Happy Halloween!

So it's been a while since we have updated on here- and really not much has changed in the last 2 months. Kyle is busy as ever with school, and my 2nd graders are keeping me on my toes everyday. Life couldn't be any better though. Last weekend we joined some of Kyle's family for the annual pumpkin carving festivities. So below are some pictures- as you can see some of the pumpkins turned out pretty cool. Kyle channeled his artistic ability into carving our last name into a pumpkin. I also posted a picture of my class all dressed up in their costumes. There is no better place to get into Halloween spirit than in an elementary school. I forgot how much fun holidays are in school.

Hopefully everyone has a Happy Halloween!

My Domestic Husband

Since we got back from California, life has been kinda crazy for me. I pretty much went straight from the plane to setting up my classroom and straight from setting up my classroom to teaching. And teaching for a first year teacher (well for any teacher but especially a first year teacher) is a lot of work. Anyway since I have been super busy, Kyle has stepped up and taken on the role of the domestic spouse in our marriage. Every morning he wakes up with me (keep in mind I have to be to work at 7:30) and makes me a hot breakfast and protein shake along with my lunch packed and ready to go. And by the time I get home he is making dinner. It has made my life much easier these past couple of weeks and he definitely deserves a shout out for it- So here are few pictures of Kyle's cooking:

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Since I spent a lot of time this summer hanging out with some of my nieces and nephews, I was reminded over and over of how hilarious kids can be with some of the things they say and do. For example, take the day I left to come back to Utah ...

My niece Kaya: "Kaylee, why do you have to go back to Utah?"
Me: "Well because I have to go and get ready to start working my job."
Kaya: "But you don't even have a job."
Me: "Oh I don't?"
Kaya: "Yeah, you are a teacher. You just teach school to kids all day, it's not like it's work."

Maybe this was only funny to me, but hopefully some of you teachers as well as non teachers will appreciate it..

San Francisco Weekend

Since we are out here we decided that we would go into San Francisco for a weekend (before God knocks it into the ocean).

First stop Wicked
<--------- and since they pay me the big bucks out here we got ourselves dang good seats. It is actually pretty sweet.




Next stop was Fisherman's Wharf
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We checked out Alcatraz, walked around the pier, and ate some super good clam chowder

After that we checked out some of the old boats there that they let you walk around.
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Then we went to the place that makes San Francisco, San Francisco- the Golden Gate Bridge

It was sweet


Perhaps a little too much for me to handle, so we called the crisis hotline because there is hope if you make the call, afterall the consequences of jumping from a few thousand foot bridge are fatal. oh and tragic.

Zumba!

My blog would not be complete without blogging about one of the highlights of our extended stay here in California- Zumba. Zumba was something I had not even heard of until I came out here and my sister convinced me to go to a class with her, but after that one class I was hooked. Three times a week I enjoy one hour of as the instructor puts it 'a party workout'. So here are the top 5 things I love about Zumba:

1. The 80 year old woman in the front of the room who is probably better than I am and doesn't hold back on shaking it at all

2. Quality bonding time with my sister.

3. It's the first time I have ever worked out without looking at the clock and wondering how much longer I still have. Time flies when zumbaing (I know thats not a word, but it should be).

4. Margot. That is the name of our instructor. She has got to be about 55 and is in way better shape than I am, not to mention she makes fabulous eyes at herself in the mirror while zumbaing. If you were to look up the word awesome in the dictionary, Margot's name would be right by it as the definition.

5. I leave class feeling good about myself. It must be all those endorphins.

Wedding Pictures

Here are some pictures from our wedding. Enjoy!

Don't watch it for too long, there are a ton of pictures.

4th of July weekend

So far California has been treating us great and believe it or not- we are loving it out here. Shocker right? I mean, who would love California? Kyle's internship is going well and we are loving being able to spend time with family who normally we don't get to see nearly as much as we would like to. Anyway last weekend was the 4th and since it fell on a Saturday this year, Kyle got Friday off. So we headed down south to Monterey with my sister Shara and her family as well as Kyle's brother Tres and his baby. Needless to say we had a good time. Our first stop was the "Dennis the Menace Park". It was a pretty awesome park, if I were about 10 years younger I would have been in heaven. The kids had a great time playing there while we adults talked and chased them around.

Kaya and Brad on the climbing wall

Kaya and Ashlyn playing

Next stop was downtown Monterey to ride bikes along the coast. We figured it would be cheaper for a few of us to rent a surrey (a bicycle built for more than two?) and ride together. So Kyle, me, Tres and his baby Evan loaded up and off we went in this beauty.

Saturday we had a laid back day of mostly just swimming and eating. That night we had a family barbeque, played some football and headed over to the park to watch fireworks.

Hopefully everyone had a great holiday weekend! Till next time..