water + aerobics = ya, I'm that cool.

I got a wristband from BYU. It will change my life. I am hereby admitted to like 17 aerobics classes whenever I would like to go to them this entire semester.

I used it today. For a water aerobics class.

yes. I used those weights. And I may have had that smile on my face too. It was THAT much fun. And let me tell you, I'm a little sore and it's surprisingly difficult to do jumping jacks and squats and the grapevine in chest high water... you heard right, the grapevine!

Want to know my favorite part? I have come home, showered, gotten into my pjs, put on my lotion, and I STILL smell like chlorine! Reminds me of those good ol days in high school.

Love my life!

When you go to bed...

ok. This is completely inappropriate... but sooo funny. 

Today my first graders learned about christmas around the world. They went to another class and apparently it was on one of the Asian countries because they all got fortune cookies. I was helping some of them read their fortunes when I heard a little boy in the back of the room

"I heard you are supposed to say 'when you go to bed' after you read your fortune...." and proceeded to help a bunch of kids alter their fortunes....

Needless to say, I stopped that one pretty quickly. 

O wow. 

Where do these kids learn these things?

O man, I love first grade.

I'm thankful

ok. here are my top three. Obviously there are so many things in my life that I have to be thankful for

The love of my life. (Look how buff he looks in this picture. He doesn't like to show off so don't tell him I pointed it out.... but Clint is REALLY strong.) 

I am so thankful we are married for all of eternity and I always get to be by his side. He is so good to me. 

(You are the best tcrece - teacher.

 I love you a lote 

I hope 

you

 have a hapee

 tkse give eng -happy thanksgiving)

I am thankful for my kids. I have 18 cute 6 yr olds that love me no matter what kind of day I am having and I just love them too. I'm thankful my principal evaluation went well today, and that I am so used to observations thanks to all the observations I had during my internship last year. 

ok, so this is mostly joking. But really, I found this new show and I LOVE IT! Clint was laughing at me pretty hard last night while we watched 2 episodes in a row on hulu. LOVE IT. Secretly, he loves it just as much, Clint just doesn't show excitement as well as I do. :) 

I have so much to be thankful for. I am so excited to spend this Thanksgiving with Clint's family and spend the weekend getting to know them even better. (I'll be thinking of you too, family in California!!) I am so thankful that I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I feel the blessings from the Lord everyday. 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

Little Drummer Boy

I know, save Thanksgiving and all that jazz... I just love Christmas music. plain and simple. I am still thankful. I promise. 

Here's the thing. I cry everytime I hear this song. I just think of this drummer boy going to see the Newborn King. 

"I have no gift to bring that's fit to give a King"

I just feel that way sometimes ya know? But this is what I learn from this song. The boy just gives what he has. He plays his drum. He plays his best and the Christ Child smiles at him. 

And his drum, his playing, that was enough.

I was at education week in August, listening to Scott Anderson, (who is amazing) and he was talking about the woman at the well. She had been cast out and her name was defamed. As she drew water, Christ asked her if she would draw him a drink. It was pointed out that this woman was, to the world, worthless. She had nothing to offer the Savior of the World... except she did have exactly what was needed to give Him a drink.  Christ saw her one strength in that moment and magnified it.

 She was able to do exactly what He asked of her.

 He had made sure of it.

As the holidays are here and I am thinking of what I am Thankful for, and also the birth and life of my Savior, this song epitomizes everything I think of. I may not have a lot to give. I may be a poor newlywed, living with my husband on the salary of a first grade teacher, but I know I have something, because the Lord doesn't look at what I don't have. 

He looks at what my strengths are and He makes those strengths the only things that matter. 

I am grateful for that.

 It gives me hope and allows me to be optimistic. 

Just wanted to share.
I love my life.
<3

...waking up in a real love

Ok, let me just tell you a little bit about life right now. It's wonderful. We had some stressful days in the last few weeks, but a lot more fun stuff.

 Here are my loves right now.

 Post Title= a song by Phil Vasser that I really love right now and it just makes me so happy everytime I listen to it on the way to school (which is everyday) 

First, I love that blogger has changed how they do pictures and since I couldn't figure out how to put on multiple pictures without wanting to scream, I just didn't. You can now enjoy all the pictures I would like to share with you.  

And, I love my cute jewelry board I made! Yes, made it. and my necklaces are no more tangled and earring are not hard to match with their pairs.  

 And... my cute man holding it up so I can take a picture : ) I just love him.

I LOVED 50's DAY!!! My class celebrated the 50th day of school and wee learned all about the 50s. We watched a clip of "Grease" (which made my kids laugh soooo hard. They thought the dancing was ridiculous haha), and I showed them a picture of Elvis (to which I said "kiddos, this is a  person that sang on the radio in the 50s and all the girls thought he was a hunk!"... one of my girls replied "Is it Justin Beiber?"... I just don't know how to respond to that. Absolutely not.)

 We did a little writing project, see the picture above, where all the kids had to write something people did in the 50s and what they do now that is different. If you can't read this <-- it says "In the 50s they listened to Elvis and today I listen to Lil Wayne".

These are some of my cute kids. Lil Wayne listener is the one posing for you :) Classic.

Also, no picture was taken, but today when I got home from school and I was making potato soup for dinner, Clint came home and as he was talking to his mom on the phone he spun me a around and kissed me, then winked as he was walking out of the kitchen. O man, what a cute husband. Ya know, married winks are 12323984457239x better than any single winks, and my man knows how to do them! <3

Everyday I wake up (as Clint kisses me goodbye on his way to work and I go back to sleep for 2 more hours) I just think man, everything else in life is worth it.

I am in a real happily ever after. 

Up the canyon

Clint and I were lucky enough to go up the canyon on sunday and see what Fall has done to this beautiful mountain!!!


We met up with Katie and Pat's cute family...

It was so fun to watch the boys running around and getting their walking sticks and exploring Cascade Springs. We'll sure miss them when they move to Florida!! :(Things I'm grateful for today:
-my cute hubby. He always makes me happy.
-the pumpkin toffee cookies he made me, waiting for me to get home to eat them.
-It's FALL BREAK!!! that means 4 day weekend off work and lots of relaxing time :)

Holes...

Today one of my cute kiddos asked me...

"Mrs. Prestwich, why do you make holes in your cheeks every time you smile at us?"

I haven't had someone notice my dimples in quite awhile, at least not verbally, so it took me a second to realize what she was talking about and I pointed out another boy in our class that has dimples too. I told her we don't make our cheeks do that, they just do it on their own!

I think she thought I was pulling her leg... haha

<3

~Side notes~
Soooo excited for conference this weekend!!! I got blueberry muffin mix for Clint and I and whoever is the lucky person we decide to ask to watch conference with... we should probably get on that.


Can I tell you one more thing? Clint cleaned the house this morning for me. You wouldn't think that would be a very big deal, but I woke up and saw my clean living room and clean dishes in the sink he did last night and I just got all butterfly-y and I'm just so glad I married that boy!! And the most impressive part, he did it at 4:30 AM before he went to work!!!

He's taking me to the football game tonight (go cougars!), then off for a night on the town after!!! :)

<3 I love my life.