Stretch-n-Grow!

We stretch, stretch, and grow!

It's good for us we know.

We exercise, and eats what wise.

We stretch, stretch, and grow!

This is what I start most of my days out with now. I have started my new job as a children's fitness instructor! I am all done with training so I have the classes all to myself and wow it is exhausting haha. The classes are only 30 minutes long but kids tire you out! I wanted a job where I wasn't sitting and I could be more active and I got what I wished for haha. After this last week though, I have a much greater respect for teachers. I only work part time, and I am drained. I don't know how they do it all day! I am sure I will adjust to it, and hopefully my voice will adjust as well. It has been fun though and the kids are way cute. I basically do little activities with them to get them moving and we teach them about their bodies and being healthy. It really is a great program and I think it is good for kids to learn these things at a young age. I also teach cheer classes and get to add a little dance in there too, which I am excited about.

Overall, the job is going well except these little germ monsters have already managed to get me sick! I have tried to be careful because they all always have runny noses, or searching for treasures in their noses haha but I still got sick. I am hoping it goes away soon but it looks like I am going to have to get my first flu shot this year or maybe I will just wear a gas mask to work. :)

CTR 5

We got our callings a couple of weeks ago and yep, we are in Primary! In our ward in Provo, we were teaching the 10-11 year olds but we've jumped a few years back and we are teaching the 5 year olds now! Today was our first day teaching and I am excited about our new class of about 9 kids. It was funny today though seeing the difference between teaching the older and younger kids. We asked the kids to tell us their favorite candy bar and favorite thing to do and then we told them ours. Jeff was having them guess what his favorite thing to do and this is how the dialogue went:

Jeff: Ok, what do you think my favorite thing to do is?

Kid 1: Hide and go seek!

J: No...

Kid 2: Spies!

J: No...

Kid 3: Leap frog!

J: No, that is fun though. Sometimes I play that with her (meaning me haha)

Kid 4: Man hunter!

J: No, but I hunt her!

Haha finally, I acted out throwing a football and they guessed it but I was just laughing as they were guessing and Jeff was going along with them that he actually liked to do those things too. It was so cute and I am sure it is just the beginning of more cute things to come! After church we were just laughing though thinking the kids are probably going to go home and tell their parents, our teachers like to play leap frog! Haha, gotta love them kids.

Life in Florida

Well, once again it's been awhile since I have posted anything and I wish I had a good excuse but in all honesty, I don't. I definitely have had plenty of time and plenty to blog about but I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it! This is what we have been doing lately though and I will try to be better!

During the week, I am usually just doing whatever to keep myself busy but the weekends usually consist of either the beach, Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, or exploring other parts of Florida. There is just so much to do and every weekend we could do something new if we wanted. It's been hot though so if water isn't some how involved I die! I am actually excited for winter and I think that's a first for me!


We also went to Utah in August for Jeff's family reunion and it was really good to see his family. I also got to spend some time with my family and celebrate me and Tamree's birthdays as we always do! It was a good little trip and I am glad that we were able to go!

When I got back, Jeff took me out for my birthday and we went parasailing! It was amazing and so much fun! It was over Brandenton Beach, which is a beautiful area. We were so high up and I was a little nervous haha but I just couldn't think of everything that could go wrong. I would definitely do it again though! Jeff is saying we should now go skydiving but I think I might need to muster up some courage for that one! After we went parasailing, we spent the rest of the day on the beach and then went to a restaurant, The Sandbar, that is right on the beach. We were able to watch the sunset and had a great night. My actual birthday was the next day on Sunday and some new friends in our ward were so sweet and invited us over for dinner and made me cake! Overall, it was a great birthday and I can't believe I'm 23 now! I'm getting old! :)

Flyin!

The boat was very far away!

Taking a dip!