Getting Settled!

Thanks to Cameron, Summer, and Adam I am all moved in and am slowly getting my apartment organized! It was fun moving in with lots of laughs and only a little bit of pain (mainly because I dropped my bed on my foot). The neighbors are very friendly and the apartment is close to several schools. I don't have a teaching position yet, but I did find a full time job for the summer that I will be able to drop to part time when school starts. I will be working at the front desk of a hotel in Whitefish. After moving everything into the apartment the boys took a nap and Summer and I put some things in order. Saturday night we enjoyed a night at the races. There were several accidents so we left at 11:10 before it was complete but we had fun just the same. Summer and Adam stayed until Sunday afternoon and helped me put my table and chairs together for my dining room. Summer took some pictures during the move in and I will take some more when I am finished putting it all together. Pictures to come!!!

2 Months Time

It was a fun weekend! Summer and I went to Whitefish to search for an apartment. While there we stayed with the Dustins and spent quite a bit of time with them & the Sorensons. We heard many different variations to puns for Summer's name. They came up with some pretty good ones and a lot of them. We also celebrated my birthday by having dinner, playing horseshoes, croquette, and a little 4 wheeling.

Cameron showing Summer how to run his quad!

Summer proving how big my mouth really is. I can't help it, the Dustin men just keep me laughing so hard that my stomach hurts. Now Summer knows that I wasn't exaggerating.

Really this was a friendly game of croquette.

A new cutting board for my new apartment.

So what else have I been up to for the last 2 months? Well, I've put in multiple applications for jobs in Whitefish, Columbia Falls, and Kalispell. I had a chance for an interview for an elementary health enhancement position in CF but was in Oregon at the time so they declined a phone interview and hired somebody else. I am currently waiting to hear about an application that I mailed in last week for a part-time 6th grade health enhancement job in Kalispell. The school would be about 10 blocks from my new apartment.

I went to Oregon for a week as soon as school was out. It was quite a trial to get home though. My flight that was supposed to go out on the 6th was delayed and then canceled after spending 4 hours in the Great Falls airport and I was rescheduled for a flight at 5 the next evening. That flight was delayed and I spent another 4 hours in the airport. Thankfully I was able to catch my connecting flight in Salt Lake and made it home 30 minutes late (24 hours from the original time).

My trip went well! I was able to spend lots of time with my family, including having lunch with my nephews at Johnny's school. After eating lunch with him and his classmates Travis and I went out to recess with him. We enjoyed jummp roping with Johnny and his friends. We were even asked to come back for the next recess. Unfortunately we were unable to join the kids again but Travis and I were able to go shopping with Lauren during her lunch.

My cousin JC had his high school graduation and I was able to attend. It was a great ceremony and the last one I will have to go to for a while! This also gave me a chance to have several meals with lots of family.

It's been a while since I had a chance to spend time with friends from home so I made sure that we had a chance to meet. I combined that with having pizza at Papa's Pizza. A wonderful local pizza place in Eugene, one of the places that I must eat at when at home.

The end of May I cleared out my house and put all of my belongings into storage. Memorial Day weekend I had a moving sale that was very successful. This gave me the chance to completely clean my house too. The first of June I moved in with Summer until I can move into my apartment. She has been very gracious in letting me stay with her.

Before school was out I was interviewed for an article in the Great Falls Tribune. I checked today to see if it was published but I didn't see it yet. It had to do with a program I started at one of my schools where the students could come in before school and do activities in the gym.

Christmas Pics

Here are some pictures of the fun I had at Christmas time.

Cameron modeling his new four wheeler shirt along with a bow from around the box.

Decorating cookies: some were eating them faster than decorating. Every gym teacher's dream, comfy sweats!

Living, Laughing, & Loving Life

Life is going pretty well right now. I am slowly getting my house packed and waiting for the day to come when I can finally move it.

I still haven't heard anything about a job and honestly am not worried about it. I have confidence that God will place me in the job he wants, so, I am looking forward to June when I get to go to Whitefish/Kalispell to look for an apartment. Summer is going to go up with me for 3 days to help me look.

The past few weeks I have been letting my kids know that I will be moving and for the most part they aren't real fond of the idea. Even the kids who say they can't stand me have said they don't want a new teacher.

Other adventures happening in my life...well...I got to go car shopping with Summer and helped her find her new Elantra. As soon as school is out I get to go home to Oregon for a week to spend time with my family. I have my ten year reunion the end of June but have decided that I am not going to make it back to Oregon until August for my cousin's wedding.

I went to Whitefish for Easter and had a wonderful time of relaxation and lots of laughter.

Okay, so I think I'm caught up on all the time that has passed...I will try to keep this updated better, especially since I will be on the move. Enjoy your week! Living, laughing (lots), & loving life!

It's been a while...

since I updated this blog. It's been pretty crazy here the last few weeks. So what's going on in my life that keeps me away from the computer? Well, first I no longer have wireless at my house so I have to trot over to Summer's to use the internet. Second, I am working on the church's new Bible reading program and it is a bit time consuming. I am also still working at the pizza place. I turned in two applications for jobs up in the Flathead area. One was for a part-time high school position at Kalispell's new high school. The second was for a position at Whitefish high school. I haven't heard back from Kalispell and it will probably be a while before I hear from Whitefish because they are on Spring Break this week. I have started packing my house and am getting to the things that will have to wait a little bit longer before being packed. I am getting very excited and it is hard to wait for things that just can't be done yet.