Moneyball

This movie was even better than I thought it would be.  I highly recommend it!

Shawn's Birthday

Last Thursday was Shawn's (Tyler's step-dad) birthday.  To celebrate, we went to Tanner's basketball game up at Westminster, where they won by 1 point in overtime, and then we had a little birthday celebration at Tanner & Allie's afterward.  It included chocolate cake & vanilla ice cream (both courtesy of Costco), and some great company.  It's always great to be with family, which seems to be rare these days even though we live so close.  Goal for the next few months of living in Utah (before we move): hang out with family MORE!

 Even Grandma & Grandpa Tanner were there to celebrate!

 Apparently I was the only one tall enough to get an "eye" in one of the letters...

Cleaning

Today I had a student ask if she could help me after school for a while.  She's done this before, and has usually stayed an extra 30 minutes or so, but today she stayed until 5:15!  Holy cow!  She just kept wanting to help with anything I needed help with.  So, I gave her a lot of cleaning assignments.  She cleaned off EVERY desk with a clorox wipe (they were nasty!), cleaned off my counter tops and a huge box filled with old posters, took down old posters in the hallway, and much, much more.  When she asked me if she could stay I didn't think I had anything for her to do, but it turns out my room was a bit messier than I remembered.  

Staying at school until 5:15 meant I got a lot done too.  I've had a student absent for a week, and she has the messiest desk of anyone in my class (by far), so I decided to clean out her desk today.  I found SO much stuff: plates with old food, candy canes (from Christmas party) wrapped in a paper towel, EIGHT whiteboard markers (the kids are supposed to have ONE), TONS of trash, and tons of pencil shavings.  It was a mess, but kind of fun to make such a messy desk clean.  This particular student had things in her desk from the FIRST week of school... I couldn't believe it.  I can't stand clutter like that.  I pretty much threw everything away haha.  

On another note, today (or maybe tomorrow) is the 100th day of school.  Woohoo!  That means I am more than halfway done with the school year.  Actually, today marks exactly 4 months left of the year.  I am counting down until our cruise at the end of May.   BTW, my parents are taking us on a cruise 2 days after I'm done teaching to celebrate graduation.  

On an even different note, Tyler has been accepted to one dental school, and we are still waiting to here from the other 3 he has interviewed with.  We feel really good about Arizona (the 1 we got accepted to), but Tyler really enjoyed interviewing in Kentucky as well.  So, who knows, we could be in the west or the east this coming fall.  I'm excited for a change in scenery, and can't wait to find out where our small, little family will end up.  We will make wherever we go, great.  I'm so lucky to have such a great man.  Someone who wants to be educated and be successful in life.  And even better, a man who will take great care of me and our future family.  Now let's just hope I can find a job wherever we go :)

Oh, and a random side note... I got 2 sweaters at Old Navy that I LOVE.  One is a poncho sweater with a big cowl neck ($8), which is a first for me, but I'm obsessed.  I've already worn it 3 times.  And, the other is a fuzzy, super soft sweater, which was only $6.  I've worn it a couple times already, and I'm in love, and it makes for great snuggling :)

MLK Weekend

We had an extremely, relaxed, and enjoyable weekend.  Unfortunately, I have NO pictures to show for it, but I wanted to blog about it nonetheless.  So, after saying that, I apologize if this is boring.  It's mostly for me to keep record of what I've been doing. 

Friday: In-N-Out with Tiersha & Josh; Shopping with Tiersha; Tyler & Josh did boy things; Lounging around the house

Saturday: Lazy morning (fabulous); gym; Pizza Pie Cafe with Tyler's grandparents; Bowling with teacher friends; and an evening at home b/c Tyler got sick (we were supposed to go to Tanner's b-ball game)

Sunday: Church; dinner with Tiersha & Josh (delicious grilled steak & chicken); basketball, Lord of the Rings, and smoothies with T & J as well as Michelle & Trevor

Monday: (I truly believe that we should have Monday off EVERY week.  The week goes by SO much faster without Monday's) Gym; Costco run; Harry Potter 7 Part 1 & 2 with Tiersha & Josh; Shopping with Tiersha; boys did boys things again; LOTS of basketball (with T & J); Cafe Rio (we had a free meal) for dinner; and more laying around.

Overall, it was a fabulous, and much needed weekend.  I hope we can have more weekends to come like this!

Pinterest is awesome

I know I'm so behind on what is trendy (aka Pinterest), but I just spent more than an hour searching Pinterest for good recipes, and oh boy, did I find some good recipes.  We are going to have some great meals in our house for the next few weeks.  If you're hungry, let's set up a date, and do dinner (or dessert) :)  Here are some of my finds:

• Lasagna Soup
• Parmesan Garlic Chicken (with noodles & spaghetti sauce)
• Overnight French (I'm a HUGE lover of french toast)
• Snickerdoodle cookies AND cupcakes
• Carmel Apple Cheesecake bars (probably the thing I'm MOST excited for)
• Baked tortilla chips (with my guac from our blender)
• Guacamole grilled cheese sandwich
• Crispy chicken southwest wraps
• Cheesy biscuits (like the Red Lobster ones)

Those are just a few.   I found quite a bit, with Tyler being sick, which equals being home ALL night.