See what being a Utahan does to you? It makes you not write on your blog for months! I could probably write pages and pages of what has been going on since I last wrote, but you don't want to be bored to death, so I'll do a readers digest version. My summer went by in a flash! I finished of my six weeks of EFY and it was amazing. I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend my summer. I got to play all summer, get paid and influence so many teenagers' lives. It was truly amazing! I had a whole four days off between EFY and being required to be in my classroom. I hurried and got everything ready and I like how my classroom turned out. I have a great group of kids. Unfortunately they are all pretty good friends, so they like to chat. But overall they are really sweet kids and hard workers. I have 24 little munchkins and I just adore them. I really couldn't ask for a better job. I love being with the kids and they seem to like me enough. Here is a picture of my little children celebrating International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I celebrated that last year and I had a great time! As a whole 6th grade we celebrated it and did some really fun things. I created probably the most amazing treasure hunt! They had to know how to follow an order pair on a coordinate grid which led them to different parts in the school. It was pretty great and they had a lot of fun sneaking around the school like pirates and of course they loved the treasure at the end! We also took regular nursery rhymes and gave them "piratude". I have some creative kids. So far this year we have done some great things. We had a beginning of the year kick off field trip. We went up a canyon near our school and were able to go on a hike and play some fun games together as sixth graders. It turned out wonderful! We also had our school's Fall Festival. It was a huge success and the kids loved the pie eating contests as you can tell from the picture.
Over the summer I was able to go to a rodeo and a demolition derby for the first time. They were so much fun! Who knew you could be entertained by animal cruelty and people destroying cars by slamming into each other.As of recently my friends are slowly dropping one by one into the death trap of marriage! They should learn from my and steer clear of that trap! Well, I had my friend that I've been friends with since was two, get married this weekend. My two best friends from high school are about all gone. One got married last summer and the other one is getting married this December. A guy friend of mine that I have liked since 9th grade is planning on getting married this year. One of my best friends from college got married last weekend. Slowly I am losing them. It makes me really happy that they have found that person they can spend eternity with, but it also makes me sad. Not only am I somewhat losing them as close friends (marriage does that to friendships), but it kind of makes me sad that I haven't found the "one". I'm not the kind to be obsessed with getting married, but when I see my friends so happy with someone you can't help but want the same for yourself. Well, my time will come when it comes. I'm not going to get all worked up over it. I was able to go to Nevada for Addie's wedding and it was wonderful! Here is a picture from that.

Addie, Scott, and me. Are they adorable?

My two best friends from high school, Ashli and Jessi

Kyle, my really good friend since 9th grade

Jenna and me, back when we were cute. Please admire our amazing outfits!

Outside of teaching and losing friends, life is really great. I moved into a new complex and have a new ward. So far I have really liked it. We have made some friends in the ward (guys of course) and have hung out with them quite a bit. Really overall life is great and I couldn't ask for more. Sometimes I am just amazed at how blessed I really am. Anyway...I think I'm done blabbing. I hope this satisfies some of you!