1 year down, 1 year to go!

October 8th was Colton's hump day. Yeah.. we are on the downhill side. What a crazy past few weeks. When Colton got the call to Samoa we never thought we would have to worry about such things as a tsunami! He is safe and we look forward to hearing about all his adventures as he serves and helps the people of Samoa rebuild. What a great example he will be to those people as he so selflessly devotes his time to helping them. (here are a few pictures sent from Colton of the tsunami aftermath)

School is well under way! 2 more weeks and the first term will be over with. I lucked out again and have gotten an awesome class. The progress they make is what makes teaching so worthwhile. It also helps to have an amazing team of teachers working right along side me. School for my own kids seems to be going better. We had a rough start but they are starting understand that it's a part of life so let's get through it.

I am horrible at remembering to blog! I think that when you aren't use to doing it, you forget to do it. Happy October all!

Ready or Not here It Comes!!

Whether I am ready or not school will be starting on Monday. I am ready for a normal schedule. With summer coming to an end the kids think they need to stay up extra late and get in all the sleepovers possible before early turn in is inforced again. I'm setting new goals for myself as well as my class. I hope that my own children will do the same and they head into a new school year. Courtney and Caden will both be starting at the new Stansbury High School. Way Exciting!!! Colby will be in 5th grade but not sure who the teacher will be yet. His teacher was just named to be an intern principal at Willow Elementary in Grantsville. Sad day for us but we wish Mr. Porter the best of luck! They will love him over there. Cameron has a lot of school work to make up so that he can receive his diploma. And Colton is still serving in Samoa and loving it. After serving for 6 months in Savaii he was transfered to American Samoa and continues to seek out new investigators. He said that serving in a pig eatin', sweet dress wearin', samoan speaking mission is the best. Gosh I love that kid! He is a giant of an example to me. Here are just a few pictures to catch up on 6 months since last posting anything. Sorry! I am just getting a hang of how this whole blog thing works!