my last single day

The day before I got married I went boating with my Dad, sister Andrea and brother Dan. (Bob was in a golf tournament with his family all day.) My Dad recently bought a new boat and he wanted to take it out for a test drive. It was super hot early in the afternoon but by the time we got on the lake it had cooled down. There were also some nice waves that had us smacking our arms up and down on the railing. Andrea and I were up in the front and took it hard, I may have screamed a few times.

Dan was brave and got in to wakeboard. He did an awesome job. The water was cold and it wasn't too warm out--- so I chose to stay in. Our new boat is a complete upgrade from our last one, which we had had for almost my whole life. We are proud to say that we now have a sound system and I can't wait for Lake Powell this summer!!!!

What to do now?

Today was my last day of teaching 3rd grade. It was also my last day at snow springs elementary, so sad!!! I am excited though to start at my new school in the fall. I turned in my keys, cleaned out my room and said goodbye to my kids.

Yesterday Bob came to school with me for part of the day. He helped keep the kids busy while I finished report cards and put stuff in boxes. Our spare bedroom is full of school supplies. I didn't realize how many books I accumulated over the year. There are WAY too many. It was a bitter sweet day, I am going to miss my kids. I had an awesome class and some great parents to work with. Here are some pictures of Bob playing basketball with my kids. They all adored him and wanted him to be the teacher--- since he was a lot less strict with them. haha.

I might be a little sad, but I am extremely happy for the summer. I can't wait for it all to begin. I guess I won't be waiting long since Bob and I leave tomorrow afternoon to go on our cruise to the Bahamas. We can't wait, and I am ready to relax without worrying about a class of 33 kids, waiting for me at home.

Memory Blocks

My amazing mom helped me with my end of year project. I got a cricket for Christmas and when I was thinking of things I could do with it, I though of a memory block for my kids at the end of the year. About 2 months ago I told my Mom about the idea and asked her where I could get the wood for it. She told me where to buy it and that Bob and I could use the saw and sander to fix them up. About three weeks ago my Mom went and got all of the stuff for the blocks and spent hours cutting and sanding them for me. With the craziness and stress of our wedding, I knew I would've never done it. So my kids are lucky that I have such a great Mom! I was really impressed with how they turned out!I cut out some apples and handprints. On the fingers they wrote their favorite sports, food, friend, subject and color.
On one side I put a picture of the student taken in May!
I cricketed a little school bus and scissors, they wrote their favorite 3rd grade memories on it.
A picture from the first week of school. It was so fun to compare the pictures to see how much they had changed throughout the year.
I put a puzzle piece on the top with their name on it. And modge podged the whole thing together! The kids loved them. Hopefully the parents did too!

married life begins...

                                  We did it! I am now officially Mrs. Barber. 

Most of the kids still call me Miss Hales, but some were really excited to call me by my new name. It was a hard transition this morning to go back to school, but I only have 3 days left!

 

We got married on Friday in the Salt Lake Temple! It was such a neat and unique experience. It was so fun to have all of our family with us in the temple. 

More photos to come, and more of an update! If you want to check out our "Pre Wedding Shots" go to this link. 

http://jarviedigital.smugmug.com/gallery/8303194_ndR4R#543806327_SwVFf

Our last weekend being single

The countdown is now to 5 days. Can you believe it??? I am amazed at how fast our engagement went! I am hoping this next week will go quickly, with 3 days of teaching and one of those days a field trip, I am thinking it will. I still need to finalize my 2 days of sub plans. I started them, but need to finish. 

This weekend has been a busy one. Friday night we went to dinner, played a game of croquet and watched 7 pounds. We both wake up so early for work, we called it a night at 10:30. On Saturday morning I got up early and got ready for our little road trip out to Manti. My freshman roommate Kandice got married and we went out for pictures and the luncheon.

 We met Danielle in Payson and then the 3 of us drove to Manti. We got there a few minutes before they came out of the temple.

 It was fun to meet up with Leandra, my other freshman roommate and her husband Jesse. Kandice looked gorgeous and her new husband Cody looked handsome. We took some pictures and then waited around for an hour or so for the couple to get all of their pictures taken before the luncheon began. I am SO glad that Bob and I got all of our pictures taken last week, so we won't have to do that the day of our wedding. It was fun to see and be apart of the wedding festivities--- to prepare us for our wedding this next weekend!!! I can't wait~

The luncheon didn't start until 1:45 and Danielle had told her mom we would be home at 2. We ate quickly and hit the road. On the way home we ran into a small problem. There were at least 100 cows being herded down the road. They were everywhere, part of the time, the cows were walking faster than we were driving!

I didn't think the first picture did me justice, it was dark, so I had to roll the window down, the cows were so CLOSE to the car. It was a funny little incident! 
Bob driving with a million cows around our car... Ok it wasn't a million. But it was a lot!

We came home and took a quick nap/watched Holes on TV. Then we ran Bob to our apartment to change out of his church clothes and grabbed some cup cakes and ice cream for dessert. We were invited over to Alisha and Patrick's house for dinner with the 112 roommates. It was so fun to get together for food and games. We forgot to take the camera out-- but we won't forget next time. We had yummy tacos and then played partini. I had never played, and it was a lot of fun. 

Wedding Countdown

We only have 9 days until the wedding!!! Single digits. My class is doing a fun project- a memory block which I will post pictures of when they are completed. We got our pre-wedding pictures taken on Monday.... and lastly, I am just waiting for a few people on our wedding luncheon numbers. Family and friends.... please RSVP to my Mom (number is on the invite) about the luncheon ASAP. Thanks!

Special Visitor in Room 202

Yesterday my class was in for a treat. They have been waiting 3 months to meet Bob, and he finally made his way over to my school. I have been getting letters from my students asking me when Bob would come, so I didn't tell the yesterday that he was coming--- In case he didn't make it. Because I didn't want to disappoint them. Right before lunch, the kids were working quietly on their math. In walked Bob, and they all just stared. When we lined up for lunch, I introduced him and they were excited to go to lunch with him.

Bob was excited for the 3rd grade lunch menu which was corn dogs. We ate with some of my 3rd graders and some kids were really loud and crazy, others were shy around him. After we finished we went out side and played with the kids. Bob played basketball with some of the boys and I played volleyball with the girls.

We decided to play a little trick and rearranged the desks while the kids finished up their recess. It was fun to put them in a new arrangement, and the kids all freaked out when they came in. We had 15 minutes before read aloud so I let the kids ask Bob questions. It was so fun to sit back at my desk and watch Bob interact with the kids.
I had the kids raise their hands if they had a questions, if Bob called on them before they asked, they had to say their name. One of the first kids called on said,
" Hi my name is M and you are a lot more attractive then I thought you would be."
We had a lot of when is your birthday, what is your favorite color and what is your job? It was a lot of fun and they all loved him! Thanks for coming!!!!