"You wear me out!"

As much as I have enjoyed my job this summer, I am starting to feel bad for the poor children who have to listen to me day in and day out. There are 4 children who have to listen to me not only Monday-Friday for 6+ hours, but also on Sunday for 1 1/2 hours during primary. 2 of those lucky girls happen to be my downstairs neighbors and I get the feeling that they are especially tired of me as I see them quite often, even when it's not at school or church. My hunch was proven right today as I talked with them during our lesson on Obedience. Of course, since 2/3rds of the kids in my primary class are also with me the rest of the week, when the lesson is "I can obey my Parents" I drop in the friendly reminder that we also need to obey our teachers at school and church. (Which is Me and Me) We talked a little bit about being respectful of each other. I explained that disrespect tends to lead to a crankier Miss Chelsie, who doesn't enjoy being cranky and it's not fun for anyone.  I said "I don't like to tell people to sit down during singing again and again, or to stop hitting, or get in line, or.......(you get the point) over and over again. It wears me out." (At this point my class was giggling) I continued, "I often times go home and take a nap after school. When you don't listen it wears me out!" My 7 yr old neighbor girl with her elbow on the desk plopped her head into her hand, sighed and said, "But sometimes Miss Chelsie,  YOU wear ME out!"

Fair enough I suppose.

Memory Game

Alright, by demand, I'm joining in on the game.......


Here are the rules...

! As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together( it can be for Chelsie, Keith or both). It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you! If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you!

Lets have fun!

2 Years of BLISS!

Engagement Pictures

Exactly two years ago today, Keith and I had the amazing experience of being married and sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls, Idaho, LDS Temple. I can't believe that we have already been married 2 years and yet it seems weird to think of my life "pre-Keith." The past 2 years have been amazing and I wouldn't trade them for anything. What an amazing thing to be married to my very best friend! Keith, you are my absolute world and I am grateful for such a kind, loving, strong, patient, persevering husband! Thank you for all that you do!


I LOVE YOU KEITH!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Nothing New

Well, nothing new has really been going on. Keith had his 2nd big test and he passed everything, which is good. He just studies all of the time but neither of us can believe how fast this semester is going! There are only 5 weeks left! I am still enjoying my job, the kids are great. They keep me laughing. I do often come home a take a 1-2 hour nap after work though, I can't believe how tired I get!

English as a Second Language (ESL) classes have started up again. It's a lot of fun, I just feel bad for the poor people I try to teach. My brain is fried by the time 6:30 rolls around, but luckily there's another teacher to explain my babblings to the class. I do have a lot of fun though.

Other than that, not much is new. We are just here, working, going to school, and living life one day at a time.

4th of July--Island Style

Although Keith was taking a test on the 4th and I was working all day, we still had the opportunity to celebrate our country's independence. I have always been proud to be an American, but this year things just really hit home. I have never been as grateful for my country before as I have been the past 6 months. We really missed our families, but we had a great time with our friends down here. Everyone contributed and we were able to come together and have an AWESOME BBQ! We had everything: hot dogs & hamburgers, baked beans, pasta salad, red and blue star shaped jello jigglers, fresh fruit, star shaped sugar cookies with red, white, and blue sprinkles, cupcakes, the whole 9 yards. It was quite the feast and everything from the cookies to the hotdog buns were homemade (We have made friends with some excellent cooks!) . Keith brought his baby (his football) and some of the guys threw it around while the grill was warming up. It was a great day and for not being in the states, it actually felt a lot like the 4th of July. The whole evening I felt so much gratitude for both our friends on the island and my country. The song "God Bless America" ran through my head multiple times. We are so blessed!

Keith getting the grill going. (We bought this grill from a student and haven't regretted it for a second)Everyone enjoying the food!


Feeling very full and very happy!
After the BBQ, we joined some of our friends for night swimming. It ended up raining at least 1/2 the time we were there, but we still had a lot of fun!

"Fun in the Sun"

As of Friday, June 27, 2008 I am officially employed! Hooray! There aren't a lot of job opportunities down here and luckily things fell into place for me. So far, I LOVE IT! I am working at the elementary prep school on Ross Campus , teaming up with 3 different teachers throughout the summer to do the summer program. Our theme for the summer is "Fun in the Sun" and so far, it has been. Here are a couple of pictures from our summer so far! We have some fun activities on the program and hopefully things will run smoothly the rest of the summer.


This is the sign that some of the other wives helped me make. ("helped me"= they pretty much did it all)Here's most of the little Hooligans that I get to run around with this summer. We had a field trip to the fire station, police station, and purple turtle beach today. They got to climb into the fire truck and explore a little bit.
A close up of some of them, giving me their "best" smiles. What characters!!!

As you can see, they are cute kids and since I don't have my own kids to blog about, prepare to get to know these kids better over the next 2 months!

p.s. For any of you Moms out there, www.4kraftykidz.com has some really fun things on it. Activities, coloring sheets, songs, educational things, etc. We pulled a few things off of there and the kids seemed to really like them.

Lost Addict

The past little while, Natalynn (one of my good friends down here) and I have started to watch ABC's TV series, "Lost." After the first episode, I was a little hesitant, as the scene was all too familiar. (For those of you unfamiliar with the story, a plane crashes on a deserted island and a group of people are left to survive on their own) Now, I am addicted. After reasoning with myself that if I were to actually get stuck on a deserted island after a plane crash, I would know how to survive now! It isn't all that different to what I've been doing the past 6 months! Anyway, if you haven't watched it yet, I'd suggest waiting until you have a couple of days with nothing to do and have yourself a "Lost" marathon!! Once you start, you won't want to stop!