This was the first year since I’ve been teaching that we’ve been allowed to wear Halloween costumes to school! I’ve been planning on being Fancy Nancy since June, so I was very excited when my principal decided to let us wear costumes because who will appreciate my costume better than first graders? My first graders absolutely loved my costume (and everyone else who knew about Fancy Nancy)!
It’s really amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do for a house! The walls in my house were so absolutely filthy that you didn’t even want to touch them. Now they look so nice, I don’t want to touch them! I’m very pleased with what a nice job the painters did. And a happy mistake: they started a day earlier than scheduled, so they finished a day earlier as well!
Here are just a few quick snapshots of some of the house.
Today I got a bunch of friends from church and work to help me clean the house because it was filthy! We cleaned that house from top to bottom, including ripping out the carpet and pad. I took a few pictures to document the cleaning process, but I got so busy ripping out carpet that I didn’t get everyone. All told there were ten adults plus two girls helping. I don’t know about everyone else, but every muscle in my body aches!
Hopefully the updated letter will come tomorrow so that I can get the keys on Tues/Wed! It’s hard being patient!
A big thanks goes to Amber (and Julia and Lindsey), Jenny, Rachel, Sonya, Theresa, Leah, Ferlayna, Emily, and Krystal for all of their help!
Mom, Dad, Brent, and Chelsea were driving through Las Vegas to take Chelsea up to BYU-I and to take Brent to meet up with Jocelyn to drive to DC. I called my realtor to see if we could get in the house so my parents could see it. It’s a relief to know that they’ve seen the house and like it before it’s officially mine. I “let” Mom take all of the pictures ;)
I got the letters of approval on Friday and I’m meeting with my lender on Monday. So, the ball is finally rolling! The close of escrow in October 10!
I got the approval letters
for my house!!!!!!
To celebrate, Jenny took me to Serendipity 3 and treated me to an ice cream sundae! I chose the Deep Fried Oreo Ice Cream Sundae. It was really yummy!
I wanted to add a little splash to my classroom, so I made some fun artwork to hang behind my desk. Canvases were on sale at Michaels, so I bought a few. I found some images online and projected them on a canvas that I had taped to my whiteboard. I traced with pencil and then colored in with crayon. Crayon works surprisingly well on canvas! My students say “Wow! You made those?”. I told them I just traced and colored, but they were still impressed.
Amber Lehner, Andrea Robertson, Marcy Johnson
It’s a tradition that we go to a buffet for lunch on the last day of school, since it’s a half day. This year we went to the buffet at the Silverton. I am grateful to have such fabulous coworkers!
Jenny and I treated ourselves to the famous frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity 3, located in front of Caesar’s Palace. (Don’t worry, we shared this delicious treat!) We then strolled through the conservatory at the Bellagio admiring what a fantastic job they do each season. It was a nice afternoon out despite the Las Vegas heat:)
I was going to drive back to Las Vegas on Monday morning, but was convinced to stay another day and leave Tuesday morning. It wasn’t hard to convince me since this was the last time that I got to hang out with Jocelyn before her move to VA.
Jocelyn and I had a nice morning strolling around Seaport Village and window shopping. We enjoyed a picnic lunch and had plans to fly a kite, but we were ready for a nap instead :)
Can you tell that it is an elephant tire swing?
I was able to be home for the Fourth of July this year. It was fun to participate in the family traditions: ward breakfast; Crest parade; BBQ, nap, and games at Grandma’s; followed by fireworks…oh wait…didn’t make it to the fireworks…we were having too much fun and went to bed :)
While I was home for a few days on my track break, we decided to go to the zoo. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to the zoo. They have completely changed the monkey and flamingo exhibit! It is now much more open and less cage-like.
Of course we had to get a picture of the coordinating girls :)
The boys in my class are absolutely fascinated by dinosaurs, and dragons, and lizards, and snakes and… So I couldn’t resist:)
Andrea and the Komodo Dragon Jocelyn and the Boa Constrictor
"Go Jocelyn! Whoohooo!", Dad and I cheered as Jocelyn biked uphill toward the transition area.
...why else would we all be piled on the love seat?
