Butter, baking, and blogs

Well there are some perks to living out here in the middle of nowhere. One of those is that Anthony and I get free fresh milk and eggs. There are two families in our ward that have cows and they have been wonderful to give us milk for free. With that milk comes the yummy cream. Well I decided to get fancy and make butter. I remember helping mom make butter and thought it was always so easy. I called mom to double check on the procedure and started my little adventure. Well I think that butter making is a lot easier when all I have to to is mold it into little turtles. I tell you what, my hands were so tired from squeezing and squeezing. But it was worth it here is the result.








We also got one of those perfect brownie pans that cooks them in the little squares. We were a little skeptical of it, but figured we should give it a shot before we just got rid of it. We were pleasantly surprised with how our brownies turned out. We used some mix we got in bulk at Winco while in Boise. It turned out more cake like but still tasted yummy. Here is what they looked like.








Now for a plug for blogs. Anthony and I have been trying out some new recipes that we have found on some blogs. Our favorite blog so far is called melskitchencafe.com. It has recipes for all kids of different things. We tried out a pot roast recipe when Trent and Wyatt came to visit us. It turned out great and made delicious sandwiches the next few days. Tonight we are trying Italian Beef sandwiches and tomorrow we are trying ribs. They have all been amazing so far. There are also desserts galore. If you are sick of your recipes try a new one from there today. (I sound like a commercial but it is really awesome.)

Catch Up!

I was talking to Tiffany on my birthday and she told reminded me that I have a blog. Well I am really bad at taking pictures and even worse at sharing them on my blog, but I want to get better. I have decided to make it a goal this year. (I'm starting a little late with the resolution but oh well.) On Jan. 20th, Anthony and I went to visit Dad. We drove to Twin Falls and went to the temple there that night. It was a full house because the Boise Temple is under reconstruction so there were several people from that area there. It was really great to go to a new temple. It is a lot like the Rexburg one and has beautiful murals of the falls. Unfortunately it was rainy and gross I didn't get any pictures. Sorry.
We drove to Boise the next morning hoping to see Dad. Well my application had been denied for some reason so I wasn't able to do that. Well we really didn't have anything else planned so we went to the Capitol Building. The last time I remember being there was a while ago. It was really neat to see. While we were there, they had a march for the abortion law, so there were several people out on the lawn. There was also a Miss Rodeo thing going on inside. Anthony enjoyed seeing the different areas of the house and senate rooms. We couldn't go in since they were in session but we looked into them.
While we were walking back to where we were parked we saw some geese on the lawn. I couldn't get a picture of them, but we saw a whole bunch more as we were driving to our hotel.
Later that evening I was able to go to my favorite!!! ice cream place. Sub Zero. You choose what flavor of ice cream you want and then they use liquid nitrogen to freeze it right in front of you! It is so awesome to watch and it is soo delicious. The one in Logan closed down, so I was really excited to find one in Boise. We drove home a different way, through Mountain Home. It was pretty dull. There was a fun canyon we drove through with a lot of snow and twists and turns but that was about the extent of the excitement.

Nevada News

So these are the only pictures that my computer is uploading. This is the front room of our trailer while we were moving in. There is a pop-out that adds a lot of space. The kitchen is in the corner on the first picture.
I will hopefully be able to get more up but the internet is really slow and doesn't love to do that. Maybe they will make it onto facebook.

Internet!

WHOOT WHOOT! We finally got internet at home so I will be able to put some pictures up of things we have done. Look for them coming soon!

Nevada Pro's and Con's

Pro's

• we have our own house
• I get to teach 9 great kids
• I get to practice the organ every Sunday after church without having to worry about being called as the ward organist.

Con's

• There are pack rats living under our house (were in it before)
• Only one tree in our back yard
• We don't have any grass
• The church is 45 min away and the temple is 4 hours away.

Over all it isn't too bad out here. The kids are really fun and only two of them have cried. (one because he didn't want to leave!)

The rats have been mostly kicked out and cleaned out or killed.

I really hope that I get used to this place. It is a little drab but there is apparently really good hunting for Anthony. That should be good.

I got a job!

I have been looking for a teaching job all summer long. I had an interview at the beginning of the summer at Preston, but I didn't get the position. I didn't think that I would be able to get one this year because I hadn't had anymore interviews by the end of July. Then I got a call to d
o an interview in Nevada. Well I was able to do a Skype interview on the 28th of July. I got a call the next day saying they wanted me to go to Nevada to do another interview. Well on Aug. 3rd Anthony and I drove down to Crescent Valley, Nevada. Here are some of the things we saw pulling into the town.

These are some of the houses we saw in town.

This is the senior citizen center. What a great

place to be right?

This was my favorite picture. It is the entrance to the fairgrounds. The sign says, "Crescent Valley A town with a future."

Well after driving around town a bit, we met with the hiring committee. There was the principal, a teacher, and a parent. We took a tour of the school as they asked questions. They were pretty much saying, "Please be our teacher!" After they talked for a bit they officially offered me the job. The principal answered our questions for a little while and then took us to see where we were going to live. (sorry, I'll have to get pictures of the school later)

This looks a little scary from the outside. I was pretty skeptical, but it isn't too bad. We also get the first 6 months free. There is enough room to park our camper trailer and the horse trailer. We even get a tree!

The town we actually live in is called Beowawe. (Bay-oh-wow-ee)

It is a registered Nevada Ghost Town. There used to be some geysers, but they have been converted into energy sources now. Here is their lovely library, just a little north of where we live.

Oh what a year!

My goodness time flies. You know me and how I don't communicate well with electronics. Call anytime and I'll chat but I sure hate doing the calling.

Well here is a little catch-up. I did my student teaching in Millville Elementary. I taught 5th grade for 6 weeks and 1st for six weeks of student teaching.

This is a game I made for my first graders on the smartboard. They loved it!

Here are the kids in my 1st grade class with the glasses they made celebrating their 100th day of school.

The teacher I was with in the first grade got into a car accident so I took over the class for the rest of the year. It was a really good experience. I enjoyed int (most of the time).

In October, Anthony and I got married. Here are some pictures from that.