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I made jam!

A few weeks ago my mom taught me how to can (i love having her home!). It was so much fun. Together we canned apricot jam. It turned out awesome. I really wanted to can more jam on my own, but I got a little nervous. It is quite the process! So instead I made freezer jam, which is MUCH easier! I made raspberry b/c it is my favorite :). I can't wait to try it!

First Day

Today was the first day the kindergartners came to school. Even though the whole thing kind of wore me out, I think it was a pretty good day. No injuries, no criers, no accidents... which definitely means a good day. There was one little boy I had to tell to sit still about a million times though, he probably thinks I am the most annoying teacher ever! haha. And the cutest thing that happened today, after being in class for about 30 minutes one little girl raised her hand and said "I really like Mrs. D." haha. That's me :). So cute!

Quadruple Date

Last weekend we had so much fun, we went on a quadruple date with three of my best friends! The four of us met 5 years ago as freshman roommates and have been best friends ever since. I lived with two of them my whole college career until I got married. I even give one of them, Melissa, partial credit for me marrying Dan. She was the one who told me I should date him :). Glad I took her advice! Anyway, 2 of them went on missions and now we are all back in the Provo area. We try to get together occasionally and Dan is happy because now all 3 of them have boyfriends, so he has some other men to talk to. Before it was just Dan and the 4 girls! haha. I think he still had fun.

Anyway, last weekend we got together and went bowling! Dan and I haven't been in forever, which was definitely reflected in our scores :). We did the scoring by couples, I can't remember the exact scores, but here are our places...

In 4th place....

Leilani & Kofi! In the beginning Kofi was trying to perfect his curve, so most of his balls went in the gutter. However, when he decided to play for real towards the end of the game I'm pretty sure he got a strike/spare every time! If had done that the whole game I have a feeling they wouldn't be in 4th place right now.

3rd place...
Us! Definitely not our best game of bowling ever. But that's ok, we still had fun!

2nd Place....
Lacey & Ryan! I think they only lost by a few points too. Which they were then teased by the winners the rest of the night.

And in 1st Place...

Melissa & Greg! I'm pretty sure it was because of the headbands/sweatbands. Good job, guys!

Dan, however, did win the high score on the basketball game in the arcade. He got tons of tickets and we were able to buy skittles for everyone. Go, Dan!

Then we went to Cold Stone. So good! The girls had a great time talking about our old roommate days and the boys... I think they had fun :). I hope so because there will be many more quadruple dates in the future!

FYI

my friend is giving away another 4 pack of tickets to the circus. just wanted to pass the word on to everyone i know. she is going to be giving away 3 more family packs the next 3 weeks, so make sure to comment each time until you win! hopefully one of us wins! :)

Circus Giveaway

back to school

Wow, thanks for all of your nice comments on my last post! I guess I left out a few details (sorry i was typing fast last night so we could go out and celebrate). Anyway... I didn't even mention the school's name! Haha. I will be working at Noah Webster Academy in Orem. Technically they call me a paraprofessional.

So today was my first day. After sitting through some long training that really had nothing to do with me, I got to help set up the classroom. Pretty much I just do whatever the head teacher asks me to do. She already has lots in mind to keep me busy. She was so funny, every teacher she introduced me to she said... "this is Michele, she's my new aid and she's a certified teacher! how did i get so lucky???" It made me laugh. Glad I'm now using my degree :).
I also walked into the office today and the new secretary had just started as well (the original position i had applied for). She was super busy answering phones, helping teachers, etc. I kind of laughed to myself b/c I didn't envy her position at all. Hehehe.
Tonight is back to school night, then training tomorrow, kindergarten assessments next week, and then real school the following week. It should be a lot of fun/busy. One last thing, I was looking at the school year calendar and there are so many vacation days. I was kind of excited :). Pretty much every month I get at least a few days off. I think this job is going to be great!