Danyiel & Stewart

What's Up With Us

2011-01-28T21:33:00.000-08:00

Stewart and I have started working on the basement. It has not been the most fun we have had, but we are glad to be getting it done. I will admit that I would much rather paint or lay tile than I would hang sheet rock. School has been going well for me. I have a very busy class this year with 30 students, and most of them are boys!! Stewart has been busy with work and he getting ready to take his PLS test in April.

This is my class during our Christmas party.

Here is Stewart as we were getting ready to hand the first piece of sheet rock.

One of the bedroom downstairs.

This is Zoey every time Stewart or I come home. She is sticking her head through the cat door and waiting for us to come in.

Happy Holidays

2010-11-23T13:16:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays everyone. Stewart and I have been working alot and we can't wait for Christmas break. Here are some pictures of what we have been up to lately.

This is Penny in her Halloween costume. Dosen't she look so happy:)

This picture is of some of my students from our field trip to the farm.

Here is Zoey in her Halloween costume. She actually enjoyed her's.

These pictures are of our house on the day we got the huge snow storm. This picture was taken around 2:00 pm!! It was a crazy day dealing with the weather, but the good thing was school was closed because of the storm!!

Summer.....Part 2

2010-07-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

I can't believe the month of July is over. We only have one month left and summer is gone. This summer has flown by. Stewart and I are finally done with the front yard. It is so nice to be done with it. We started working on the yard last summer and we still have to finish the backyard, but that wont take to long. We have been taking puppy training classes with Zoey and she graduated from her class this week. I know some think it is silly to take dog training classes, but we have seen a huge difference with her. We stayed home this year for the fourth of July. My brother and his girlfriend came over. We had a really nice time. We thought Zoey would love the fireworks, but she cried most of the time and we ended up putting her in the house. Here are some pictures of the yard, Zoey with her graduation certificate, and us on the fourth.

Summer.....

2010-07-01T12:41:00.000-07:00

Stewart and I have been busy finish up the landscaping in the front and keeping Zoey from destroying the house. Zoey loves to dig and chew stuff up. We have decided to not do anything in the back yard. She has already chewed on our trees and the two rose bushes. She has been digging in our garden and this is the first summer where we have been able to actually do something with our garden! So our back yard now consists of chicken wire over any living plant that we want to live. Other than that we have been having a lot of fun with her. We enjoy taking her on walks in the evening and taking her fishing. She went swimming in the lake for the first time last weekend. Stewart almost had a heart attack!! It was hilarious:()
I have been teaching swimming lessons at Golds Gym and Stewart is staying busy with work. These are some pictures of our two girls!!

This is Penny trying to catch a mouse that fell down our window well. She stayed in the well for most of the day. In case you haven't heard Penny has caught lots of mice and likes to bring them home to show Stewart and I.

P.S they are alive!!

Zoey had just gotten done digging in the garden after we had watered it.

I just love this picture. She is sooo cute especially with the dirt on her nose:)

The newest member of our family....

2010-05-29T18:02:00.000-07:00

This is the newest member of our family Zoey. We adopted Zoey Friday night from the Pocatello Animal Shelter. She is a Hound/Bulldog mix. She is only 2 months old. Stewart and I are having a great time with her. She is a very sweet and loving dog. Our cat Penny is taking this new addition pretty well. She has not taken her eyes off of her. Last night she "babysat" her all night. It was pretty cute. It looks like Stewart and I will have a pretty busy summer.

Dance

2010-04-12T18:49:00.000-07:00

On top of teaching 4th grade I have been on a dance company. The company started with a few girls from the studio I teach at. They decided that Pocatello needed a dance company for older dancers. So they asked me to join. I was way pumped to be on the dance company until the school year started. I panicked thinking I could not keep up with dancing and teaching. It wasn't until my wise mom told me to suck it up and in the end I would be glad I stuck with the dancing. Being the wise daughter that I am I listened to my mom and I am glad I did...

This is our first year and we have a long way to go; like come up with a company name!! But we have had a lot of fun and have done a few perfromances. Most the dancers teach with me at the dance sutdio, but some dance with I.S.U. To help promote the company we took these pictures in Old Town Pocatello. They turned out really good and it was a lot of fun!! Here are a few:)

PUERTO RICO!

2010-03-31T17:48:00.000-07:00

We have returned to cold, snowy Idaho after 8 days in sunny, warm Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We had a blast seeing the sites and relaxing on the beach. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

What is new with us.....not much!

2010-03-13T17:38:00.000-08:00

Since the person who started this blog is no longer updating it (Yes I'm talking about Danyiel), I have taken the responsibility this one time. We are still alive and kickin', surviving work and waiting for it to warm up a bit so we can enjoy our yard again.

As some of you know I am the 11 yr old scout leader in our ward. There are about 6 boys and they are a lot of fun. They decided they wanted to go on a camp out before spring break, so we planned one for last night. The boys did all of the planning including the menu, however all the campgrounds are still closed for the winter, so we camped in our backyard. The boys had fun and were a little surprised when they woke up to snow! They wanted a fire to stay warm but all of the wood was wet from the snow and the wind was picking up. They ended up cooking breakfast inside using our stove. I know that's not real camping but for a few of them it was their first time camping.

These are a few of the scouts as they were preparing to pass off their fitness requirements.

They think they're pretty tuff.

We are excited to be headed to Puerto Rico for spring break this year. I know it's a little different to be participating in the annual college spring break tradition after you've graduated, but hey, when your in college you don't have any money and now that we are finished we can finally join in this tradition. We will be in Puerto Rico for a week seeing the sites and getting a tan, or sunburn, depending on how our visits to the tanning salon have paid off.

Christmas Tree :)

2009-12-16T17:29:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago Stewart and I went and cut our own Christmas tree. This is the first time I have ever done this, and I will admit I wasn't to excited about it at first.
Cutting down a tree has been an argument in our house for the past few Christmases. I never wanted to do this because I was afraid we would cut down some poor animals house, or we would bring home a whole bunch of bugs into our house. Stewart has bugged me to do this and I finally gave in this year. We did have fun together and it was nice to get out in the fresh air. I think our tree is really cute. We did get one that was a little to tall, 13 feet high, and we had to cut 3 feet off. I was pretty excited to get one that had pine cones on it, it looks really cool with the lights and pine cones.
I did have fun, but I am not convinced yet to do this every year.

Penny REALLY likes our tree. She sleeps under the tree all the time!!!

Stewart is dragging the tree to the truck. Stewart thought this was the best part because he felt like we were pioneers. This was NOT my favorite part.

Here is Stewart cutting the tree down.

Happy Holidays :)

2009-12-02T17:41:00.000-08:00

I love this time of the year. I love the weather changing and decorating for the seasons.
School is continuing to keep me busy. For Thanksgiving we had an Indian feast. The students studied different Indian tribes in Idaho and then presented their reports. After their reports they made vests from brown paper bags and decorated them with Indian symbols, and played Indian games. They also got to make butter. We then had a huge feast. I was pretty shocked at how much food parents brought for it. The students we so excited and kept saying they were lucky because they were able to have two Thanksgivings.
I hosted my first Thanksgiving this year. My parents came down and spent Thanksgiving with us. They decided to come to us because my brother and I both live here, and my mom stated I needed to host one in our new home. I will admit I didn't really cook that much because my mom did most of it. But I did stuff the turkey and set the table!! Stewart and I had a great time, and it was nice staying home this year.
Stewart has been working a lot and is the new 11 year old boy scout leader. He is having a lot of fun with his new calling. He is really good at it and the boys are pretty cute.

Teaching

2009-09-30T17:43:00.000-07:00

School has been going by very fast. I can't believe the month of September has already gone by. Next week I have parent teacher conferences!!! WOW!! School has been getting tough. I will admit this is a lot harder than I thought. Some of my boys are very hard to work with. They are very active and they could care less about school. 4th graders are at a hard age. They want to be treated like adults, but they want to be taken care of like young kids. They are also at that age where friends and peers are starting to become important. Anyway, we have been having fun. Stewart came into my classroom last week and did a lesson them about maps. He taught them about latitude and longitude, and how to read and use maps. When the students left for the day he told me now he knows why I get so frustrated with them, he said "Your kids are very wild!"
Today we went on our first field trip. We went to a farm on the reservation. The kids had a blast, expect for the FREEZING weather we had. It was soooo bloody cold. One of my students told me she would be ok if we went back to the classroom and did math worksheets instead of being at the farm. LOL:) They got to pick potatoes, pet the horses, cows, chickens, bunnies, and they had someone from Rocky Mountain Power come and talk to them about electricity. They also had firemen from the local fire station come and talk to them about fire safety. We did have a lot of fun.

Some of my students after they picked their potatoes.

The students trying to stay warm.

All of my students on the 2nd day of school

Update

2009-09-08T19:46:00.001-07:00

So, I have gotten in trouble by my husband for not updating our blog. So here it is.......

I have started my job as a fourth grade teacher and I love it!!!! I am dead tired when I come home each night, but I can't wait to go back. I have some pretty wild students, especially my boys, but they make me laugh everyday. I also only have 20 students, which is very unheard of over here. This has turned into a great blessing. Think of it this way, only 20 papers to grade, only 20 copies to make, and 20 kids to get ready for lunch.

Stewart is busy working, and has decided he is going to run a marathon. We officially kicked off the training tonight!! We went running and only ran two miles, but we feel like we ran the marathon already!! Stewart is so stoked for BSU football. They beat Oregon 19-8 and the rest of the season looks very promising. Obviously, this is a very important time of the year in our household. Well for Stewart that is.

We bought a new car!! It is a 2007 Toyota Camry. We love it!! It is our first car. I feel so luxurious in it. We have power seats, window, and power locks.

So that is about it for us now, until next time....

CRAZY Summer

2009-07-15T10:52:00.000-07:00

WOW! This summer has gone by soooo fast. I can't believe the 4th of July is over and now we are about half way done with July.

Stewart and I have been busy working on the house. We got the sprinklers and grass put in. We also put shelves in the garage and have been constantly working on organizing it. We also sealed the posts on our front porch. We were told if you don't do this then over the years each post will start to fade different and they will all have a different color. Yuck!! We have had so much fun working on our home. We did try to get a garden going, but with all of the rain we have had and the constant watering we have been doing to the grass, the garden is no longer there. I seriously think it has flooded many times. So next year that will be our goal. This weekend we are going to try to get started on our retaining wall we have to put on the side of the house. Because of they way our neighbor's lot sits we have to put one up. Again, with all of the water we have gotten that side of the house gets hit the worse, and the ground has settled many times. This wont be fun, but we have to do it or our basement will flood.!!

We have also had fun with our cat this summer. She is so much fun and keeps us entertained!! We went to Boise for the 4th and had fun seeing family and playing in my parents pool. I also got brave and took the whole top off of the jeep. I realized that I have not taken the top off in almost five years!! It has been fun driving the jeep around. I feel like I have a new car!!

Our summer has been nice and we have had fun getting stuff done around the house.

A couple of weeks ago I made spaghetti! Can you tell it was a hit at our house!!!

I am going to be a teacher

2009-06-08T17:48:00.000-07:00

Drum Roll Please......... I got a teaching job!!!!!!!!! I will be a fourth grade teacher next year. Last Monday I had two job interviews for local elementary schools. Then on Wednesday I had a job interview for the Head Start program here. I was so surprised by how many schools called me. I thought there weren't going to be any openings next year because of the budget cuts in our school district. But on Thursday the principal from one of the schools I interviewed at called me and said they would like me to be their new fourth grade teacher. I am soooooo excited!!! I have already been thinking of books to read to my students, and other activities I can do with them. I will have to admit, I want the summer to go by fast. This is a first for me:)

LOL!! OMG!!!

2009-05-22T18:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks to a family member that has posted examples of these cartoons on thier blog. These are hilarious!

These are the tools needed for nursery!! Too bad the church doesn't provide them for you like this bishop did.

Graduation

2009-05-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

Graduation was this weekend. Stewart and I both graduated from Idaho State University. The ceremony was three hours long!! The funny thing is I bet the speeches only lasted about half hour, the long part was watching everyone walk the line and get their diploma. After the ceremony we had everyone come to our home to have a BBQ. It was fun to see our family and friends and show everyone our new home. We had a great time visiting and we were so happy that everyone took the time out of their busy day to watch us walk the line.

This is only half of the students that graduated. The newspaper said there were 2000 graduates.

Stewart and I with our diplomas.

My parents with Stewart and I

The Newest Member of our Family

2009-05-13T12:04:00.000-07:00

This is the newest member of our family. Her name is Penny. Stewart and I got her on Monday. She is seven months old. We got her from a women that takes in pets who do not have a home or animals that the Humane Society have. She is sooo much fun and still has a lot of kitten in her.

Busy Month!!

2009-04-24T16:42:00.000-07:00

This month has been very busy for Stewart and me. We moved in our new home the first weekend and spent the next few weeks unpacking. I have spent the past two weekends at dance competitions and will spend this weekend and the next in Utah for more dance competitions. Stewart has been busy with work and has been traveling to Blackfoot a lot for work. School has been busy with my new 6th grade class. 6th graders are a lot of work and they sure do keep me working and thinking on my toes. This is my last week with student teaching and then I will officially be done with school. I can't wait. I also can't wait for graduation. It is coming soon and it seems like a dream to know that school is done.

Some of my 6th graders after we did a math project with candy bars

The house is finally done!!!

We are very pleased with how our home turned out. Can't wait to spend time working on the yard.

Update

2009-04-18T09:54:00.000-07:00

Since Danyiel has signed up for Facebook she has been neglecting the blog...so I have taken the responsiblity (just this once) to update everyone on the house.

Last Friday the 10th we signed the papers to close on our house. It was a little scary but after signing our names about 100 times we are now officially home owners. We love our house and can't wait to finish the yard, well we have to start first but we did get the trees planted this week and now we just have sprinklers and grass to put in. This may sounds wierd, but I am looking forward to the yardwork, especially mowing, and the garden. Danyiel keeps telling me she is not going to work in the graden because she is not that type of person and she doesn't want to pull weeds. Oh well I guess I will have to do all the work.

We will post more pictures of the house when we get more time. The next three weekends Danyiel has dance competitions. Today in Malad and the next 2 are in Utah.

Danyiel will finish her student teaching at the end of April and then graduation is the 9th of May. Announcements are being sent out today. Hope to see everyone here. We can't wait to finally be done with school.

GRANITE

2009-03-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

The granite finally got put in yesterday!!! It looks soooo good. I am so glad we were able to do this up-grade. The color looks almost black in these pictures, but it is actually a really pretty green. The plumbing is also finish, expect for the sink in the kitchen. I have also started packing this week and I am having fun, knowing that this is it and we are moving!!!

This is the desk in the kitchen. Stewart and I couldn't decide between this color or the one that we picked. So we decided to put this color here and the other color is the main one.

Looks good!! We are also starting to get our appliances in!!

Here is a close up.

We are so happy with our kitchen. It has turned out the way we had hopped!!

The House:)

2009-03-21T14:09:00.000-07:00

Yea!! We had another great week with the house. The carpet is done and they have started putting rock on the outside. The electrician put all of the lighting in. Yea, we have light switches and plug-ins!! Granite will be installed on Tuesday and so will the plumbing. If the weather stays nice this weekend the driveway and the sidewalk will be poured Monday.

The Cabinets Are In!!!!!!

2009-03-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

The cabinets were installed this week and they look FABULOUS! Our house really feels like a home now, and the end of the building is starting to come to a close.
This is in the bathrooms.

These cabinets are around the range (stove and microwave)

Close-up of the handles and what the wood looks like

Another close-up

This is what the kitchen looks like! Yea!

Half way done with student teaching

2009-03-08T17:41:00.000-07:00

This week was my last week with my second grade class for my student teaching. I am going to miss these guys. They were so much fun and very patient with me. On Monday I finish my semester of student teaching with a sixth grade class. Here are some pictures from our Dr. Seuss night at the school.

Tile

2009-03-08T17:30:00.001-07:00

We are one step closer to moving in!!! The tile is done. Thank you mom and dad. Stewart and I did not expect to get so much done this weekend. Because my parents came down we got everything done. We worked really hard all weekend and got both bathrooms, kitchen, and laundry room all tiled!!! Now all we need to do is clean the tile and seal the grout. This makes it so the cabinet guys can come in this week and get going on putting in the cabinets!! Yea!!!

This is the tile in the bathroom. It looks great!!

This is the tile in the kitchen. We put tile all through the kitchen and dining room.

This is what the tile looked like in the bathrooms before we put the grout in.

Looks Like A House

2009-03-01T16:38:00.000-08:00

This is the view from the back. The siding is almost done!! They are working on the front now, and then when it gets warmer they can start putting the rock on. The house is finally starting to look like a house!!!

The Painting Is Done!! :)

2009-03-01T16:08:00.000-08:00

Yea!!! The painting is done!! We are so pleased with the colors and the way everything turned out! Thanks to the help from Josh and Stewart's family we were able to get the whole upstairs done with two coats and we have one coat on in the basement. I am hoping to get the second coat on this week. Now we are getting ready to put the tile down. When that is done then the cabinets will get put in, and then the carpet. We are getting so excited. The house is coming along smoothly and it looks great!!

This is the color in the master bedroom. It is hard to see here, but it is a soft blue. This color is also in the master bathroom.

This is the main color in the house. This color is in two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and basement. This color looks really good with the white trim.

This color is a soft green. It is on this wall and goes down the hallway.

This was a little scary. We had to get creative to find a way to paint the top of the wall. The extension rod we had for the rollers would get to the top, but to not get the tan on the ceiling we had to find a way to get the edger up there. So Stewart and Alan went and got this rail from outside from the guys who were putting the siding on the house, and used it to get to the top of the wall.

Here is Josh and Parker painting the laundry room. They got a lot done!!

Now the Painting begins

2009-02-22T07:45:00.000-08:00

The painting was a success!!! Well spraying on the primer was. We finally got started on painting. We have spent the past week just getting the prep work done. We have been caulking and filling in the nail holes. Which took a very long time. Then we had to cover the windows and showers. That was a lot of work!!! Finally, yesterday we swept up all of the dust and busted out the spray gun!! It was nice to finally start painting. We feel like we acutally got something done!!

Now for the fun stuff!!

2009-02-15T20:49:00.000-08:00

Stewart and I started painting this weekend. It was a lot of work. We started off with caulking all of the trim and then filling in all of the nail holes!! We worked all day Saturday and Sunday. On Wednesday we will start with the primer and then finally start doing the actual paint!!!!

Stewart is getting the caulking gun ready.

We are very pleased with how the trim turned out. This is how our windows and doors look with the trim.

Close up of the trim on the front door.

This is our WALK-IN closet. This closet, the pantry, and the garage are the things I look forward to the most!! :)

On Saturday Stewart suprised me flowers in the house!!!

One more pic:)

2009-02-04T19:33:00.000-08:00

I couldn't fit this picture on the last post, so here it is. The house is lookin' good!!

As you can see we have the roof done, the exterior doors are in and the garage doors were installed the other day.

Here we go!

2009-02-04T18:42:00.000-08:00

Finally here is an update on the house. As you can see the house is fully sheetrocked and taped. They should be starting on the texture this week and hopefully be done by early next week. After that, the trim will go up and then we will start painting!!!

Stewart is standing in the basement. We decided to finish the living room in the basement.

This is the living room up stairs.

This is the side of the kitchen were the stove, microwave, and dishwasher will go.

This is the dining room. The door goes to the backyard.

This is the master bedroom. We put in a tray ceiling. The door to the side goes to the hall way, and the other door goes into the master bath.

Another update on the house

2009-01-10T12:44:00.000-08:00

The entire house is now closed in. The roof is complete minus the shingles (should be done early next week). The windows were installed on Friday and the plumbing is complete in the entire house. The showers and tubs were installed too. The heating and air will be installed next week along with the electrical. Then the drywall will be installed soon after the electrician is done. It is moving alot faster than we thought it would. We are so excited to finish and move in!!!

This a view from the street facing the front door. You can now see how the roof line is going to look. The living room is on the right and there is a bedroom on the left next to the garage.

This is another view from the street that obviously shows the garage. It is looking really good and we are VERY EXCITED to move in.

Lookin' Good!

2009-01-04T18:28:00.001-08:00

The house is really coming along. You can now start to get a good idea of where the different rooms are and what it is going to look like. We are getting very excited. The other day we went and got the tile for the bathrooms and laundry room!! So way cool:)

This is the view from the backyard.

This is Stewart standing in the dining room.

This is the front of the house with the trusses. The house should be enclosed early this week and then the plumber, HVAC, and electrician will do their stuff.

Christmas

2008-12-30T14:58:00.000-08:00

Stewart and I had a great Christmas. We went home to stay with family for almost a week. It was a nice break from a long semester of school. Stewart and I were able to go snowboarding with my dad and brother. This was Stewart's first time and I hadn't been in almost three years. We had a great time. Stewart fell a lot, but if you ask him he will tell you that he got really good at getting up off the ground. I thought he did a great job and really got the hang of it. We are hoping to go again. One funny thing that happened to us was mom's Christmas trick. She kept telling everyone that she could only afford to get us toilet paper for our Christmas present. Well the smart women that she is, she did get us toilet paper, but she put money inside of it! It was great!!!

Stewart and I also went to Fast Lane with his family. We had a great time racing against Parker, Justin, and Lanae. Parker won, and I came in dead last!

Here we are after our race was over.

Stewart and Justin in their racing suits in case they crashed.

It was a great time being with family.

More than just a hole in the ground

2008-12-30T08:36:00.000-08:00

The contractors told me and Stewart that they are trying to get the whole house closed in as fast as they can, so they can work inside while it is cold out. So, I will probably be posting lots of pictures in the next couple of weeks.

This is the front of the house

Here I am standing in the door that goes into the laundry room. Our bedroom is next to the laundry room.

Stewart is standing where the front door will be

This is were our dinning table will be. These cutt outs are for the windows, and next to the windows is the door leading to the backyard.

The basement

2008-12-21T16:20:00.000-08:00

Yea! You can kinda get a good look at what the basement looks like. This is a view from the living room. You can see down the hall and the rooms on the right are the bedrooms. The rooms on the left are the utility room and the bathroom. The room in the back is another bedroom.

This is Stewart standing on our front porch. The cut out is for the stairs going to the basement.

Starting to look like a house!!!!!!

2008-12-06T21:47:00.000-08:00

Here you can see Stewart in the basement. He is actually in one of the bedrooms!

This is a view from the backyard

This is the view from the living room

This is the same view, but before they poured the cement

There's A Hole!

2008-11-24T09:23:00.000-08:00

The builders started digging this past week.

I know these pictures are a little hard to see, but there is the hole for the house and the garage.

We Are Building A House!!!!!!!

2008-11-17T20:32:00.000-08:00

It's official!! We signed the loan papers and we start digging tomorrow. We should be moving in by May 1st.

This is the lot. This is a view from the road. The park is behind our house. Stewart got to stake it.

This is the view from the back of the lot. Pretty cool!

Stewart is 26!!

2008-10-24T19:29:00.001-07:00

Here they come!!

Here we are at the game. Stewart looks so handsome:)

Boise State won!!!

For Stewart's birthday we went to the Boise State vs. Hawii game. We had a great time and enjoyed being back in Boise and seeing our family. Also, to make the day even more exciting Boise won, 27 to 7.

To My Favorite Pumpkins

2008-10-13T10:09:00.000-07:00

Being a good person is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all of the yucky stuff -- including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a bright new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see. This was passed on to me from another pumpkin. Now, it is your turn to pass it on to a pumpkin of your choice. I liked this enough to send it to all the pumpkins in my patch.

Have A Happy Fall!

Pickles

2008-10-02T19:18:00.000-07:00

Here is another funny thing I found this week on the Internet!! Stewart and I love the Pickles Comics, and this one reminds me of him.
Click on the link

Pickles

THIS IS WHY I LOVE WORKING WITH CHILDREN!!!

2008-09-29T15:02:00.000-07:00

I got this e-mail from my grandma. Enjoy!!!!

ALL MEN / ALL GIRLS
When my daughter, Kelli, said her bedtime prayers, she would bless every family member, every friend, and every animal (current and past).
For several weeks, after we had finished the nightly prayer, Kelli would say, 'And all girls.'This soon became part of her nightly routine, to include this closing. My curiosity got the best of me and I asked her, 'Kelli, why do you always add the part about all girls?'Her response, 'Because everybody always finish their prayers by saying 'All Men'!'

MOSES AND THE RED SEA
Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School.'Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses on a mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt . When he got to the Red Sea , he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.''Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?' his mother asked.'Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!'

LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot 's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, 'My Mommy looked back once while she was driving,' he announced triumphantly, 'and she turned into a telephone pole!'

BEING THANKFUL
A Rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old boy, 'So your mother says your prayers for you each night? That's very commendable. What does she say?'
The little boy replied, 'Thank God he's in bed!'

UNTIMELY ANSWERED PRAYER
During the minister's prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Tommy's mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence and, after church, asked, 'Tommy, whatever made you do such a thing?'Tommy answered, soberly, 'I asked God to teach me to whistle, and He did!'

FUNNY VIDEO

2008-09-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

You have to check out this video. it's of a kitten playing with an electric toothbrush. it's four minutes long but worth the whole time!!!!
there are some other funny videos of cats and dogs, i highly recommend them!!!
ENJOY
Click on the link below
MSN Video

1st Day of School!!

2008-08-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

Stewart and I started school this week:( It felt weird to know that this is our last semester of classes!!! I still can't get over that. Stewart is done in December and I will be doing my student teaching in the spring. We can't wait to be done, but it is scary to think that we have to actually get a job and work full time all year long. No more working full time in the summer and part-time during the school year. It is going to be a long year with us both taking 18 credits and working. Stewart also has to finish his physics independent study class and do his senior project. I am still waiting to hear from my test scores for the praxis 2 and get ready to student teach. It is going to be a long semester but also a good one to know that after this we are done!!

Reunion 2008

2008-08-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

Stewart practicing his shooting skills!!

Cute Girls!!

What a good looking hula dancer

Braving the Payett River

Here We Come!

Stewart and I went to our family Reuion this past week. We had a great time rafting the Payett River. We had both done this before and had fun doing it with our family. We also got to go shooting and had a laua dinner.

Disney World

2008-08-08T09:17:00.000-07:00

Josh and Stewart at Epcot

The whole gang in Hollywood Studios

Stewart helping out with the filming of a new movie as the Engineer of the ship

We got to go to Disney world this summer with my family. We had a great time visiting all of the parks and going to Universal Studios and going shopping!!!

Camping!!!

2008-08-07T15:27:00.000-07:00

Danyiel by the river

Stewart by the river

Stewart and I went camping last weekend in Hiese. We had a great time and enjoyed getting away for the weekend. We went swimming in the hot springs and walked around the camp ground.
We also had fun cooking. We haven't done that a whole lot. We borrowed my dad's camp chef and cooked breakfast on it. We roasted hot dogs on the open camp fire and had smores!!!!
We finally got to use Stewart's new tent and I even helped put it up!

hello

2008-08-07T14:37:00.000-07:00

Hi stewart.
I know you think this is chessy but i am very bored at work!! What do you think!! I think we will have fun!!
See you at home!!
love you tons
danyiel