Life is GOOD!

SO many great things have fallen into place lately
that i am just overwhelmed with gratefulness!

1) derek and i were on our way up to the little white mountain waterfall with some friends when my phone rang on tuesday. as soon as it rang derek was like... it's the school! (surprisingly it totally was) so i tilted the phone sideways so we could both hear what he was saying. my heart was pounding out of my chest, i was so nervous! so he starts out with the usual greeting of hello, how are you today??? i can't even remember what i said because i just wanted to get to the exciting/horrible news.
so he started off by saying: "we had a lot of very qualified applicants for this position and we were able to narrow it down to 4. You were one of the 4 that we had to choose from and we had to offer the job to someone..."

this is the moment that my heart dropped and i took a deep breath to hold back the tears, i put the phone to my own ears derek didn't need to hear this.

"and we decided to offer it to you"

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i took a couple seconds for me to realize what he was saying and once it sunk in i said thank you probably 50x before derek touched my leg and gave me the look, calm down! needless to say i am so excited for this opportunity to teach at the high school level, in a school that is moving toward a 21st century school! i can't wait to get in there and grow as a teacher and help kids fall in love with math.
as of right now i will be teaching geometry, algebra 2, and algebra 2 advanced.

2) derek has been looking at trucks, i say since he was able to see over his carseat out the window, he says the past couple months, either way... he's done his homework. we just assumed we'd have to go down to utah to get a good deal on a used one because car dealerships here don't have a lot to choose from. but we decided on wednesday that we would just go drive through a lot or two. as we made our way up the 2nd row of cars a salesman blocked our way and asked what we were looking for. we parked and walked with him whlie he showed us a few, just as we suspected there were only 2 on the lot that were used and neither of them was what we wanted. the salesman ran inside to ask the manager if they were going to be getting anymore soon, and the manager actually said that there were some on the way now. just then about 5 trucks rolled up. they were all really nice but not so much in our price range. we took one for a spin anyway, and it drove so smooth i was in love instantly... we NEEDED a GMC! when we came back we ran some numbers, luckily since derek had done his homework we knew exactly how much this truck was worth and what they were offering we weren't taking.

then the salesman changed positions, "what do you think about new?"

"what if i could get you in a new truck in the
price range that you are looking to pay monthly?"

well that's a no brainer... heck yes we'd buy new!

so he showed us this truck:

i won't go into all the details how it took over an hour to work out the price, but derek go exactly what he wanted and more at a price we were ready to pay!
we think we got a good deal.

3) i got another phone call while we were at the car dealership, it was the assistant principal at RSHS again. my first thought is that he is taking his job back...
OH NO! but i called anyway ;)

he asked if i would be willing to do some training this summer so i can't get familiar with the KAGAN style of learning. i of course agreed (i love learning new teaching techniques) he said it would be the 2nd to last week in july, they take care of the costs but the bad news is that it is across the street from disneyworld...

WHAT?! i'm going to FLORIDA?!

so cool! i've never had a job like this that sends you to conferences to become better at your job... i can't wait!

the rest is just a bunch of tidbits that are making me really happy as of now:

1) we finished painting our bathroom downstairs
and it should be all done in about a week.

2) i love my primary calling, when i am serving people it makes me feel so much better and helps take my mind off things that aren't going so well in my life.

3) the weather... i love running outside, and the past couple days have been wonderful. i always fell so much better once i have exercised
and when the sun in shining and the air is warm that helps too!

4) glade plug-ins... we never used these because we assumed the dogs would eat them but we bought 2 yesterday, and it's amazing how when i walk into a room with a plug-in it instantly brings a smile to my face :)

5) FRIENDS! i always thought that when you were an adult you just didn't play with friends anymore, but that is totally not the case... in fact it is more fun as an adult, you don't have to ask permission, there is no curfew, you don't have to borrow money from your parents to go out! it's not like i am hanging out with friends all the time but i love having friends and other couples to bbq with, play sports, go for walks, movie/game night, exercise, camping, hunting, fishing...!

it's awesome that i get to live with my best friend

6) FAMILY! i love that derek's family lives so close. the other day all of us girls (sandy, bridgette, allie, and me) went to the mall and spent the whole day shopping! we do dinner together atleast once a week.. and it is just nice to have that relationship. lately we've made quite a few trips down to utah to see my family. my older sister and i are playing on a soccer team together which i love! my younger sisters come cheer us on!
growing up with 5 sisters was a challenge... but now it is so fun, we cook together, do nails, talk about boys, play games...
i seriously miss them but cherish the moments everytime i go home :)

i have so much to be grateful for and i am so excited
to see what adventures this summer brings!