Kyle's Birthday!!

Life's been busy for the both of us. We've had a lot of family come through town to visit. Michelle and her sweet family, Kyle's sister, visited a few weeks ago. Kyle's parents came in for the weekend of his birthday too. It's been a lot of fun spending time with them and for me, getting to know them better. Kyle's birthday was February 22nd. It's weird to him to think he's 23 now. The big news is that Kyle got accepted into BYU. We're both very excited. This means that most likely will be moving at the end of our lease in a few months. We also went to a local Broadway style play last week. It was surprisingly really entertaining. Well, life is great though and we're making it through. The few pictures are of Kyle’s 23rd birthday. :)

Christmas 2007 & Stacey's Birthday

Well, we figured that it was time we update everyone on our oh so exciting life since we last posted in October!! Over the past 2 months…. Umm…well, everything is ironically exactly the same. :) Kyle and I are still working and are now in the swing of the New Year. Our holiday break was wonderful by the way! We went out to Colorado to visit Kyle's side of the family. My birthday is December 23rd, two days before Christmas. It fell on a Sunday this year so we didn't do much, but Kyle and his family still made it very special!! It was great to wake up to a white Christmas, one of the firsts for me which was very exciting. It actually ended up snowing all day! We didn't do much except play games and sit around and visit with one another. It was honestly the perfect way to spend our Christmas though. It doesn’t matter how you spend it as long as you’re with the ones you love (family).

We were back in Utah before the New Year. This was honestly the first year I have ever had a problem trying to stay up until midnight. I was fighting myself! Although we were both too exhausted to bang pots and pans, it was still great to start the New Year off with my husband Kyle. We're both really excited for the New Year and the new start to our lives. We’re anxious to see what it will bring! We of course made some New Year's resolutions and so far we're doing pretty well at keeping to them. It’s so easy for life to get in the way though! Other then the break from life during the holidays, we’re back to work now working hard to accomplish the things that are before us and staying busy! The pictures above are a mix of my birthday and Christmas. Until next time!

Thanksgiving Point Family Home Evening

This week for family home evening we decided to check out the Corn Maze up at Thanksgiving Point! There was a riddle that could be solved by going to all of the little "Clue Boxes 1-10" scattered throughout the maze. It was really fun at first to find the clues (meaning that we were headed the right way)...but it started to get old after we walked by box 8 a couple of times. We probably spent about 45 minutes just looking for box #5 & #6. Needless to say, we found our way to all the clues and were able to solve the riddle at the end. They gave us a token to visit the Pumpkin Canon for winning. We tried to hit a fake cow across the field by shooting a pumpkin out of a canon. It was a lot harder then it looked. It was the perfect night though, 65 degrees and very clear. We enjoyed a night away from home for once. It seems like there's lots of things to do for FHE during the Holidays :)

Colonial Day at Summit Academy

I thought it'd be fun to post some pictures of our Colonial Day at school last week. I sort of mentioned it before, but I'll review.

We've been studying the colonial times in History and the 5th grade decided to go all the way and even become a "Colonial School" for the day. The teachers dressed up as old fashioned colonial schoolmasters with bonnets and all and treated their class like they would if we lived back then. Most schoolmasters didn't allow children to ask questions and anytime they spoke, they would have to stand. We brought in the Dunce cap to wear and of course we couldn't hit the kids so instead I made them do wall sits...it would hurt in the end depending on how long they did it for:) It was a lot of fun. We had a fake fire where the students’ homework the night before was to bring in a stick. Those who did not bring in their stick would have to sit at the back of the fire and basically freeze (as back then they had no heaters).

My kids said that the discipline worked (meaning they behaved afterwards) and tried to convince me that I should keep doing it for the rest of the year. Although tempting, it took away from the learning in the classroom and was really distracting. But it was fun for the day and hopefully my class will be more grateful and realize how nice I really am.

Adorable Husband

We made Stroganoff for our Sunday dinner today. I asked Kyle if he would cut the meat and the next thing I see is this picture above. I couldn't help myself....He was so cute all decked out in my apron. I love this man! He's so helpful with everything and simply wonderful!! :)

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins for Family Home Evening last night! Kyle really got into his:) He says his least favorite part of carving pumpkins is having to gut them...which oddly enough is my favorite! I cooked the pumpkin seeds to eat afterwards too. Delicious! Halloween is only a week away! Kyle and I are excited. I have to dress up for work and Kyle's work is throwing a Halloween party too. So we both get to dress up this year! It's been almost two years since I’ve dressed up as anything for Halloween. I'm excited we're getting into the spooky spirit this year:)

New Responsibilities

Kyle got a hair cut today, so we thought it'd be something to post since it's been so long. Life is still great! We finally got a calling in our new ward. We both were called to be the activity chairmen. So we get to plan things like the Christmas social and so forth. I guess this ward does a huge family ward campout in the summer too, so we’ll be over that as well. It should be fun! I'm excited about it because it's just like me to organize and plan things (taking it from my mother's talent), but Kyle's a little indifferent. He’s more excited to teach Elders quorum (that's his "second" calling I guess you can say). He teaches on the second Sunday of every month.

We also are both giving talks tomorrow in church! It's my second talk in 4 months. Some how they keep catching me:) School is busy as ever. This week we are having a Colonial Day, where we will spend the whole school day in the life of colonial times. The teachers are dressing up in their bonnets and all. We get to be super strict with the students (since that’s how they were back then), placing them on a chair and giving them the dunce cap to wear and so forth. I think it’ll be an enjoyable day!

Kyle's picked up some extra projects at work so he’s staying busy as well. He’s in the middle of building a P-22 Lighting airplane model. It looks very tricky and difficult, I don’t know where he finds the fun in it:) I know it takes talent though! Well, that's about it for now, until next time!

Honeymoon- Disney World

We thought we'd share some photos from our honeymoon trip to Disney World!! It was so much fun!! We had a blast!! Kyle hadn't been back since he was a little boy and I had never been before period. I don't mean to sound cliche but it really was magical walking through the park and attending all the different shows, watching fireworks every night, seeing the different princesses from Disney movies, the endless plates of scrumptious food, and so much more! We were there for an entire week and Kyle ended the trip with a surprise carriage ride through these gardens at one of the resorts. It was really romantice! Despite the miles upon miles that we walked and the humid weather in the middle of July, this trip is something we'll never forget!

Our Wedding Day - July 13th, 2007 in the Washington D.C. Temple!!!

Home Sweet Home

We found this cute little basement apartment about 2 in a half months ago in Orem, Utah. It was perfect considering it was right down the road from Kyle’s work and close to the campus. Kyle plans on attending the winter semester so it will be good for him to be close. Work is going well for him these days. They’re beginning to realize the smart, hard working man he really is and have given him lots of new responsibilities! I (Stacey) have enjoyed a great two week break from teaching but we’ll be returning to school on Tuesday! Although it's been great sleeping in and getting caught up on life.... I’m excited to get back to the normal routine of things and to see my kids again. Teaching is definitely not what I pictured it to be but honestly, I’m having a blast! Here are some pictures of our apartment. It's a bit of an antique style, but we like it!