4 Days, 1 Post

This week has been a whirlwind! It's gone by so SO fast! But it's been oh so fun!

Monday, Dan was off work so we slept in (glorious!) and then headed to St. George so that Dan could help our friend, Shaun, build a shed for their stuff. Aurora and I kinda bummed it on their couch and watched Will & Grace reruns while they worked, BUT THEN we all went to Fiesta Fun!

We played the arcade and played mini golf and rode bumper boats and drove the go-carts. It was a blast! And the weather was perfect. Hot and breezy. We love St. George!

When we returned to Cedar, we attended Collette's very last choir concert and hung out with my family! Which, of course, included spying on Collette and her boyfriend, Kurtis, out the front window after their post-concert ice cream date... hahahaha

Tuesday, Dan worked the morning shift at Ernie's and I did laundry (and maybe played on the floor a bit with Aurora... something involving a diaper on her head... haha) but when he got home, we played pool in the garage. Oh! We got a pool table for $100 dolla dolla bills! So yeah, that was tons of fun. Although, Dan kicked my butt multiple times... and then he was supposed to go fishing with my dad but my dad had a crappy/long work day, so plans got rescheduled. Instead, Dan, Aurora, and I packed up to go to St. George again. This time, to spend the night and pay the car payment.

Speaking of cars... before we left to St. George, we sold our red Taurus! Woohoo! Then we put the money toward our car payment on the Neon. Perfect.

We stayed that night in St. George at Grandma Rigby's house then got up the next morning and had breakfast with Grandma before going shopping and to pay the car payment. Dan got to spin the car payment wheel of fortune and won us a free oil change! Then we bought me a cute new pink swimming suit at Ross and we got Aurora a cute CUTE swimming suit at Target all thanks to her Great Grandma Claire (Thank you Thank you!).

After that, we went on a mini date to get ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery and we checked out this cool candy and soda shop called Rocket Fizz. They had some cool old candies there that you can't get anywhere else AND some crazy sodas! Some were flavored like ranch dressing or peanut butter and jelly... haha silly!

When we finished, we went out to dinner at Mongolian BBQ with Shaun, Kara, and Shaun's brother, Brad. It was so fun to see them! And the lady at the cash register there when we were leaving even gave us all origami hearts she'd made from coupon pamphlets haha and told Brad he needed to get a girlfriend and bring her there to propose using an origami heart... she was funny.

We meant to go swimming at Grandma's house after dinner but someone was using the clubhouse there so we rescheduled the swimming adventure. No worries! I'll be sure to post when we actually do take Aurora swimming for the first time! I'm so excited to see how she likes it.

We got home from St. George on Wednesday night around 11pm and headed straight over to Jeremy and Kaela's to watch Walking Dead with them, Cody, and Ryan. Lucky for us, we had a very yummy cherry pie to share with everyone from Grandma's house! (How's that for great zombie-watching-food? haha)

Thursday, Dan worked the morning shift at Ernie's again and Aurora and I slept til noon! Ahh! haha We DID wake up and go straight to work on cleaning the house, though, so that makes up for the late wake time, right?? After the house was semi-clean, I hurried and got us both ready to go to Collette's high school graduation.

BOTH our siblings graduated from high school today! How crazy is that?? Collette from Cedar High School at 4pm and then Cody from Canyon View High School at 8pm. In between that, we had a celebration for Collette at my parents' house and got to see some of our cousins, Grandpa Smith, Grandma Barclay, and our aunts (love those people!). Then after Cody's graduation, we had a celebration for Cody and his fiancee, Laura, at Dan's mom's house with Dan's family and Laura's family.

What a fun night! We are so proud of them both! They are both on to such great things in the future; a mission for Collette and a wedding and SUU for Cody and Laura!

Korea Korea!

Hello, bloggers! Sorry it's been SO long since I've posted! (We are currently internet-less at our house so with only phone access, keeping up on the blog is a bit difficult) But the last few days we've been spending a lot of time at my parents' house because they have some Korean girls staying with them AND our washer is broken at our house so they've been nice enough to let us bum theirs (Dan's parents too! Thanks!).

So the girl next to Erin is Heejin Moon and the next one is Minji Kim. They are here to attend some classes at SUU and will be staying with my family for 2 weeks. It's been really fun to get to know them. They are the same age as Collette! Kind of. haha I say that because in the United States age is different than it is in Korea! HERE they are 17 and in Korea they are 18 because in Korea, they count the time in the womb as their age so when they are born, they are considered 1 year old. I thought that was kind of cool!

Other things we learned:
-They don't get driver's licenses until they are 20 years old so they were amazed that Collette could drive haha
-They love s'mores!

Things we've been introduced to:
-Korean pop music! They had us listen to a popular boy band from S. Korea called Big Bang and they're actually really good
-Korea's version of string cheese.... uhm.... yuck. haha it tastes similar to bologne... or something. Yuck. (But don't tell them that! They love the stuff!)

Collette and Erin love having them here! It's like one big teenage party at my parents' house all the time now haha lots of screaming and giggling. It's lovely.

In other news, Dan and I find out what our baby will be on August 2nd!! AHHHHHHHH!!! I'm dying! I can't believe I'm already almost to 17 weeks! The pregnancy is going great so far. I'm over the nauseous part so that's great. BUT my hip is hurting like I have a pinched nerve which is not so great. It's ok though because I know it'll all be SO worth it in the end! Dan and I are over the moon excited to be parents and to meet our little "bundle of joy" (seriously though!).

Also, I met with Trish Adams from North Elementary (who I'll be subbing for this school year when she has her little girl) and Lori Bunker (the teacher I did my practicum with) today and I'm starting to get really excited for the school year to start! It'll be like I have my own classroom to start the year off. 5th grade! It's going to be so much fun!

Firework

Well, last night was the Utah Summer Games Opening Ceremonies and I think we worked our last one! We went to dinner at Winger's with Candace and Steve before and then Dan and I sold tickets like always at our usual gate (SE corner). That's the gate that all the athletes line up at and march in. There were SO many soccer teams this year! haha But seeing all those athletes made me nostalgic for when I was participating with my swim team.

I told Dan that our kids WILL BE participating in sports and our girls will do dance. He said "If they want to, then sure!" and that's when I told him, "I'm making them!" haha Yeah, I'm one of "those" parents. It was fun.

The entertainment this year was Recycled Percussion from America's Got Talent. They were actually really cool! They play drums on random things like trash can lids and ladders and they are speedy with their drum sticks! It was like they were on fast-forward mode. haha But of course, the best part of the evening was the fireworks. The Summer Games does the best fireworks... WAY better than the 4th of July. Serious!

In other news, I went to lunch with Amber today to The Pizza Factory. It was so fun to chat and catch up! AND she's currently 30 weeks pregnant with her second baby (a little boy!) so it was nice to be able to talk baby and being pregnant with someone who's "in the know". It's been FAR too long since we last got together!

Tonight we're hitting up the rodeo with Collette! Yeeee-hawww!

Done! and It Feels So Good

Well, it finally happened! I am an official college graduate! It's so crazy. I've been applying for jobs and now I can fill in the college degree part with the fact that I have a BACHELORS DEGREE!! I'm all growed up... Ahhh, feels good!  

AND I have a job interview tomorrow for an elementary teaching position in Washington County! Cross your fingers that I get it because I would LOVE to start out in the Fall with a teaching job and a classroom of my own!

InstaTuesday #7

/I got new makeup from Mary Kay; since Dan's mom sells it, we got 50% off! Woo! Also, I captioned this one "Nice to 'nose' ya." haha I'm crazy. Welcome to the party./ 

/Erin painted my nails sparkly red! Didn't she do a good job?/

/Dan and I babysat Jack again (while Jeremy and Kaela learned to do the photo kiosks that Clay and Leslie do for cruise lines) and we picked up Erin after school so we painted masterpieces with watercolors for about 3 hours. That kid. haha/

/I made up a new recipe and it was amazing! I call them Sloppy Joe Cups and for those of you wanting the recipe, here it is: 

ingredients- About 1lb. hamburger (browned), 1/2 can sloppy joe mix, About 2 cans biscuits (pilsbury or whatever), shredded cheddar cheese

directions- Heat oven to the temperature indicated on biscuits. Grease your muffin tin (I used Pam and two 6-cup muffin tins). Flatten out your biscuits and place them in the tins. Brown hamburger and mix in sloppy joe mix. Scoop about 1 and 1/2 heaping tablespoons full of sloppy joe into the muffin tins on the biscuit (just fill the cup the biscuit made). Put in oven for the full recommended time on the biscuits (more if needed) or until browned. When there is about 2 minutes left on the time, pull out them out and cover with cheese then pop back in for the rest of the time. Pull them out when the cheese is melted and the edges of the biscuits are browned. Swirl a knife around the edges of the cups to get the muffins out and enjoy. (If you let them cool for a couple minutes before eating, you can pick them up with your hand and just eat them that way)/

/Well, here it is; my "final" (my compilation of everything student teaching) for student teaching. 4 inch binder packed FULL! This was my last thing to do for student teaching so now I'm ready for graduation! Ahhh! This is so unreal!/

/Dan got to participate in The Relay for Life that The American Cancer Association puts on to raise money for families that have someone with cancer with the scouts in our ward. I went and walked with him for awhile. It was fun but chilly! Poor kid got to spend all night there haha/

/I have been eyeing these little succulents at Smith's whenever I go shopping and I finally got me some! Aren't they pretty? I die./

/Saturday after The Relay for Life, we went to New Castle Reservoir with Dan's family. It was so much fun and Dan caught lots of fish!/

/Just, you know, having some quality Facebook time with my Dad haha/

/I love going to my parents' house! They always have the yummiest food. Fresh strawberries and one of my favorite treats that my mom makes, chocolate rolled rice puffs. If I cook for my kids like my mom cooks for me, my kids will be in heaven haha/

Life in Pictures

Life has been going so fast lately, I can't even keep up to post!

Recently, I've...

-Switched from my 1st student teaching placement (2nd grade) to my 2nd student teaching placement (high school resource). High School is OK, but I'm sure missing the little ones! I'm definitely an elementary girl! On my last day, they wrote me sweet notes all over the whiteboard and gave me a book of notes and pictures they drew. I loved it! Best 30 days of college in all 6 years ♥

-Had 2 weekend sleepovers with my sisters. Complete with movies, caramel popcorn, makeovers (Erin can pull off Ke$ha quite well, right?), late nights, and laughter

-Had a very sweet, romantic dinner date night for an early Valentine's with my wonderful husband. He made me salmon and homemade alfredo with breadsticks and salad. Then we had cheesecake for dessert. He even decorated the table. It was amazing. HE'S amazing ♥

-Now been a scout leader for a whole month. Dan's been so great to help me and my dad was a great sport to help me with human foosball (and play!). It's been great fun so far! AND tonight, I went with Dan to my first ever Blue and Gold Banquet. Dan even got a badge for going on the Klondike with the boy scouts.

-Went to see the musical, Chicago, with Collette at the university on actual Valentine's Day. It was a good sister date

-Attended Dan's Great Grandpa Leany's funeral in St. George. It was a beautiful service. I only knew him a short time but he had a lot of people who loved him and he lived a long and wonderful life. He had a military graveside service and it was really cool to hear the taps being played and the flag displayed. It was also a lot of fun to be able to see all of Dan's family. I love them!

-Babysat this little sweetheart for my old manager at the movie theater, Alicia. We ate Ritz Crackers, played cars, danced to the "Toddler Tunes" Pandora station, painted with water, attempted to watch The Tale of Despereaux, and ran around the house.

-We sold Jimmy (sad) and bought a new truck for Dan that has lower miles and a better engine. It's nice! We're currently selling the white truck we have so I can get a car! I want one so bad!

-Had dinner dates with our friends. On Saturday, we had a dinner and games date night in St. George with our friends, Shaun and Kara, and 5 other couples. It was so much fun to meet some new couples! Then on Monday night we had Laura and Seth over for dinner and games at our house. We went all out and had salmon and chicken! Then we played games and played with their cute little guy, Kaden. He's so cute and chubby! (Makes US want a baby! haha)

Life's been pretty good!

Partridge in a Pear Tree

I'm down to three quizzes and one final for Geology left until I'm officially finished with the semester. WOOHOO!! Hopefully I can finish up with AT LEAST the quizzes tonight.

In other news, Dan and I are sure feeling the love ♥. A couple weeks ago, someone brought us cookies and left them on our doorstep. Then tonight, someone doorbell ditched us and left us the first of what I'm guessing will be the 12 Days of Christmas. People are so sweet to think of us this holiday season. Whoever you might be, THANK YOU!

(AND it's a good thing I'm up doing homework and finishing my final for Geology... "Somebody" is hogging the whole bed hahaha)

Where my girls at?

Thursday night was ladies night around these parts! (Although Dan and Laura's husband, Seth, thought it was on Wednesday so they hung out then...haha) It was a blast! I can honestly say that I have made so many good friends from working at the theater and I'm going to miss everyone so much (and that means those guys over there too-Denny, Will, Braden Nichols, Riley, Josh, etc, etc).
Anyway, back to ladies night... we watched Elf, ate pizza, played with Laura's new baby, Kayden, and laughed our faces off at everyone's stories. It was a much needed break from studying and assignments and stress that comes with the last week of school.