Let's Catch This Business Up

This post covers pretty much everything that has happened this year. I know. Five months of catch-up. But really, these highlights themselves didn't seem to qualify enough for their own post while I was still in school. Together they make a nice little blog entry though. 


Dillon and I, with the other science teachers, checked out the St. George Dinosaur Track Museum to see if it would work as part of our 8th grade field trip

During our fossil unit, the other science teachers and I decided to make bug candy that looked like amber fossils for the kiddos...300+ candies for the record. The meal worms were ordered food grade, nacho cheese flavored (so gross), just in case the students decided to actually eat them (most of them didn't).

The final product

I saw a woman at this year's USTA conference that seriously has to be Amy Farrah Fowler's long lost twin (and I discovered that trying to sneak pictures of strangers is prrreetttyy awkward).

Dillon and I celebrated Valentine's at home this year.

Mmmm...macarons. I found these babies on Etsy at
etsy.com/shop/ellemercedmacarons 

Flowers and M&M's from Dillon

Some bored teenagers thought it would be cool to shoot out our car window (and others over the course of about a week). Little did they know that that is our wrecked car that will be making it's way to the salvage yard soon so...whatevs. (Is it a little embarrassing that it's still sitting in front of our house? Maybe. What can I say? Not a top priority).

We celebrated my birthday. Dillon let me open my presents early.

We had no birthday wrapping stuff, so he just kept putting things
in this bag one at a time :)

Then we went down to St. George for glow-in-the-dark mini-golf and shopping.

Such a winner staying strong, holding those bags while standing in
Victoria's Secret.

And ended with my birthday "cake" and white hot chocolate from Starbucks. **Sidenote: So, remember how Rainbow Chip cake basically rocks my face?? They discontinued it! Like, gone. Seriously, I think I hate Betty Crocker. They replaced it with some Funfetti nonsense. Not the same folks. Not.the.same. The frosting is nowhere to be found except for on Ebay for obscene prices. In my totally deserved depression, I told Dillon that I just wanted a coconut cake donut for my birthday from this awesome donut shop in town. They closed the week of my birthday. Despair, I tell you! But Dillon found these at Starbucks and they were pretty rockin' too so, all was well.**

We traveled to Delta for a quick visit and I helped the niece and nephew create some slime. (This is the best and easiest-to-make slime I've come across--water, borax, and polyvinyl alcohol. You can totally order a Polyvinyl Alcohol slime kit through Amazon. I recommend it over any of the slime recipes that involve Elmer's glue).

The Britos came down to visit (which we loved!) and we decided to hit up the Children's Museum in St. George. It's completely free and so fun for little kids (and adults).

I made Dillon help me chaperon another school activity- the Science Olympiad. The bus ride = not awesome, but the kids had fun and we all learned a lot.

We found out we're pregnant! Which I have no picture for, except for the pregnancy test. I feel weird about posting it...mostly because we all know what had to go on that stick for the results to pop up. Am I the only one who thinks that? Someone please tell me whether or not it's weird! I apparently am not secure enough about it to have my own solid opinion.

My dad graduated with his Masters in Education. Go him!

We announced that we were pregnant. It was earlier than we were planning on but apparently no one told my brother to keep it a secret so he let all of Facebook know. I was also soooo sick that I had missed practically every other day of work that week so people were already suspicious.

As school whittled down a school talent show was held. A few of us teachers banded together and learned the dance from "What Does the Fox Say?" I only have pictures...no video but I'll bet it exists on social media somewhere.

And now summer is in full swing. I look around our house thinking how much it needs to be cleaned..and then I read instead. This one has been my latest. I actually liked it, which may be a bit morbid and probably makes me weird.