Summer Starts

Let's be honest. . . this online journal of mine comes and goes according to my school breaks. Yesterday marked the first week of summer. Which means I need to start catching up!

Since January, we've been on two vacations (Disneyland + Sun Valley), moved twice, and both of us finished the 2014-2015 school year. Now it's summer!! Brodie is currently working for his dad landscaping, I tutor a few times a week, and we are moving again next week!

This has been the year of moving! Since July 2014, we have moved 3 times and helped 3 family members move. Back in July we made our initial move from Provo, UT to Vancouver, WA. We stayed in the basement apartment of Brodie's parents from July to April. Brodie's parents then moved to Oregon, so we were on the hunt for our own place! We found the perfect rental house right across the street from my school and were scheduled to move in June 1st. While we waited for the home to come available, we moved in with our brother & sister-in-law (thank you so much Cohan and Emily!!!). We stayed there for a month until June rolled around. The day we were scheduled to move in, we received bad news and the rental house fell through :( We were so disappointed!! Not knowing when we would find a home, we packed up again and moved back in with Brodie's parents in Gresham, OR (thank you Mom and Dad Fish!!). And now (finally!!!!), we found the perfect rental home in Camas. We are moving next week on July 1st. Wahoo!!!  Lesson learned. . . .family members are lifesavers and blessings come to those who wait!

Meanwhile, here's what we've been up to since January!

1) Trip to Disneyland with Lambert Family

arriving in CA!

future dad in the making (no, i'm not pregnant)

so happy we got to see Taylor perform!! Go Pocahontas!

a little rain doesn't stop us!

And of course no Disneyland trip would be complete without high quality photos of the rides.

kissy face/monkey ears

crossed eyes/scared Brodie

and my favorite. . . sleepy dad/amputee Dave

2) Ski Trip to Sun Valley with the Fish Fam





3) Weekend Getaways to the Beach!

attempting to sit on Brodie's shoulder

this was actually very tiring!! orrr maybe i'm just out of shape

Danner obviously enjoyed the ride

4) Tulip Festival in Oregon



5) Date Nights





6) End of the School Year

see you in August!!

the "goodbye gauntlet"

my fabulous kiddos

yes, this actually happened, mom. cleanest classroom in the whole school!!

 Pictures of our new home will be coming soon! :) So excited to no longer live out of a suitcase!

playing catch up

Yikes. Where did I leave off? With a post about September?? Well I guess that leaves me with two undocumented months to catch up on.

Usually I just ignore the big spaces of time that I don't blog. And then hope that nothing too important happened. Hahah like the undocumented months when I got a job, graduated from BYU, moved, and got engaged? Yeah . . . lesson learned. Since I have two weeks off work (winter break is every teacher's dream!!!!), I have no excuse. So here's a quick recap.

|| October & November Highlights ||

1. Anna & Kristoff for Halloween

2. date night @ UWS Winter Gala 

3. making chocolates Thanksgiving weekend 

4. Portland Zoo for Danner's 1st bday

5. matching Thanksgiving sweaters 

6. post-thanksgiving naps 

7. field trip with the fifth graders

8. Black Friday shopping with Ems

9. Box Top champions! 

10. fall art with my class 

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September Snapshot

Can you tell that the school year has been busy?? My last post was about summer (oh how i miss you summer!!) Then the school year started and blogging went out the window.

Good thing my phone gives me an accurate recap of what has happened the past two months. Besides working and going to school from 7am - 7pm. Sometimes we do have a life. And when we do have a life outside of school, this is what it looks like (Minus the countless episodes of Once Upon a Time, Amazing Race, and The Voice that we watch :)).

Tuesday night soccer games 

he is literally a blur . . . 

we are now regular dog-park-goers (is that hyphenated??)

OUR NEW FREE CRAIGSLIST COUCH! seriously our favorite hobby. 

we stalk the free Craigslist ads daily.

sickness hit our house big time! 

and this is how I spent it . . .soup & Gilmore Girls

 beautiful fall drives

lunches at Olive Garden. 

no better deal than their unlimited soup, salad, & breadsticks!!!!

pretending we are regular golfers

road trips up to Seattle

wedding receptions

eating out at Buffalo Wild Wings

PJ & movie night at my school 

this is why I love Brodie . . . no shame!

somebody got a GoPro! Happy Late Graduation Brodie!

 aaaaand i found this picture and could not resist!! 

this cute little baby brodie just slays my heart *sigh*

More posts are on the way! 

Hopefully Coming Soon:

 our new apartment, my classroom, Halloween, & school updates

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!