Conference Weekend

This weekend has been such a blur! What ever happened to life slowing down on the weekends so you can actually enjoy it? Well, Matt left me for "the hunt" on Friday and I went off to babysit the twins while their daddy ran the St. George marathon. I attempted to watch conference, but the twins weren't having any of that, so we gave up and ran errands on Saturday and went out to visit my mom on Sunday. It was so different to have just the twins, rather than all five kids, and I must say it was pretty nice. After bedtime every night, I settled in for a couple hours of Thank-You-note-writing. Thankfully, I finished those this weekend (except for a few, I ran out of cards- I bought 100 cards.... So many great people)! Matt helped with about four of them last week and that was it for his help. That is one thing I am very grateful to be finished with.



One other thing I am grateful to be nearly finished with is my student teaching block in second grade! Now, it has been a very good learning experience for me, although I am BURNED OUT and come home stressed out just about every single day. Poor Matt has dealt with my mood swings for too long! SEVEN MORE DAYS OF SECOND GRADE!!!!! Then I get a few days off (well to work on my portfolio) and then I start fifth grade on October 19. I cannot wait!!!!

Spooky Corn Mazes

On Friday night, Matt and I went on a triple date to a corn maze out in West Jordan with my mom and Jeff, and Alex and Jason. Good times! We had a bbq at our house first, I made some good better-than-you-know-what cake, and we stuffed ourselves until it was dark enough to go. When we got to the corn maze, there was a bunch of ambulances and fire engines on the road and we were all wondering what happened, and of course, my mom said, "They're here for the corn maze!" Pretty much rolled over in my own grave at that one. We went through the "scary" corn maze first and had a fun time laughing when everyone got scared. I learned something new about my husband... he is a WIMP! Pretty sure he was jumping at everything and he was holding on to me! I was a little disappointed, I have been to better scary corn mazes. Then we went through the normal corn maze and were still trying to scare each other and about half way through, we were all done! So we took the passage to the exit and headed home. It was such a fun night!



Alex and Jason giving the scary guy some lovin'


Matt trying to blend in with the corn...


Matt of course had to jump in front of the camera to be in the picture! Can you say five years old?


Let's be honest, how many of these pictures do I have?


Yay for Halloween and October! My favorite holiday and my favorite month!

Car and Tooth Trouble

Yesterday on my way home from student teaching, my car died on the freeway! Luckily I was able to get to the side of the road before getting smashed by a semi and called the experts, Tim, Matt and Diet, to come save me! We towed the car off the road and bought the parts to fix it but before we could fix the car we had to go... bugle some elk? Yeah it's true, the boys (and Ron) took me with them for their hunting preparation. It was definitely a new experience for me. Mostly I just sat in the truck, but it was still fun to see the guys get all excited for hunting season to start. Matt had to take pictures of the moose (plural is it moose? or moosen? haha):

We got back to the car and changed the fuel filter, and it still wasn't fixed! We had to call a tow, thank you AAA, and go home empty handed. Now today, we found out the fuel pump needs to be replaced and the part won't come in until Monday so that sucks big time!
Also, this week Matt has been complaining about his jaw hurting. At first he said I punched him in the middle of the night, but after a few days we figured it was something else. He went to the dentist today and needs two root canals! We don't have dental insurance so we will have to figure out another solution, this might possibly be pulling the two teeth, or pulling just one tooth for now and waiting on the second.
I guess the phrase, "When it rains, it pours" could apply here. :)

Once an Aggie, ALWAYS an Aggie!

Matt and I got to go to the Utah State football game at the University of Utah last week!! My dad couldn't go, so he gave us his season tickets... On the fourth row... On the 40 yard line... Behind the Utah bench... Okay so it was awesome! Matt and I wore our Aggie blue in the middle of a LOT of red. Every time Utah State did something remotely good, we were on our feet freaking out! We got so many dirty looks from those pesky Utah fans! It was awesome! We joined in with the few other Aggie fans for the Scotsman, and one of the Utah players turned around and gave us a dirty look when we said, "It's another Aggie FIRST DOWN!" It was awesome! Thanks dad for the tickets! And to all you Utah fans out there, you may have won the game....
BUT WE SCORED 17 POINTS ON YOUR HOME FIELD! HAHAHAHA

Wedding Pictures!

Brad and Claire

My sisters and sisters-in-law

The Fischer Family

My mom and my sisters

Matt and his goofy brothers



My girlfriends and I at the temple

Busy, Busy, Busy

The last two weeks have been amazing! Super crazy, but wonderful too. The wedding day started out dark and rainy. The girls all went to get pedicures and the boys golfed and had breakfast. Then, miraculously, the sun came out and started to warm everything up and dry everything out. I can't say honestly that I was stressed, it was my wedding day! I didn't really care what happened! It was fun to see everyone who came to support us at the Draper Temple, where it was beautiful. The reception turned out better than I could ever imagine. It was so much fun talking to everyone who came! Matt and I had to clean out our car, thanks to the Fischer boys' decorating skills, before we left for our honeymoon.
The next day we went down to Lake Powell! It was perfect weather the whole time, lower 90s, and we had so much fun on the boat and hanging out on the beach. Matt taught me how to drive the boat and we both got to water ski and I also wakeboarded a little. Matt's family came down on our last day and it was fun to see everyone for a little bit. I didn't take any pictures, because who really wants pictures when you spend a week without a bathroom and a shower! We had so much fun, it was hard to come back!
We spent three days cleaning, cleaning, cleaning our messy apartment. It feels so good to be able to see the floor again! Our apartment is much cuter now that we have furniture, I will have to include some pictures soon.
After the weekend, I headed back to Logan for my two-day student teaching orientation. It feels so good to get started on my last leg of college! Today I started my student teaching at Vineyard Elementary in Orem. I am a little overwhelmed but I know that things will get more fun as I go along. I will be putting in (with my commute) 10-12 hour days from now until Christmas and all I've heard is that I will be exhausted, and I know it's true! It's crazy but I can't wait to get started teaching.
I should get my wedding pictures sometime this week so check back soon!

Updates

So our internet sucks at our apartment so finally I am adding pictures from our bridals three weeks ago! These are a few of my favorites...




The big week is finally here! Just about everything is done for the wedding, however I still have a lot to do to get ready for Lake Powell. That is my project this week. Our apartment has been updated since my last post, we now have a bed and a dresser in our bedroom and couches in the living room (although most of the living room is covered with presents from showers!). I can't wait for things to settle down a little bit so I can make our apartment a little more comfortable.

After we get back from Powell I start student teaching at Vineyard Elementary School in Alpine District in Orem. I start in a 2nd grade class and finish in a 5th grade class, and I am so excited! I've heard from the teachers I'll be working with and they seem great! I can't wait to start!

Wish me luck this week, I'll need it! Love you all!