Tuesday, November 13, 2012

My life.

Life hasn't been very exciting but I feel it's time for an update so here we go. School is going well. It is a lot of work but the kids keep me motivated. They say the darndest things ps. I wish I could share all of them. The other day I was tying on of my little boy's shoes and while I was doing so he proceeded to pet my bangs and say, "I love you." It made me giggle. They are all just so sweet (for the most part) and innocent. When you spend so much time with kids it's easy to see why Christ exhorts us to be like little children. They are so much better than us in so many ways! Here are some great drawings from my kids this week.

On the other end of the spectrum I have one difficult little soul I'm working with. He's three, has some major behavior issues, and no language. I had my mentor come and observe him last week and she agrees that he needs to be in a more structured placement... So now I begin the transitioning process, which I hear is a doozy. Wish me luck! Hopefully I can get him moved sooner than later, it'll be better for him.
Things with the family are good. Braden leaves for the mission in TWO WEEKS! So very crazy! I'm so excited for him. He's going to do fantastic! I can't believe he's old enough to serve, my buddy is going to up and leave me to go to Florida. We found a video of his mission president this weekend which is so awesome! I've pasted it below. It made us a lot more excited!

Whitty and I have been taking a cake decorating class together. Whit has wanted to take it for a longtime but she never got around to it. She didn't want to take it along so I took it with her. It's been really fun. I forgot how much I loved cake decorating. I've missed it since I quit Baskin Robbins. We have the last class this week. I have to think of what theme I want my cake to have. Any ideas? We may have to sign up for the second class soon. It's just so fun! Here are our cakes from our second class!

I've gone to the Temple five times now (Salt Lake twice, Bountiful three), and I love it! Braden and I were able to do sealings together in the Salt Lake Temple on Tuesday which was a really cool experience. I have a lot of family names that need sealed so hopefully we will be able to go and do those soon! I really wish I could just sit in the Temple forever. On Wednesday I was able to go to a YSA session with my stake. That was an amazing experience! All the Temple workers were young single adults, and it truly was an outstanding experience. The spirit was so strong and it felt great knowing that young single adults can do God's work in the Temples. I loved it! I'm also hoping to go do a session in Brigham City and Logan asap!
One last thing... We had a little fun Sunday evening when going through some stuff. We got into my mom's wedding dress and decided to recreate the 80's bride my mom was. I think we succeeded fairly well. It was a blast nonetheless. Whitney wanted to show Grandma and Grandpa so.... we drove over and she walked in just like this. I think the best thing was my cousin Bliss started oooing and awing and then wouldn't stop bowing to her. It was adorable.

Well I think that's it. I'll be sure to keep you updated if anything fantastic happens.