SUMMER TIME!!!

Joe and I are so excited for summer. We both did great in school this semester and we are so excited to take the summer off and have some fun! This last weekend we got to hang out with some of Joe's family at our house and in St. George. It was so fun. We swam for a couple of hours and had a great time just hanging out with everyone! We don't have a ton a big plans this summer except for a trip to California with my family and we are super excited for that! We have a couple of weddings we get to go to, so it will be fun to see old friends. If you have any close to home activities we can do this summer let us know! We need some new ideas to get us out of the house!

Valentines Day Cont...

With my laptop getting a virus I wasn't able to post the pics of what I did for Joe on Valentines Day. I'm only posting these because I've had some requests! I decorated our room with 214 hearts and most of them were written on! Got the idea from my good friend Lew! Here goes..

Busy Busy!

Hey everyone! Joe and I have been super busy lately! Especially Joe. He's working 40 hours a week and going to school full time! I don't know how he does it, but I sure do love him for it. Finals are next week so hopefull we can survive until then! We are definitely ready for Summer! I just celebrated my 22nd birthday! Man I'm getting up there! :-) It was on Easter this year and I was pretty bummed to be down in Cedar away from family. But my amazing husband did a great job of making me feel special! I woke up that morning to a few extra things in my Easter basket (he just had to 1 up me!). He had my presents out with some beautiful purple tulips by them. He had to be at work at 6 that morning, so I got to stare at my presents until after church which ended at 4! Torture! When I got home and walked through the door, my cute husband was there waiting. I opened my presents which consisted of a purple IPod. Finally, I think I was the last person on the earth without an IPod. He also bought me the Gidget collection on DVD. I had been bugging him to put it on our Netflix queue but there was no way he was going to do that. He got me the new Rascal Flatts CD, The Wedding Date DVD and a gift card to Itunes. He even had a cake for me! He did great! I got some new shirts from my family which were much needed.I also got an apple clock to go in my kitchen from the Barton fam. I had an awesome birthday! Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Love you all!

Mesquite

So I went to Mesquite last week and I am so happy to be home! I had a lot of fun but I actually got home sick and was so happy to see my amazing husband! A little time apart was just what we needed. We realize we actually do like to be around each other! JK. I had a great time. I played the slots for the first time. I lost three dollars. I also played BINGO and I won $50, I 18 will forever be my lucky number. I couldn't believe it. I guess it was my lucky day! We hit up the Virgin River Buffet, played BINGO and went bowling all in one night. What a blast! I met Joe in St. George on Wednesday and we went to the temple with another couple and followed that up with some great Carl's Jr. I had a great experience with the teacher that I helped while in Mesquite. It was a fourth grade class and it was fun. I didn't really get to know the kids until the last day. On the last day I got to go a field trip with them to a museum of Nevada history. It was a lot of fun. We rode on a bus to Las Vegas which meant a lot of "I Spy" time on the bus. It started to get a little repetitive but the kids had a blast. I'm glad I had the opportunity to go to Mesquite but I am super glad to be home!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yesterday at the elementary, I got to celebrate Valentine's Day with them. I got to make a bag and I even got Valentines and I gave them to the kids too. I gave them monster bookmarks. They were cheap, and I didn't think very cute, but as Joe said, " They are teachery valentines." lol The kids loved them! It was so fun. It just makes me that much more excited to have my own class. However, the kids were bouncing off the walls. But, I guess that is to be expected!

Today, we finally got to sleep in, and boy did it feel good! It had been so long! Then we got up and I made pink pancakes. It was weird because seeing them pink you almost expected them to have a strawberry flavor, but they were still good.


Joe has to work til 10, but little does he know there will be some surprises waiting for him when he gets home. Pictures to come...

YAY for Benefits!

So I'm sitting here in the library patiently waiting for Joe to finish his homework, and I thought I would just post some updates! I'm so proud of Joe! He just found out that he got the full-time position he applied for at his work. I know he will do a great job. He is so great with the kids. With the full-time job come the benefits! YAY! We are so excited to finally have benefits. However, with his school schedule, he'll have to work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. So much for weekends! But it is definitely worth it. We still have two nights off together, so it shouldn't be too bad!

The block is going great for me. It is a blast. I have learned so much and just love all of the people in the block with me. We have so much fun. I was worried about the all day classes, but it hasn't been too bad. In March, we get to go to Mesquite for a week and teach there. I am really excited. It will kind of be like a girls week! I'm sure we'll find plenty of ways to keep ourselves entertained down there! I only have two more days in the 3rd grade placement that I am in now. Next week, I will be switching to 6th grade. I don't know how I feel about this. I have had such a great time in this class. I have gotten to know the kids and don't want to switch and start all over again. But, I know it will be a good experience for me to get a taste of teaching 6th grade.

Having Howard and Kathy down a few weekends ago made us realize just how much we miss our family back home. We hope you can come visit soon. We won't be up there anytime soon, but we love you all and think about you often!

The newest addition to our family!

Yay!!! We finally got new ones!

The newest addition to our family is a brand new washer and dryer, and oh how we love them! You can tell from the pictures it is a definite upgrade for us! No more cleaning lint out of the brush in the washer! It took a lot longer than we had hoped for Home Depot to get them in, but definitely worth the wait. The washer has a lid you can see through. Who knew that you could watch clothes quietly spin in the washer and actually be entertained! Three years ago I never would've thought that we would get so excited to get a new washer and dryer. Wow... times have changed!