not having to argue over who gets to spread out on the couch cause we now have two!

 Dave's Masterpiece

 

Best dinner of the trip by far!

This is where Dave was to be found as I was unpacking boxes.

Two years worth of putting pennies and dollars in the famous "couch fund" jar!

No more quarter laundry for us!

 

No more having to cut at different times on a card table!

Eight weeks and counting left until I move down here!

I HATE MOVING

The title says it all. As many of you know Dave has been camped out here since July in El Paso and living like a bachelor. I was bound and determined during this visit to get our apartment in "working order". Or in other words make it look like a female also lives here:) So every night that Dave has been gone to work I have tackled another room. Day 4 of unpacking and I have realized several things...

• We have way to much stuff!!! I do NOT know how we shoved all of this stuff in our other apartment.
• My back hurts from arranging and rearranging 
• I am never actually alone here at night...I manage to find a legged friend every night that causes me to scream and run after it with my dustbuster.
• Dave has literally spread all of "his things" everywhere. I can't find an empty shelf or better yet anywhere to put my clothes! (this mostly includes golf clubs and a million bullets for his new gun that he thinks makes him a real man:) We really are happy for him!)
• Last of all the hanging up part of moving in does not bring out the best of Dave and I:) I think he would have been perfectly happy with all blank walls.

Although I have dreaded the whole process it is finally starting to feel like home down here!

A New Holiday...

I was introduced to a new American Holiday...Spud Harvest. It lasts for 15 long glorious days and the best part is it does not require me to be away from Dave! I would like to publicly thank all of you hard working potato pickers for making this celebration possible for me. How am I going to celebrate these 15 days...

Go to El Paso and brave the culture shock a little more.

Go Camping and break in my new hiking boots (which by the way do not come in cool styles but I am willing to give them a shot!).

Go to the Hot Air Balloon Festival in New Mexico.

Go to the Temple with Dave.

Sleep in as much as possible and take as many naps as I can squeeze in!!

Enjoy sitting on my new couches.

And most of all....Enjoying being with Dave:)

Pictures to follow to prove that I check off everything from my TO DO List!

HAPPY SPUD DAYS!

Through the Years!

2006

2007

2008

2009

Our Story...

 Winter 2006 this girl left a lifetime of Cincinnati to go live in Rexburg, Idaho to go to school at
BYU-I.

Meanwhile this boy had just returned from serving a two year mission in Jackson, Mississippi and was ready to move onto the next stage of his life. He decited to make the long journey of moving from Idaho Falls to Rexburg to go to school at BYU-I.

 She was told by her parent's to only date freshman!!!!!

What they didn't specify was how old those freshman were suppose to be:) The boy and girl met during their first week at school and began to date...

and date...

Then one day the boy got up the courage to ask the girl a question...

   

And she said YES!!!

We were married April 7, 2007 in the Idaho Falls Temple.