Back in the swing of things!

Well another year has come again and I am now three weeks into my second year of teaching. It has been wonderful doing this a SECOND time. The first year was so scary. But this year I am much more at ease starting school. I'm still no expert and I have already had a heart-to-heart with my class about their behavior, but I feel much more comfortable this time.

Danno and I were also able to celebrate our second year as married peeps. I am such an advocate of marriage. Who else would tell me when I have stuff in my teeth, listen to me cry about naughty children and dog poop, correct papers, buy a puppy and home with me, tell me my outfit is cute even when it's less than fab, and take care of me when I am all yucky and sicky? The answer is Danno. He is my best friend and I like him a lot. We went down to St. George and had a wonderful time! We saw Tarzan at the Tuachan, ate steak, went shopping and swimming, and lounged by the pool. I love Danno.

Yuki is still a baby to us. We love her most of the time. She is getting her sad surgury on Tuesday and will be sporting the cone of shame. Good luck Yuki!

Annual 4th of July 5K

Angie bought Yuki her 2nd outfit. I was so anti-dressing animals up...until I saw how cute she is. Thank you Jonelle for her first dress!

Chloe is my girl! We are best friends!

Kelsie is from the "hood" in Texas. Actually not, but she sure tries!

Owen likes grapes

Here is the whole running team!

We started off our 4th of July like we usually do: by running in the Sandy 5K! Tanner took 3rd place in his age group, Evonne took 1st, and they both got sweet prizes! We eventually had a BBQ later which explains the last half of the pictures.

Yuki + Guido = BFF

This is the photo recap of Yuki and Guido. Guido is Danno's cousins Matt and Carla's pup. They have a love hate relationship because Yuki often kicks Guido's trash.

Catching up!

Baby Yuki tolerates my love

Baby Yuki loves Danno

The Champ Fam

Owee is allergic...but this was before we found out :(

The Domm Fam

The Kunz Fam

The Hilbigs @ our new house

Baby Yuki

Ok, here I am evading the heat of my casa and TADA! there is internet. So here is the picture portion of our life.

M.I.A.

Sorry folks! Danno and I have had many life changers but unfortunately we don't have the internet! My iPhone won't let me update blogger so here I am writing a lame post with no pictures! We got our home! Hooray! We love it so much. It is about a billion+ degrees inside due to the lack of air conditioning. We also got a cute little puppy named Yuki. She is so much fun! She is an American Eskimo. We have all been battling the heat of the pretty new home. Poor Yuki crawls in our freezer when the door is open. So to sum up our life: House=amazing independence and scary morgage, puppy=like a new baby and chewed up furnature, Danno and Nellie=pure bliss.

Life is sweet.

Danno studying hard for finals

Although the Utah weather is throwing us for a loop, Danno and I couldn't be happier. Danno just finished his semester and is enjoying a little break before he starts his summer semester and my work is getting a little smoother. Danno is looking for drafting jobs and beginning his life in a grown up job [sorry RL-red lobster-you just suck sometimes]. He also thankfully passed his marriage and family class. And work for me is getting better. End of year testing starts next week and I feel like I am finally making some progress with some behavioral issues with students.
Danno and I are also in contract for a home in Sandy near his parents. We love it and hope everything works out. We were supposed to close in three days, but due to a snag from the seller it could be a few more weeks. We cannot wait to have a little home! Plus a little home means a little puppy.
However, it has been a hard week for my little heart. If you watch Lost and aren't caught up-this is your spoiler alert so stop reading or skip over this.
I'm pretty sure I cried harder when Jin and Sun died than when my dog died. I love tv. I always have. I used to draw pictures of my family and I would include the tv. I would draw arms and legs on it and we were always holding hands. Call it what you want.

Mrs. Champion's the name, teachin' is the game.

My cute friend Suzi wanted to see my classroom and I realized I had no pictures of it! Sadness. Because I have tried really hard to make my little classroom cave happy and fun. There is also a picture of Owen, which is not part of my class, but equally cute and bloggable. I only have 8 weeks left until I have completed the dreaded first year. Here are my favorites about teaching:

1. Getting sticky little notes and hugs.
2. Seeing them improve and being proud of it.
3. Listening to their growing up stories.

Quotes:

• "You are so kind. No man-eating animal would ever eat you."
• "I got a number from a girl at the mall with a mullet."
• "Mrs. Champion, I wish you were my mommy."
• "Will you be my teacher forever?"
• "Sorry I couldn't answer you earlier. I had a huge mucous ball in my mouth."

Least favorite things: Dodging the huge booger my student flicked during gym.