Time Escapes Me.

Life is good here. Just living the dream and coasting by. Seems like time is flying. I cannot believe it is October already. Nuts.

This is my favorite time of year. I love everything about fall: the harvest, the fall colors, the cooler weather, football, baseball playoffs, and my favorite holiday comes at the end of the month(Halloween). I am actually wearing my glow in the dark ghost pajama pants and pumpkin shirt as I write this from my bed. I figured I should celebrate all month long.

It did snow today.



Brr...it was thirty degrees colder than a few days ago. I am reminded about how I don't like to be chilly!

Earlier this week, I had Kerri over for chicken on the grill. It was yummy!



I also had dinner in Sandy with the family on Sunday. I got on trouble for saying "thanks for letting us gather as family and friends," as offered the prayer over the food, because I am family according to Utah Dad. It was funny when he hounded me about it. He said: "I am looking around and I do not see any friends. I only see family!" so funny and cute. I am lucky to have two great families! Here is what dinner looked like:


The night before we had a girls' night out while the guys attended priesthood session for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. You can read all the talks here.

Here is a pic of Ezra at dinner. Funny how I take pictures of the nephew but neglect the other cool people I hang out with!



I love conference weekend because you get to go to church at home and watch TV. Very cool. Too comfortable because I fell asleep during the afternoon sessions both Saturday and Sunday!

I am loving the sports of fall. It is awesome to watch two games at one time:



I am a spoiled brat and I am not feeling a bit guilty about it.

It's late; I better get to sleep. I am very glad for tomorrow and it being Friday. It was a long week!

It Doesn't Matter How Long the Weekend...

...It's still too short.

Had a three day weekend. It was nice. I even got out of town. Manila is a nice place. It isn't in the Philippines. Well, I guess there is one in the Philippines, but this one is in Utah. It is in the middle of nowhere which is grea for star gazing and cattle watching. I like rural areas where the only store is a little convenience store. Nice and quiet is a good vacation sometimes.

It is always nice to visit Sarah and her family and traveling with Morgan and her family I always good for my soul!

I got sicker than sick on Sunday. It wasn't fun. Glad it wasn't today though. Driving and sick would have been worse than just sick on vacation.

Here are some pictures:



Only a McDonald's in Wyoming would have saddles in the play area.



It makes me smile that the kids also wear cowboy boots in Wyoming!



Sarah has a darling kitten. I took a million pictures of her and not a whole lot of the humans I hung with!



The kids always make for good photos.



As does Morgan



Henry and Zack had a hard day of play.



Utah Dad perfected the marshmallow roast.



There is nothing like sitting next to a fire,



Or next to a cute kitty!(made my day of sickness better!)



Isn't she funny?



Riding with the angels was a good time too.



Even when this one gets grumpy because he LOVES "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice! Too funny and cute.

It was a nice little break. I am still uncertain if I am ready to go back tomorrow. At least it is a short week!

Hope you are all well!

Hmmm...more weekend please!

The week finally ended and here I am laying in my bed wishing I could stay here longer. I am secretly wishing I could have a few more days to recoup before storming back to work. I guess I will have to settle for one day. Having a three day weekend next weekend will be what gets me going in the mornings this week. I don't think I have ever been this burnt out so early in the school year. I worry this could be as very bad thing!

I got up earlyish yesterday and hiked Y Mountain. It is a pretty intense hike and you really only gain 900 feet in altitude. But that 900 feet comes in about a mile space. It's a very steep climb!

Here's a few pics:



Me with Provo in the background.



Looking down at the "Y"



Pretty. I do live in a very pretty place.

Yesterday, I had the neighbor kids and (a friend's 8 yr old) over for Guitar Hero and a movie. Funny thing is I didn't take any pictures. All I have for proof they were here is this:


See their drinks?

Friday there was a big party for a coworker who doesn't work with us anymore. I couldn't get over how amazing the house was that the party was in. I wish I were rich. It had an indoor and outdoor pool and it was huge!



This picture doesn't do it justice but here Janette shoots pool. In the background is the slide to the indoor pool. Crazy. The kids playing was my favorite part.



Aren't they sweet?

After that party we went to a Rock Band party with some friends from church. It was way fun and again I wish I would have shot some pics. Oh well.

I guess I have crammed a lot into my weekend. I am going to enjoy a low key kind of Sunday!

Cheers.

Everyday Holds the Possibility of a Miracle.

Here was today's miracle: the second go around with yoga in Weight Conditioning went amazingly. I loved hearing them laugh as they worked through the awkwardness and just kept with it:





Went hiking with Aiden. He is so dang cute and funny. It really helped the day end well! He is one of my favorite 8 year olds!






And the sunset was gorgeous.






Kinda like my picture for this school year!






Who's that hottie?

I am very sleepy. Why am I always up past 11:30?

Catching the bed bus now!

Decompression and Stuff

Have you ever had a day where you feel it just started out crappy and continued to roll downhill into a ginormous crap ball?

That is how I feel today. First period started with a student being upset and argumentative and not wanting to do what was required. (BTW it was Yoga. Who doesn't like the calming effect of Yoga, hello?) Then it was the worry of kids getting hurt in PE class because they were getting too competitive, and then it was students just being plain rude and angry because they had to present two sentences in Health Class. It felt like I should have had some crackers and cheese to go along with their whine all day long. YIKES. I will quit complaining now and move onto grading Health tests.

Here is one of the two very cool things that made my day better today. There will be more to come when I blog later tonight, I just needed a little moment to decompress and relax.
This is Alice wielding the Sword of shut Your Face and Quit Your Complaining.

The end.