I got a smart phone

So I realize that it's 2012 and I'm pretty much the only person in the world without a smart phone.... well used to be the only person in the world without a smart phone.

I finally got an iphone.Just a perfect little iphone4 that we got for free since we switched to verizon, and that's the true beauty of this story. We switched back to Verizon.

I love verizon. Truly. They have the best service, and it has been a long year and 8 months without them. Kyle finally broke down, we had one dropped call too many and bam.. we have Verizon! Can you tell I love verizon?!

Anyway, I thought that I would share with you that I've entered the 22nd century. (I was even taught how to use emoticons! is that what they are called?)

Having a Good Cry

I was talking to a co-worker after a very stressful day of work and she commented to me that she heard once that women produce a chemical that is released when we cry. Thus, the fact that women need a "good cry" is a real thing, because women need to release this toxin.

I googled it, and google seemed to agree with her theory. I decided not to do any more research on the matter and accept that women need to cry and the fact (according to a lot of studies I read via google) that we cry 4 times more than men suddenly became perfectly justified. 

(Please know that I am writing all of this with a slight air of sarcasm, however, the next part is  VERY serious)

I think I am going to take advantage of Kyle's late night at work and cuddle up on the couch and watch a tear jerker. Maybe I'll feel less stressed tomorrow.

Kyle made me a shelf

I asked for a shelf, and Kyle came through... as always.

Things I didn't think would fall into my job description

When you work at a small school you wear lots of hats, and end up doing things way outside of your "job title". Lately my job title has included some fun stuff...

Along with being the secretary I am also the school nurse. I've had a couple of kids get legitimately sick (bummer!) and have had to clean up after them. However, most of my kids just want to chat, get out of class, get a band aid for cuts you can't see with the naked eye, or sit in my lap. Here's a little convo.

E: "Miss Bekki, my stomach hurts."

Me: " I'm so sorry E, do you think we should give mom a call?"

E: "Not really, I heard that "C" sat in your lap when her stomach hurt. Maybe I should just do that." (he said while shrugging his shoulders.. p.s. he's in first grade)

I also run lunches. I have about 100 kids per lunch that I look after. (Yes, I have help!) Lately we've been playing this little game called Freeze Dance. I play a song, the kids dance. I pause the song, the kids freeze. If you move your out!

Turns out that 1 Direction is the only CD we have in the gym and so I've had no choice to use them. Didn't even know who they really were until recently, but let me tell you they have been stuck in my head for 2 weeks. ("the way that you flip your hair has me overwhelmed.....lalalalala. YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR BEAUTIFUL! lalalalalalala")

I'm also now the librarian. Seriously I don't know why I got this task. I love to read and I started to decorate and organize the books because they were bugging me. But now I am in charge or ordering books and really in charge of all things to do with the library..... poor kids didn't know that I was going to sensor what they could read. Mwahahahaha!

I think my next segment will be kids say the darndest things.....

Homemade Tomato Basil Pizza

It was a perfect night for a movie and pizza.  We rented "Man on a Ledge" and I made some Tomato Basil pizza.

 It was a great date night :)

the 3rd born club goes to Disneyland

A while back I was talking to a lady at church and she was sharing little personality traits of her 3rd born son with me. I am also the 3rd born and told her that I had a lot in common with her boy. This young boy, we'll call him Bruce Wayne (he loves batman) found out that we were both 3rd born and began the 3rd born club. Shockingly there are quite a few 3rd born boys at our church. (They are all about 10 + years my junior)

The boys came up with a hand shake, we are starting initiation into the club (apparently being the 3rd born doesn't automatically qualify you anymore) and we have been consistently growing. However, this wasn't enough in the boys eyes. We needed a really cool first outing for the 3rd born club. 

One of the boys, lets call him Robin (he also loves batman and  knows Robins whole life story) has a cousin that works at Disneyland and was willing to get us 3 free park hopper tickets! Not enough tickets to accommodate our whole club, so the boys decided it should be founding members only. 

They got permission from their moms, worked out the tickets, found the date and then asked me to join (and be their chauffeur, just call me Alfred)

So there we were, Bruce Wayne, Robin, and Alfred off to Disneyland and California Adventure! 

picture from google

We had a blast! 

We first went on Radiator Racers in Cars Land, then Tower of Terror, ( Bruce pretended it was his first time and in "fear" held tightly onto  the stranger sitting next to him and screamed the whole time. Maybe I shouldn't have told him that I did that when I was his age. oops) Then we went on Soarin' Over California before we hit the Silly Swings (which we went on 5 times in a row, after eating lunch. Then we went on California Screamin'. Yes I did want to puke.

Then it was off to Disneyland for yummy food, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, (Indiana Jones was closed :( )and a few other fun things. 

Then back to California Adventure for more Tower of Terror, California Screamin, Cars Land and then I said no to any more swings...

We were one tired crew leaving that day, but a very happy one. After all we were at the Happiest Place on Earth. 

P.s. we saw a bunch of characters. Way more than I usually see. I saw Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, Jessie from Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear, Mickey and Minnie, Donald Duck, Tigger, Lightning Mcqueen, TowMater, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts!

new apartment photos

After we moved I was asked by my sister and grandma to post pictures on my blog. 

I finally promised that I would put some up this weekend. Then I got sick. I have the flu :( So does Kyle

That being said I did take some pictures, but they aren't great pictures, and I will post more soon. At least it's something!

Here you go!

I know it's my place and so I'm biased, but I don't think the pictures show it very well. Mostly because I'm not a good photographer, but also, it's hard to capture exactly how something looks. Either way, Kyle and I are excited about our new place! I'll post more pictures as our projects continue!