Valentines Day

This Valentines Day was by far the best one I've ever had. In the morning, my parents made potatoes, bacon, sausage, and eggs for breakfast. Andrew and I made cute pink and purple pancakes. We made them, then used cookie cutters to make the pancakes even more valentiney! It was a lot of fun, and man oh man, did they taste yummy!

Andrew and I are slightly short on money, so we both decided to just have a night at the house, along with my sister, Holly, and her boyfriend, Chad. Of course, Andrew had to violate the rule, and he bought me some beautiful roses Friday.

Holly and I chose to make a cheese fondue, using the fondue set I got for my wedding. We dipped it with French Bread, apples, summer sausage, and lil' smokies. Yum! It was so delicious!

For our main course, we fixed Chicken and Fettuccine with Raspberry Cream Sauce. Now, of course we weren't smart enough to take pictures at the time, so ours didn't look quite as good as it was supposed to. It was a different taste, but very yummy!

For dessert, we had another fondue, only this time we had chocolate! We sliced bananas, strawberries, left over raspberries, and pretzels. The first batch we made, Holly burned the chocolate. It must be a tradition in my house...when melting chocolate, it must burn the first time tried! The second time, the chocolate turned out perfect!

While we were cooking and eating, we watched the movie "Love Happens." This was a pretty cute show, and I would recommend it. Although, I didn't actually get to sit down and watch much of it because I was busy making dinner.

When we were finished eating, Andrew and I went on a Scooter ride! We love the Scooters, and can't wait until the day that we can afford to get our own!

Time Flies...

Christmas was a lot of fun! Although, I can't wait to move out and actually experience a Christmas morning with just my husband and I, we had fun. Andrew bought me a nice Excalibur sabre, flag bag, coat, and a robe. I was so excited! He spoiled me way too much :) I bought him a digital camera. It is a very pretty blue color and he loves it!

Our nephew, Hyrum, had to have heart surgery just before Christmas, so we spent a few days up at the hospital. Everything went well, and he is recovering great. Sad to say, he still has to have another surgery to fix the whole in his heart. We're all hoping and praying that he'll do great!

Andrew and I have both started another semester of school! I'm very grateful that we have the funding to keep us in school. Man oh man, I can't even imagine having to pay for it on our own. Thanks to scholarships and Pell grants, we're making it through. Andrew is doing his generals at Weber State University, still trying to figure out what he wants to do. As grateful I am to know what I want to do and pursuing it, I am quite envious of his billiards class. I am taking all Special Education classes this semester. I only have 12 credits, which is nice. They are all evening classes, so I go to school Mon-Thur 4:35-7:05. I do get Friday with no school...but I have to do winterguard practice, which is another story. I enjoy having all education classes. Most of my peers are in all of my classes, which is very nice.

I am still doing winterguard. This year LPE changed to Weber State Fusion. We are doing the song "They" by Gem. It's a pretty cool mix. There are eight people, I think, on our team. Four rifles, four flags. I really enjoy doing something I like to do.

I'm still enjoying my job. The kids make me laugh, and it can be quite stressful. I can't wait to graduate and actually be 'in charge'.

Thanksgiving Break

Well, I'm a little delayed, but oh well! Our Thanksgiving Break was started a week early. We went to Denver, CO for a Denver Bronco game! We drove there Saturday morning, went to the game on Sunday, then drove home Monday morning. It was a quick vacation, but it sure was fun! We went with my boss, Doug, his wife, Julie, their baby, Carly, and our friend Salome who babysat. We stayed at my 2nd cousin's house. Oh wow, it was so nice! They had a huge house, Andrew and I got to sleep on a water bed. Salome got the other bedroom. Doug and Julie slept on an air matress in their fun basement! They had a huge, huge television, with every gaming system you could even think of! Then they also had a dart board (ha ha, if you want a laugh have Andrew, Salome, and Doug show you their 'mad' skills), fuse ball table, pool table, and a hockey table. If you couldn't tell...we spent almost our whole vacation in the basement!



We went to the city on Sunday for the game. We parked at the Aquarium and walked over to the Mile High Stadium. We had to walk all the way around the stadium to get our tickets that were on will call. Since we got them half-price, we went through security, then got our tickets. Well...they didn't have any tickets under the name Andrew Hardy. Which was weird because he's the one that booked them. The card that had been used four or so months previously had now been destroyed so he couldn't run the card. Luckily, we had the confirmation number. As our last resort to get the tickets, we used that number. For some crazy reason, they had the tickets on hold for a Andrew Gayler. How crazy is that! Well, luckily Andrew brought along his wife, me, to show my ID and prove that it was my maiden name. The guy had a confused look on his face, said "Whatever..." and handed us our cards. Our seats were near the very top of the stadium, but they were still good seats. We had a lot of fun at the game, except for the fact that they had a terrible game! The drunk people that surrounded us were entertaining enough to distract me for most of the game lol.



We went home that night and Janine, my 2nd cousin, had fixed us another wonderful homecooked meal. She spoiled us with all the wonderful dinners, breakfasts, and desserts! When we woke up the next morning to head out and they had pulled out all of their cereal for us to have breakfast.

I couldn't be more thankful than to have such a wonderful family that allowed us to stay in their home! Thanks Chappie and Janine!

Thanksgiving was spent at my house. I made yams! They surprisingly turned out to be very delicious! I was so proud. Aunt Cherri, Aunt Coleen and Uncle Richard came up to our house to have our big feast. We ate til we were stuffed then had some fun playing board games while the boys played football. Andrew and I left shortly after to have dessert at his parent's house. We had a lot of fun at the Hardy's house.

We are very thankful for many things that we often take granted of: food, clothes, housing, jobs, education, family, friends, vehicles, electricity, religion, and many more.

Another Week

Wow, time flies so quickly. This week has come and is leaving quickly. What do I have to show for it? Nothing too exciting has happened this week with Andrew or I. We've both just been working and going to school. Such a mundane life we have!

Last Friday our brother(in-law) got married. We didn't really think we would ever hear him say the words "I do." But...he did. He is happily married to Nikki. The wedding was very simple and pretty in the church. Their reception was held at a friend's house. I didn't go, but I heard it was pretty fun.

I had a meeting with my advisor at the University of Utah yesterday. She is an amazing woman! She asked me about my husband, my Dad, and how life is going. I have never had an advisor sincerely care as much as she does. I was expecting her to not remember the stuff we had talked about just before fall semester, but she did. Well, she sets up my schedules and tells me what classes to take when. Instead of only doing this semester's scheduling, she did my scheduling until I graduate! I was very surprised when I only have four more semesters after this one. This means I will graduate with my BS and licensure in Spring of 2011! I'm so excited!

I am quite bummed for tonight. My family and husband are going to the Davis High School football game tonight at the U. I was so excited to go with them. We were going to take the Front Runner, then Trax up to the stadium. Well...I was then rudely reminded by Andrew that I have winterguard practice that same night. This is the second week I have thought that the same Friday aren't on the same day! What a dummy! I am so sad I can't go with them, but I am very excited to visit with Corissa on my way up to practice.

Wow...What A Crazy Weekend

I was so excited for late-start Friday this last weekend, an entire two hours to sleep in. Psyche!! We were woken up to a phone call from Andrew's brother-in-law informing us that their 'baby mama' was in labor. I was very excited for them! Their little boy, my nephew, was born that morning weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. Hyram Jacquith Martin Buchanan is his name. He is so adorable! I love holding him when I go visit. Can't wait/totally can wait to have a kid of my own!

Well anyway, so work was way nice. I got there about 9 in the morning, then as soon as the students got there, I got to take the kids who were on level 3 and up to breakfast! I was so excited to get paid to eat! ha ha. We went to Star Cafe in Layton. It was very good for a cheap price. Once I got back, I only had like four hours of work left. What a great way to start the weekend!

I worked Saturday, so that wasn't very exciting. Sunday was church, then we went to visit Hyrum, Mom, Dad, and Baby Mama. It was a fun visit. Monday was my great-uncle's funeral. He passed away Friday, but he had been through so much that it was his time to go. I was asked to play 'Amazing Grace' on the piano while his granddaughters sang. Oh wow, what a joke that was!! The piano was a gorgeous electric baby grand, I want one in my future home so bad! I had practiced the entire weekend, but still had a few spots with bumps and scratches. When it came time to play, we hadn't rehearsed together at all. They stood on the complete opposite side of the room from me. I could hardly hear them as they 'sang.' It was so hard!! But, everyone knew we had no time to practice, so they forgave us. :)
I taught my first lesson today at CHS. I was quite nervous, but it turned out pretty well. I'm teaching science, yuck! But...it's okay, I can do it! The new chapter is on light and sound, so I played a quick video of the Blue Man Group. I love them!! I really hope I get to see them again soon. They're amazing! The rest of class the students worked on the worksheets. Bleh, I hate worksheets, but I don't really know what else to do. Hopefully I'll be able to find better, and more fun ways of teaching science.
This week is going to be a fun one, I hope. Tonight Andrew and I are going on a triple date with Justin, Maria, John, and Corissa. I'm so excited! We're going to a haunted house, not quite sure which one yet. I don't have to work Friday, but have a training to attend, yay!! Not!! Saturday the plan is to see a movie, hopefully Paranormal Activity, with Rick and Syd then go to their place for the evening playing games and whatnot. I'm very excited!

And I Had What Job For The Last Year???...

Well, it's my fourth day at my new job, and I am still loving it!! I seriously don't know why I stayed at the job I was at. Don't get me wrong, I loved it! But...this job is SO much better! I'm not quite sure if it's the age group or the different levels of classes, but it's a lot of fun! Seriously, last year I was constantly hovering an elementary student age 5-12. Now I sit at a desk, make charts, track behavior, and talk. It's so much easier!

Life Has Consequences

Well, I was all hyped up and excited for my new job, until today. I came in from recess and ready to go home when Brad, the teacher, tells me that tomorrow is my last day. I was, and still am in shock! I only put my two weeks in yesterday, Monday, and now my last day is Wednesday!! Ah! I was so close to tears, and they finally came out when talking to Kelli on my way out. I just can't believe how quickly they moved.

I need to call the principal at CHS to see when I should start, but I'm a little nervous. I am still very excited to be moving on in my life to a full-time job at a high school, but very sad to leave all the kids I came to love at the elementary school. Tomorrow will be a hard day for sure, but life and her consequences, both positive and negative, always come and I always am able to make the best of it. Wish me luck tomorrow, and whenever my first day will be. :)