Rock Climbing in Moab

Josh and I went with our friends, Peter and Katelyn Lowe, down to Moab for the weekend.  It was Josh's first time to Moab so we decided that he had to see Delicate Arch.  We woke up early Saturday morning and set out for the hike.    We were the only people up there.  It was amazing to hike around the arch all by ourselves.  After we hiked Delicate Arch we hiked Double Arch.  We went back to our campsite and made breakfast, showered and took a rest. Later that day we went rock climbing for the first time.  It was a great trip.  

Josh, Lindsey, Peter, and Katelyn at Double Arch.

Josh and Peter being Macho, Macho, Men

Before and After!

So, this summer I took on a rather large project with my friend Craig.  It was the project of repairing and painting my 1987 Chevy Scottsdale Pickup.  It ended up being a much larger project than either of us anticipated and I would never do it again, but I was very pleased with the results!  So without further ado here are some before and after pics. CLICK ON THE PICS TO SEE A LARGER IMAGE.  Let me know what you think:)

Music Showcase

Josh and I have once again become terrible bloggers.  So nobody is probably reading our blog anymore.  If you are by chance reading this Josh has entered a music contest through mormontimes.com.   It is based on the publics votes.  It is the same contest that his music student entered a little while ago.  Go to this web site http://music.mormontimes.com/contest.php?id=1964&nocache=1 and vote for Josh.  The contest goes through February 14th.  You can vote once a day.  

Kinderkids Give Thanks

Thanksgiving has been the theme for the past two weeks in kindergarten.  We have talked about pilgrims, indians , turkeys, family, and being thankful.  Today we wrote about what we were thankful for and reenacted the thanksgiving feast the pilgrims and the indians had so long ago.  After the feast we sat around in a circle and took turns saying what we were thankful for.  We all started our sentence by saying I am thankful for... The following is a list of what my class is thankful for. 

Family

Brothers

Sisters

Babies

The World

Food

Princess Barbies

Pilgrims

Indians

God

Jesus

Bruce (My Cat I've told them about him)

Pikachu

Life

Turkey

Thanksgiving

School

Mrs. Rich

Dogs

Fish

Hamsters

Cats

Pets

Starwars

Friends

BYU

Christmas 

Christmas Trees

Mom

Dad

Grandma

Grandpa

Cousins

I am thankful for the innocence of children that allow us to see the world in its simplicity.  It is the simple things in life that really matters.  

Mormon Times

     Josh and I have been so busy recently.  We have been very bad bloggers.  I have been busy working.  You never understand how much time teachers put into teaching until you become a teacher.  Josh has been busy painting and working on music stuff.  Josh owns two businesses Rich Coatings (painting) and Rich Music Studios.  Recently he has been very busy doing both.  This week he has put in 14-16 hour days between the music and painting businesses.  Josh has a very talented vocal student, Aubrey, that has entered a music contest.  Josh introduced her to Stephen Nelson who composed an arrangement of Amazing Grace.  This week Josh has spent his time between painting and recording, mixing, and balancing her song.  Aubrey is a 13 year old girl.  She had a lot of fun in Josh's small recording studio.  It was the first time she has recorded a song.  This young girl is truly Amazing.  The contest is through Mormom Times the web address is 

http://music.mormontimes.com/contest.php?id=757 Please check it out.  Become a fan and vote for Aubrey Taylor.   

*Josh will be entering this contest next month so we will be asking for your votes again.    

Happy Valley is Right!

So, i've never cared for the the name given to Utah Valley as "Happy Valley," but that's what is was yesterday! I'm fortunate enough to have tickets to BYU football and yesterdays game, while not close, was very rewarding.  BYU simply pommelled the Pac-10 UCLA Bruins 59-0.  

The weather was perfect.  A cool 80 degrees and most of BYU's scoring happened on my end of the field which was fun to watch.  Fans were shaking their car keys before half time.  The photo to the left is a pretty good view of where UCLA spent most of the game. . . on the turf.  Not bad for a "less athletic, slower, over-rated" BYU football team.  I think a few ESPN analysts had to eat their words after this one.  In fact the Mountain West Conference beat 4 Pac-10 teams yesterday, including a UNLV win over 15th ranked ASU.  

It was a great day for Cougar fans.  I couldn't resist taking a picture of the beautiful scoreboard afterwards.  Especially considering most experts put us only winning by about 8 pts.  Just add 51 more and they were right:)  The "Quest for Perfection" continues.  Go Cougars!

I am a Kindergarten Teacher!!

Josh and I have not blogged in awhile because we have both been so busy. I just got a job at Central Elementary in Pleasant Grove. I am teaching Kindergarten :) The past two weeks all I have done is get ready for teaching. I have 24 students. So far they are the best Kindergarten class ever. They are really well behaved and very cute.

My Most Embarrassing Experience Ever!!!!

Today at work I taught my class as normal. I went and had lunch, went back to my classroom, worked on lesson plans, went to the bathroom, copied things in the faculty room, went back to my classroom, etc. After I had been working on things in my classroom for a while I needed to take something down to the office. On my way down I had one of the teachers stop me. She came running down the hall and said, "Mrs. Rich your garments are showing." I looked behind and found my skirt tucked in my garments. What a way to start my new job. Who knows how many people saw my tush and said nothing. At least I was decent while I taught my class. Couldn't you see a bunch of Kindergarteners going home to their parents saying, "We saw Mrs. Rich's underwear." I guess it can always be worse.