Tahoe!!!

This weekend, my wonderful friend Laura had a birthday. To celebrate, she invited us all up to a cabin in Tahoe! It was an awesome getaway. Everyone enjoyed sleeping in, playing TONS of speed scrabble and Rummikub, watching movies, reading, biking, kayaking, rafting and eating great food. On Saturday, Julie, Mel, Alyssa and I went to the west shore for kayaking. It was SO windy we barely moved, but it was very entertaining. On Sunday night, we went to a casino and I wont $10. Good times. I am so blessed with amazing friends. :) Happy 21st birthday Laura! ;)

The Classroom

This post is mostly for my mom and grandma...who want to see my classroom.Theres also another post below this. Sorry some of the pictures are blury!! Welcome to room 24....

Trip to Visalia

Last week, I took a short, 24 hour trip out to Visalia to visit my college friend Melanie, her husband Peter and their little one Joshua. Last time I saw Joshua, he was 1 month old. Now he's 8 months old!!! It was hot, about 105, both days. Needless to say, we stayed inside, a lot. I had SO much fun catching up with Melanie. I miss her dearly. The last day I was there, we had lots of fun plans, but Joshua had a fever, so we just stayed inside...and visited more. On my way out I got to have dinner with Julie's parents and saw Kenton for lunch while I was there as well. It was so nice to get away, even for only a short time. I came back super refreshed. Here's a couple of pics I got of Joshua! Enjoy.

First Day of School

Today was the first day of our 2008-2009 school year.
Here's the stats for those who don't know.
4th and 5th Grade Combination Class
30 students: 16 5th graders, 14 4th graders
Only 28 desks..haha.

The Principal also let me know yesterday, that I would have a student from last year, who has some emotional disorders. That stressed me out a little, but went ok today. I have a lot of students who used to be my 2nd graders, and a lot who were my 4th graders last year, that makes things easy. Since I am a combo class, a lot of the students are on the higher end, and are very well behaved. I enjoyed the day today, and hope my class doesn't change much!

More Posts to come....Trip to Visalia and pictures of the classroom!

Fun with old friends and Strawberries!!!

This weekend, two of my friends from college, Michelle(Meesh) and Kristina came down to visit. I hadn't seen Meesh in a year and Kristina and Meesh hadn't seen each other in 2 years. It was a fantastic reunion. We had SO much fun. On Saturday, Meesh, Laura, Julie, Allen and I went to the Strawberry festival in Watsonville. It was fun, but SO stinkin hot. Last year was a lot more fun. Then Meesh and I headed out to Monterey where we hung out with Kristina's family. Then, the girls came back to my house and we watched a movie and stayed up until 2 am ish..just talking and catching up. I so needed this. It was such great fun. I miss you both already!!!

P.S. I am super excited to report that I've lost 11 pounds...and couting. :) I started weight watchers about 5 weeks ago, for those who don't know. :)

Diamondbacks vs. Giants

As soon as I got back, I was back to my busy schedule. On Saturday, our young adults group headed to SF to watch the Giants lose to the Diamondbacks. It was tons of fun. This is crazy, 2 posts in one day. There's pictures from my SD trip below these pictures.

My week in San Diego...

I had great fun this past week in San Diego. It was SUPER relaxing as I got to hang out, and read while the family was all at work. I really enjoyed that. I finished books 1, 2 and 3 of the Twilight Series. If you haven't started reading yet, you should. I am counting down until this Saturday when book 4 comes out. I got to play cards on Sunday with the whole family, saw Mamma Mia with my mom and the Rachels. It was fun hanging out with both Rachels, I always enjoy seeing them. I also got to see a lot of my grandma and parents (both sides). On Thursday we headed out to the Del Mar horseraces, where I proceeded to lose ltos of money, but it was still lots of fun! Overall, I had a pretty great first week of summer! Enjoy the pictures.
*Also...forgot to mention that I have been having a lot of problems with my right foot (the same one I broke a few years ago). I am pretty sure I have a stress fracture from training for the Wharf to Wharf(which I couldn't run because of my foot :( Please be praying...I'm seeing a podiatrist on Thursday!

Garbage!

A very important blog reader was really sad that I didn't tell you all that Rachel and I are playing Garbage at her house with the whole family!

I'm excited to beat everyone. Should be fun. It sounds a lot like phase 10. Check it out.

http://home.att.net/~kbulgrien/garbage.htm

Holy summer Batman!

Yeah, yeah, I know I've "technically" been on summer break since June 6th. BUT I've been teaching summer school, so my break officially starts tomorrow at 1:30! yay! I am SO excited to be done. Right after school, I'm taking a few students to the Boardwalk to celebrate. Nothing beats the Giant Dipper on a Friday afternoon. There's a picture of the giant dipper on the top of my blog.

After we get back, I'm going out to dinner and a movie with a fun group of friends. We are giong to see the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. I haven't really seen anyone of the other ones, and I think Heath Ledger looks a little scary in it, but it should be fun.

Also, I just got started reading the Twilight series. I was talking to the people at Borders, and they're saying it could be almost as big as Harry Potter. They're even having a midnight release party for the fourth one, coming out in August. It's about high schoolers and a group of vampires, at least that's what I hear. I'm only on chapter 3 and I'm already hooked. It took everything I had to put it down last night, so that I could get some sleep! I'll let you know how I like it.

Saturday morning, I head off to San Diego to hang with the family and my friends for the weeks. Rachel Tanner is also coming down to visit! We are going to be going to the Del Mar horse races, hanging out and I'm cutting my hair! Short? or maybe not? we'll see....

New favorite blogs...

My wonderful friend Melissa pointed me to these new favorite blogs:

http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/


Both blogs are written by the same person. This one is about daily things in the Christian faith or in the church. He puts a hilarious spin on them, and says everything we are always thinking. The blog sparks a lot of debate, and I love getting into it. I have always thought a good sense of humor is soooo important. Check it out.


http://97secondswithgod.blogspot.com/

This one is a daily devotion, written by the same guy. He is going through Genesis right now. I enjoy it.

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

Visits to Santa Cruz and Jessi's wedding

I'm updating this while at work. :) We have a special teacher in today, so she told me to relax, which is what I'm doing. :) Just thought I'd share some pictures from last week. Cassie, Rachel and Shakira came to visit Santa Cruz....and then on Sunday, we all went to Jessi and Martin's wedding in Aptos. Saturday was full of fun downtown and at the boardwalk. I enjoyed the weekend, and enjoyed hearing all about Cassie's trip to the Phillipines. If you know her, you should ask her about it! enjoy the pictures!

Trusting in Him

When it rains it pours. All too true.

I have been getting an awesome crash course in trusting the Lord lately. I know he will provide, but I don't always trust Him.

I'm working on losing weight, getting in shape, am having some difficulties financially, AND my car got broken into last night. My driver's side window is broken into millions of little pieces. It was the icing on the cake. I lost it, while on the phone with my mom, and then moved on pretty quickly. Money is money, that's all it is. Worrying about it doesn't get me anywhere.

So, although I may be tired and not in such a great mood today, I am trusting in Him to provide for my needs and give me peace. He is good!

Pictures from the weekend in SLO town.

Yes, it was our idea to go to the fire station. :)

4th of july pictures!!

Lots of eating, fellowshipping and LOTS of Cranium = GREAT times. :)

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July to everyone! I hope you get to have a fun and relaxing day with your loved ones! Although our 4th of july will be without fireworks (we have had about 8 fires in the last 3 weeks), I am looking forward to spending the day with some of my loved ones. I'm having 8 or 9 friends over to BBQ, play wii, relax and just fellowship. I am so blessed to have these people to spend holidays with! (I do, however, dearly miss my other 2 families!)

It is hard to believe that there are only 9 days of summer school left. That means that summer is going by WAY to fast. After the first week of summer school choas was over, it has actually been enjoyable. I love my homeroom class, and just found out I don't have to teach at all for the last week of school...because there is a special anti-drug program coming in. woo!

Last weekend, I went down to SLO to visit the fam. They are moving in a month or so, so it would be my last visit to them there. Do I have to change it to my OC fam now? ;) It was a fun time of catching up and playing games. It was a blast to have Christy there, too. On Mon, Tues and Wed Christy was here visiting. It was a ton of fun to have her for so long!

On Wednesday, night at 10:00 pm (i know...Im getting too old for that) I went with some friends to see Wanted. I haven't laughed at a movie like that in awhile...and no, it wasn't a comedy. A little to corny for an assassin movie...and a little too much blood for my taste. Probably doesn't help that I'm not an Angelina Jolie fan in the first place!

Yesterday, I took a couple students to the boardwalk, and Mel and Andrew came with. It was an awesome time, although it was super hot! I love the boardwalk, no matter how many times I go! I should have done homework after, but Melissa and I decided to watch Definitely, Maybe instead. If you haven't seen it, you should! It's sooo cute (plus good eye candy!).

I am looking forward to August when I get paid for summer school so that I get a camera...so there will be more pictures to post! sorry!