October Begins...

Happy October!!

October 8th was my dad's 54th birthday! He is exactly 30 years older than me, and we were both born in Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. 

I sent this to him on his birthday, as well as "They say it's your birthday" by the Beatles.

 Dallin's birthday was the 14th, and he turned 26! He got some gifts from his reps at work, I surprised him when he got home, and we spent all day Monday together. Here are some of the festivities!
(You'll notice most have to do with food...he's a simple guy who loves his food.)
For his birthday, he got a bunch of gift cards because he wants to go clothes shopping for his presents. (haha such a girl. he always wants clothes)

 We watched his fav. shows, he played his fav. video game, and we went to his favorite restaurants. (Including Applebees, Zaxby's, and Twigs)

This is how we spent our Saturday morning! The new buyers for the house wanted the whole yard to have grass, so we laid sod. BIG thanks to Matthew and all the others who came to help us. It went by pretty quick with all the help we had.

I recently found out one of my besties is having a baby girl! (Can't name names ;)
I got so excited for her, that I decided I'm going to make her all these things. (or try...)
We're going to make the headbands together. I want a baby girl so bad!!! I feel like everyone is having babies. I'm sure the baby craze will end soon for me. It always does haha

 I love my new Miche bag! The other shell finally came and I love it! It was so easy to switch! I want more! If you're interested in getting a miche bag, here's the link!    https://lisapeters.miche.com/Home



 I am making most of the christmas presents we're giving this year, and one of them is a photo cube. I simply painted the cube, printed out pictures, and mod podged them on.

I miss getting my nails done! To attempt to fill the void in my life (it seriously might be an addiction) I do my own nails a little too often. And I am getting better at not biting my nails anymore!

 

Another project I'm doing soon & I'm stoked about! Tile coasters! 

Poor Jakey & Josie needed shots. Josie took it like a champ, and Jake freaked out like a baby. Josie's used to being in pain unfortunately :( 

She has a torn ACL and a displaced patella and needs surgery.

I thought this was funny and true about our culture.

 Our bedroom is coming together! I got the curtains, a new lamp shade, and we hung a shelf above the bed. Now I'm making decorations to go on that shelf and then it will be done! It's paris themed, and I love it! This is one of the pics that will go up

We hung this cute vinyl the other day too!

Just me chillin in a onesie, cuddlin' with my kids. Nbd. :)

Dallin is doing really well at work, and thankfully, I've been doing really well on my evaluations lately. I've had 4 so far, and all of them I've done really well and gotten compliments. Hope the trend continues, I have 4 more to go!

When we were in Hawaii on our honeymoon, we got a disposable camera and took these. We just barely got it developed, and here they are! I want to go back!

I finally got the CD from Miss Utah of the pictures. It was soooo overpriced. But it was an amazing experience, and I wanted to have those memories.

Hope you are having a great day!

-Sydney :)

Go Shawty Its Ya Bert-day!

 Well, I turned 24. I'm old now.
It was an amazing birthday, thanks to good friends, family, and hubby.
One of my presents was getting my hair done. I love how it turned out! Highlights and layers

 Josie wouldn't put her bone down for an entire day. She doesn't chew on it, she just holds it. It's hilarious. My other presents were 2 Miche purses (the other one is turquoise and is being shipped) and a Samsung Galaxy tablet. Dallin did good! Love it, and the cute case. It's so much faster than my kindle was.

 My front door halloween decoration, new bedding, new tablet, and a joke between me and my brother. Haha it's gross but probably very true.

 The weekend and actual day was packed with all my favorite things!

I got some birthday cards from my students, and also had them give me feedback for the end of the unit. They had to write something they like and a suggestion for improvement. These were the ones I thought were funny or cute. 

"You don't yell at us" or "You don't hate people" was a common theme I noticed. (They make it seem like teachers beat them or something! lol)

One said "you're funny sometimes" haha not all the time. 

The next few units are tougher for me, I've got a lot of work to do on my senior project, and Dallin's and my dad's birthdays are up next!

This was the picture we chose for our Thank You cards. (Which we just received this week...)

We've had a few miscommunications with the planners so the cards ended up taking longer than expected to print. Just know they're still on their way to you, and we are very thankful for all our loved ones who were there for us on our big day. 

My dad and Shelly finally sold their house in Bluffdale. It's a good thing because they've been trying to sell it for so long while they've lived in Nebraska, but it's a bad thing because it's hard to say goodbye to all the memories we made there. It's a beautiful house that my dad basically built himself, so I'm proud of all his hard work and that it paid off and he was able to get what he wanted for it.

Hope you're all doing well!

Happy October!

-Sydney

It's the Little Things...

The last few weeks have been a little tough. We're both working really hard right now, and I'm realizing that there will be some days that are just going to suck. I had a few of those days, and then noticed that the small things are what keep you going. 

I had several very small things make a huge difference in my happiness level, and it made me realize that noticing the good around you is always a choice. 

For example,

There's a seventh grader who always holds the door open in the morning, my commute is at a time where I avoid rush hour, and a student noticed when I changed my nail polish color. My cooperating teacher and the students loved the lesson that I put a ton of work into, and today I got a pedicure and lunch with Shayle and Shelly.

There are tiny things that make a difference when you have a head-ache and you're wishing time would pass faster. Sometimes I might feel like I live for the weekends, but in comparison to stories I've heard about other occupations, or even other teachers, I think I've got it pretty good. I'll take a few bad days here and there. I think my life's still pretty great.

This is my cute kids sleeping in their cute little room.

Another thing to look forward to is birthday season!! We have Kaylynn, Trenden, me, my mom, my dad, and Dallin all around this time of year. I made this wooden happy birthday sign to put up every september and october. 

I've shared my birthday time with my mom and trenden, and it's always been fun. Happy birthday Twenen and Mom!

I turn 24 on Monday! Weird!

This last week was spirit week at  the junior high. I was so excited! Friday was school pride day, and I forgot to take a picture. I borrowed a PGJR t-shirt. It was fun seeing the students get into it. (and rocking my cheese earrings for with my packers outfit!)

 I am putting all the WedPics images up on the facebook today. (WedPics is an app that allows your wedding guests to share their pictures with you. It's really fun! and Free!) This was one of them. I thought it was funny lol I got a picture with Rob without knowing it!

We've decided that we want to move to Kearney, Nebraska by my dad and step mom and build a house. We are so excited by the thought of deciding everything we want in our house. So, I've been looking at floor plans a lot and figuring out what I like and don't like. 

Another thing that brightens my day every day....
This massive, perfect, amazing, one-of-a-kind ring of mine. I love getting compliments, and seeing it in different lights.

Oh, and this guy does too. :)

To the few of you reading this, I hope you can find happiness in your daily struggles too. 

And if you need a little reminder as to why your life isn't that bad...

:)  Just keep swimming!

-Syd