Friday Sept 10, 2010

There is SooOOOo much I want to say! Geez la weez! TGIF, right?!

• I just absolutely, with every stinkin cell of my ginormous body, LOVE teaching. Love it! I TOTALLY love it! I walked out of Riverside Elementary today all sorts of happy! Kids can be so amazing and catch your eye when you least expect it! Preschoolers are angels at the PERFECT age, but elementary aged kids are so... just sooo... impressive. So diverse. I love seeing the wheels turn in their heads, and I love watching them interact. God is amazing! And just like that, I think I've found it! I'm onto something with this job.... I just know it! I'm almost, not completely, but more then I have ever been CONVINCED about what I want to be. And it's been one week.... It's my sign -i HOPE! :)
• this morning we watched the CUTEST baby ever! It's official! We've been helping out our neighbors who just had a baby boy. We watch him on Fridays while they're at work and he's ADORABLE! My goodness! I could just kiss his chubbers all day!


• Well, when you see my furrrry legs I hope you think of Kirk haha. If they fluff against you, gross you completely out, or mislead you to think I'm tan...it's his fault. Hahaha I told him that I wasn't going to shave my legs until he suprises me! He has hidden all the razors in our house and thinks it's funny...


• GUESS WHAT!!!????!!!!!!!!!!! There's an LDS private school in our small town USA!! K-8th grade. FREAKIN SWEET huh!??!!! I learned about it from one of the mothers at school today! I drove by it today, it's dang small, but it's there! I was talking to another teacher about how there's a lot in the curriculum that she doesn't agree with anymore...teaching gay marriage is okay, ect. ....and when I heard about Liberty Academy it brought me back to my glory days at Deseret Academy, the private LDS I went too. I told kirk about it and about how freakin expensive it is, and we're just keeping our fingers crossed that it survives for our future children. I just think that a lot of my knowledge, testimony and love of the gospel came FIRST from my good mother, and SECOND from learning about it everyday of my life at an early impressionable age. *Please survive little school, PlEaSe! And maybe, JUST MAYBE I will teach there??? :) *


• I have become the craft QUEEN lately! I've done all sorts of cutsie's! I'll have to take pics, but it been way fun! And a good use of my time!


• I went to the dentist and DIDN'T HAVE ANY CAVITIES!!! This was a follow up apt b/c apparently my dentist thought he saw somethin, but nope! nothin! I went in mentally prepared for shots and goobers and came out 5 minutes later smiling! WahOOo! I learned today that because your teeth are living bones, they can heal themselves...meaning they can heal cavities! so maybe that's what happened!? i dunno but i'm HAPPY!
• THE UTES WON! If you want to buy tickets to the ultimate showdown, the last game of BYU vs Utah ever, let us know! we are too! can't wait... nov baby!
• Kirk has been called as the Ward Mission Leader and I'm his lovely assistant! We had our first meeting, taught our first Gospel Principles Class and our having the missionaries over for dinner this weekend! We've also become their personal taxies...it's great! We just love it!

....Well i gotta go! I'll finish the update soon! Later alligator!

9/6/10

Happy Labor Day!

Today I have a lot to be grateful for... :) I'm grateful that cute Poly Mary brought over an extra case of peaches that she picked from the Orchard. (She's so awesome, I really need to get to know her better. She is so soft spoken and makes me feel so good. She's our sweet neighbor who moved in about the same time we did. She is separated from her husband and has 5 kids (i think that's how many at least!) and they're such a good family! The girls are always riding their bikes and Ammon comes over a lot to hang out with Kirk when he's not busy with his high school football. Anyways I'm so grateful she brought over those yummy peaches.) I''m grateful she said Hi to me yesterday at church, I didn't realize how wonderful it felt to hear my name haha. I'm grateful I was able to spend most of the day making jam. I'm grateful my mother has taught me how to do those things :) I'm grateful Kirk worked so hard in our yard. It looks soo awesome, he's amazing. I'm grateful we were able to go out for dinner. I'm grateful we laughed and had fun together. I'm grateful that we got moja a squeeky toy because she loves it! It's funny to be sitting on the couch reading together and out of nowhere hear her go crazy with the squeeky thingy! It makes me laugh every time! I'm grateful our house smells like yummy banana bread. MmMMmm One day I'll make it as good at my mom, i hope!! I'm grateful I had a warm shower, with smell-good soap and creamy lotion :) I'm grateful that school starts tomorrow! I can't WAIT to meet my cute little students :) I'm grateful that Kellie called me 'sis' today. It made me feel so good! I'm grateful for the BOM. I'm grateful I've read it every year since 2004, and then some. I'm grateful that I got married when I was 19... it's been just over a year and I am beginning to see more blessings and protection from it everyday. I'll have to expound on it more, but Heavenly Father truly had it layed out in my plan. I'm grateful for my chelsey baker girl and what a good, good friend she is to me. ...so grateful... just to name a few!

9/5/10

What a WEEKend!

Lizzy and her Andrew came in town Friday night and we got to see them!! AWH I was so stinkin excited! When Lizzy text me to give me the good news I couldn't have been more happy to hear it! I LOVE when our friends come in town especially when we're not too busy to play! The boys went golfing Saturday morning while her and I caught up :) Nothin like girl talk! We went on a nice walk, then bought groceries to make a splendid YUMMY breakfast! Our hubby's are the luckiest men in the world. Cinnamon rolls, fruit, sausage, eggs, chocolate milk and apple juice=SooOOoO good! Then we wiggled on our swimsuits and hit the pools! It was perfect. Lizzy and Andrew are so stinkin cute together, it was so fun for me to see them together! I think it was the first time we've hung with just the 4 of us sense their wedding!! I'm so glad they came down! I hope they had a nice, relaxing vacation!
Geez...then what did we do!? We took a freakin long nap-THAT's what we did! It was so nice... Kirk has been way stinkin busy and I had to spend the last 2 nights sleepin alone because he was fightin fires :( :( :( I miss him a lot when he goes, but I try to think of only the good thoughts...and there are soo many of them! I always say a small prayer in my heart about how grateful I am that my home isn't the one on fire, that my family isn't in danger, and that our things are safe. It makes it a lot easier! I also try to picture him helping people out of flames, or just putting our the fire... how grateful they must be to him and the other firemen for coming to the rescue. If I were them I would be so deeply thankful and humbled by their help....It makes lonely nights and last minute cancelations soo much more enjoyable. :) I have a lot to be grateful for, and I know that somewhere out there people our grateful to me for giving up my hubby for a few hours.
We sure had a crazy CRAZY day recently! First, we got pulled over for not stopping at a stop sign (what the? i SWEAR we did)...but whatev. Anywho, after that we continued on our way to eat some yummy Panda Express. Afterwords we did a little sock shopping. When we walked out of the store a man wearing a Best Buy shirt literally leached onto us! He tried selling us this killer entertainment center that was "worth over 2500 dollars, but [he] would sell it to us for any amount if we would promise not to return it, or resale it."...Fishy? MUCHO! He practically put the box in our car, we had to take it out and set it on the floor! His story was never the same either. Gosh,...The guy wouldn't leave us alone and it was nearly impossible to leave the parking lot. He claimed it was extra merchandise bla bla bla and that he would give it to us for $200 just because he knew we would use it bla bla. Anywho, we ended up having him follow us to a busy gas station so we could get his license plate number and turn him in. We were convinced it was stolen! He seemed WAY too desperate. But..Little did we know, the cops were already ontop of it! When we got to Cheveron Kirk and the dude went inside while I picked up the cell to call it in...but guess who pulled in right behind us?! The police. hahaha it was crazy! Needless to say the man got hauled away and after we filled out reports, we got to leave! BUT, that's not the end of the story!! We stopped on our way home to participate in a little politics. At the corner of River Rd and 700 S there was some Obama bashing goin on and we wanted to learn about it. (Kirk and I have made a goal to get more involved in politics and this was one way for us to do it.) Anways, the same cop that we saw earlier came to make sure things were legal and it was funny to see him again. THEN kirk got called out in the middle of the night on a druggy dude and i'll give you OnE gUeSS as to who else was there...!?!?!?? HIM! Again! crazy huh!? ANyways, it was a pretty wacky day!
Well Sunday's are always just fabulous, arent they!? It was fast Sunday and my good Kirky bore his testimony about J Smith and the restored gospel. He's so awesome. I also got to say the closing prayer in Sacrament Meeting :) It always makes me feel so good to participate in any way I can. Sunday School and RS were great too, but I want to tell you about our Sunday walk. It was so peaceful! We went back to the Hanky Pank with mo. It was Sooo fun! It was actually pretty late so we took this ginormous flash light that my dad gave Kirk. It was perfect. We walked a ways, then went off trail down to the river. Mo was SO funny! She loves water! She was runnin, splashin and jumping all over the place! Kirk found a good stick that she played fetch with too. She has so much energy sometimes, it's hilarious! It also cracked me up to see her run in the sand. I don't know why she loved it so much, maybe because it's soft on her paws, but she went CRAZY! She was making dust clouds all over the place! Silly silly girl... But, back to the river! The cool water felt sooo good, it was cold-but a refreshing cold that matched the warm night air just perfeectly! Especially with a breeze...aww. It even smelled good too! It smelled fresh :) This world is such a beautiful one! We are so blessed to live where we do. And we even made it back to our house in time for the U vs Pitt game *replay! yesssss




ps. I'm going to attempt to completely turn to our blog and stop with the old fasioned journal-ness. Just a heads up! I imagine our blog will be updated almost daily, but probably more boring hahaha. So if the title is the date, that's your warning :)

Head-Over-Heels gaga!

Well, here I am sitting infront of the lap top trying to figure out what to write about. I could tell you about the unknown, crazy-old grandma that showed up on our door step, and INSISTED on a tour of our master bedroom...soooo DeNiEd... but still wouldnt leave our house..., or I could tell you about how we watched the cops take down a theif who was in mid-conversation with us yesterday... But eh. I've been sipping on my Diet Mtn Dew, chewing gum balls from kellies wedding for 30 minutes now and I just don't know! If Kirk were home I would be sleeping in our comfy bed, but there's just somethin un-appealing about falling alseep alone when you know exactly the joy it is to have your spouse next to you instead. Don't get me wrong-it's not an insecurity, but rather a paradisiacle relaxation and cozyness that I know I don't get to embrace tonight. It's hard to understand if you've never felt it. It's just like getting your nails done.... getting a manicure is totally cute and fabulous-but once you get a hot set of sparkling nails, a manicure just isn't as fun... -OR- it is somewhat comparable to going to a massage spa after a week of Boot Camp and hard work outs. You're stiff, sore and in need of some healing. You're in the lobby, have paid and are sipping your cool water.... but that's it. You don't actually get a massage. You're there, ready and dreamin of it..buttt it aint happenin no matter how nice it sounds... SOoO likewise... I know exactly what I dont get. And yes, "Me Time" is enjoyable like crazy! I've already shaved my legs, done a little shopping, chatted with a girlfriend and have my oatmeal face mask on as we speak, but I have to say my prayers alone tonight... Huh. How did THAT tast coming out of my mouth? Yucky! When I roll over in the middle of the night, nothing will be there. Kinda wierd hahaha. And when Moja barks @ 6am in the morning I-ME-MEEE has to feed her. Now I know exactly what you're thinking.... I'm sappy and attatched... Yes I am. I love it. If you refer to me as "Kirks Wife" for the rest of my life I would be absolutley flattered hahahaha jk. BUT... Speaking of love... What is it?

Definition of L.O.V.E. according to Catharine:

• a devotion of One-ness [to One] in everyway...spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, romantically


• Somthing only felt to it's complete fulness between man & wife


• Godliness


• an inspirational attraction


• a Virtue


• passion and desire


• commitment and value


• a hunger or thirst


• somthing that has the power to create silly, dorky and childish explosion of happiness inside you!..without making you feel DUMB (even though you probably should haha)


• a bursting, bright and instant energy

I LOVE YOU KIRKY MONSTER!!!

I guess I'll blast the AC all night so I can at least cuddle in his sweatshirt and bball shorts. ...sigh...just like olds times again.

tickles and whispers of the Holy Spirit...

...that have taught or reminded me of glorious truths.

My Eternal Companion

• Catharine Fortuna will always be a princess, but Catharine McAllister will always be a Queen.
• It is better that I die a most tortureous, grieveous and terrifying death than lose my Purity or break my Covenants. Defend it nobly. Satan has confused the world. If I get bamboo shoved under my finger nails, flesh eating bugs scattered on me, and nails hammered into my teeth then left for open festering infections to puss (like the Chinese do to torture).... it is worth it. In the Eternal perspective, it is always worth it.
• Kirk is so in-tune with the spirit. Sustain it, honor it and encourage it beyond anything else.
• Some parts of life can be draining and hard, but it's worth it to work through it. School may be a struggle, self image may be a struggle, it may be drugs.. family.. motherhood.. health... marriage ...dating...anything. But that's the key...you just gotta work through it. This world if full of the "easy way outs", avoid them. There is more satisfaction and self gratification in working through whatever life has given you.
• Joseph Smith didn't just see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ when he was 14. They didn't only tell him not to join the current churches... but they conversed, taught and explained glorious things to him. Who knows how long Joseph could have been in that grove of trees. I never thought of it that way before...
• The world needed relgious leaders such as Clement, Cletus, Linus, and Luther in the Middle ages. They helped to open the minds of the people so when JS organized the Church, the world was okay with this new and Enlightened relgion. The world was forced under a strong but un-unified Christian belief at the time. If it weren't for these men being brave enough to break up the molds, JS would have been ignored and looked down upon even more. Then the American dream of relgious freedom blossomed. Relgious excitement flourished. Heavenly Father truly prepared the world for Joseph.