October

I mean, is it REALLY almost the middle of October?! Where has the time gone? I am such a slacker when it comes to this little blog. Seriously, my last post was in August. SO much as happened since then. For starters, my sweet boyfriend is back home from his internship with ESPN. I missed him terribly, but it was such a great experience for him. We are both praying that it will open doors for him when he graduates in May.
My sister moved here to start her graduate program at Portland State:

I have since moved downstairs to her old apartment.

I bought one of these:

And am now officially in debt.

I celebrated my 25th birthday (Yikes!) with the one I love (who presented me with some awesome gifts, though he really didn't have to.)

I have also been busy doing the craft things for my church's holiday bazaar in November. Jewelry, wreaths, etc.

And I've happily watched as my MSU Bulldogs have become 6-0 for the first time since 1999. (That TN game last Saturday was a nail biter!)

In between all of that I've been teaching my little first graders everything they need to know. (Really teaching is a large part of what I do, but I think it's just as much fun as all of these other things.) I LOVE 1st grade. We have been hard at work with subtraction, which is very difficult for my little bunch if I must say. Thursday we leave for a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. I'm so excited about this trip. I have my batteries charged for my Canon, and I'm going to be doing some picture taking. I thought it would be great to give parents pictures of their babies picking out a pumpkin.

It is late, and I have to be up at 5:30. Now that I am caught up with this blogging deal, I hope to get better with updates.