I finished my first year of teaching!! WHOO HOO!!! PARTY!!! Know what that means? It means I had a whole year to figure out that I have no clue what I was doing. But it also means that I have another chance to figure things out. Redemption. Awesome. I'm excited and nervous to go back to school. But this blog post is not about school. It is about those 3 glorious months that come in the middle of the year. Every child's favorite, and possibly teacher's favorite. At least this teacher! Summer Break.
How does a teacher spend Summer Break, you might be wondering? Well, if you're me, then that means taking lots and lots of naps. Glorious naps on the couch. These naps occur after the realization that unless all of your friends are teachers, they actually have to work during the days, and you're left to your own devices. So I started to cook more. Ish. I made some pretty delicious meals like cafe rio style sweet pork and strawberry pork chops. Yum.
"The Gum Wall" in Seattle
Museum of glass and Washington History Museum
I also went to the Atomic testing Museum with Eric and Kalob. It was pretty cool I guess. They had this movie that scared me pretty badly at the beginning because they shot air at you and it was basically an explosion. Any warning? Of course not. Simulating an explosion. If I were an old lady the shock alone probably would have killed me haha.
Eric rode the bomb. Can you believe there weren't any alarms on it? But don't worry, they had alarms if you tried to steal any of their paintings.
I got crafty this summer. This is for Eric's "Geek Room" in his new house
My least favorite thing that happened this summer was my car accident. I had taken a friend to class and while I was changing lanes, the car in front of me decided to not move and I slammed into them. Getting hit with an airbag doesn't hurt the face as much as I thought it would. I did get a nasty burn from it though. And I'm without my car for almost a whole month! My poor baby :( Bright side: I'm renting a mustang convertible while I'm waiting for my car to be done. It's pretty sweet although I will be grateful to get my car back! I'm counting my blessings that the burn and a couple bruises were the worst that came from the accident. Heavenly Father is definitely looking out for me. 
The Stages of my Burn:
Right after airbag explosion
The night of the accident
The Day After the Accident
Two Days after the Accident and When I Decided To Go To the Doctor
After the Doctor
Two Days after Doctor
Currently
Also, my dad was in town the day of my accident. The next night he left, but before he flew out he took me to Red Robin (yum!) and we saw "The Edge of Tomorrow." Not my favorite movie, but I loved spending time with poppa bear :)
My
favorite trip of this summer was probably the trip to Idaho. My
grandparents have been married for 50 years so we got everyone together
(minus a cousin on a mission) which is a tremendous feat, and we
partied! Haha okay maybe not partied, but we all got to talk and
celebrate and enjoy each others' company. It was so good to see everyone. My family is pretty much the
best. My uncle took all of the older kids to get ice cream 2 nights in a
row. Late nights, I might add. My grandma and I got to cook together, and if you've ever had my
grandma's cooking, you know it's heavenly. I don't know that I would
have survived college without her. I exaggerate, but still. I also had
the incredible opportunity to go through the Idaho Falls Temple. It was
amazing and I'm so glad that so much of my family could share that
experience with me.
There
was more family there than in the pictures, but they didn't stick
around to take pictures with us. It was amazingly incredible.
I've got one more trip to the Grand Canyon planned and then it's back to work.
