Food. Farm animals. Four Wheeling. Family. What else could you want on Thanksgiving? Of course, I would have loved to be with my family in California (or have them come out here!) but Lendrum and I enjoyed ourselves at the ranch this year. I love being together with so many great people and getting away from the crazy hustle of everyday life. It...
I'm usually strict on the "no Christmas music until after Thanksgiving" rule. However, I have to admit that I've been listening to it this year for the past two weeks! In order to redeem myself and the spirit of Thanksgiving, I have listed just a few things I am so very grateful for this year. It's a pretty stressful time of year for...
Nothing like a weekend at the ranch! The weather was surprisingly nice for the end of October in Idaho. Because it is pheasant hunting season, Lendrum and McKay were eager to get their hunt on. Holly, Kori, and I did the important stuff, like making sure nobody died! I seriously felt as though my life was in danger at all times during the...
Okay, maybe not the spookiest place on Earth. But what a wonderful time we had at Disneyland! I had Thursday and Friday off work for fall break and we were very fortunate to land free park hopper tickets to Disneyland and California Adventure. Lendrum had never been to Disneyland, the poor thing! I was determined to convert him. I think I was pretty...
You know, everyone says there's noting quite like your very first own class. Now that I have been a fifth grade teacher for five weeks now, I can tell you that is absolutely true. Here's the thing: I love my job. I don't even care that I make half a teacher's salary. I truly love my job with all my heart. Now, I'm...
California in the summertime! What a fun trip we had. We went back to celebrate our anniversary and also to just get away and have fun. My classroom was pretty much all set up, so it was nice not stressing about that for a week. For our anniversary, we had a picnic on the beach in La Jolla and then we walked around...
Last weekend we visited one of my favorite places in the whole world. We so much fun reuniting with family and friends and doing all the fun things there is to do at the ranch. There is just something beautiful about being there, away from everything else. And I went to my first rodeo! Definitely a good weekend. We did some fun water...
It all started watching the baby ducklings at the duck pond. They were just too cute! We could go to the duck pond often just to watch the ducklings play. Well, one thing led to another, and soon we decided that it would be fun get our own baby chicks. We found a lady who was selling them cheap, so we bought five...
A lot has been happening lately. Here are some of the things that made me REALLY grateful for a vacation: Final projects all over the place, sorting thousands of tests at the testing center, internship interview, planning an arts summer conference, school, the Praxis, Lendrum's looming mcat, and an awfully cold winter! We were ready for some party time in South Carolina, but...
We've been through a lot, Brandi and I. Sunday school, newspaper, beach trips, carpools, mutual, sleepovers, girls camp, band practices, theme parks, high school crisises, boy problems, late night phone calls, classes, laughing so hard we can't breath, inside jokes, and now two weddings...one for each of us :) I love this girl to death and cannot even imagine high school or life...
A lot has happened in the last month, as shown by my lack of posts. Tonight, I've convinced myself that I finally have time to blog, but I really should be getting ahead on my homework assignments. But it's more time than I've had this past month, that is for sure. A bit has changed for me recently. Since my last post, I've...
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