Update

Oh my goodness... I am pretty sure it has been FOREVER since I updated this thing... I don't even know if anyone reads this anymore, but it's still kind of fun to update (for our memories, if for nothing else!

Since I last updated this... we have been LOVING our house. We only have made a few changes to it so far, and look forward to making more as time goes on!

February 2010

Not too long after we moved in, Josh graduated from the Police Academy!!

March 2010

This was our first summer together in Arizona... and it was really fun! We enjoyed our pool almost everyday! It was a must for the temperature! :) We did go on a few different hikes, which is a fun thing to do, especially with a few trails close to the house!

June 2010

Sadly, the summer came to an end much quicker than I would have liked, and a new school year came a knockin'. Luckily I have become a professional at setting up and taking down a classroom, because guess what... I moved classrooms again this year. It was a little more difficult this year because I am sharing it with another teacher, so we had to be creative in figuring out space. Also, because of a lack of storage in our room, A LOT of my teaching things didn't make the cut and are in boxes here at the house (I guess it's a good thing we have extra space here) :)

Here's just a couple of pics of my side of the room! I'm teaching the Special Ed. Resource again this year, and actually have all of the same kids from last year!

August 2010

We added a new family member this year- this is Frank, he's a black lab puppy that joined us at the end of September. He has definitely been a wonderful addition. Gus has sure been happy to have a buddy to play with :)

September 2010

Which brings us to- today. I am sitting in the living room right now with this handsome man next to me snoring away on the recliner. He just had sinus surgery this morning, so he's out of it- thanks to some pain killers! Man do I love this guy (minus the new mustache... it was a squad contest to see who could grow the best 'stach ;))

October 2010

We have so many wonderful things planned for the next few months, and we're so excited. We have birthdays, lots of family coming out to visit and all the FUN holidays!

WOW...

Okay, so I am not a very good blogger it appears. I get on to check other blogs out sometimes, but never have enough time to actually update our own :)

Well, I'm doing it! SO... since Josh's birthday (which was our last post), we have surprised the Carroll's with a visit to town, traveled from Cedar City, UT to Phoenix, AZ, started the Police Academy, became a little bit more comfortable with teaching special ed., had an awesome Christmas with my family, began to go a bit stir crazy in the little one bedroom apartment where I could have sworn the walls were moving in on us, looked at about a billion homes, chose one we loved and put an offer in on September 8, 2009, waited and waited, and waited some more until finally on January 29,2010 we closed on our first home!

Here's a few more pictures of the home... I took these before we actually started moving stuff in!

The kitchen

The living room

The dining room

The upstairs loft

The master bedroom

Our backyard

We've been a bit busy the past few weekends doing little projects here and there, but the big one we did was painting the masterbedroom and adding some recessed lighting! It's been so much fun thinking about all the things we can do in OUR home!