The Wood Adventures

Baby!

2011-11-25T17:18:00.000-08:00

We are finally going to have a baby in June. We are so excited and hope that we know what we are doing!

Camping summer 2011

2011-07-21T16:21:00.000-07:00

I am so lucky to have 3 fabulous sisters. They are my best friends. We love to be outdoors and with family. We went to a camp ground by Lava Hot springs then again in Yellowstone. It was so fun.

Summer Activities

2011-07-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

Ang's kids stayed with us during their getaway. We got a new truck, it is a 2007 F150, we love it. It is great for camping and pulling the boat. We also got bikes, and I sunburned my hands the first time we took them out. :)

Camping in our living room

2011-07-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

We went Camping in our living room when our tent finally came in the mail. We bought Ben and Jerrys ice cream and and watched a movie on Tyler's computer. It was fun, but next time we will bring our mattress into the tent or go to bed after the movie. Our living room floor is so hard, we hardly slept a wink! ha ha

Cousin's wedding

2011-07-21T15:45:00.000-07:00

Ashleigh and Ryan's Wedding in Salmon Idaho. We drove an hour and half on a dirt road after we got to Salmon. It was beautiful and fun to be with family.

WEDDING PICS

2011-01-26T11:20:00.000-08:00

Christmas!

2010-12-28T12:23:00.000-08:00

My niece Dyllan with her spider girl costume.
Spider men costumes my nephews got for Christmas.
My 2 year old nephew playing with the farm the his dad made him.
The best part of the Christmas tree. ha ha
Tyler scraping the driveway. He was all decked out. :)

We went to the state games in boise for snake river and blackfoot.

Here are our new footed pajamas that we got from PJ.

This is a such a wonderful time of year. I cry every time I hear the forgotten carols story and feel true joy as I spend the holiday with my family. Watching the joy and excitement on the children's faces and then play with their new toys is something that will never get old.My first christmas with my wonderful husband was so nice. We surprised eachother with some silly gifts then cuddled. :)

2010-11-28T21:21:00.000-08:00

CIMBRIAN BEING A FAIRY FOR HALLOWEEN
OUR LOVELY ROOM ON THE CRUISE
WAITING FOR THE SHOW TO START ON THE CRUISE
CIMBRIAN GOT AN AIR TATTOO AND THEN A SUN BURN
US UNDER WATER IN CABO
THE NEWLY WEDS ON LOVERS BEACH
THE FISH WHO CAME TO OUR LITTLE BOAT IN CABO
A FOUNTAIN MADE ALL OF SEA SHELLS
US AT MAZATLAN
THE WONDERFUL DANCERS THAT CAME ON OUR BOAT
THE FIRST UNDERWATER PICTURE
THIS IS ALL MADE OF SAND IT WAS AWSOME
TYLERS BIG PIECE OF CHEESE CAKE
JUST CHILLEN ON THE BOAT
CIMBRIANS ROASTED DUCK ON THE CRUISE
THE WONDERFUL TOWEL ANIMALS
JUST BEING LAZY
LOOK MOM I CAN FLY
THE NIGHT OUT ON THE OCEAN
LOOK HOW CUTE WE ARE

The honey moon!

2010-11-06T11:53:00.000-07:00

My honeymoon was so great. I took a nap everyday and ate the most gourmet food I have ever had. There was lobster, filet mingnon, ceasar salad with real anchovies on top, duck, crème brulet, sushi, pizza, sandwiches, eggs benedict, scallops, shrimp, and ice cream machines everywhere. The sushi was not as good as I thought it would be, but the rest was heaven. By the time I got back I was ready for just a plain sandwich or hamburger. There was a salt water pool and hot tub on the boat and some really great shows. The would dance and sing, and have great effects. Then there were some karaoke nights, they provided costumes, live band, and back up dancers for the performers. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen. We laughed so hard. We would go to bed every night at like midnight and that is when everyone else would get up. Some people were always drunk. We would order a smoothie and they would say, but that does not have alcohal in it, and we would say, we know, exactly our point. Ha ha. I think we were about the only ones that did not drink besides the kids. The drinks were like 8 bucks each though, I don’t know how people afforded it. I guess some had 500 dollar drinking tabs or more by the end. It was crazy. We stopped at Puerto Vallarta first and the locals were giving out free shots about every other shop, and they asked us what we do for fun if we do not drink. It was pretty funny. It was a poor city, but very beautiful. We walked around until we were about to die. Then got back on the boat. Everyone wanted to sell us stuff. They would say “ hey amigo or amigo, almost free 1 dollar to go to that island and 29 to get back.” That was the best one that we heard. I got tired of people talking to me. Tyler told me I was being rude to ignore them, I did not even want to talk to them anymore though. Then we went to Malzotan and walked down the beach and picked up sea shells and then went to the sea shell museum. They had all kinds of designs made of all different colors of sea shells. They even had a fountain with huge shells that the water ran off of. It was awesome. We also stopped at a Mexican restaurant and it was heaven. We don’t have that kind of Mexican food here. Then the last stop was Cabo, it was beautiful, the water was blue, with white sandy beaches. We rode on a glass bottom boat and went to lovers beach, then on the other side was divorce beach. It was funny. The waves on divorce beach were huge and angry then just on the other side they were nice and calm. It was pretty funny. We threw bread in the water and the tropical fish would come right to the surface. It was so awesome. I think next time we will do some snorkeling or scuba diving. We also saw some sea lions. I got a tan and some pretty fun sun dresses. It was freezing when we got back. We had to wait at the airport in California for 7 hours and our plane got delayed for an hour so we did not get to salt lake until 11:30 and we still had to drive back. We got home at 3:30 am and still had to go to work on Monday. We were pretty tired, we had to eat out a couple of times the first week because we did not have anything. Not even a shower curtain. Lol it was pretty funny.

We made it!

2010-10-24T14:32:00.001-07:00

We finally got married! I never really thought it would all happen. It was just a stressful dream that was so far away. Then it all happened, we were so stressed that morning we woke right up and raced to the temple. Of course the train made my hair dresser late and then I had to speed to get there. But we were both on time and every thing was so peaceful in the temple. Almost like time was not passing. We said our "I dos" and then we came out dressed in our best. I was finally that beautiful bride that I always envied as I saw them at the temple my whole life. All the attention was on us. We barely had time to even talk to each other. Pictures were everywhere and I had my sweet nieces touching me every time I moved. Saying how I looked like a princess and my dress was slippery. I was finally the thing that when I was there age wanted to be. It was such a dream. It was amazing how smooth the day went with all my wonderful families help. I have never felt so loved and blessed to have such a wonderful family. I did not shed a tear until I saw my mom and how she told me how proud she was of me. I finally pleased her. I was not sure I would ever make her so happy. I always kind of felt like I was disappointing my family somehow in the choices I made, but now I finally made my dreams and theres come true. It is such a wonderful feeling.

My family was late to the pictures of course and that made me stress just a little. But then everything worked out and started right on time. The nerves got the best of both of us and we did not eat a thing after the luncheon. Later we wished we would have just tasted the chocolate fountain. :) We could not believe how many people came to support us. We are so blessed.

Then we left that night with a fully decorated car and a 3 hour drive to utah ahead of us. We finally had time to talk to each other but we were so tired we barely talked.

It is almost here!

2010-10-03T18:16:00.000-07:00

My wedding is almost here. I think it brings the beast out in everybody. Trying to get the cake and deciding what to have everyone is going to wear. Not to mention the invitations.

I have been engaged for so long that now it is so close it has kind of crept up on me. All of the sudden I need to get my invitations out and finalize everything. I am getting excited to be done with everything and to be with Tyler. The cruise will be a good time for us. We are both to the point where we just want to get away. We are tired of making decisions and everyone asking us what we want.

We don't care, we just want it to be done. :) funny.

anyway, I hope everyone can come. The chocolate fountain is going to be fabulous.

My first homemade quilt!

2010-08-04T13:02:00.000-07:00

So my sister has been working on making me domesticated before I get married. So she has been having me help can beans and fruit and learn how to sew. The canning part was easy but the sewing part was a lot harder than it looked. I could not remember how to thread the machine and sewing in a straight line with everything the right direction was a challenge all in itself. My first attempt was to make towel ponchos where you cut a hole in the middle and then sew the sides together. Sounds pretty easy? Well that is what I thought. I start at 9 in the morning and got my first one done at 6 that night. I had to pick it out more than once and I kept forgetting to put the foot done so it kept on gobbing up the thread. Then I would have to take it out again. By 11 pm I finally got 5 towels done, once I figured out how to do one the process went a lot faster. :)
So for my next sewing experience I decided I needed my own queen sized quilt. My sister helped me cut out all the pieces then sew them together to make the most confusing puzzle I have ever done. It was hard to even turn the cutting board the right way so I could cut it. :) This took me all day to do just the front and then another day to do just the back and now we still have to quilt and bind it. I had no idea that it took so much work to make just one blanket. I sewed to many seams uneven and backwards I can't even count all of them. Then I would get a whole row sewed and realize that I was out of bobbin thread or the top needle was unthreaded. So I would hav to do all over again. :) I wanted to scream most of the time, but now that I almost done, I do feel some accomplishment. I think that I am now officailly domesticated. I still need a little practice, but maybe I would be okay.

Camping at Red Fish Lake

2010-08-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

So I went camping with Tyler's family last week and it was blast. 6 days is not that long when you go boating every day. I learned to surf, I really thought I was going to drowned first. I could not figure out how to get the weight from my butt to my feet. Then they started to tub me a little slower and I finally felt it and stood up. I still had to find my balance before I stayed on it for longer than a second. Now maybe I can learn to wake board. It the same concept just faster. OH I skied for a long time and crossed back and forth over the wake a lot times. I always stayed in the middle before. :)Tyler was so patient with me, he did not know what else to tell me to help me but, but makes me feel so much braver on the water. It really is as fun as he says. :)
We rode a tandem bike too, it is really big team effort. It was really funny while we were trying to get used to it.
So this made me think about some more things that I love about Tyler. I have never had more fun with anyone. He makes me feel a lot more brave and confident becuase I know he will always be there for me. He makes me laugh, and hugs all my worries and sicknesses away. I love to see him smile too, his whole face lights up. I feel like the most important person in his life and I mean the world to him. He wants me to go everywhere he goes, and everything is more fun when we are together. :) I love him so so so much.

House Hunting

2010-07-21T22:26:00.000-07:00

So Tyler and I have decided to buy a house and then possibly sell it when he goes to graduate school in 6 years. We have looked at about 20 houses around Blackfoot and we really only like 2 or 3 of them. A lot of them need a lot of work, and I know that I am not going to have any energy to do that. I just want to move in and decorate my cute little house. There is one on Stout street and one on Cedar that I really like. They are really cute, I can't wait to have a pink bathroom and paint my bedroom purple, and my kitchen red. I love bright colors and I think Tyler will warm up to the idea after he sees how happy it makes him. :)

Honeymoon Cruise!

2010-07-21T22:12:00.000-07:00

So Tyler and I booked our cruise today for our honeymoon. We are going on the Mexican Riviera cruise. We got an ocean view window and unlimited drinks. Oh not mention the food, as most of you know I am a food conasor. So this is going be quite the vacation, there is a fresh sushi bar, catch of the day, steak, ribs, salads, seafood, strawberry moose, creme brulet, and all you can eat ice cream. This is just to name a few, I am going to be in food heaven. Then there is a spa, hot tubs, swimming, cool lights at night, and 24 hour room service. Then there are a bunch of activities we can do like snorkeling, horse back riding, city tour, zip lining through the rain forest. But the best part is going to be spending a whole week with my (husband). That is really weird to say, but I think I am going to like it. Then I am going to have a different last name, now that is going to be the wierdest part of all. I think maybe he should have to take my last name. I think I will ask him and see what he thinks. Sounds great to me!

Camping!

2010-07-19T12:40:00.001-07:00

Camping is a lot of fun. I love to look at nature, the stars, trees, mountains, and spending time with loved ones. 4-wheeling is a lot of fun too, it makes me really dirty but it is all worth it. Especially when I can hold onto my honey (Tyler) lol. I just got back from camping for the second time this summer. I love not doing my hair, but a shower is always wonderful when I get home. Dutch Oven food is to die for too, there is something about cooking outside in the wilderness that makes everything taste better. :)
I went two days before Tyler got there and by the second day I was missing Tyler so much that it occupied my mind the whole day. It must mean that I really love him, when he finally showed up, just seeing his smile made me jump for joy inside. Oh I love him so much and can't wait to live with him so I can see him even more. It is alot of fun working together, like shopping, cooking, puttin up and taking down tents, going on hikes and 4 wheeler rides, and playing Candy Land with the kids. It makes me feel closer to him and makes me excited to be married to him.
We have finally set our date! October 16th is the official day! It is finally in sight and we are getting excited and more stressed to find a house to live in and make all the plans. Did I mention we are looking at buying a house!

Water Skiing!

2010-06-24T10:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Tyler took out his grandpa's boat and took my family out. The kids either tubed or knee boarded. I got up on skis, and stayed up for a long time, I was pretty proud of myself. Then Tyler showed me his skills on solemn skiing. He is really good, it takes a lot of coordination. :) Tyler also taught me how to drive the boat. It was a little confusing but after a little while I started to get the hang of it. The hardest part was staying far enough away from the other boats. We all had a blast, I am so grateful for such a good guy that is so patient and willing to teach us. I love him more every day.

Summer Break is Here!

2010-05-28T18:27:00.000-07:00

I said my goodbyes and cried a little. My kids did not know what was wrong with me. I will just miss them. It feels good to finally be done. It has been a long couple of weeks and I am going to crash tonight. :)

The End of Year!

2010-05-18T19:45:00.001-07:00

I have been preparing for the end of the year so hear comes the stress. I have a program this Friday so I had to teach both of my classes 10 different songs with actions. I was a little overwhelmed at first. I put the CD on repeat until I started to get the words down. The actions were a different story. But they are coming along and my students are learning faster than I thought. It is cute to watch them sing thier parts. This is the fun part of kindergarten.
Then the not so fun part of kindergarten is all the testing. We have been practicing for a couple months now for the Spring IRI. (the state test) They take each student and time them for a minute and see how many letters they can name and then a separate test to see how many letter sounds they can name. Some get really nervous and others don't even care. It is hard to motivate them to do thier best.
OH then the other part of the testing is I have to assess all my students individually in all the math and reading standards. there is about 10 different items on each. I have been doing it for a little over a week now and I am almost done. The end is in sight. I am so excited and plus the kids are tired of me asking them so many questions on what is this sight word, read this word, rhyme this word, count to this number etc... ha ha I try to make it as fun as possible. My students and I love to play outside, read books, and sing songs. That is when I get to play and that is best part. I think I never grew up in some ways.
OH then I need to do report cards, writing samples, permanant files, and portfolios along with my parent program (decorations and crafts needed).
I feel like my head is going explode, I have lost 5 pounds so far and can't remember a thing. I set something done can't find it a minute later. Then I can't remember little things that people tell me that need to be done. I have to write down everything! My last day is NEXT Thursday so it is so close to being done I can't believe it.
We are having a field day on the last day, we doing bubbles, ice cream, jump rope and the zoo is even coming! Everyone pray for good weather so it will be fun for eveyone. We got rained out with our baseball decoding game today. The kids still loved it.
I love to see the wonder in thier eyes with different weather with why and how. We walked ot the library last week and they noticed everything, the air, flowers, stores, banks, cars, cross walks ( well me trying to get them to stay in the cross walk was an adventure), oh the hair cutting places and all the books at the library. They loved it, plus it was a beautiful day for a walk and to play outiside. SO that that is what we did. I want to do this more next year. Maybe we could go to Pizza Hut.

My Little Bro is on a mission!

2010-05-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

Coulson finally went on a mission. He has been in the MTC for a month now and has grown up a lot. His favorite part is the food, he says it in almost every letter how good the food is. lol it is pretty funny. But he also talks about how strong the spirit is and how you can cut through it with a knife. Even some of his teachers that when you shake their hands you can feel their love of the Lord come up your own arm. He wants to have that, I think he is on the right path to get that. He knows that it is the spirit that is teaching him to speak spanish.

Oh by the way he has been called to the Cherry Hill, New Jersey mission spanish speaking. He says he has never studied so hard in his whole life. I am really proud of him.

OH one more thing, he just found out that his ankle is broken. He jumped off his long board about a 8 months ago and hurt his ankle. He got it x-rayed and went to a bunch of other doctors to get it fixed. He started wearing a brace, and all the doctors said that it was not broken. Now the doctors at the MTC say it is broken and have put him in a boot, he says that it feels better now than it ever has. I don't know how all the doctors here could have missed that. He is not going to be sent him since he is still mobile. I hope that it actually heals now. :)

EX dog owner.

2010-05-07T18:12:00.000-07:00

So we got a cut puppy that was 6 weeks old. She even liked me. But then Tyler started to feel overwhelmed and decided to get rid of it a week later. We gave it to a nice family in Pocatello. I missed her for a couple days, but now I have Tyler all myself without a puppy sleeping next to us. She was cute, but not practical. we need to have one that is a like 6 months old. We could not train her much because she was still such a baby. She loved to cuddle and hated to be outside. That is a little frustrating. So now we are not dog owners anymore. :)

Maybe in like 6 years when we have a little family a good job, done with school and a house. A puppy was a little to much for right now. Oh but she was cute anyway. :O)

My Best Friend!

2010-04-15T21:18:00.001-07:00

Oh I love Tyler more than anything. He is my best friend. I had a long day at work, where I was embarrassed and my confidence went down big time. He came over to see me even though he had a ton of homework and asked me about it. He was the only one that noticed that anything was wrong with me today. I guess he is getting to know me well enough he can sense my mood. That is good I guess. I loved how he asked me what happened and then listened and encouraged me. He said that I am a great teacher and he can see a big difference in how my kids act as well as what they know. He said he was not trying to make me feel better, he really thinks that. :) I even started to cry when I was telling him about it. I guess I am feeling comfortable enough around him now that I can open up to him and tell him how I feel. He said that it made him feel important to me and needed and he liked to take care of me. He really is my best friend. My whole relationship with him is turning into one of those that everyone tells me about. That dream where they are your best friend and love. Tyler really is, I am so blessed to have him in my life. :) He just has a way of making everything feel better.

DOG OWNER!

2010-04-15T19:31:00.000-07:00

So now Tyler has a new great idea! It is to adopt a dog. :) I don't hate dogs, I think they are sweet and fun sometimes. But I don't like to take care of them. I hate the smell, poop, food, breath, slobber and fur. This makes me sound horrible. I like dogs if they are not mine and I don't have to take care of them. It is like having a furry kid that chews on things. But after a long grueling discussion we compromised that he could get a dog if he trained it really well, it was warm during winter, and I did not have to lift a finger to take care or clean up after it. I had no idea that Tyler liked dogs that much. :) I hate not giving him anything that he wants, so I can compromise. I want him to be happy too.

Maybe it won't be as bad as I anticipate. I just had a bad experience with my family dog growing up. She would do okay when we were in the room, but as soon as we would leave she would do whatever she wanted. Climb on the couch, table, or beds. Then do her little business right in front of my bedroom door in the basement. She was such a brat and I hated that no body would do anything about it except for me. My mom even made me clean it up! I could have killed her by the time I moved out. So..... she really put a bad taste in my mouth about dogs. Tyler assures me that it will be different and we can get rid of it if he is not training well. That made me feel better.

I guess I am a little worried about the dog taking to much of his attention. I guess I am a little selfish, I want to have his undivided attention for the first while when we get married. I will give him mine in return. :) Tyler assures me that the dog will not take that much time and he will still spend more time with me than the dog.

Oh I always wanted to name a dog Pickles. Tyler did not like that very much. So he said it could be short for Picklicious, then it would be okay. What do you think? lol

Roommate Reunion

2010-04-15T19:30:00.001-07:00

It was so wonderful to see all you again. I love to see how much we have all changed and grown. Thank you for the wonderful night. I am so glad that all you finally got to meet my dream guy. :) I love you guys.

Roller Blading!

2010-04-13T21:13:00.000-07:00

So I am an official Roller Blader! Tyler has been talking about it for a couple of weeks trying to convince me. I have not done it since I was 12 so I can't honestly remember how to do it. So we went to Deleta and took Ang's kids and we rented roller blades. It was actually easier than roller skating. I told Tyler this and he takes this as okay lets go buy some. I was a little hesitant because everyone knows that once you buy you are committed and I did not know if I liked it that much. We went shopping one night for them and within 30 minutes and only 2 stores we both had a pair of new roller blades. I did not know what I was getting myself into. As most of you know I have extreme athletic ability. :) ha ha ha. So we went to Jensen's grove to try out the short mile green belt. It actually was not that bad. My shins and hips started to burn and my fingers got a little cold from the wonderful spring weather we have, but I did not even fall down! I was pretty proud of myself. The bridge was a little difficult. It was a good thing that there were railings that I could inch myself along with. :)
Now Tyler wants to go everyday and eventually go around the long green belt which is 8 miles long! I don't know about that one, but the short 1 mile was is fun. Except for the wind blowing against you makes you work a little harder. :) Tyler also seems to think that practice will make me get better. I had to inform him that it is probably not in my cards to get good at anything athletic. It is fun, but I will probably not get much better than I am right now. :) He doesn't make me feel like I am that bad, which is good. He is so positive and makes me feel like I can do anything that I want. I guess that makes him a perfect match for me. He plays with me, makes me laugh, and makes me feel and want to be better. He says that I do the same for him. :) This must be meant to be. :)

Falling!

2010-03-14T21:34:00.000-07:00

Today is one of those days when I watch Tyler and I fall for him even more. He helped me make dinner with the family and then helped clean up. Then he played with my nieces and nephews and loved it. This is the exact kind of guy that I want to spend the rest of my life with. He is going to to be a great dad. Also he goes home and does his homework. I really like how ambitious he is. He is progressing himself without me kicking him in the butt every day to do it. I can't wait until I marry him. We are going to have so much fun and be really happy. He really does match me. I never feel belittled or disrespected. I feel loved and cared about, he accepts me the way I am. He wants to see me every day and misses me too. But he still gets things done when he needs too. I am pretty much the luckiest person in the world. I really feel blessed that God helped me find him. This is one of those perfect moments of my life that I will always remember. :)

Temple!

2010-03-07T22:38:00.000-08:00

My brother Coulson got his mission call a couple of weeks ago to the Cherry Hill New Jersey mission. He is going to be speaking spanish. He is really excited. I am so proud of him. He went through the temple yesterday, and I got to go with him. So we both learned a lot have a lot of adjusting to do. :) The temple is pretty awesome.

Funny couple!

2010-02-20T10:09:00.000-08:00

As most of you know I have an overactive mind and think about everything and anything. Even when I am spacing off I still thinking about something. :) I am learning so much about the difference between the minds of men and women. Tyler has a nothing box. This is a new thing to me. I had no idea it existed. When he says he is thinking about nothing he really is serious. But then it makes me question how many brain waves are in the nothing box. :)

Tyler is extremely competitive in everything he does. He makes me laugh really hard. It makes him so mad that he can't beat me at any card game. But on the other hand he can beat me at every sport. So I guess we even each other out. I love how he is just himself all of the time, he does what he wants when he wants. That was one of the things that he said he loved about me when we first met. He tells me his favorite feature of mine is my smile. He is so kind and loving. I am trying to learn compassion and sympathy from him. He has more than I could ever imagine. He always gives people the benefit of the doubt. He is an awesome friend to everyone. I need to learn how to do that better. :)

I asked him what kind of couple we will be. He told me that we would be a funny one because people will laugh at us all the time. I think I agree. I can't wait to marry him. We are going to have so much fun. :)

Compromise. :)

2010-02-06T14:43:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated this thing. Tyler and I are getting to know each other more and more by the day. Tyler has all of our furniture picked out, since he works at Blacker's furniture. We got a king size bed for a killer deal. It is so soft. I am excited to sleep on it. Also there are some love seats and recliners that look nice. :) I want to go the cheaper route for a while and then get something else when he is done with school. Also Tyler has a big TV with 16 speakers on it picked out. I personally don't need a big TV. I rarely watch the thing, maybe we will come to a compromise soon.

So I love to have conversations and share thoughts and Tyler does not love that as much. But Tyler on the other hand loves playing any kind of sport and I do not love that so much. So we made a deal that if he tries to talk to me more then I will try to play more sports with him. It has been working pretty well so far. I have learned how to play racket ball so far. He says that I am not bad. I just need to hit it like I mean it. I am working on meaning it and not being afraid of the ball. Also he says that when I hit the ball I close my eyes. It might help if I open my eyes, I will work on that. :)

In LOVE!

2010-01-04T20:56:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know it has been a very long time since I have posted. I have been a little preoccupied getting to know a fabulous man. His name is Tyler Wood. He is going to ISU to become a nurse then he wants to be a nurseathesistist. So it is a few years down the road, but he is ambitious and self motivated so I am happy with it. He is awesome with kids and loves to play. I finally don't have to be the source of entertainment! lol He treats me like gold, and for the first time I don't have to try to like him. It is so easy. I finally know what everyone is talking about with just knowing. :)
OH did I mention that he asked me to marry him on December 21st? It was a complete suprise. He called my boss and had her pull me out of class while he set up. When I returned, he had all my students holding a letter to spell WILL YOU MARRY ME?!?! Then he came over and got on one knee and asked me with a very pretty ring. I said yes of course. I have never been so happy. My life is just falling into place.
It is funny how when you stop looking for all the right things to happen in your life and just move on and do the things that the Lord wants you to, then the Lord sends you the things that you long for the most. Everything just falls into place and it is so easy. :)
I will post pictures soon. :)

Family pictures

2009-09-12T13:01:00.001-07:00

Here are some previews of us. These are my favorite ones. We did it at a little park here in Blackfoot. A lady in Ang's ward did it. I thought they turned really good. I love how fun my family is. :)

New School Year!

2009-09-12T12:47:00.000-07:00

Here I am starting school on August 26th. Ang got me a new luch bag to replace the cinderella one I usually used. :) The first day was fun but the second day was really fun. I have had my ups and downs but overall I love it. My students are so sweet. They want to please me and tell me how cute I am every day. Not mention the many hugs, smiles and laughs I get. I love to sing songs with them and do art projects. They are so creative. :) I have 21 students in my AM class and 18 in my PM.
On Monday I am going to start my first real normal week where I will have morning and afternoon the whole week. It has not been normal yet becuase of orientation, fair week, and meetings. Plus we ride the buses with the students for the first 4 days of school to help the bus drivers and make the kids feel more comfortable.
I have found that the town of Blackfoot kind of shuts down during fair week. We had only half days all week in all the schools so the kids can go to the fair. My mentor told me that the parents pull the kids out anyway so it is not worth the work. :) The library and pool have been closed all week. It is kind of weird but fun I guess.
Oh my mentor has been teaching for 20 years and she is fabulous. She is so patient with me. I ask so many questions and she makes sure that I am okay every day. I have so so blessed. I have a fabulous job, coworkers, and support. This is what I went to school for and it is paying off. I love every minute of it. :) It is so much work though! My new home is the school, I spend most of my time there, I go at 8 in the morning and come home at 6 or later every day. Then I go on weekends sometimes too to get ready for the next day. It is a never ending list of things to do. I wish I was a Super Woman sometimes. I feel so invited and accepted in the little group of eight teachers. OH yeah I do have an aid that helps me during my centers, she is a lot of fun too.

A real grown up job!

2009-07-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

So I did about 5 interviews and got offered two different teaching jobs. I accepted the one here in blackfoot at the kindergarten center. I will have a morning and afternoon class. I am really excited. I will start going to meetings and stuff on august 19th. May God help me not to be to afraid.

For the summer I was looking for a PSR job (Psycho social rehabilition) I thought it would be fun, plus I would get paid 15-20 dollars an hour with my degree. But I soon found out that nobody was hiring until the middle of July. So I decided to just take the summer off since I would be starting my teaching job a month later. So I have been staying up late, going on dates, sleeping in as long as Royal will let me, and getting a really good tan. OH also I am going to camping for the second time this week, so I will have plenty of wilderness time in me.
I love camping except for the sleeping part. The bed is not very comfy, the wind blows sometimes, it rains sometimes, and sometimes someone snores in my tent to wake me up. This time the snoring stopped in about 30 minutes but it was still enough to make me want to throw something at them. The Food is so good though! :)

Easter Weekend!

2009-04-15T13:23:00.000-07:00

We had a busy weekend with a wedding and jazz game in Utah. Then we went and soaked in hot tubs at Lava and played Laser tag. My Aunt, Uncle and cousin came from Maryland for the wedding and we had party after party. I love family but it is nice to go back to normal routines when they leave.

Easter dinner was soooooo good. We had chicken with Mango Salsa on it. It was easy and relaxed. We had a small easter egg hunt for the kids and everyone got along well. :)

Easter Bunny

2009-04-10T13:10:00.000-07:00

Seasonal jobs are great. I decided to help be the easter bunny this year. Whomever made that stupid plastic head, doesn't know that the person wearing it needs fresh air. It gets so hot in there. It is fun kids are excited to see you and funny when some are act like you slapped them. It is funny to tease adults too, some are all about it and play along others think you are freak and want you leave them alone.

Even though I was a bunny, I still got a couple dates out of the deal. :) I thought that was pretty funny.

Everyone better be good, because I am the Easter Bunny's helper and if I don't think you are nice he won't come to your house. :)

Lunch with the Gals

2009-03-26T18:49:00.000-07:00

This is to my Ellen, Meagan, and Jenni. We went to lunch the other day at Red Robin. It made me reminiss and appreciate the good times and cherish them. Thank you for all those, I will love you guys forever.

New Job

2009-03-26T18:44:00.000-07:00

You know how I have been working at the mall in Pocatello and taking pictures of Sanat Clause. Well I just got a job for next week taking pictures of the Easter Bunny. I kind of like these little temperary jobs, becuase if I get burned out I know I will be done before I know it.

I am loving my preschool job more and more eveyday. My students are mostly done testing me, and will do what I say for the most part. Also I have had an opportunity to show them how fun and fair I can be. They have a desire to please me and love to play with me. This is the best part about teaching is seeing their success and joy in discovering life. So ultimately this is my job to help them experience life. They warm my heart and help me remember how simple life is. Also that happiness comes from the those things, not the big things. So when Christ says to be like unto a little child, he means to appreciate the small things in life, forgive often, and love with all your heart.

My Mom

2009-03-26T18:40:00.000-07:00

Do I look like my mom? This is when she was a little older than me. Cool huh. Now I know what she is talking about when she says says when I was your age.... LOL

Graduation

2009-03-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

So here is living proof that I graduated from college. yay for me.

New Job!!!

2009-02-16T22:44:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything. But now I have something exciting to post. I got a job teaching Head start for the rest of the year. I am so excited and nervous. I know it will be good though. I hope I can do a good, job.

graduation

2008-12-18T15:42:00.001-08:00

yay! I finally graduated. Thank you to everyone that came.

Chocolate!

2008-11-15T20:55:00.000-08:00

Look at these chocalate statues and fountains. Cool huh. If I was a chocolate lover, I would be in heaven.

Confused.

2008-11-15T20:52:00.000-08:00

Now I am relly confused, Is this New York, Paris, or Vegas?

Gardens.

2008-11-15T20:41:00.000-08:00

Really bad pictures of the cool stuff at the belagio. The trees face and eyes moved and looka the beuatiful garden part. They change it every so often and always have a different theme.

Costumes.

2008-11-15T20:37:00.000-08:00

Did I ever show you the great costumes we had? I don't remember. Mom is Fiona, Coke Shrek, Me Cat, Nessa Angel Cake, and Justin a pirate. It was so fun.

The cool canny wrapper bag.

2008-11-15T20:32:00.000-08:00

These bags were 100 dollars or more. They are made from M&M wrappers. they were fun and cool, I want one. But not enough to spend that much.

These glasses fit me huh?

M&M's!

2008-11-15T20:25:00.000-08:00

The M&M store. I have never seen so many different colors of candy. I wanted some pink ones. I don't know what Coulson is doing to mom.

Confused

2008-11-15T20:23:00.000-08:00

New York in Las Vegas, So confusing. :)

Water show.

2008-11-15T20:17:00.000-08:00

This is the water show at the Belagio. We watched three of them. It played different songs and the water would squirt to match the music. It was so awesome, I could have seen another one. I guess that it is ran by a computer program. Technology is amazing.

Oh my other love.

2008-11-06T17:45:00.000-08:00

Did I mention that I love shoes? These ones are fun but out of my price range. :)

My loves!

2008-11-02T18:00:00.000-08:00

My two loves are hot guys and candy.

Dream cars.

2008-11-02T17:59:00.000-08:00

Coulson looks cool too.

New Car

2008-11-02T17:57:00.000-08:00

Look at my new car! I think I fit the part.

costumes!

2008-11-02T17:55:00.000-08:00

Justin is the Pirate, Venessa is Angel cake, Nanny is a cat, Mom Fiona, and Coulson Shrek. Dressing up is so fun. It is my favorite.

Kitty Cat, Meow!

2008-11-02T17:54:00.001-08:00

Aren't I a cute kitty cat? I think it turned out pretty cute.

Haloween at school.

2008-11-02T17:48:00.000-08:00

These are my two teachers that are the best ever. April is the cat with me and then Kathy is resource one. Then here is my darling little second graders from April's class. Second graders are the best friends that you can have.

Symphany and Thia food.

2008-10-21T20:26:00.000-07:00

Brought to you by Van. A good friend that I really don't see us going anywhere together. But he takes me fun places and is nice to talk to sometimes.

Justin

2008-10-21T20:25:00.000-07:00

Look how cute Justin is in his hat. :)

Proud!

2008-10-21T20:22:00.000-07:00

Look at us being proud of our great pumpkins. I don't know what happened to the rest of our creative team. :)

Scary pumkins are FHE

2008-10-21T20:17:00.000-07:00

Look at our scary pumkins! It as so fun carving them, there are some really creative people. Justin did not want to stick his hand inside, so I was the MAN and did it for him. I made fun of him for the rest of the night of being a girl. We won the most original pumpkin. It was all Justin and some other guys ideas. I just gutted it. Pumpkin carving never gets old no matter how old you get. :(

Red Rock Casino.

2008-10-12T21:12:00.001-07:00

This is the casino that Justin took me to. Look at this inteirior design. It so beautiful, it is so fun seeing the different things here. Look at how good looking we are. :)

India Resturant.

2008-10-12T21:07:00.000-07:00

This is the indian resturant Justin took me to. You know it is good, when there are actual indian people there. There was a wedding reception thing going on. The women had shawls, and jewels on there forheads, and beautiful dresses. I wanted to take pictures of all of them, but I think they would have noticed. The food all looked like Poo, but tasted great. The flavor was amazing. :)

This is the other side that is not so red.

2008-10-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

This is the other side that is not so red, but look at the clouds how green it is. There is creek that runs during the spring, but it was dry, but it made everything green still. This part looked like Idaho. I got poked by a plant, it went through my jeans and punctured my leg. It looked like a nice soft leaf, until I got to close to it and it stabbed like a sword. :(. The rest of the day was refeshing and fun. It is fun to hang out with Van too.

Red Rock Canyon

2008-10-12T20:51:00.000-07:00

This is my hike at Red Rock canyon with Van. Look at the red rock and weird shaped rocks. We climbed up them and around. This is how beuatiful Nevada is. The clouds were awesome and so were the landscapes. They have a lot of Joshua trees, and cactus but that has it's beuaty of all its own. It snowed, didn't stick but you could see flakes. It was windy and cold, it felt like idaho around september time.

Yogurt land!

2008-10-12T20:48:00.000-07:00

This is one of the best frozen yogurt places. You can get whatever flavors you want and then put whatever toppings you want on it, then you weigh it at the end and pay. I always get some gummy bears and sprinkles on mine. It is so good. :) There is another place called U-Swirl that I have been to too.

Rock Band FHE

2008-10-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

Here we are rocking out. I figured out that I am not a rock star. The game booed me off stage more than once, with all the insturments. Look at how hard I was concentrating. I still did not do that well, maybe that has something to do with my whole no rhythm thing. Plus it was hard to hear becuase there were more than one game going on in the gymn. So maybe if I was not in front of a lot people and I could hear better then I might have done better. But maybe not too. I am not that musically inclined. :)

Conference.

2008-10-05T18:30:00.000-07:00

I went to a friends house on Saturday and made Banana crepes for them, evedyone fell in love with them just like my family did. Then we watched conference on a projector. Sunday I went to someone elses house and watched it on thier big screen. The spirit was so strong and it seemed to be telling me to remember the Lord in all things, enjoy every moment, and to endure well, becuase God is with us always and this is life is but a small moment. Oh and live life so the Lord will knock and we will answer. :) wow this church is true. The prophets and apostles are called by God and are his servents and helps them guide this church. Oh I really liked the talk on hope and how if we have hope then we won't despair and we will have more faith and charity.

Look what I did.

2008-10-05T18:29:00.000-07:00

Look, I am not attaching myself to just one person like always, this is the third date that I went on in a week. These are all nice guys and good friends. We will see if anything will come of it. :) You guys should be proud of me.

Some more pretty pictures.

2008-10-05T18:19:00.000-07:00

It had this pretty fountain, and cool windows, and beautiful flowers. It was a little heaven on earth.

The Las Vegas Temple.

2008-10-05T18:05:00.000-07:00

Mark took me to the temple on friday night. It was dark so a lot my pictures did not turn out like I wanted, but it still shows how beautiful it is. This really is God's house and where we do his work. I felt such a great peace while I was there on the grounds. I can't wait until I can go inside and make those special covenants with God. This is the spire on the hill of the city of sin. It is a twisted path to get here then it gets straight, kind of like Lehi's dream to the tree of life. there are great and spacious buildings, and then the straight and narrow path. It was so beautiful. :)

Cheesecake Factory!

2008-10-05T18:01:00.001-07:00

This is when my friend Van took me to the Cheesecake Factory. Van got strawberry and I got white chocolate macadamian nut with caramel. It came with so much whip cream, Coulson would have loved it. Van likes the more plain ones, i wanted one that was really different. They were both amazing. I almost spilled because my crust was so thick and it started to slip off my plate. I got it on my hand and the table. Ooops, I felt kind of dumb. I stopped eating the crust after that. :)

BMW

2008-10-05T17:59:00.001-07:00

Look at us being models for this cool BMW. I tried to get more of close of Justin so you could see what he looked like. He is kinda cute.

Cool

2008-10-05T17:53:00.000-07:00

This pool had sand in it, like a real beach. The grapes they grow and make thier own wine out of, and then they let live bands come and play on the grssy part. Cool huh. Oh and the last place they can sit in a tent and watch T.V. on a flat screen.

Look at the beauty of this place.

2008-10-05T17:50:00.000-07:00

The clouds are the ceiling of the casino and then the slots and the rooms that overlook this awesome pool.

Hanging out with Justin.

2008-10-05T17:41:00.000-07:00

This is the casino that I went to with my friend Justin. We got some dip n' dots and talked for a long time. This hotel was beautiful. It had all these lounging beds by the pool, places you coudl watch T.V., and walk around and listen to music from a live band. Justin is fun to hang out with, he is so excited to show me beautiful things and listen to great music.

Conference

2008-10-05T11:52:00.001-07:00

Conference is so good, I have been spending the last two days with my friends who have cable. I really liked Monson's talk on making the most of life, accepting and learning from change, and being grateful along the way.

SUSHI!

2008-09-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

My friend Van from above took me out to sushi last night. We got the california roll and one called the Lisa Lisa roll. It had eel sauce on top. It was so good.

Junior Banana Splits.

2008-09-28T19:56:00.000-07:00

Afterwards we went to sonic and got some junior banana splits for a dollar. It was just the right amount of ice cream for me. It was pretty good, I don't like the pineapple part on the end. I don't know why they don't just make it butterscotch.
These are my friends Van and Lily. They are a lot of fun and I have been hanging out with them all week. I went to a movie one day and out to dinner another day.

DOGDE BALL!

2008-09-28T19:51:00.000-07:00

We played dodge ball for FHE. I played one game and the first ball that I threw they caught so I was out, so that meant the I did not have to play anymore. I was really happy for that. It was fun, but I have nevery loved dogde ball, since I was even a kid. So why would I love it now? It is fun to watch people play but as far as playing I would rather not.

My friend Brent

2008-09-28T19:43:00.000-07:00

This is my friend Brent that took me on a street bike ride. he is 34 and has been married twice. Also he did not go on a mission or get any form of education, nor does he have any desire to do so. So I don't see us going any farther than him taking me on a couple rides on his fun toys. So it is fun. He is kind and appropriate, So I was relieved when I got home. I actually feel kind of bad for him, he says he must not be marriage material, but at the same time he really wants to be a dad. Maybe it will come someday for him. His first wife he was totally in love with and they got married in the temple and one after five years she said that wanted a divorce, becuase she did not feel it anymore. She also said that there were not any other guys. But 2 months later she was engaged to someone else. It broke his heart and took him a long time to get over it. The second time he loved who she was but was never truly in love with her, and she noticed and asked for a divorce. A woman needs to be loved all the way through to keep it going. This one only lasted a year. So he owns three houses, three mini dirt bikes, one big dirt bike, one bullet bike, a four wheeler, and a boat. He knows how to budget his money well. He said that he makes a lot of money off of renting his houses out and buying things out of the paper for cheap and then putting them back in the paper for more money than he bought them for. So he makes a profit. Like a said nice guy but not what I am looking for.

My first Street bike/bullet bike experience!

2008-09-28T18:07:00.000-07:00

I went on my first street bike ride. I always called these bikes bullet bikes but my friend Brent (the owner) called it his street bike. See the little tiny seat on the back? That is the one that I sat on. Brent gave me street bike 101.
1. don't smash the driver, (because as a man he wants to have children some day). So every time we stop or slow down he instructed me to put my on the motor part up front to brace myself so all my weight did not go on him.
2. When you turn lean with the bike so it will turn. It felt like we were going to tip over when we turned but I trusted his judgement and leaned with him and all turned out alright.
3. You must wear all the street bike gear, (big bulky padded jacket, gloves, and helmet). Usually he wears special street bike boots but he let me pass from those. I was going to take a picture of myself but I forgot until after the fact. I looked so big and bulky, I could not hardly bend my arms. But he said that I how I would be protected if we crashed. :)

I ended up keeping my hands on the front motor part the whole time we rode to keep myself from leaning on him at all. I did not know him very well and did not want my body to be against his. My arms started to get tired so it was a good thing that we did not go for very long. It was a lot of fun. So now I can say that I have ridden on a street bike. Woo Hoo!
Oh by the way if anyone knows how to rotate pictures after you have uploaded them, please let me know.

Cafe

2008-09-21T21:33:00.000-07:00

We went a cafe in the Casino and got a sandwich. It was fun. I was so tired when we got Home.

The Rides

2008-09-21T21:16:00.000-07:00

I went with my friends Mark, Herbert, and Joy. These are all the rides that made them hang over the side. It was fun.

The Stratesphere

2008-09-21T21:11:00.001-07:00

I went to the Stratesphere on a date with Mark. We went all the way up to the top. Look how pretty it is.

TIme out for Women

2008-09-21T20:59:00.001-07:00

I went to Time Out For Women on friday night and Saturday during the day. Hillary Weeks and Virginia H. Pierce came as well as a bunch of other speakers that write a lot of spiritual books sold at Deseret Book. The theme was a "A Joyous Life". So all the talks and music were centered around it. It talked about forgiving others and yourself, prayer, love, relationships, and seeing yourself as God does. It was really spiritual and cool. I am so glad that I went. Hillary weeks performed two or three songs in between each speaker. I love her music. :)

Tagged Again!

2008-09-21T20:32:00.000-07:00

Here's how you play: tag 6 people by leaving a comment on their blog for them, write 6 really unspectacular things about yourself, and pass it on.

This is really hard becuase I don't have any children to talk about but here goes with my boring life.

1. My life for the past 4 1/2 years has been school, but through that I have found my passion for teaching children. Even ones with special needs. They warm heart and make me feel closer to the savior, becuase they are so close to him.

2. One of my most favorite things in the world is showering. I feel so relaxed, clean, refreshed and just better over all when I get out. It is the best feeling in the world.

3. The second most favorite thing in the world that I like to do is sleep. Every night when I finally get to go to bed I just smile inside to myself that I finally don't have to think and I just get to rest. It is the happiest feeling in the world to me.

4. I am not a morning person. I always push my alarm at least twice, and then roll out of bed. All my roommates have learned not to talk to me for at least 15 minutes after I wake up. Otherwise I will growl at them. Also they have learned to be very quiet when I am sleeping, becuase I am a light sleeper. Oh and one more thing never yell, turn on the lights, or pull my blankets off to wake me up. You will see a grizzly bear side of me.

5. My favorite blanket in the world are my soft blankets. (Ang and Mom will know who I am talking about.) I don't sleep with a top sheet so I can feel more them on my skin. I also sleep on my stomach and hold the blanket next to my cheek with my shoulder. It is the most relaxing warm thing for me. I think this is better than sucking my thumb like I did when I little.

6. My third favorite thing to do is cook for other people. Most everything I make turns out good, and it is a joyful thing to make other people happy through food. This might be becuase I love to eat food so much. This includes trying new food and eating all ethnic/authentic food I can find. I really want to travel the world and eat all the kinds of food there are. I like most it too. It really fun to do. Oh I also like to cook with my family it is a joyful, helpful time that we all bond in doing.

Birthday Cake

2008-09-17T18:19:00.001-07:00

Mark got me a birthday cake and some ice cream. He wanted to do a suprise party for me but it did not work out. So I invited all my nieghbors, all 8 apartmens with 4 girls each. So a lot of them came and sang happy birthday to me and shared my cake. The frosting was a little much, but it was chocolate with a cream filling layer. It was really good. I thought was not going to have a cake or anything for my birthday, but Mark came through for me to make me feel special and loved on my birthday. Sorry one picture was dark, it was when I blew out my candles. WOW I am 24 now, one year older and wiser too. Right? I hope that I am wiser than I was last year. I getting to part where I am starting to feel older whenever a new birthday comes. :D. Thank you to everyone once again. It was so much fun.

The Sushi Rolls.

2008-09-17T18:14:00.000-07:00

Here are the three rolls we had. My favorite one was the one with crumbly stuff on top. The second was the one with lots of orange eggs on top. The third one was a little to squishy, so I had to not think about it to much. The last bite I was to full and I gagged. But they were all so raw. But that means that had more flavor than a cooked one. They are so good!

SUSHI!

2008-09-17T18:06:00.000-07:00

My friend Mark took me to Sushi Mon for my birthday. It was so good. It was cool becuase we could actually see the chefs making it. Here is a picture of my big mouth, see how the whole thing fits? We got three different rolls. We were so full. It smelled like fish as soon as we got in the restuarant. Talk about authentic and ethnic. Even our waitresses were asian. I want to go again. It has all you can eat for like $25. But I am pretty full off 1 or 2, so that would not a good deal for me. YUM YUM!

BIG SUNFLOWERS!

2008-09-17T18:01:00.000-07:00

Here are the sunflowers a pair of twins got me for my birthday. I did not know that you could buy them from a flower store. They are huge, but fun. I can't look at them and not smile. It was really sweet. Some of my class made me a card, drew me pictures, gave me candy, a butterfly teacher pin, and some said that they were going to buy me a puppy or cupcakes. But they are only seven and eight. They would give the whole world if they could. It was really cute.

Thanks Nessa!

2008-09-17T17:56:00.000-07:00

Here is the purple aligator bag that Venessa sent to me for my birthday. I think it is great becuase all of my teaching stuff fits in it, so I don't have to carry anything. It looks cute and professional on me. My neighbors and roommates call it my Mary Poppins bag, since I have everything in it and it is so big. But it is perfect becuase it still fits in my drawer that I put my bag in and fits everything I need to bring home from school.

Thank You

2008-09-16T00:12:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much to everyone that remembered me on my birthday. It really means the world to me and reminds me that I am blessed and loved. I had the best day ever. You guys are a blessing and sunburst to my life and heart. :)

All the versions of happy birthday were great. They made me laugh and feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :)

Tagged

2008-09-14T22:03:00.000-07:00

Tagged!!!
I got tagged by Sarah. Oh by the way Sarah I had no idea you even looked at my blog. :) but here goes.
3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current obsessions/collections

3 Joys:
1. When my second grade girls tell me they like my hair and shirt.
2. When my second grade boys ask me how I am such a fast runner. (out to the playground).
3. When I see my family again. / when the spirit warms my heart.

3 Fears:
1. That I will fail miserbly at my student teaching and not graduate.
2. That I will get mugged or my car stolen while I am here in Vegas. (just like my neighbors have been lately.)
3. That I will never get married.

3 Obsessions/Collections:
1. Childrens books. (especially funny ones with songs in them).
2. Little children, that will sing a song with me.
3. Finding a date that is not to young and is self driven to get what they want out of life. (like go to church all by themselves and go to school.)

I tag Angelee, Celeste, and Melanie.

Hula dancing.

2008-09-13T23:30:00.000-07:00

I wonder how they move thier hips like that. It is so fast. It looks really cool. Maybe if I learned to do that then I would get a date faster. :)

Hawiian BBQ

2008-09-13T23:26:00.001-07:00

This is of the guys that were so hot they had to wrap cloths around their heads and of their yummy looking chicken they were making. I almost bought some. Food is one of my favorite things.

Hawiian food

2008-09-13T23:09:00.000-07:00

I found this one booth with a whole bunch of dried hawiian food and candy. I like to try new things but some of these were even a little to wierd for my taste. It was cool looking at all them. Look at the labels to see what they are. There is crab, squid, pickled mango and more.

Jewlry

2008-09-13T23:06:00.000-07:00

They had all kinds of jewelry. I liked these necklaces and bracelets the best. They had flowers painted on them. I got a plain black one the was cheaper than the decorated ones.

Hawiaan Street festival

2008-09-13T22:40:00.000-07:00

I went to a Lu ouh (sorry don't know how to spell) street festival thing. There were a bunch of dancers and musicians. It was a lot of fun. It made me wish that I was Hawiian. I think the music is fun and the dancing is cool. Also I like their clothes. I would look white and wierd if I dressed like them. Some of them were really good looking, if I married one of them I would have some tan good looking kids. But it was 110 degrees today. So we felt like we were roasting.

Havannah Grill

2008-09-13T22:20:00.000-07:00

This is the Cuban restuarant I went to. I forgot my camera and so it took a while to get the pictures from my roommate. The art was beautiful and food was so flaverful. I did not have to even salt it. It was expensive for not giving us much. Oh this is my roommate Melissa and my neighbor Amy.

School

2008-09-10T19:34:00.001-07:00

I am getting more and more comfortable with teaching. The teacher left me a lone for a long time today with the kids and they decided to test me and see how far I would go before they got in trouble. It was really hard to stick to my guns, but I made it through. It is also hard to break things down so they can understand it. My expectations have been to high in the past, so now I am scared to make it to hard. This one little boy yelled at me, shoved some papers off my desk onto the floor and then took his shoes off and refused to put them back on and then he did not want to finish his work. I told to let me know when he was ready to be respectful and do his work. Also I told me that I did not care how long it took, but we would work on it as long as it took to finish. Then he straightened up and finished quickly. I almost lost my patience, I was scared of stepping over my boundaries so I asked my teacher what I could do. She told me whatever I wanted. So I have going to give him a good talking to tomorrow and make him walk around a square on the playground instead of playing. My teacher said that it was a good idea. I need to show him that he is not an exception to the rule. He is really low and has a temper, and hates to be disciplined but that still does not give him any right to treat me like that or act that way. I was so mad, but now I am okay. The rest of the kids were okay. This was a good learning experience today.