Mississippi here I come!

I am about to make my way to Mississippi to finally be with Brent again. I am leaving tomorrow and after a three days journey will make it there by Friday. I can't tell you how excited I am to see Brent. But I am going to miss this place a lot. Luckily I have a lot to look forward to in going (mainly being with my husband again) so leaving doesn't seem quite as bad as it would otherwise. There are so many things I wish I could do before I leave, but of course no time to do them all today. I will miss everyone!

Lederrick

Another name is Lederrick. He just goes by Tre. I like the name Tre a lot. I think I want to name a boy something and call him Tre for short. Any ideas for the full name? Treyn (pronounced train) and call him Tre? Any ideas?

Kentavius

I have an awesome student named Kentavius. His name is very cool too. It reminds me of a name my roommate had on his class roster - Trentarius. That one reminds me of my little nepehew, I think he would think the name Trentarius was pretty silly.

Anyway, I'm about to leave for church so I can take the 1 hour drive and make it in time to get on the stand and speak. Thats right. 4 weeks there, one talk in sacrament meeting, 2 weeks teaching primary, and 1 week of being new. Its great to be involved here in such a small ward. I'm glad I've been able to help out every week. I'll be back in 5 hours!

Name of the Day

So I have a few minutes to spare right now(read - I should be doing a lesson plan before a meeting I have in a little bit) so I thought I'd share a tiny note about life as a teacher! I am loving teaching and laboring through all the lesson planning and other things I have to do at the same time. If being a teacher was just spending time in front of a class, it would be such a fun job, but honestly, right now, if I get 5 hours of sleep in my bed at night I consider it a success. I would say the average sleep time for the past week and a half during the weekdays is 3.5 hours a night. Its hard not to fall asleep during all the meetings and classes I am taking in between my classes that I teach.

Anyway, the thing I wanted to post about was a little note about some of the awesome names of kids in my class. I'll share one or two when I can. I think their names are awesome. Living here may have an effect on how I name my future children. Many of the children in my class have interesting names, but there are also some fairly conventional names, like my sister's beautiful name - Jennifer.

The first name of the day is Uniqua. It's pronounced like unique, but with a wuh sound at the end. The name is much like the girl - pretty awesome.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Today is a great day. It's Father's Day! I get to spend the whole day with my own dad. But there is one problem. Brinley doesn't get to be with her dad, and I don't get to be with my husband. So I want to say to Brent on behalf of Brinley and myself, happy Father's Day! We both love you more than anything and miss you so much, especially on your special day.

Here are only some of the billions of reasons that we love you Brent:

1. You are always showing us that you love us too. Everything that you do is so genuine. Thanks for spending so much time on the phone with me lately and lifting me up. I know you really care.

Brent is always doing little things for me and Brinley to show us how much he loves us. For example, last semester Brent helped me so much to be able to get through my last few months of school with a baby. I couldn’t have done it without him.

2. You are so much fun to be around!

For anyone who knows Brent, you know that he always wants to be playing. All of our nieces and nephews love Brent so much because he takes the time to go out and have fun with them. He is always coming up with some sort of game, activity, or competition to do. Life is never dull when we are around you and I love playing with you!

3. You are so understanding and patient with me. Whenever I am being irrational (which may be a little too often), you are patient and never get upset. You just help me through it and I really appreciate it.

I am so thankful I married a man who is so level headed. For the almost two years that we have been married I have never seen Brent very upset and have never heard him raise his voice in an angry tone. It keeps our lives so much more peaceful. I feel like this is not necessarily a talent that I have, so being married to someone who helps to remind me to stay calm is really a blessing.

4. You are so trustworthy. You are one of the only people I know I will never have to worry about. You stay true to your word. You always do what you know is right. Again, you are what gives us so much stability in our relationship.

Me and Brent will be apart for a month, but I know that he will continue to be the exact same person apart from me as he is with me.

5. You are a great provider, protector, and presider.

Brent is working so hard right now in Mississippi. Everyday he wakes up at 4:15 in the morning and works hard all day. All I know is that if I had to wake up that early, I wouldn’t even be functional. He is also a great leader in our house and a great father to Brinley. She got the best.

6. You make me want to be a better person. I have learned so much from your example ever since I have known you. I hope that Brinley will be able to learn from you the way that I have. You are the best person that I have ever known. Somehow I got lucky and tricked you into marrying me.

Brent as a daddy:








Thanks for being the best dad and husband in the world. I can't wait until I can be with you again. Happy Father's Day! We love you!

Baby Bisquits

So I have had the hardest time getting Brinley to eat ANYTHING. She hates food. She will purse her lips as tight as she can and not let anything in. Until today. I gave her what they call a baby bisquit today, took of her shirt, and let her go at it herself. I don't know if it just tasted really good, or if she liked being able to feed herself, but whatever it was, she loved it! It was really fun getting all of the food off of her after. Totally worth it for the 20 minutes of happiness.

Grass = yummy

Brinley had a fun time laying down outside, and pulling out grass and trying to eat it today. She is getting quite dexterous with her little hands and now can pick things up with her pointer finger and thumb. I just love this little girl!