i'll attempt to keep good on my promise

ha, i decided to post something since it's been a while. i actually had to go back and reread my last post. is it sad that even i don't keep up with my blog? oh well. i just finished my fourth full week at my job. i work at a pre-preschool daycare type thing. i'm a one year old teacher. my assistant teacher and i have eight kids in our class and we're getting a new one on monday. the kids are mostly between the ages of 14 and 18 months so it's pretty fun. it gets kinda stressful at times and this week i did have one of those little kids smear his nasty lunch filled hands all in my hair when i bent down to pick something off the floor, but it's pretty great. i figure if i can learn to deal with nine one year olds and love some gross, snotty kids that aren't even mine, maybe it'll help me prepare to be a good mother. maybe, maybe not, but i do get paid and i have full time hours. i think life is pretty good.
chris is working with his dad. they're in the business of group health insurance. chris is really liking it and he's getting lots of valuable work experience to prepare him for stanford. he travels almost every week but normally only for one day/night at a time so that's pretty good. he goes to places out here like wyoming, kansas, nebraska, oklahoma type places for meetings and to make presentations and meet with clients. his dad is an excellent mentor and chris is learning so much from him!
we're so happy out here in colorado. i'm loving colorado so far and i think it's loving me too. this was the first year in nine years that it didn't snow before halloween. i was hoping it would go all the way to november 21st (the day after my birthday...what an amazing birthday present!) without snowing but apparently that is the lastest snow on record for colorado and hasn't happened since 1934 or something. anyways, it snowed yesterday, dashing my hopes... but i still think colorado loves me because it was even mostly sunny yesterday and the snow melted really fast. apparently colorado has 300 days of sunshine a year (it's amazing the facts these natives come up with to brag about their state!) which makes me very happy since i'm pretty sure i could diagnose myself with seasonal affective disorder.
everything is going right for us. we have an AMAZING ward which i could not be more in love with. chris got called to be a ward missionary (his dream calling) and i got called to work with the 8-11 year old girls as an achievement day leader. we've already made pajama pants for an activity and it totally took me back to my own acheivement days. another phenomenal thing about this calling is that i still get to go to RS on sundays (not primary as i have been doing ever since we got married) and it's only two nights a month! and my friends in the ward have the same calling so we're having a blast together.
we're loving all the time we get to spend with chris's family. our apartment is about ten minutes from their house so we go over there all the time to watch sports games, have sunday dinner together, and just hang out. chris still has three younger brothers living at home so it's awesome to get to see them so much and chris's mom is my best friend out here. we love our girl time together and help keep eachother sane! today we all went to the BYU - air force game down in colorado springs. it was a really good game and BYU ended up winning which was way fun. we even got to sit on the sunny side and it wasn't too cold. but then again, i was wearing fur boots, pajama pants under my jeans, and two hoodies. what can i say, i'm a southern girl through and through.
so excited... chris and i are going to the farm for thanksgiving! we're going to an avalanche (that's hockey) game with his family on wednesday night and taking the red eye to atlanta. then we're going to drive down to the farm and get there mid morning in time for thanksgiving festivities!!! i couldn't be more excited. i think we'll even get to spend sunday in atlanta before flying back to colorado early monday morning. i think about this trip every day and how insanely excited i am for it. the weather will be nice, being on the farm will be amazing, and seeing my grandparents will be the absolute best!!!
other things (are you impressed with this thorough update?!?!, i am!) going on: chris is playing in a pickup hockey league here and although his team isn't that great, he sure is! he has a game once a week, late night either friday or saturday. sad news though, last night he separated his shoulder and has been in a lot of pain since then. luckily though we got him a sling at walgreens and he's hoping he'll only have to miss one game before he gets back in the action! also, a little random, but i got this recipe for pumpkin soup at an enrichment activity this week... didn't sound too appealing but i tasted it and it was delicious! not a whole lot of pumpkin tasting... just tastes like some sort of bisque. anyways, if anyone is interested, i'll get the recipe to you. and while i'm thinking of it, if you don't know how to make the easiest pumpkin cookies ever, you should. i thought everyone had heard about this until i found out my mom was clueless...if my mom was clueless maybe there are other lost souls out there. mix together a box of spice cake mix, a large (21oz or something) can of pumpkin, and a bag of chocolate chips. bake. so easy, no measuring, and it doesnt create a whole lot of dishes to clean up.

anyways, i think that's all for now! i hope this will suffice for a while since it'll probably be a while til i'm on here again...

till next time!