Playing with William and Great News!

William and I have been playing a lot this last month. Here are some of our adventures:

He enjoyed climbing into the laundry basket after I folded the laundry.

When Kaden's parents get home from work William often goes outside with grandpa. Too bad it always ends quickly when he decides to eat dirt. What a boy!

I can't forget to mention that William sometimes likes to streak. I caught him taking off his pants, good thing jeans are much harder for him to get off.

While I was training for my job William enjoyed playing in his room by himself and watching 101 Dalmatians (aka doggies). William has also been spending a lot of time playing some learning activities I made him.

I found some wooden painted animals and such as Joann's. I traced them onto fun paper and then glued the paper to some white paper that has a border. Then I hard laminated them (only because William likes to chew on or bend everything). I am thinking about getting more of these little guys because they've become a hit with William. I bet he'd enjoy the cars for sure.William will get these out by himself and match the shapes. He does an excellent job matching the wooden piece to its shape. I've been asking him to point to this and that, he only has difficulty recognizing the sun, ladybug, and butterfly but that's okay.

I also made 10 file folder games a while ago and was just waiting to laminate the folders and put the Velcro on. Again, William does an excellent job matching the shapes and colors. Soon we'll be practicing identifying which is a circle, square, rectangle, etc. We'll also be identifying colors. I am so excited that he is learning so much

William doesn't normally like to color. In fact he mostly likes to eat the crayon/marker/colored pencil. Last week he got out his markers and wanted me to open them. I decided it was time to try coloring again. I think he lasted longer than usual and only stuck the marker in his mouth once!

This weekend William and I are headed to Utah for a quick trip. My brother, Seth, will be married in 2.5 weeks and this weekend is his fiance Kylie's bridal shower. They don't read my blog so I decided to post what I made them. I hope they like it!

Kaden has been busy with school and work. He had trouble signing up for his math class (it's the last class needed to get his associates degree) but after emailing the professor and going to the registrar's office he finally was able to sign up. However, that was a week after the semester began so he rushed to catch up. He worked his butt off and spent all his free time to catch up which I know was really difficult because he detests math. Today he applies for graduation!! Soon we'll be done with Dixie and heading to UNLV!

That was the good news but now for the great news. I got a call last week telling me which days I would be subbing which was such a relief because the well is running dry. Then Friday I got a call from my principal telling me she had an even better offer. I am officially a virtual teacher!! I'll be teaching 7th and 8th graders which will be very different for me but I'm up for the challenge. I just know the Lord heard my prayers and answered them! I am truly thankful!! Now I am a little nervous to begin tomorrow. Wish me luck.

We Moved!

We've officially moved to Overton, NV! Currently we are living in Kaden's parent's basement. We are getting an awesome deal to manage some apartments near by but they had just rented out the last 2 bedroom apartment when we decided on a date to move. So now we have about 5 months to settle into our new town and jobs before we move into our new place.

This is all such a huge change for us. I finished unpacking our last 2 boxes yesterday. Everything is almost decorated and organized. It feels like home now that we have all our stuff around us. So far I am enjoying small town life but that is only because I know it is temporary. I think hope I can live here for the next 1.5 years without having shopping withdrawals. There are a couple of small town restaurants, a McDonald's, a grocery store, two gas stations, a 1 screen movie theatre, and a couple other small town stores. Nothing that would satisfy my window shopping addiction. I guess I'll just have to look online or plan some trips to Las Vegas or St. George.

William has settled right into Grandma and Papa Jensen's house. He hasn't had any difficulty living here especially since he has ALL of his toys. He really likes playing in his room which will be helpful since I'll be working on my computer during the day. I still haven't started training for my new job but I anticipate that'll begin this week. Right now I am just trying to enjoy all my free time and guess what!? I finally scrap booking a page! I'll be posting old pictures for a while because other than Christmas, I haven't really been taking pictures. I need to get in the habit of capturing our adventures again.

We took some family pictures with my dad's family over Thanksgiving. Here is one of my favorites:

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