Price: My new town, the new school, and classroom!

My Mom and I took a quick trip down to Price yesterday to go meet the Principal and to check out my new classroom. I got to choose out of two classrooms which one I wanted. The choice was between the classroom with windows or the classroom without windows but with a HUGE storage closet. It took me about a half hour to decide but I finally decided that I wanted the bigger sized room with the windows. I want more space for the kids than storage space for me. I may kick myself for that decision further on down the road, but then I'll know it's time to de-junk my classroom at that point!

Here I am outside the school with MY key!!

Here are a few different shots of my classroom, it looks pretty bare and plain right now, but I will get some after pictures up once I get it all set!

And I was about jumping for joy when I saw this sight! I said to my Mom, "All is well! There is a Maurices in Price!" Maurices is where I shop. I have the best of luck finding clothes there. Now that I know there is one there I know it was meant to be! :)

And this is just something that made me laugh! This is one of three or four turtle shell shaped garages that are all connected together by tunnels. They house a bunch of the city's maintenance vehicles (or at least that's what it looked like to me!). If you are ever down in Price once you find these things you will be right next to Creekview Elementary where I am now a teacher! haha!!

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We also went down to look at houses or apartments to rent. We had no luck because the power plant in Huntington just hired a bunch of temporary workers who are all needing places to rent. I started thinking, 'What if I bought a house?'....

Da da da da! We checked into it and now the plan is to buy one! Housing is cheap down there and it will cost me less to buy than it will to rent. It will be less money up front which is perfect, so that's the plan Stan!

Life in Kamas

Life in Kamas has been pretty fun. I love playing and helping out with Maddie. Kim and I usually get talking or watching our favorite shows together (the t.v. thing is a new addiction--Kim has got me hooked on NCIS mostly). I also have become a follower of the NBA finals and love to sit and root for whatever team is playing against the Lakers--this is thanks to Greg. ;) The last couple of weeks I have been getting around 40 hours or more at work. I know that's a normal work day for most people, but after not working a full time job for two years it's quite an adjustment! When I came home from work today and saw Maddie I couldn't help but think 'Holy Cow, it seems like forever since I've been home when she's been awake!' I'm sure going to miss these guys when I leave to go teach in Price. Thanks Greg, Kim, and Maddie for sharing your apartment with me, and for giving me a job, and for being such great family to me!
I've been going to the singles branch here (which is super small) and to as many singles activities as possible. I've made friends with a few of the girls in the ward, they are pretty welcoming though, I can't give the credit to myself. I should also be working on finding a place to live down in Price in August, but I just haven't had the time during decent hours of the day to make calls. Maybe on my day off this week I'll get busy and set up some appointments for when I go down on the 24th to check out my classroom!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!

Mom's Birthday Cake-s...

Mom's birthday was today and we had Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa come up to Kamas for the Party. They brought dinner and Kim and I made the cake. We went to the store this morning and bought all the things that we needed to make this awesome, 3-layer cake. It was gonna be the best dang cake you ever saw (and ate)....

It didn't turn out quite like we planned. We were watching Toy Story at the same time, I think our cake turned out looking more like Buzz Lightyear's spaceship instead!

It must have tasted yummy because Maddie sure liked it!!

After another trip to the store and another cake mix later this is what we ended up with!

Mini-individual cakes for everyone!! Haha ;)