Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee are survivors my fri-ends....

Well we officially survived our first Cub Scout Pack night as the leaders. This past Wednesday was our Rain gutter Regatta. For those of you that don't know what that is it is the sailboat version of the pinewood derby.... and if you don't know what the pinewood derby is.... you need help (google is great, however there are many videos on you tube that are hilarious of dad's getting into it that are much more interesting). So the cub scouts get kits out of which to make their sailboats. The actual racing occurs in raingutters with plastic ends on them to keep the water in. the boys simply blow into their sail to make it go (some dad's get really into the construction of the boat but forget to parctice blowing which is funny to me because that is what get's you ahead). Rather than just doing time races where there is always a winner and a loser we did relays (that way an entire team loses.... just kidding). So we had the boys in two teams and they had to hand off the baton and everything it was cool but CRAZY!!!!!!!! We had to switch up the teams a couple of times to keep it from always being the same people that were winning but the boys seemed to enjoy it. To make it even more interesting we changed up what they had to do every time (sometimes they just blew into their sails, sometimes they had to use a straw, or hop instead of walk, or blow their sail to the end then do jumping jacks before they could pass on the baton). It was an incredibly wild and crazy night but i think that the boys really had alot of fun- i do think that some of the dad's were a little disappointed that their wasn't a chance for their boy to be the ultimate race winner but hey this is actually supposed to be for the boys not the dad's... right? it was a very crazy night and next month is Blue and Gold (which joe won't be there for). I'm not really sure why on earth they would plan to have the rain gutter regatta in the middle of winter in rexburg because we had to have it inside and we couldn't figure out how to empty the raingutters when all was said and done. We ended up emptying it glass by glass into pitchers which we took into the kitchen to empty. Oh well it worked and we had some people that helped us which was great of them. So we officially survived! Here's a couple of random pictures

JOE =)

so alot of people still think of joe as a little kid or other preconceived notions and don't realize that he is actually a stud of a grown up with tons of talent! Joe is a phenominal actor, a technical genius, soon to be a wonderful theatre and math teacher, an amazing husband, devoted and reliable friend, and a million other things! So here are a few pictures of my stud =)

Joe is healing. we have now reached the point where he doesn't have to have a bandage on his abdomen anymore which is a good improvement and it is starting to itch which is a good sign. just for those of you that were curious

So... Joe came home

Well joe came home and after telling me he loved me several times i finally found out why he was telling me he loved me,

Joe now holds the record thus far for worst wound in this production of Macbeth. Jordan rather than pretending to thrust his side with a sword, actually did.

This picture does not do justice but here it is (hopefully this is the worst that happens)

New Year

It's been a while since I've posted and this won't be a complete catch up post but hey it's something! Joe and I successfully finished the semester (thank goodness)! We both did pretty well although i guess there is always room for improvement. my most annoying grade was missing getting an A but only 1%..... oh stink! oh well... It's a new semester now and a fresh start. It is really odd for me because I am only taking two education classes this semester (verses 5 last semester) and they are PE methods (which kinda is annoying because i have knee problems that elementary students don't and consequently my knees are already paying for it... and somehow we have lost my ice packs... this could be a problem) and a lit practicum which is only a block class. Now i am buckling down and finishing up my generals because the college has finally made their decisions about which classes i have to take. I'm taking two english classes this semester to just get them done! they are making me take eng 101 which if you know me you know is absolutely ridiculous!!! thankfully joe talked me into taking it online because it is way too easy for me as is. the main thing is just going to be deciding to put the time into it. I was able to convince the teacher of the other english class i have to complete to let me take it concurrently and i am totally bored in the class... not a good thing. i had to sit through and entire class period of what it means to annotate a text.... SAVE ME!!! i guess for some people that is new stuff but given the fact that i have literally been required to do that since 7th grade i am quite bored with it all. I really wish that there was a way to just clep out of both of the remaining english classes but unfortunately that is not an option. you would think that with a university that is obsessed with getting students out of school asap they would smart up and not make students take classes where they learn nothing (especially since they have switched over to the 'foundations' courses instead of generals). Seriously the 'big' assignment of my higher level english course is to write a research paper... oh no.... whatever shall i do..... (pure sarcasm). Oh well i guess i will just have to find an interesting topic so that i don't sleep through it all- it is really hard because it is my first class of the day so it is hard to talk myself into getting up for a class that i don't learn in, especially because i am such a morning person!!!

Joe is keeping plenty busy this semester already, he's in a statistics class and a math class and as far as i can tell he understands what they are learning so that is good! i'm glad his brain can work that way because mine generally doesn't. he is also in a class where they go to the middle school once a week and teach a health class to 5th graders (wish him luck!) i think he said this friday he is teaching about the lungs. I think he will be great it will just be managing the class clown that will be the trick (especially because he moved into John and Trudy's old house!). The funny thing about that class is that when we were registering for classes Joe was looking for a class that would work around a math class that he has four days a week and this class happened to work perfectly- coincidentally the teacher is our Bishop. I think that is just fine and dandy because he is a smart and generally great guy- definitely one of the better bishops that i have had. I don't remember if i posted that Joe is in Macbeth this semester but he is. Which means lots of rehearsals- both fight rehearsals and regular rehearsals right now so he is putting in lots of hours at the snow- and i think that work will start to pick back up this week so he pretty much lives there. Hopefully he didn't get hurt in fight rehearsals yet again tonight- he always has another story when he comes home that he only cautiously tells me when i force it out of him- the funny thing is it's always his friends that end up hurting him.... i should give them a stern talking to!

Life is pretty hectic already but we are surviving, trying to figure out what in the world to do with cub scouts between everything else... i feel quite lost with it all but somehow it will come together. Well Joe should be home soon so tata