my dad was....

Captain Hook for Halloween!

If you knew him this would be a lot funnier to you..

sEcOnd grAdE

Today one of my second graders called me Mrs. Gumdrop.... close enough right?





... I could probably do an interesting story like this everyday. Oh the life of an {almost} elementary school teacher.

A weekend in the mountains

James and I were privileged enough to be invited to go with some friends to their cabin in Cedar City. It was such a fun weekend! Couples retreats are seriously the way to go. We had the best weekend ever!

Highlights:
* Full on battle to the death fights over boys vs. girls games of Cranium. Seriously intense.. we are all way too competitive.
*The 8 of us stayed up until 4 in the morning Saturday night talking. I cannot remember the last time I stayed up that late! It was crazy!
*Chocolate covered pomegranates.
*Meals made by each couple... we took the easy route and made breakfast :)
*Exploring the ice caves (could be deceiving the name is ice caves, but there is only one cave).
*Watching the Prince of Persia.
*Driving there and back with Natali and Reed. (And when the Arby's guy forgot our food!)
*Banana Grams with Adrianne.
*Exploring the look out point that was way too foggy to see any thing!
*And of course freezing to death while 4-wheeling!

We LOVED our couples retreat and can't wait until the next one! Vegas next time maybe?

Want to hear about my day today?

I was out the door at about 6:45 because if one thing never fails me it is that I ALWAYS get lost on the way to something for the first time, especially important things. I, of course, had to call my dad to have him help me get on the right path for my journey. I was on my way to Sharon Elementary {when I called my dad I somehow ended up at Scera Park Elementary? Ya.. I don't know how that happened either}. I was on my way there because I am one of the newest SECOND GRADE TEACHERS at Sharon Elementary, for the next few weeks anyway. I was a little nervous going into it, but I really loved it. I love the school. I love the environment. I love the other teachers. I love my students and the other second grade students I work with. And my mentor teacher is awesome, exactly the type of teacher I needed to get the right perspective. I was in the schools from 7:30ish to 3:45ish and the day flew by! Then I was on my way straight to work where I am right now. I only worked 4 hours today I had someone cover my first half of my shift {thanks Devin!}

Just in case anyone was wonder 7 to 8 is a long day...

Oh and the Jerusalem trip is still on :)

I needed this... especially during midterms

Jerusalem Trip - CANCELED

James and I were going to go to Jerusalem with his family November 12- 20. Today we got an email stating that the trip has been CANCELED!!! It was canceled because of safety reasons. Sad! Well... mostly sad, I'm a little relieved. I was getting so stressed about all that I needed to do to make this trip possible. Now all of the stress is gone. That's something to be happy about right?  

This is my husband in high school....

Welcome to the world of boy band aka my husband dressed up like a gingerbread man.



Hilarious? I think so...

The note that was on my car...

{If you can't read it, it says "you suck at parking fyi"}

To the person that wrote this: You are a gem. I am so glad to be sharing this planet with someone like you.

Just in case anyone was wondering I am NOT the best parker in the world, but in this particular instance I had to fit between 2 large cars one of which was extremely crooked and a truck that pulled through some of my spot. I had to get to class. It was the first spot I found. I didn't care if I was a little crooked. I certainly did my best.

To people who would ever think of doing something like this to someone else: What do you think you're accomplishing? The only thing this accomplished is showed me the person that wrote this has ZERO class.

How married we are...

This is not a food post. Has anyone noticed all my posts are about food? Apparently I'm SUPER boring and married, so I have nothing to blog about... I wanted to illustrate how boring and married we are.

1. I have nothing to blog about ever. The most exciting thing in life is the fun things we cook. I don't even like food that much. So weird.

2. Secondly, for the last 4 weekends in a row {including yesterday} we go to the grocery store on Saturday night. The first time it was the only time we could go, now I plan on going at that time.

3. Yesterday we got home from the mission reunion and decided we wanted to watch a show. Instead of debating if we should watch one of James's shows or one of my shows, we decided we would each watch our own shows on our laptops with our headphones in. Ridiculous? yes. So married? yes.

I could probably think of a few more.. but those are my favorites.

P.S. For those of you at BYU, did you notice Elder Hales gave the same talk he gave in conference a few weeks ago in devotional. Why do you think that is? Why wouldn't he have 2 different talks?

my husband the expert chef

I come home from work and this is what I see. (p.s. Anna that's you on the fridge!)

He made fried rice

and sweet and sour sauce with chicken.

Best husband ever? I think so!