Halloweenie 2016

The weekend before Halloween, Jake and I spent a TON of time getting our ward Halloween party ready to go. We're the co chairs of the activities committee, and we had quite a lot to do. But it turned out SO FUN! We had different stations set up around our cultural hall with Halloween-themed minute-to-win-it games, and we asked ward members to bring their favorite Halloween treats. Everyone had a blast, and kept telling us how awesome we did at getting everything put together. It made us feel pretty great! I attached a picture of Jake, Zoe and I in our costumes before the party. 

Sadly we couldn't bring Zoe with us, but Jake and I still looked pretty cute without her! ;)

On actual Halloween night, we stayed in and relaxed in our jammies. We had a grand total of ONE trick-or-treater. Mainly because we live in the very back of our apartment complex and on the second floor I think, so kids would have had quite a hike to get to us. Jake wasn't too disappointed about it though, since that meant we had a good amount of candy all to ourselves...haha!

More October News

The past few weeks have been insanely draining and exhausting, but SO GOOD! Teaching is really draining, but it's also the best thing ever. I come home every day exhausted but happy.

Zoe's been struggling with Jake and I gone so often, but she's handling it like a champ. We spend as much time as possible with her when we're home, cuddling and playing and just spoiling her silly. We love our sweet pup!

How adorable is our pumpkin this year?! Zoe's not too sure how she feels about having another weenie around...haha!

Gettin' Spooky!

Student teaching is the most challenging but rewarding thing I've ever done. I had a student a few weeks ago that has made so much progress since the beginning of the school year that when I was looking at their work, I started crying. No joke. I'm so freakin' proud of how much they've been able to accomplish, and to know that I've been an influence for good in their life got me all choked up.

General Conference was AWESOME! There were so many great talks, but I have to say that Russell M. Nelson's was my favorite. I can't wait to read it once the talks are available in print version! His talk just really spoke to me.

Jake and I have been having a blast getting our little apartment looking spooky for Halloween, and I have to say we really outdid ourselves. It's so much fun having your own place to decorate and make your own, especially during the holiday season! I love it!

Another September Week

This week was busy busy busy! Jake enjoyed his last low-chaos week, since tomorrow he starts his semester at BYU-Idaho. He'll actually be taking a class on campus this semester (for only the second time; he's usually only online) and balancing that while working full time is definitely going to be a challenge. Especially since I'll be student teaching, so I won't have as much time to "pick up the slack" that happens when Jake's schedule is extremely busy. We're going to be up to our ears in work, and trying to keep our heads above water when it comes to dishes, keeping the house clean, laundry, and of course Zoe. Bring it on, Fall Semester!!

Teachers can take mirror selfies, too!

This week, my paid substitute position comes to an end and I officially begin my student teaching! That means I won't be substituting other elective classes in the REC, I'll just have my own "permanent" 8th grade Creativity class, plus time with my mentor teacher in her Language Arts classroom. I'm so excited to get officially started on the path that I've chosen for myself, and to see what this semester has in store for me!

A Rough Week

FALL IS HERE!!!! Well I guess not technically til the end of September, but I'm considering it fall right now because I'm so DONE with summer weather. Plus I'm back in school, so that means it's gotta be fall! I love fall because of so many reasons...mainly because all the bugs are dead and can't attack me anymore! 

This last week was another busy one with school Monday-Friday, and Wednesday was ROUGH. Wednesday was a really rough day for reasons I won't go into, but yeah. It was hard. I cried in front of my fellow student teachers, which was embarrassing. PRAY FOR ME haha.

Other than that, this week was decent. I'm so happy we have school off on Monday for Labor Day cuz I NEED a long weekend! Teachers work really hard, dude. I hope no one I know ever takes them for granted again. 

Tuesday was our 2 year anniversary! I can't

wait to see what these photos look like when

we're old and gray!