08.31.10

training day 2...quite overwhelming

but exciting at the same time.

dont ask me how that works...

also got A LOT done on campus

which included starting the paperwork for my educator license and certification (i know right?!)

and getting a bunch of stuff organized.

phew!

then had lunch with jodi and makenna

and drove back to slc.

sad to leave logan. excited for my 5th grade adventure!

kasidy and i then went teacher clothes shopping

and i bought the most comfy yet cute shoes!

happy!

then after 1 episode of gilmore girls.

i packed my bags for student teaching!

and said hello to my pillow.

ahhhhh happy day.

08.30.10

gorgeous rainy weather this morning in my lovely town of logan

got to see all my level 3 ELED girls (except gwen who had to go and change schools on us)

had a grand old time at student teaching training day 1

met my supervisor and she is...AMAZING

bought some more aggie gear :P (i have to live up to my reputation as the walking billboard!)

got aggie icecream with some of the girls

FINALLY got a hold of the internet and got this thingy-ma-bobber caught up

went to COSTA for dinner.

went and saw Knight and Day for 3 bucks

and now its off to bed...

ready for training day 2

08.29.10

adventures at the new singles ward!

haha its going to be an interesting ward, to say the least!

already had one marriage talk...(i intend to keep a tally over the course of the semester)

met some fun people.

met some interesting people.

hope to meet more people!

now its off to logan........oh how i have missed my logan!

08.28.10

farmers market (where i purchased the most divine asiago basil bread in the world)

di adventures

dinner and a movie at the gateway.

boy i <3 salt lake!

08.27.10

oh what an eventful evening this was!

met up with my friend lindsey at the taylorsville institute

and we played sardines with a bunch of random guys.

what?!

serious. it was quite entertaining to say the least!

then we came home and had a gilmore girls marathon.

woooo hooo

08.26.10

ahhhh She and Him free concert in the park.

splendid!

then we went to visit Kasidys friend Brooke,

who is hilarious 

and i love her already.

<3

08.25.10

pretty sure kasidy and i ventured ALL OVER the salt lake valley today!

shopping with no money

and having a grand old time.

i have a feeling this is going to be a stellar semester :)

08.24.10

loving the fact that i have a WHOLE WEEK to do nothing!

woot woot!

slept in.

watched tarzan.

ventured to target.

say my katie.

went to lunch/dinner with my katie.

blabbed with the roommates.

and now i begin a glee marathon.

perfect.

08.23.10

being in a new apartment all alone,

in a new city,

just after my mom and sister left i was kind of having a panic attack

then all of a sudden i got a happy text from kym.

she wanted to meet in centerville.

dinner and target shopping.

suddenly, i realized it was all going to be okay.

and what a glorious night it was.

not to mention we went to firehouse, 

so the night DID include fh'zookies.

how could it NOT be glorious?!

<3

08.22.10

ahhhh sleeping in.

adventures with mom, dott and gretch that must go unmentioned.

breathtaking thunderstorm.

eventful sunday dinner at dotts

08.21.10

official moving day!

picked up all my junk

(oh how i missed all my stuff!!!)

moved in.

shopping with mom, dott, and gretch

watching hannah montana movie with gretch

crashing in my brand new bed.

ahhhhhhhhh

08.20.10

stopped by sara-sallys before heading out of town

won an award from the parks and rec director (bah ha)

hid the road to good old SLC

belted out glee the ENTIRE way

picked up kym in roy

moved some of my stuff to my new apartment

dinner at CPK

and drumroll please.......

STEP UP 3D

woot woot!

such a stupid story line.

such a fantastic movie.

sure do love whit/kym movies.

they are indeed the BEST!

08.19.10

more laundry and packing.

took the twins to a surprise lunch at delsas.

happy

08.18.10

packing.

clean laundry.

fresh sheets off the clothes line.

zac efron party with nancy nanc.

merritts with my pals ryan, nancy, and tyler.

ahhhh must i really leave good old boise?

08.17.10

ahhh what a splendid day!

slept in. 

got breakfast with kassie.

worked for a total of 60 minutes.

got to see 3 of my campers (one of them just happened to me my mini me bella...happy!)

went to sa-wa-di for lunch. mmmmmmmm pad thai.......

random savers pit stop

got a new phone! a happy touch screen one.

finally got my hands on this:

which i have only been waiting for for over a year.

played with my new phone for who knows how long.

made tacos.

finally got to see this with nancy, kassie and my sister:

 oh. so. good.

i sure do love me some zac efron...

but you probably already knew that.

ahhh. today was a good day..

08.16.10

oh what a day.

cleaned out demeyer with kassie, colin and sara #1.

(super sad. i always hate seeing the shelter cleared out for winter)

stopped by westside for lunch

cleaned out another park

found some treasures

don and helen came for dinner.

went to target with mom and gretch

picked up blackberries at grandmas.

oh life is good.

08.15.10

a fantastic high council sunday.

finally catching up on several things (like my blog, and cleaning my room)

and then sibling pictures...

in a field.

with a piano.

heck yes!

im a fan...

especially when they are edited :)

08.14.10

day 3 of the ward family reunion.

i only got to go to the dinners on thursday and friday

obviously, because of work,

but the funny part was on friday,

when we took our camp to the park by the natatorium for lunch

there was my WHOLE family...eating lunch in the park.

talk about clash of 2 worlds...

but today... was ward cabin at karney lakes day!

sure do love it up there.

almost the whole ward family was there

swimming, hiking, paddle boating, you name it.
it was an all around good time.

and my favorite part about ward family reunions?

the food.

dang, the wards know how to cook.

bbq ribs for dinner was indeed the highlight.

i was perfectly stuffed the entire time.

ahhh gotta love family reunions :)

 

<3 my cousins

if you look close enough you can tell this isnt dirt...its tons of tiny frogs!

 

08.13.10

stayed up till 3 last night with nancy giggling 

and copying pictures onto cds for some of the kiddos.

seriously can't believe that camp is over!

we celebrated the last day by going to the natatorium pool downtown.

the kids LOVE the hydrotube, 

and continually went down in all day long.

we hardly ever saw any of them!

which...was kind of sad.

but they had a good time

and it was great last day.

i sure will miss my kiddos!

*this picture isnt from today, but can you see JUST HOW PERFECT this shot is?

kassie took it, and everytime i look at it, i just bust up laughing...

this is the one picture i managed to take today.
i really shouldnt have favorite children,
but if i did,
this would be one of them.
she is seriously the mini version of me.
dang im going to miss them all!

08.12.10

i can hands down

honestly say

that today was the 

BEST DAY OF CAMP EVER!

we had our end of the year carnival,

and it was a complete success.

bounce house, snow cones, ring toss, cake walk, picture booth, fortune telling

seriously.

it was so fun. and stress free.

and i think the kids had an absolute blast!

cause i know i did!

08.11.10

mmmmmmmmmmmm how i LOVE summer thunderstorms.

it rained cats and dogs today

and it smelled SO GOOD outside.

we got jipped out of our 2nd to last pool day at camp,

which means i didnt get my free snowcone from snowcone mad trevor,

but the awesome weather was pretty much worth it.

PLUS i took my last final

and although it was absouletly brain frying

and 3 hours of torture

its DONE and that is really all that matters.

then, we had our end of the year staff BBQ,

and it was definitely a blast and a half

we talked

we laughed

we exchanged gifts

and had some delicious ribs that kassies hsuband cooked for us.

ahhh im going to miss working with these guys everyday!

08.10.10

totally went and saw this for field trip today.

such a stupid movie, yet so funny.

had jamba juice for lunch
and a talent show this afternoon.
some kids come up with the funniest stuff!
like this for example:

then came home and did homework like there was no tomorrow.

sooo. close. almost. done...

08.09.10

a lovely day that consisted of high school musical and hilary duff karaoke

more friendship bracelets

jamming to disney tunes

and passing my music theory midterm.

happy monday!

08.08.10

sunday. sunday. sunday.

love. love. love.

took a wonderous nap.

went to the awkward singles branch.

hung out at linger longer.

had dutch oven dinner at home.

got stuff ready for disney week at camp

(which means i spent far too much time listening to disney songs and watching youtube clips)

and did a little bit of homework.

ahhhhh. 

sundays. 

08.07.10

a gorgoues day in mccall

with the whole family.

what could be any better?

nothing.

thats what.

definitely a day that i will always remember.

full of happiness and joy.

08.06.10

woot woot! love swim days!

plus got a raspberry lemonade snowcone

...can i say NEW FAVORTIE?...

now off to one of my favoritest places in the world, for a family campout

MCCALL!!

hoorah!

08.05.10

forcing the boys to listen to nsync all day

the children taking the 'bug week' theme a little too seriously

dirt and worms for snack

making my own rainbow

all the children strangely entertaining themselves all afternoon

staff meeting at rockies diner (why yes i would love to jam to grease! thank you mr dj)

subzero and lovely chats with nancy

phone call to my dearest darlingest kren

and youtube party with mom.

oh happiness and joyyyy

08.04.10

i recently realized that im pretty sure im like 12 years old. 

read here (4th one down)

and today was another confirmation of that.

it was pool day,

and i had several adults look at me strangely cause i was having so much fun.

im pretty sure they are just jealous or something...

then nancy, kassie (my coworkers) and i went to the movies...

and our twelve year old friends from camp met us there.

yes its true.

we had so much fun!

ahhhhh today was a good day.

08.03.10

hum...well lets see...

today i was attacked by a child.

totally serious.

i was hit

kicked

scratched...(more like clawed)

spit at

punched

and cursed at several times...

it was kind of funny after the fact.

but not so much during.

so what made my day happy you ask?

watching shark week

and ignoring the 7 chapters of music theory i have left.

happy tuesday :)

08.02.10

highlights of today were:

1. listening to sam convince one of the children that he ate one of the ducks in the park, and was going to catch a bird to eat next
2. listening to that same girl tell sam how he shouldnt do that because the duck will quack in his stomach, and then eat the bird.

*just so you know, i have some of the WEIRDEST kids at my camp...

3. having a movie night at nancy's and watching dear john. cute movie, not as good as i thought it would be, but channing tatum was in it, so thats all that really matters, right?

happy monday!

08.01.10

I LOVE SUNDAYS.

that in itself is pure joy.