School has begun!

Well summer is over and school has started! A lot of good has come because of the new school year. I will be very busy with school even though it only adds up to 11 credits. I am taking child development, geography and practicum at the preschool. Practicum will require a lot of my time this semester. I have to have a total of 145 hours by the end of the semester. That will include about 9 hours a week in the preschool plus a few more hours a week to plan lessons and do homework. I also just started working as a nanny and will be watching 4 children all under the age of 4. I will be busy, but will be good to have my associate's degree out of the way after this semester. :)

California Trip

My family and I took a trip to Fresno California to visit my dad's brother and his family. The boys were going to go on a 3 day backpacking trip while the girls were going to go shopping and swimming and hanging out at home. It was fun to see them and be at their house again. I have always liked going to their house because they have a pool in their backyard and most of our visits we have spent the majority of the time in the pool. When I was younger I remember catching frogs by their pool. There weren't any frogs this year by the pool, but it was fun to spend time with my aunt, my mom, my cousin and her two adorable kids. :) Unfortunately, I failed to take pictures on that adventure.

Trip to SLC

My mom and I took a quick trip up to Salt Lake to visit my Aunt and Uncle and cousins. It was good to spend time with them. We used to go up every summer and they would come down a lot when we were younger but as we have gotten older it has been difficult to coordinate everyone's schedule. We left Saturday and spent time with them that evening. On Sunday we went to church and later that evening we went to a reunion for my Great Great Granpa's side of the family. I didn't know anyone there, but it was fun to meet new people I am related to. On Monday we went shopping at City Creek and went to the Nauvoo Cafe for lunch. That place has yummy food. After shopping, we went to see The Sound of Music at the Hale Theater. It was a fun show. I am really glad we were able to spend time with the Fenstermakers this summer, even if it was a short trip. :)

4th of July

     The 4th of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. My brother works for the city so he was apart of the festivities at the park. We started out our day at the parade where he rode his motorcycle and dressed up as Uncle Sam. Then, we watched him dance on stage and after that we watched him eat 12 hot dogs in a hot dog eating contest. He didn't win because right after the 12 minutes was over, he lost it. After that, my mom and Blaire and I walked around the park. Later that evening we had a BBQ with my cousins. It was fun to get together with everyone. After dinner, Blaire and I went to the black hill to watch the fireworks. It was a lovely day. :) 

 Curtis as Uncle Sam in the parade

 Curtis and Meleah

 Dancing to the song from Napoleon Dynamite 

 Eating hot dogs like a crazy

 The beautiful Blaire

My lovely mother and I

 All of us

The yummy treat I made for the BBQ :)

Baby Nephew :)

My sister finally had her baby boy in April. It has been so fun to have a new member of our family. My sister decided it was safe to post pictures of his feet on the world wide web so I will include a picture of his cute feet. I am so happy to finally be an aunt. It has been fun so far, so I think I will be an aunt forever. ;)