Snow, snow, snow

I have this week off of school for Thanksgiving Break, and guess what it did? SNOWED! It snowed a lot on Sunday and some more on Monday, but it wasn't too bad. I am very glad I have all-wheel drive this winter, but the roads were very doable. However, today (Tuesday) it was a blizzard! Literally! The news kept saying, "If you don't need to be somewhere, don't drive." So, I had to cancel lunch with my friend and schools were cancelled.

Jack and I were outside for a bit today. We didn't build a snowman but we did check the mail. I shoveled our front porch and attempted to shovel the steps. We don't have a side walk so I just smashed the 6"+ of snow to make a path through the snow. I shoveled the porch this morning at 9 then had to do it again at 12! It was completely covered again!
Jack LOVES the snow. He's definately a snow dog! Shadow, however, hates snow. Don't all cats?

My family is supposed to come up tomorrow night for Thanksgiving. That's could be a slow going drive. The turkey Paul got for work is in his office fridge. The road to his office was closed today! Hopefully we can get to his work before Turkey Day!

Park City & Birthday 2010

We went to Park City for the weekend as my birthday celebration. We stayed at Westgate Resort, at the Canyons. There was a little bit of snow but it was really nice weather. The first night we went to a haunted house that was "6 feet under main street!" All I can say is I was ripped off, and it was only $7.

We hit up the outlet mall the next day and went ice skating! I tried to do a fancy arabesque and ended up on by stomach, with a bruise on my knee. I guess ice skating isn't like riding a bike...

(He fell and I was wiping the ice off. I promise!)

We got some Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory on Main Street (<3>

When we got back Paul's mom was making dinner and homemade spud-nuts in lieu of a birthday cake for me. They were so good!

I could have sworn I took more pictures! : ( But I know Megan did! So I'll just have to get them from her.

A trip to rexburg and Butter Braids

Our school did a fundraiser to raise money for our dance department. Particularly in need of a new dance floor since we've moved to a new school that doesn't have one. Any-hoo the students raise $11,500.50! Amazing! The top seller sold 51 butter braids and a student in my class sold 50, needless to say she was bummed. BUT! My class took 1st place in total sales! (Woo hoo my class!) I would love to say I encouraged but I didn't; I did by 2 from a student in my class though. So we won an ice cream social at some point!

This past weekend I went to Rexburg for a bridal shower. It was also an excellent excuse for us old roommates to reunite. Catherine sent her love from VA but the rest of us were able to get together!
First we got our nails done. I had a little girl take our picture while her mom was getting her nails done. Her mom kinda ripped on her afterwords for talking to strangers (she lacked class as she got after her 7 year old). Haha I wanted to say something but I couldn't think of anything snarky enough to say. But that's why Kami's head is cut off.

Again, this was taken by a little girl. I got tired of waiting and just closed my eyes.

The shower was at Lindsey's house. The crown on her head says "Girls Night Out." She loved it.

Student funny of the Day

A kid was doing a presentation on the lake he chose to do a poster on. In doing this research he learned about a group of people called Uros. He said they built small islands out of a reed native to that lake. He said, "Any time someone new came they had to add on to their little island. They didn't have many visitors." : ) It was just kinda cute.

School is in

I can't believe we're done with our 5th week of school! This week was a 3 day school week because Thursday and Friday are teacher inservice days. I'll get caught up on future lesson plans and grading of some projects.
Paul officially started his "new" job with Landview Fertilizer on the 1st. He's doing the same thing, ProGreen and Festive Glow, but his office moved and the owner's changed. I think it will be a good change for Paul, a good chance for his to make the business BOOM! (or at least grow a little).
Not a whole lot of news other than that. We got a new car on the 25th of September. We got a Subaru Outback because it has all wheel drive and still gets good gas mileage. So far I love it!

No more long hair!

Well I did it. I've been wanting to cut my hair for a while, but Paul said he'd divorce me if I did. He was working at the Cassia County fair and ran into a lady we know. He said her hair was short and dark and he liked it, so he suggested I cut mine. I wanted to do Locks of Love, which requires 10 inches from tip to tip, originally I thought it was 12. Anyway, I had already scheduled a haircut for the following week and told her I was going to color it, too. After walking around with a ruler next to my hair for a while, I decided I could lose 10 inches.

Before:

After:

I like it alot. It's different getting used to not pulling it out from under a hoodie or anything. Hopefully it makes me look a little older (that's what I was going for. I don't want to be confused for a high school kid anymore!)

Collage of our trip