Calling all Substitutes!

...no, I'm not looking for another Mr. Tom ;)

I'm looking for a:

Substitute to take the place of my Substitute Brother!

Job Description:

Must be able to tease, make me laugh, do silly dances, and
be willing to give up the job in approximately 13 months.

Any other 'brotherly' qualities will be a plus ;)

So for the last 11 months, I've had a pretty great
substitute.  And he brought along his adorable wife and kids,
so they basically became my pretend sister-in-law and

niece and nephew.

For the last two years, they've been to our house basically
every Sunday night and become a part of our family.
We were together for almost every birthday
(of both families haha):

We went on many adventures,
 like getting Christmas trees...and getting stuck haha.

cleaning up caved-in garages

anxiously waiting for Miss Emma to come
(this is from Jordan's Birthday haha)


and seeing where Jim works and the big trucks
that Mara and Seth drove.


Emma LOVED not being in a car seat
on that trip, haha.

It was fun to watch Emma grow from an infant to a toddler...

...and see Porter grow from a toddler to a
"big boy," or so he would tell me :)


Did I mention there was rarely a Sunday that we didn't get
together?  Food, naps, and games made for some fun times!

Jordan, Becca, Porter and Emma:

you are, and will be missed

SO MUCH!

But I'm so happy for you and your

new adventure.  How wonderful it was to get to know you,

and I can't wait until we meet again.

Love you guys so much!

As we said our goodbyes, there was a song that kept

coming to me, and I feel that it just fits:

God be with you til we meet again;

By his counsels guide, uphold you;

With his sheep securely fold you.

God be with you till we meet again.

Till we meet, till we meet,

Till we meet at Jesus' feet,

Till we meet, till we meet,

God be with you til we meet again.

(LDS Hymn, no 152)

Not Who I Expected

In walks the school secretary with the substitute on Thursday.

Having had two different substitutes on Wednesday, I was just expecting another 50+ year old lady, who had 20 something grandchildren and bad hearing.



You can imagine my surprise when the secretary brought in a young male and told me that he would be subbing today....and did I mention that he looked a lot like this guy?

(let's just say there was more than one
Level II girl drooling haha!)

He (we'll call him Mr. Tom) walks to the front and tells the class his name and a little bit about himself.  Then he asked the 2nd graders if they had any questions. 

FIRST question: "Are you married?"

Mr. Tom "No...why is that your first question?"

Reply "Cause if you are a Miss you aren't married, Mrs. means you are, and Ms. and Mr. mean you don't want us to know."

Mr. Tom "Oh haha, okay....What's your question?"...pointing
to the next student.

Question "Are you dating Miss Stoor?"

All 25 heads turned to me to find the answer.

I replied "No boys and girls.  I just met Mr. Tom this morning."

I thought I'd played it off pretty nice and then a little
girl dropped a bomb:

"Well you guys can date, and then get married!"

It would not have been that bad until I looked to
Mr. Tom and found his face red as a beet.  

And that word explains the rest of the day.

The students asked a few more questions and then
we continued on with the reading lesson.
But during prep hour, recess, and lunch there were
extremely awkward silences.

At times, I attempted to alleviate them and
explain some of the upcoming lessons or reasoning
behind some students actions
(one little boy likes to sign a different name on his
papers...i.e. on Thursday his name was Edna)
but there was little to no response...so I would
end up leaving the room cause it was just
SO WEIRD!!!

This week my mentor teacher should be
back and I shouldn't have to deal with
any awkward subs haha.
Crossing my fingers it is a semi normal week
(Halloween party on Wednesday).

Looking for a Laugh

I went looking through some of my

photos and videos

...and boy did I find some laughs!

sorry for the video overload...but I hope

you got a good laugh in too! :)

Happy Birthday Elder Stoor!

Happy Birthday to my best friend!

You're no longer a teenager!

WAHOOOOOO!!!!

...okay, so there's nothing really that different now haha.

unless you count receiving even more responsibility,

greater expectations, more pressure....haha,

oh the joys of growing up.

But HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I hope you have a fantastic day and your
roommates don't annoy you too much ;)
PS: wasn't that THE best birthday card
I could have ever found!?!? lol

Last Day of Oregon Trip

(blogged this forever ago, but forgot to publish it! haha)
We made one final stop on the way out of town: Mo's.

Mmmmm...it was good.

It was down by the port, so we checked that out too

and all the crab and shrimp boats that were there

When we finally left, we drove to Aunt Lois's house.

She let us stay at her house that night.

What a great lady, we love her!

We also stopped to see our friend Kim in Vale, OR.

After we visited with her, we decided to just crash in Boise.

Then we got up early the next day so Dad could get home to

get a nap in before he went to work that night.

What a trip!  It definitely went too fast, but I'm so glad

that I got to go!

Conference Weekend (Pt. 2)

Sunday afternoon we went to check Udy's cows

out on the north end of the company ranch.

They all looked good!

Running out of feed fast though.

Megan and Mom rode with me in the ranger

while dad drove the 4-wheeler

Pepper came along too.

CHEESE!

It was FREEZING but nice to
spend some time outside before it snows again.

General Conference Weekend

It was my hometown high school's homecoming this week!

So I hurried home Friday to go to the football game that night.

It was probably one of the coldest games I have ever been to

but it was a lot of fun!  It was actually a pretty close game, but

in the end we came out on top!

On the Saturday of General Conference,

we were busy helping my aunt and her family

clean and move some stuff around.

So, we didn't get to hear much of the Saturday sessions.

But I'm working on catching up!

At the end of the day, we went out to Grandma and Grandpa's

house.  Dad got cleaned up and went with the guys to town

for the priesthood session.  I snapped this picture to send

to the cousin/brother missionaries.

So we all chatted and played cards while they were gone.

When they came back, we had a fondue party!
Melted caramel, apples, pretzels, chocolate...the works.

Aunt Jodie just cleanin up the last of the caramel ;)

Then Meg's date, Til, came to pick her up for
the homecoming dance.

His mom made the corsage

Aren't they cute!?
I LOVE her dress.

Hilarious: Jake pulled out his gun
and it 'just so happened' to be when Til was
picking up Megan haha.

So since we were all there on Conference Weekend,
Meg introduced him to everyone haha.

2nd Grade Note

Daer Alsha,

I now abot yor crash. I think maclia lickes him to. How do you feel abot him. It mit mack him hot you. Maclia sese he lickes her insdede. But I did not tell her abot your crsh. You mit be in mortol danger. I think he mit not have a crash on you for reles maiela sese he looks at her in a speshol way.

(Translation)

Dear Aleisha,

I know about your crush.  I think Makayla likes him too.  How do you feel about him?  It might make him hate you.  Makayla says he likes her instead.  But I did not tell her about your crush.  You might be in mortal danger.  I think he might not have a crush on you for reals.  Makayla says he looks at her in a special way.

My reading class instructor shared this with us in class today.  She took it from two girls, and at the end of the day she found it in her pocket.  I really wish I had the a copy with the little 2nd grader's handwriting..."mortol danger"....bahaha so funny!!!

LDS Temples

I ran across this video today, and thought it did a

great job of explaining the temple.

What a wonderful blessing they are!