Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to work I go!

Friday night was my first night back to work since having Holland. I have had a wonderful three and a half months of just being a mom and it has been great. However, I am sooooo glad to be back at work. It is so nice to feel like I am using my brain again. I am teaching three classes (as usual), but I get to teach some new classes this quarter. I am teaching health, dance and an ACT/SAT prep class. I have no idea what I am doing with the last class, but I came home with a stack of books about two feet high to help me prepare. I am excited to get to know my new students and I have some old faces in some of my classes which is great. I am so thankful that I have a job that I love, that allows me to be home with my kids the majority of the time, and yet get out just enough to keep my sanity. I love what I do!

The only hard thing was leaving Holland! :( At least it is only for a few hours.

Called to Serve and other happenings

My sister Melodee left on her mission on Wednesday. She will be serving in the Texas, Fort Worth mission and we are so proud of her. She will be an awesome missionary. We had the chance to spend a lot of time with her in the last couple weeks and it has been so much fun. Last Thursday we went to the Tracy Aviary with the girls and some friends of mine. Both Melodee and I enjoyed seeing the pelicans and the flamingos. We also watched the bird show and ate lunch at the park. Then on Sunday, we went and listened to her talk in church and then enjoyed dinner with the family. Tuesday night we slept at my moms, so that I could go to her setting apart. We then had breakfst with the whole family and hung out until it was time to go to the MTC. It was hard to say goodbye, but I am sure the next year and a half will go by quickly. We will all be excited when her and Matt come home safely.

In other news, Skylar started preschool last week. The saturday before she started school I took her and Kortnie to get hair cuts. It was Kortnie's first hair cut and she had so much fun getting it cut. They both got about 3 inches cut off although you can't really tell on either of them. Skylar is loving school so far, and I am loving having her in school. She goes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 2 1/2 hours. It has been good for her and Kortnie to have small breaks from each other.

Holland is growing so fast. He was three months yesterday! He just started rolling over from his back to his stomach. It is fun to watch as he develops.

Tonight is my ten year high school reunion. I am excited to see some old friends and see how people have changed. It should be fun!

Football

Yes, we are already deep into football at our house. It is only August 1st! Kory is helping coach his nephews football team and they have had practice every night this week. They will continue to practice 5 nights a week through the month of August. I think this is crazy! Why do 10-12 year old boys need to practice 5 nights a week? Is it just me or is there anyone else out there that thinks this is a little too much?

Okay, off the football rant. This week has been busy, not only because Kory has been gone every night, because I have also had a lot going on. Wednesday night a couple of my friends had a BBQ. It was good to get together, eat good food and visit. Then last night I got the privilege of going door-to-door to try and have Herriman residence sign a petition to move a large apartment complex that is going in by the new High School that is being built. It was an interesting experience and gives me a whole new respect for missionaries who go tracting and door-to-door sales. I finally got a hang of what I was doing and then our route was complete. Almost everyone was nice, but like with everything else in life we encountered extremes.

Can't wait for Breaking Dawn to come out tonight! If you are not a Twilight fan, you should be - read the books, they are lots of fun.