Recent Happenings

October 19th was my last day as a BYU undergrad. I spent it with 33 wonderful children and a mentor teacher who has taught me SO much about teaching. They were SO cute and asked Mrs. Bindrup, not only one of my closest friends in the world but also the 5th grade teacher 2 doors down, what they could get me as a parting gift. She suggested many things, one of which being garden tools for the garden I wanted to plant when I got back to California!

On the 20th, Nikki (Mrs. Bindrup) drove me to the airport but before dropping me off we stopped at the coziest little Italian pizzeria SetteBello. The pizza was different than what I'm used to, being traditional Italian, but it was SO good! They also had Italian gelato which was really good! The place is in down town Salt Lake and if anyone is looking for a fun/unique/romantic date venue, It is a must :) Unfortunately neither of us brought a camera, but here are some older pictures to show you how much Nikki and I love driving together! And yes, if anyone was wondering we got lost once! But we got back on track pretty quickly! We are getting MUCH better with directions :)

Yes, we can be normal too... sometimes!

When I got back to California, Brandon surprised me with York peppermint patties and wheat-thins! What a great husband! We also went to a play that our stake put on; The Music Man, one of my favorites. Then we went to dinner at Grandma Hatch's house and got to reunite with Brandon's parents and brother Rick! Brandon's Aunt Diane lives behind his grandma so we got to see her also! For those of you who grew up with fruit trees in your yard, you were lucky, lucky, people! I had raspberry and rhubarb bushes at one time, my mouth still waters at the memory! Anyway, Brandon's grandma has an orange tree in her back yard (and lemon trees and grapefruit trees) so we went orange picking! BEST THING EVER! Being able to pick a giant juicy orange off a tree and eat it on the spot is the BEST feeling in the world! All you need is a little brother to climb up and get you the best ones :) Then you have your husband pick an entire bag full and eat them for the next week :)

While it was snowing on the east coast, us over here on the west coast were wearing shorts and flip flips while planting gardens on a beautifully sunny day with 80 degree weather :)

All though I have the cutest Halloween decorations on the block, something is missing!

A flower garden!!! :D (these are the gloves and tools my students gave me!

Its not much, but its my garden! Now just wish me luck on keeping it alive!

One last thing... you may have noticed my haircut! Please do not mention it to me and we can still be friends ;) I will acknowledge it in a few months when it has grown to the length I intended it to be cut!