New School Year & New Beginnings

I always dread a new school year. And can you blame me..... teacher's get all summer off. It was quite the extended summer for me with leaving Baltimore in Feb and doing some subbing here and there. Mostly, I just got to enjoy my kids and being with them and having a wide open week was pretty amazing. 

Jake and I have a tenant in Maryland who doesn't really pay her rent and the eviction process seems like a nightmare, so we have been putting it off every time she gives us a little bit of money and because we are afraid she will destroy our lives through the eviction process. We will see what October brings. 

Anyway, with that said, I decided to get a job so Jake and I could try to get out of some of the debt that has been drowning us. I think I get my first pay check tomorrow or Tues and that will be a huge relief. 

I am teaching middle school now in an area of Utah that is a bit rough. The school has a bad reputation, and I have witnessed it myself after 1 sub job that basically was the worst day teaching in my life. Yet, somehow here I am, full time at the same school.

The first week was rough. I hated it. But after 5 weeks, I actually am enjoying it. The students are not bad at all. The new administration is really kicking things into high gear and I certainly am not letting anyone get away with anything. Overall, they are really good kids. I feel more connected with them then I ever did with my high school students. Strange.

I do not like the middle school schedule though. I can't keep up and before I know it the bell is ringing and I have to get going on my next lesson. I think it will take some good time to get my brain functioning at the right rate. 

Ok. Well, I must run and get Zoey settled for bed. Logan is teething and grumpy and I put him down early tonight. Zoey is currently in the "why?" stage. It's not cool having to explain EVERYTHING you are doing. lol. She sure is cute though, Gigi too!

The Bachelorette Party

We had quite the crazy weekend in July for Sarah's Bachelorette PArty! We all met in Vegas and got a big suite in Planet Hollywood and just danced the weekend away!

Sarah's Wedding

I didn't get to post any pics of Sarah's wedding yet, so here are some great ones! The colors turned out awesome and fun and perfect to reflect Sarah and her fun loving personality!

The wedding went great! It was a little crazy getting the flowers and Jake to the wedding. Jake's flight was canceled so I ended up carpooling with Meliss and Enoch. Jake got into NYC a little later, and came up in my dad's truck later in the evening. Poor guy had his flight canceled while he was in Denver. He had Logan too and it was a nightmare trying to get him on a different flight. Thankfully Laura was in Colorado and came to the rescue and let them crash there over night.

The first thing we did at the wedding was learn a choreographed dance Sarah wanted the bridal party to perform at the reception! lol. The dance was to Love Shack. It def got the bridal party friendly quickly. 

We headed to a rehearsal dinner where Jake finally met us near the end. 

The spent the evening and pretty much all night making all the bouquets and boutineers for the bridal party. It was funny to be doing it in a hotel room in a little part of the room, trying hard not to wake up Liss, Enoch and Jake. The flowers came out nice and thankfully didn't die!

In the morning, the girls headed to get hair done, but I took Melissa with me to help set up some flowers at the lake club where the wedding would be held. The area was so pretty and rural, and the lake house and golf course looked awesome. 

Sarah had so many people helping out with getting the wedding set up. She is lucky to have so many people who love her so much. It was really special seeing all these people come together to create the perfect wedding for her and Nick.

The wedding was perfect. Everyone looked great in their yellow dresses and Sarah was a perfect gorgeous bride!! It was perfect weather and everything went so smoothly! Now... on to KAri's wedding in June 2013!!