Happy Pi Day!

Since we celebrate every holiday and every "not so holiday" in Elementary school we do a lot of random stuff. The kids decided they wanted to celebrate Pi Day (3.14 - Mar. 14) Since the day fell on a Saturday we celebrated it on Friday. That meant Thursday night I was up making pie. I decided to make an apple pie and Justen of course wanted a cherry pie. So I ended up making two pies! I was really proud of myself because they turned out great and tasted wonderful! Thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law and her fantastic pie recipes!



Also on Friday we went to the Draper Temple Open House with our friends The Martin's. It was such a neat opportunity to tour the temple and see this beautiful house of the Lord. I can't wait for it to open so we can attend! The temple was absolutely beautiful and incredible!

2 Much, in 2 Days

Life has been busy for us! Courtney is busy taking care of 1st grade problems, "But teacher, I need a band-aid, I have a paper cut." and Justen has been busy at work trying to get a position filled. We think he's found someone after the 7th try. He was so excited to take over for his department, but he's been pretty busy.

This last Thursday on the 12th was the 1st Grade Patriotic Program! Somehow I was roped into playing the piano. After weeks of practicing I think both me and the kids got the music down. On Thursday the kids had an excellent performance! I was so proud of them and their hard work. The next day was our Valentine's Day Party. This turned out to be pretty crazy, but fun. The kids passed out cards, played don't eat cupid, frosted Granny B cookies and so much more! 1st graders aren't the best "frosters", needless to say there was frosting everywhere! However I think the party was a success and I'm relieved that it's done and over. Below is a picture of me and the class. I've loved first grade and am sad this is my last week. Next week I'm off to 6th grade! It'll be a good change.... I like 6th graders because I can joke with them and I don't get petty questions.

Valentine's was good. We decided to celebrate on Friday and went to P.F. Chang's. The rest of the weekend we just stayed at home and enjoyed the time with one another. This week we're off to Arizona to another interview for Justen for Medical School. Keep your fingers crossed, cause we are :)

Got Frost?

I know I haven't updated in a while, but this is well worth the wait. Tonight I went up to the church to practice a few songs on the piano for the 1st grade program at my school. (Somehow I got roped into playing the songs for the patriotic program) Anyways... We've been trying to get the fridge repair guy over for 4 days now to fix our fridge because the food in the freezer was slowly thawing. He finally claimed he was coming tonight (after several already broken promises). I came home from the church about 10 o'clock to find...


Apparently, Justen and "Joe" took the fridge apart and Joe had taken out all our food and dumped about 5 gallons of hot water in our freezer! AHHHH!!!! Words could not flow from our mouth. There was water all over the floor and a pile of my dish towels cleaning them up. I guess the the problem was that our freezer had frost and the fastest way to defrost was to dump hot water over it. Not the most conventional way, but hey at least the freezer's cold again : )

Snowman!

Just a quick update! It's been snowing like crazy and both our cars "love the snow". Last night we went to dig the Infiniti out so I could get to my final in the morning. Once we felt our work was successful we turned to go inside and somehow made a snowman. Here is our finished product. (Due to lack of time and the cold temperatures we had to see fit with his size).

Let it Snow... Except on Tuesday When There's a 7 AM final

The past week has been eventful! But when is life not eventful. Friday we took off for Park City for our "free" night at Westgate resorts. Justen was not feeling well, but we still decided to go. We were almost there when I had to pull the car over for Justen. It all went downhill from there. We got to the resort and sat throught the 90 min. sales presentation while we both felt like we were gonna die. We finally got through with the presentation pretty fast(I believe it's because Justen kept telling the guy how sick we were & we looked it too!). We collected our $50 and hit the bed. What a fun way to spend your time in Park City!

I think by now we're all healthy and just in time for Christmas! Work is going well for Justen and Courtney is finishing up finals and tons of Christmas gifts for BYUB. And... there's snow! We don't mind snow when you can stay inside and drink hot coco, but driving in it... Tuesday morning at 7AM I had a final and it was snowing! I left the house at 6AM so that I could make it to BYU. I went 20 MPH down state street plowing through 3 inches of snow. I came to a light and it turned red, so I started to brake but I just kept on sliding and I almost slide right into a car turning left. However I turned left hard, yet completely running a red light! Close call.... but then comes the lights behind me! It's 6:45AM and I'm driving in the snow trying to get to BYU and I get pulled over. The cop was way nice and basically asked if I knew what happened. I said, "Ya... I ran a red light. I was braking, but I just kept sliding." He told me to slow down and walked away without even looking at my license. Crazy... but I made it to my final. Hopefully this winter will be accident free... even though I didn't start it out great!

Staying Warm Amidst the Cold

So life for us has been crazy! Thanksgiving weekend was fabulous and we had a nice retreat to Arizona! We ate our Thanksgiving Feast at Justen's cousin's house and came home full full full. The next day we celebrated Justen's 29th birthday (much to his dismay). He made a big fuss about how he hates his birthday, yet he looked like a 6 year-old boy at Christmas, so excited to open his presents! The day was just nice and relaxful with a trip to the movies and to dinner. Thanks Mom & Dad Watkins for a fabulous Thanksgiving! It was just what we needed!

This past week was very eventful! We got a washer and dryer! YAY! Needless to say we are content! Justen started a new job at Wolf Electronics and is loving playing with electronics all day long! We had our Ward Christmas Party and Stake Temple Night and ran ran ran all week long.

Cami's gradutation was this past Friday night. Mom and Dad Anderson were able to come up to celebrate. We are so proud of Cami and can't wait for her success in the real world ;) After graduation we went to dinner at Ottavio's. Mmm....

Saturday we got our Christmas Tree... We went with Cami and Jake and Dad Anderson to hunt for the perfect tree! By Golly it looks perfect in our little apartment. It really feels like Christmas now and smells like it too! I promise to post pictures of the decorated tree later.

Last night we made Gingerbread houses at Cami's. It was a ton of fun! Justen and I went with a rather traditional house. Cami and Jake however.... can you guess what it is???

Justen and I have lots of fun planned for December and love this time of year! Thanks to all our family and friends for all your love and kindness! "It's Gonna be a Christmas to Remember..."

Long Overdue and Much Needed

Where do I begin! Time seems to be flying by way too fast! October blew past us without even asking us if we wanted winter. Life at the Watkins house is blissful. We are looking forward to the holidays and the chance to spend time with family. UT is wonderful, but we do miss our family.

So much has happened. Conference weekend we went up to Jim and Lil's house and hung out with them and their kids. We had a blast! In between conference sessions we took the kids up to Snow Basin in hopes to run off some of their excessive engery. I think it wore the adults out more.

Outside the lodge at Snow Basin

On October 27th I started teaching my 6th grade class at Sprucewood Elementary in Sandy! It has been a blast! Everyday my desire to be a teacher is reinforced by the 90 faces I see each day. Since I'm in the 6th grade and they rotate I get to know 4 classes. One of the teachers is going off track and another is coming back on, so on Monday I get to know 30 more kids :) I'm doing quite a bit of teaching and love it! I'm gonna hate going back to BYU in December. Luckily I start student teaching in January!

Justen had a fabulous interview with U of A and we are hoping to hear from them soon! Unfortunately the application process takes forever, but we will patiently wait if that means Justen will be accepted. Right now he's working for Comcast and is doing amazing! Sadly as winter sets in he's learning that just pants and a jacket won't do. Hopefully we'll keep him warm so he won't get frostbite :)

Halloween was fantastic! Justen and I carved pumpkins Halloween afternoon. Justen's turned out great! Mine however fell apart. We then went to our ward's trunk or treat and stayed till the kids went around enough times to clean us out of candy. It was easy going and we had a great time. My attempt to create a cat on a moon. I think I cut it wrong so it broke :( Justen's fabulous angry pumpkin