Oh Hey

This may come as a surprise to some people but I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I'm still alive, crazy, I know. I haven't posted for so long I doubt anyone still reads this. I don't blame you. So this will just be a post for me. I did a lot of fun things this summer like:
- going to Lake Powell twice
-a trip to Durango/Silverton, Colorado with my grandparents and oldest cousin. We rode the cutest/oldest train ever,
-New Mexcio for the the 4th of July with my parents. We sand Neil Diamond kareoke (sp?) with the whole town (all 30 of them) and showed my dad's aunt and her family we can have fun without getting drunk
-24th of July with Kurt's family hiking, eating, and enjoying warm nights in Beaver out on the porch
-and spending time with my cute husband any chance I could while he was home from a fire

But i'm not going to post all of those things because we are approaching October and I need to start posting things that are happening now. Kurt is living in Logan while i'm living in Cedar. I miss him so much throughout the week but have I mentioned how much I LOVE teaching.


Sidenote: I think student teaching is kind of cruel. They make you get attached to 26 kids for 30 days rip you from that class and put you with 30 new kids to get attached to. Then rip you from those kids 30 days later. Rude.


My 3rd grade class is so precious and I have loved teaching them everyday. I'm so glad I decided to become a teacher. Pat on the back for me :) I've also missed living in Cedar. I would be ok with settling there when all is said and done and raising my family in that cute town.


Fall is here and I'm loving it. Football, colored leaves, pumpkins, sweaters and boots, corn mazes, and Halloween. Fall comes in at a close second to summer when it comes to my favorite seasons. You better believe Kurt and I are going on a fourwheeler ride up Manti Canyon to see the leaves changing. It will be fun to experience Logan in the fall too. It's so pretty in the summer I bet it is equally breathtaking in the fall. Logan is ok I guess. If it wasn't so blasted far from both our families it would be better. I do like our apartment, our ward and all the shopping so it will do for now. Well those of you that are reading this (if there is anyone) thank you for checkin up on us and reading this post. I'm sure you have better things to do so thank you. Here are a couple pictures of our summer.

Lake Powell

Colorado

My cousin Kimmy next to the cute train that I took 8 million pictures. Notice the cute conductor as well.

New Mexico visiting my great uncle Chuck and great Aunt Jean for the 4th of July

This is how it's done in the country. It's called a pitch fork fry. I thought they were kidding.

Beaver Mountain

*I regret to inform you that I, sadly, did not take any picutures of the 24th of July. This is a very sad and deeply troubling thing.

Dream on.

If anyone wants to buy this ring for me they can. It's only $81.67. For a ring? Get real people. Gosh i'm obsessed with it though! It's just a little on the pricey side. A lottle actually. So I will just look at and wish it was mine.

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Love it...

This WiLL be in my house someday. Saw this on my friends facebook. Stole it. Blogged it. Love it.

Alone again...

But not for long! Kurt has started the forest service again today. Which means i'm left home alone to pack. Pack? Yes. We are moving to Beaver for the summer to save money. I've had mixed feelings about moving there only because Kurt will be on fires all summer and I don't really know anyone in Beaver so i'll be alone a lot. But I've decided that it will be OK. I'm getting a job there, don't know where yet, but I am. Then come fall, back to Cedar I go, and clear up to Logan Kurt goes. Kurt is transferring to Utah State to finish his engineering degree there. USU supposedly has the best engineering program in the state so i'm happy for him. I, on the other hand, will be finishing my degree in Cedar. I'm student teaching at Iron Springs elementary in third and fifth grade classes. I originally wanted to student teach in Logan but I was discouraged to do so by a grumpy professor at SUU. He said USU doesn't like us in their territory. WHATEV. It'll only be for 60 days so I think we can handle it. Which means i'm moving to Logan at the beginning of winter. Don't know how I feel about that. It will definitely take some getting used to. Everyone we've talked to has LOVED living in Logan so that is a comfort. I'm excited to start a new adventure. As for now our summer will consist of, some fires (hopefully), a job for me, Lake Powell, The Little Mermaid at Tuachan (i'm stoked), many visits to Manti, maybe some camping here and there, some hiking, and whatever else we decide to do. I love summer. This is where we were last summer around this time...

This, my friends, is a little place I like to call Hawaii. I wish I was there. Well, that's all for now! Have a good day. I found this picture of us when we were dating. Thought I would share it. This was my first trip to Cedar to see Kurt.

Easter

Easter had a more significant meaning for me this year because Kurt helped me more fully understand our Savior, Jesus Christ's, atoning sacrifice. I know that i'm 22 and your thinking, "wow I understood that in primary", but I've always felt like the atonement was too enormous to fully comprehend. On the drive to Manti Kurt and I had a heartfelt discussion about the atonement and he explained it to me in simple terms so I could understand. I am so grateful for for Kurt, and for my Savior.

Now on to the egg coloring cuz that's pretty much all we did!

We had two easter egg coloring sessions. The first was with a group of our neighbors here in Cedar. We do a game night every now and then. Since everyone is moving away we decided to have a fun night coloring eggs and playing games for the last time.

These are mine. The all pink one is sparkly!

This is Kurt's. It is sparkly also.

Then there was more egg coloring in the Soper household.

And this cute Bug decided to join/help us!

Laney had never colored eggs before. She thought we were going to paint them with actual paint! She loved it even though it doesn't look like it in this picture. :)

Of course Kurt and Austin have to be inappropriate with the eggs. That would be Austin's finger pointing in case you were wondering.

Don't mind Kurt with his eyes closed! Austin thought his egg won, but mine were so much cooler.

Hope everyone had a good Easter!

Fun Fact: On Sunday we went to church with my parents and in sacrament meeting this returned missionary said "um" 327 times. This is no joke. Kurt kept a tally. Is that mean? I'm sure he is a really nice young man who touched a lot a lives but 327? He had a box of "ums" for breakfast for sure!

Stand Out, Above the crowd...

Even if I gotta shout out loud! In case you didn't know that is from the Goofy Movie. An all time favorite of mine. Back to the title. Standing out is exactly what this beauty did. While I was in the blogging mood, I decided to give a shout out to my pretty little sister who is the newest member of the Snow College Ambassadors. They chose ten out of three hundred applicants and it doesn't surprise me, one bit, that she is one of the ten. There are two interviews. The first is just a one-on-one interview (probably making sure you not psycho or something like that), and the second interview is full of skits,games, and craziness with a group of other kids trying-out. Some the things they look for in an ambassador are, a people person, outgoing, fun, cute, a good leader, fun ideas, and not afraid to try anything new. Ashley is all of the above. Did I mention they get a two year scholarship? Pretty sweet deal! She is going to make so many friends and have so much fun. I'm so proud of her and I can truely say she is my best friend. Anyone who gets a campus tour by this chica is super duper lucky. Love you Smash.

A Beautiful Blessing

We also went to California to see Kelli, Kurt's sister, and her husband bless their darling little boy Braxzyn. Isn't he precious?

Kelli asked Kurt to bless Braxzyn and he was so honored and touched. Kurt gave him a beautiful blessing and the spirit touched me as this baby boy was blessed with a sound mind, heart and testimony. Baby blessings are so special to me and I can't wait until Kurt can bless our own baby someday. We love this cute little family Fletcher family. Thank you Kelli for letting us be a part of Braxzyn's special day.

I got these pictures from Kelli :)

There was this one time...

...When Kurt and I went to San Francisco

We saw this sweet little one

And this tough little guy.

We went here

And had this delicious little treat.

She liked it too :)

He was not happy to go shopping. But I sure was!(Don't mind my nasty, nappy rained out hair)

It's a good thing she was there to keep him happy.

We did some of this.

I fell once doing this....but finally got it.

It's a good thing we're both weird...

....and awkward????

You better believe I stopped to kiss him

oh and this was how the drive was...THE ENTIRE TIME

I sure do love them

I'm glad I got to share it all with this cute guy :)