the sunday post {i don't even know what ed.}

it's been awhile since i made a really nice post on here.
and awhile since a sunday post.
so sorry.


without further ado, i bring you...the sunday post.


{this will take you more than 2 minutes to read.  maybe like 10. i apologize.}

{item the first}

sick

yes, i know.  me.  sick.  absolutely insanity. here are some pros and cons to this awful week.

pro: didn't have to go to school. for 2 days.

con: sub plans. craziness after subs (never good).

pro: did a little bit of planning for school (not much, though).

con: missed 3 hours worth of practices for our 2nd grade program.

pro: more time with steven.

con: i was too fatigued to do more than lay in my bed while he read to me or talked to me.

pro:  it was lovely.

pro: i ate oatmeal. and lots of it. {we know how much i love oatmeal.  but remember how i don't buy it anymore because i eat too much?  yeah, so basically the only time i eat it is when i am in CA, if even then.}

con: pretty much all i could stomach was oatmeal and an egg.  which means, i didn't have anything green for about 3 days.  shocking, i know. it was horrible.

pro: i had some nice R&R time {i.e. napping, laying in bed browsing the internet for various things.}

con: between my trip to AZ and being sick right after it, i didn't go to the gym for 2 weeks.  let me say that again.  i.did.not.go.to.the.gym.or.do.any.sort.of.exercise.for.2.weeks. (ok, so saturday i was feeling better and so stir crazy from not getting out of bed for 2.5 days that i went to yoga and just took it easy. bad idea. made me even more light headed and fatigued. plus, i didn't realize how fatigued i really was until i was doing yoga and could barely hold a down dog. now that, for me, is insane!}

ultimate pro: steven taking care of me.  a little T.L.C. to go along with my R&R.

{item the second}

2nd grade program

my sweet 2nd graders put on a program with the other 4 classes.

it was a message of peace.  there were quotes by ghandi, mother theresa, ronald reagan, MLK Jr., and eleanor roosevelt.

it was special.

each class in the school chose a peace prize winner. it was so neat.  the students chose someone in their class, maybe not the smartest, or best reader, or speller, or most popular, or cutest.  just someone that is kind, respectful, and a peacemaker.  we talked about it in our class. half the votes were for me.  i had to remind them (again) that it was someone in the class--a friend.  so we voted again.

the kids sang songs like "there can be miracles," "this little light of mine" (probably my favorite), "lean on me," "aint no mountain high enough," and others.

{item the third}

sunday

i just love sundays so much. maybe too much.

i take that back.  not too much.

i don't think it is possible to love sundays too much.

i am so incredibly blessed.

in the words of nacho libre, "my life is gooooood."

i really don't think i could be any happier right now.

and here's just one reason:

2010 in review

please click links for more pictures and details.

{probably, if i were you, just scroll through the pictures. just for fun.}

january

i went to the mountains with some new friends for the mlk jr. holiday.

above and below: here

lyndi and i made some awesome cakes. well, lyndi did.

lyndi and i took our buddies to the best buddies ball.

i donned the red lipstick {which was lost at halloween. sad.}

one night it snowed. A TON. we made a 7 foot snowman and then went sledding at midnight. 

i also decided i was crazy and would train and run for a marathon.

{what was i thinking? i don't know. but i loooooved it.}

february

we made a trip home for disneyland and V day.  it was so fun.

i started my marathon training. in the dead of winter.  one time i ran 11 miles in a blizzard.

march

i started my practicum in 2nd grade. i realized that i was made to teach. {not that i'm anything fabulous, but i realized loooooove it.}

mom, dad, and g.ma came up for a visit.

what a FUN & CRAZY weekend.

 

i found out i was going to be miss kendrick.

april

erin came for general conference & easter

i finished winter semester

spring came

marissa & ty got married

i moved in with katie

marathon training bumped up to 18, then 20.

may

marathon training was getting bloody.  okay, not really bloody.

and really taking it's toll on my toes!

i was taking too many classes.

and buying books & things for my classroom.

i was eating lots of watermelon.

and going on lots and lots of bike rides with katie.

katie and i were decorating our apartment.

i made a last minute trip home to surprise my best friend for her graduation!

june

shin splints attacked a mere 10 days before my marathon!!

NO BUENO!

training was winding down. over 700 miles run total!

pre-race nerves were setting in.

i ran a MARATHON!!! {play by play here, in case you missed it in june.}

i had post-marathon blues.  kind of like postpartum. and i wanted to run another race.

july

i had a fun 4th of july weekend.

i hiked the subway in zion's.  SO fun!

i was really stressed and feeling the pressure of teaching 2nd grade.

we went to the river.

august

golden spoon opened.

and i go there a lot. like once a week. sometimes twice. one time katie and i went three times {we went on tuesday and they told us the grand opening was friday and saturday and you get free yogurt! so we went friday and saturday for a total of 3 times that week! hasn't happened since, nor will it.}

my classroom was coming together, thanks to help from katie and some friends.

i was still stressed out of my mind.

{click here and here for pictures of my classroom pre-school starting.}

James Danger came into my life.

i went home for the last HURRAH before school started.

{here, here, here}

september

school started!

{check out all the funny things here under "miss kendrick" label at right}

erin and mike came for a visit.

mike took us to tucanos.  then we went to sundance and the first byu home game!

we went for a labor day hike.

i was trying to keep my head above water with all of my lesson planning, trying to go to the gym, etc.

october

em, dana, and claire came for conference

{here and here}

i had a much welcomed fall break. {1, 2}

and brought back the side bangs.

fall was here, halloween was near, bucky was sick. {here}

all dogs go to heaven, and that's where bucky went.

halloween in 2nd grade is the best.

and halloween as a mime or fairy is also fun.

snow was trying to sneak in early.

november

more funny happenings in miss kendrick's class.

always.

fall was beautiful. i love it.

apparently steven didn't think i was crazy and we started dating.

i had the best bday ever.

we went to the brandon flowers concert.

and my friends had a surprise party for me.

thanksgiving break was glorious.

i had my first ever black friday experience at gap. will be going every year.

december

my kids gave me a sweet christmas gift. i teared up.

it snowed a lot.

{here and here}

steven and i went to the lights at temple square and he introduced me to paradise bakery.

the world celebrated Christ's birth.

i went home!  we celebrated christmas with family and had lots of family time.

steven came to california.

and met the whole fam {well most of my mom's side}.

and now it's a new year!!