Finally Posting

So, I know it has been a really long time since I have posted. You would tink that now that I am out of school, I would have plenty of time to sit around and post all of the time. I actually can’t tell you where all of my time is going. Anyway here is an update on our lives and what has been going on for the last two weeks.
1. School got out on Friday, May 30th at 10:15. That was a really surreal experience for me. The morning track came at 8:00 and then left at 9:30. We were so rushed all morning that when it was time for them to go home it was just like any other day just send them off on their way. It was only after they left that I realized that I wouldn’t have them in class again. And then when B Track went home at 10:15, it was kind of the same thing. A couple of the kids started to cry, which made me cry too. Actually I was holding back the tears all day. I think it was a combination of knowing that I wouldn’t be their teacher anymore as well as knowing that I wouldn’t be teaching at that school anymore. I have made some really good friends and it was a wonderful experience to have my first year of teaching at Pony Express.

2. After school got out Chad came over and helped me pack up my classroom. After a few hours (9 to be exact) we loaded up the last of it and headed home to unload it all there. What a job I have ahead of me, going through everything before I set it all up at the new school. Yikes!!

3. On Tuesday, June 3rd, I got to take Hannah to her gymnastics class. So far Chad has played the “mom” part of the “mom and tot” class, but now that I am out of school I get to play that role. It was a lot of fun. Hannah loves it so much and she gets so excited to be on all of the equipment. I haven’t seen her get this excited about something since she first discovered candy.
4. Chad, Hannah and I have been doing a lot of swimming. When I say a lot, I mean like every day! Whenever we wake up and ask Hannah what she wants to do, she of course says go swimming. She is getting to be a great swimmer, and every time we go she gets more and more confident.
5. I have been working like crazy on making a movie for my dad for Father’s Day. It was an idea that Jaci thought of and it just kind of became my project after that. I have spend hours going to my moms and looking through pictures that will document his life as a Father and Grandfather. It has taken a little bit longer that I thought because as we look through pictures, we have to tell the stories that go along with them. It has been a really fun process. As I was finishing the project, I thought it would be fun to insert a quote or memory of dad/grandpa from all of his family members. This particular part has been really fun for me. It is interesting to see what is important or considered memorable to different people. My favorite memory is one told by my nephew Nick. He tells of the time when Grandpa pulled his very first loose tooth, and the one next to it that wasn’t even loose. This is funny to me because my dad was the neighborhood tooth puller. Kids from all around would come and ask him to pull their tooth. I never understood how he did it, first of all because it is disgusting, secondly my dad has the hugest sausage fingers I have ever seen. It seemed physiologically impossible. I guess Nick’s experience proves it!

Well, that is a brief update on what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks. I know we have done plenty more but I can’t really think of it and this post is a little longer than most people want to read anyway, so there you go!