soaking up summer

living in a new place is weird, exciting, disorienting, and adventurous all at the same time. although i grew up in WA, i have only visited the Vancouver/Portland area once or twice before. now we LIVE here. it's been a little over a month, and i am slowly learning my way around. Brodie wakes up early and goes to work all day landscaping with his dad. sometimes he doesn't come home until 6 or 7pm. soooo i have lots of time to myself. i spend most of time at my school studying curriculum, decorating, and setting up. i also have a lot of time to read, blog, and explore our new home.

{places i go} 

Dorothy Fox Elementary (my new school !!!) 

Fred Meyer 

Vancouver Public Library 

movie theaters 

Sonic 

MOD Pizza 

 MAXX train station 

airport

Jamba Juice 

Home Goods 

Learning Palace (my newest discovery . . . they have AWESOME teacher supplies!!) 

Ikea 

Camas School District Office (ughhh applying for Washington State Teaching License = lots of visits!)

Dollar Tree (of course, how could i live without it??) 

post office 

church  

{things we do} 

take frequent trips to the library

set up/decorate my classroom

so relieved to read this . . . i had to wait until august until i could rearrange the furniture in my classroom!

spray paint items for my new classroom :)

watch beautiful sunsets

go out to eat

make frequent trips to Sonic to get half-priced shakes after eight!

adventuring and rope swinging

learned how to grill . . .seriously shocking, i know

 scoop nasty things like THIS out of the pool!! i almost fell in just to take this pic. which would have been even worse and horrifying

picnicking and bubble blowing

school officially starts two weeks from tomorrow! i am nervous/excited/anxious to get started. i have nearly finished my classroom and will be posting pictures soon!