Home Improvements

Since I have been off track I have really wanted to get things done at our house that I haven't had time to do. Last night I went on a rampage with hanging things and cleaning. Matt and I both have a spare room where we put our things. Matt's room has been a pig stein!! I hated even walking in that room and I would avoid cleaning it like the plague! Well, last night I started hanging some of his pictures and threw away a ton of his old things that he has been hanging on to forever! It looks so nice now, and I just want to hang out in there for days. I wish I would've taken a before and after shot, but honestly, I don't want to even remember what it looked like before.


Matt has so many nice pictures, so it was really fun to hang them up and make the room look sporty and clutter free.

He also wants to display all of his Cowboys and U of U helmets, so I hope I found a cute way to let them be on display, without looking tacky.

All I can say is that I hope his room stays looking this nice. Hopefully Matt will help keep it clean, and then people will want to come and stay at our house.

When we were in Disneyland we had our picture drawn, and I finally found a frame for it and hung it on the wall. I think it is adorable, and I love how Matt totally looks like he has a fat face. Don't worry baby, you don't really have a fat face!

I also bought this plate holder and put a few frames on it to hang in our hallway upstairs. It looks really cute! Matt is always telling me that I don't ever decorate the upstairs, so here is my attempt at decorating our upstairs.

Here is a sign that I got from Christmas from a white-elephant party (best white-elephant ever!) and I finally hung it up next to our TV (don't worry, I was watching Say Yes to the Dress when I took this picture - love that show)

And last but not least, here is my new dining room table center piece decoration. Thanks Target! I love it!

Update

Matt and I have been really busy for the last couple of months. We both have been struggling with allergies, which completely took away my voice, and gave Matt a ton of coughing attacks. Things are finally starting to settle down, and I am now off track for 2 1/2 weeks, so that should be fun!

Here are a couple of things that have happened in the last few months:

We went to St. George over Easter break with my parents. It was a lot of fun, and a much needed weekend of relaxation for me and Matt. My mom and I shopped a lot, and Matt and my dad played golf at least once (sometimes twice) a day. It was a blast! Matt and I even painted eggs for Easter. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us crash your party.

My class had their annual Wax Museum, which is always a lot of fun. They do a biography book report, and then dress up like their character and stand as if they are wax next to a tri-fold that has information about their person. It is always a big moment in third grade, and this year it ended up being a little more exciting than we had planned. We usually have our Wax Museum in the gym, but this year the 6th grade needed the gym for their Shakespeare play, so we decided to have the Wax Museum in the 3rd grade hallway. We didn't expect to have as many parents and students coming through our museum, and it got so hot in the hallway that kids started dropping like flies!! We had 3 kids completely pass out and fall to the floor, and a handful of students started feeling really sick. Needless to say, we won't have our Wax Museum in the hallway ever again!! I felt so bad for the kids that passed out, especially my student who fell face first onto the floor. It was definitely an experience I won't soon forget.

Matt is loving his job! He loves the responsibility that comes along with his position, and he loves it when he gets to be in charge. I am so glad to see him do something everyday that he loves! He is also loving school. At the beginning of the semester he kept telling me that he didn't feel like he knew what was even going on in his class, but everytime he takes a test, or turns in a project he gets a wonderful grade. He rocks!

This last week was teacher appreciation week at school, and I was SPOILED with gifts!! I received a ton of supplies, money, and gift cards! It was awesome. Our PTA was great too and bought us all lunch from Rumbi, and had the students write sweet notes to us to hang in our classroom. It was a great week, and I felt very appreciated.

That is all the updates I have as of right now. I'll try to be better at updating. . .