Bubbles!!

Daniel decided to eat a whole roll of bubble tape. It was completely random. He opened one of our drawers, saw it, laughed, then put the whole thing in his mouth. After a while he started moaning because his mouth started hurting, and all I could do was laugh. After all - it was his decision to do it. After a while, I convinced him to blow a bubble with all of it, and it was great.

And then it went POP!!!

My Brother

My brother (Chris) just returned from his mission this past May. Daniel and I picked him up from the airport, and took him to the MTC and sent him on his way. That was he last time I saw him. But........ he is coming to school here at BYU-I for the fall semester. Which means, that in a little over a week, I'll be seeing my lil bro. We've always been really close, but have grown closer over the past few years, and I've really missed him a ton. I'm so excited, and I can't wait to see him.

One of my memories that I have of us when we were younger is, we would find sticks in the yard, and choreography fighting scenes........and then he would lock me in the garage. What can I say, he's a boy!

School

Well, yesturday school started, so I'm back at work. I work at the Madison Junior High School here in Rexburg. This is my second year at this job, and I absolutly love it. I work in the extended resource department, where I help children with special needs. I go to classes with the children, help with assignments, homework and adapt tests for them. They are 8th and 9th grade. We have 9 new kids that came over from the Middle School, and so it is really exciting getting to know them. It is such a rewarding job, and I'm excited to be back. But of coarse that means that the summer is over. I'm not used to waking up so early in the morning, and now I also need to get used to going to sleep earlier. It's definitly going to take some time getting used to.

Quilts! Quilts! Quilts!

Daniel and I have been collecting our old jeans for quite a while so that I could make a denim quilt. Well, it's finally done, and I'm really excited. It took me a while to come up with the pattern, because I like to make them up myself rather than follow an actual pattern. That way, there's less chance of me messing up, because I'm really not that good at following patterns. The more straight lines, the better. It took a lot longer then I thought it would, and it was extremely painful, but I love it now, and that is all that counts. I also made pillow cases and a little accent pillow. I'm plan on doing a couple more accent pillows, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. YEAH for being done!!

Changes

Well, since Daniel and I have been married - 3 years - we have been in 5 different wards. This last sunday, the announcment was made that our stake was going to change it's bounderies, so some wards would be changing. And of course, we were moved out of our ward, and now that makes our 6th ward. Daniel and I have been teaching Sunbeams for the past few months, and it has been so fun. I love teaching the kids, and helping them understand the gospel. It is so amazing how smart they are. We have done the same routine ever since we started: table activity, movement song, lesson, walk, story time. And it got to the point that, we didn't even have to tell them what to do next, they just did what they knew they needed to do to start the next activity. It makes me proud. And now it's all over. We are in a new ward, that is still being created, so who knows what's next for us. It's a little sad, but I guess changes need to happen. I'm going to miss those kids, but oh well, what can I do. We'll just have to wait and see what's next in store for us.

Olympics

Last night was the opening ceremony for the 2008 olympics, and it was absolutely amazing. We've never really watched an opening before, so we didn't have much to compare it to, but it really was incredible. There were fireworks like you've never see before, and the choreography - OMG! There was this one point when there were over 2000 martial artists who were doing moves, and they were all in perfect circles. There were no markings to tell them where to stand, and know matter how they moved, they would still be in perfect form. It was so amazing. Then the lighting of the flame, it was all just so incredible that you really needed to watch it to know what i'm talking about. I just feel like who ever is in charge of the olympics next time, would definitely need to step it up to top Beijings performance. WOW!Some of our favorite events that we look forward to are: swimming, diving, volleyball, gymnastics and table tennis. But, if there is another even on, we'll watch parts of it too. IN HONOR OF THE OLYMPICS. This is what I found in my spoon my very last bite - and I was watching the olympics when it happened, how weird is that??

Best Meal in Town

Without a doubt, best food ever - CEREAL. It really doesn't matter what time of day it is, a bowl of cold cereal always does the trick. It's fast, simple, and it's the perfect late night snack. Over the months, my number one choice has changed several times. As of today - honey nut cheerios with sliced bananas. It keeps its shape and doesn't mush together like other cereals might. It's basically the best ever.


What's your FAV?????

International Dance Festival

These past 2 weeks there has been an International Dance Festival going on her in Rexburg. There are 10 different countries who send dancers to represent their country. Each year is different, but this year there was Isreal, Belgium, France, China, Mexico, Russia Cossaks, Russia Siberia, Germany, Greece, India and the USA. There were a couple of days where some dancers would do to a designated area and would teach children a dance from there country. That was one thing I helped out in. At one of the local Junior High Schools, Isreal, Belgium and France came. They were put in 3 different rooms, and then children would rotate between the rooms, learning dances, crafts, and songs. It was really fun, and the children absolutly loved it. They were each given a 'passport', which had all the names of the countries, and then after that session was done, they would go and get there book signed by the dancers and ask them questions. There were some dancers who didn't speak English very well, and it was sweet, because the children didn't understand why not. Daniel and I managed to get free tickets to the closing ceremonies. It was amazing. Each country came out and did 2 dances, and it was just incredible. The cool thing was, that all the dancers from all the countries were placed in homes with a host family. Wouldn't that be amazing to have someone in your home from a different country for 2 weeks and to learn more about them. Most of the dancers were High School age, but there were a handful that were older. Anyway, it was an amazing experience, and it is unfortunate that we wont be around next year to see it again. Team Belgium

Team Russia Cossacks

Team France

Team Isreal

Daniel with Team India

Team Russia Siberia

It was really hard to take pictures because the lights were really strong. Luckily, at the end, everyone was invited to the floor to meet and talk to the dancers. I was like a little kid, I was so excited. It would have been even better if this was the year Team South Africa came. Maybe I'll have to make a special trip when they come.