Highlights from
the
Baker's
2012
Our summer started with Trevor winning the "Overall Man Winner" award at the Springville Nestle 5k in June. I was so proud of my sweetheart! He didn't even have to try which made me kind of ill when he came back for me and I was only 2/3 of the way done! ha!
Our First Race Together!
We want to do many more whenever we make the time and get the opportunity!
On the fourth of July we went to Rupert where we did another 5K-5.5K.
Rupert takes things a little serious and they make you run past the 5K mark.
It was so fun to run with my sister Ashley and my sister in law Hanni. Hanni did really great coming from her 1/2 marathon in Alaska. She was so great. Ashley and I stuck together and finished with a great time for not having trained a whole lot.
In mid July, my friend Clara and her husband Grant came through Utah and stayed with us for a couple of days. In an attempt to keep them entertained we ended up at the Kennecott Copper mine just west of where we live in South Jordan. It was actually really neat to see how big the trucks where in the open mining pit. If you look close you will see a normal size truck behind the mining truck that looks like a pea in comparison! This open mine is actually visible from space as well as the Great Wall of China.
Clara and Grant and their daughter Lydia by a old tire from one of the mining trucks. Each tire costs $25,000.00 dollars and is good for about a year. There are six tires on one truck! Little boys would love this place. Lydia even liked it and she's just under two years old!
OUR ANNIVERSARY!!! JULY 14TH
We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and live piano music at
The Roof in the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg
downtown SLC!
ONE AMAZING YEAR!
MANY MORE TO COME!
The view from our seat in the restaurant.
The next day we went to Lagoon. It was fun! We just love doing just about anything together!
The next day we went to Lagoon. It was fun! We just love doing just about anything together!
Trevor's parents came to visit in mid-August. It was so much fun to have them nearby.
They had not seen the movie, "Up"-Disney, so we watched it with them and then the next day
we took them to the Up house near our home here in UT. Trevor and I had previously scoped
out where it was for FHE. We fell in love with it. Disney actually had to approve the plans
and then these homeowners had to mail the house plans to the Disney Corporation in order for
the house to be built! There is only one "Up" house legally built in the world!
Bob and Kristen, Trevor's mother and step-father! We just love them so much!
Trevor and I in front of the "Up" house.
HOME FOR TWO YEARS
I returned from an LDS mission in Tucson, AZ two years ago in August.
I still miss my mission everyday and often find that many things remind
me of serving in the mission field. Did you know that Temple Square has cacti? Little Ceasars has
a pepperoni pizza with roasted green chili's on it? And sometimes when Trevor and I go running in the evening at the lake nearby, I get a small glimpse of the Tucson sunsets. It doesn't compare but I like to pretend! Trevor got me a Arizona flag as a surprise for my two year anniversary!
I've always wanted one!
We enjoyed some baseball games this summer!
We have loved the warm summer nights and summer activities. We loved the fireworks that came with several of these activities.
President Monson's 80th Birthday Celebration
It was so nice to go to the conference center one Friday evening and reflect on President Monson's life. What a dedicated man. So prepared to do what he has been called to do. I reflected on the blessings of marrying my sweet husband who has lived under this same honor. So lucky to be married to the best person out their for me!
WORK, WORK, and MORE WORK!
The end of July was filled with long days at my school getting ready for my second graders.
I changed my classroom theme to an owl theme so I basically had to start over with my
most everything in my classroom. But it needed a face lift!
I am our school "webmaster" so I upkeep and help design the school website.
http://schools.jordandistrict.org/sjes/
I'm still in that process daily but it's getting better and better. I had a previous online job which prepared me to do this job now and I can clearly see how things come together not by coincidence but for many reasons of which we don't really comprehend at the beginning of a new experience.
The vinyl tree I placed on the wall is our "race reading" tree. Students owls move up the tree branches when students read certain hour goals in reading.
http://schools.jordandistrict.org/sjes/
I'm still in that process daily but it's getting better and better. I had a previous online job which prepared me to do this job now and I can clearly see how things come together not by coincidence but for many reasons of which we don't really comprehend at the beginning of a new experience.
The vinyl tree I placed on the wall is our "race reading" tree. Students owls move up the tree branches when students read certain hour goals in reading.
Trevor and I worked so hard to level new books for my classroom. Trevor did all the leveling of the books and I worked on the other decor in my classroom! Other teachers often comment of how
great of a husband he must be to be willing to serve my students and I. He's amazing!
We started the "Leader in Me"leadership program at our school this year by Stephen Covey.
In our faculty training one day we learned that Stephen Covey had passed away due to
complications from an earlier bike accident. It was a time to reflect on this individual who inspired others until he was nearly 80. One of the training video segments we watched was his video about what others would say about you if they were attending your 80th birthday. Watch the one minute segment here! For a man who deserved to reach his 80th birthday, I would say his family
would have had numerous great things to say about his inspiration, faith and the way he lived.
would have had numerous great things to say about his inspiration, faith and the way he lived.
The 7 Habits tree poster to inspire students to stay on their Green cards everyday!
Green =Great Behavior!
THE LAST SUMMER HURRAH!
Trevor and I enjoyed Labor Day hiking in our neck of the woods. We visited Doughnut Falls up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was a three mile hike round trip which wasn't too bad!
Fall Leaves.....Yikes!
The waterfall goes through a "doughnut" hole in the rock and comes out the bottom several feet below. Pretty neat! We didn't hike all the way to the top because there were literally about 150 people trying to inch their way past each other and we decided to go back later this fall when not as many people are in for the hike!
I love small bridges like this when hiking over stream and small rivers!
Trevor and I and my cheesy face as we ended our hike! It was a nice cool day!
Here's to many more adventure's throughout the next year! Who knows what time will bring? Whatever it does bring, we will be having more adventures as we strive to serve, work and live Christlike lives. Happy days are ahead!
The end of my really long blog! Hopefully I can update it more often from now on! I kinda forgot about our blog this summer! :)
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