DIY Weekend

Okay so I was recently was introduced to Pinterest and have fallen in love! I found so many cute things that I want to make and so this weekend I decided to try my hand at a couple.

The first one I did was a paint chip garland. I went to Lowe's and grabbed a handful of red, white and blue chips, went home cut them into triangles and strung them on a string. I think that it turned out super cute.

Then I went and got some 4th of July paper at Carolee's Creations, cut it up, folding them up, tapped them together and then hung them with paper clips. So I may be biased, but I think that it turned out pretty cute.

A couple of weekends ago I found a table along side the road in Lewiston with a sign that said "Free", so of course I picked it up. Today I was finally able to fix it up.

I forgot to take a picture of it before I started but it was just a beat up table that was stained from top to bottom. I started out sanding it and then I painted the legs a cream and then to finish I put a dark stain on the top. I think that it turned out super cute and am really pleased!

Tada!

Running the Back of the Wasatch

This year was my third year running in the Wasatch Back race that goes from Logan to Park City. Out of all the races that I do, this one is by far my favorite.

This year I ran with my cousin Mindy Hall and the Ski Patrol at Beaver Mountain. It was kind of funny that I was on their team because I do not ski or snowboard.

I ran Leg 3, which equaled out to about 19 miles. The hardest one was an 8 mile uphill run that was at 3 a.m.....it was interesting to say the least. But I felt so good once I was finished!

I had so much fun and can not wait to run the race again next summer!

Cruising in the Caribbean

As a graduation present gift to myself I went on an 8 day cruise with two of my friends to the Western Caribbean. The cruise left from Miami and we made four stops at Cayman Islands, Honduras, Belize and Cozumel Mexico. We left on Sunday May 29 and returned on Sunday June 5.

Monday and Saturday were "fun days at sea" and so we spent those days getting massages, eating soft serve ice cream, laying out, visiting the buffet, going to comedians and eating some more.

For those of you that have been on cruises before know that when you are on the ship there are photographers EVERYWHERE and at first we just annoyed them but then we decided to embrace the camera love and from Tuesday night on out we went to every single photo booth ad by the end of the week they had taken over 200 photos of us, it was pretty great.

The two friends who I went with were Jamie Kidd and Brittny Harris.

So on the ship they had about 12 soft serve ice cream machines, this was not a good discovery. I probably ate my weight in that ice cream. It was so yummy!

When we were in Belize we went on a 'Raiders of the Lost Mayan Cave' tour which included zip lining, rock climbing and belaying. It was awesome!

The beach in Cozumel Mexico

In Mexico we went on a tour of the Mayan Ruins....SOOOO COOL!

This was in the center of the towns square in Cozumel

These are our guides for when we went in the Mayan Caves.

The beautiful beach we went to in Honduras

In the Cayman Islands we went to a turtle farm. At this farm they had a turtle that was over 300 years old and weighed 565 pounds, I had no idea they could get that big.

Also in the Cayman Islands we went swimming with dolphins...this is me with Alma.

I had an absolute blast on my cruise and I can't wait to plan and go on another trip!

I am a Graduate!!!

Well after five years of college I finally made it. On Saturday I graduated from Utah State University with my Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Consumer Science Education and a minor in Family Finance.

This is me with 3 of my professors. Julie Wheeler, Lu Oaks and Lindsey Shirley.

These are the girls in my major.

Kevin and I both graduated on Saturday. It was pretty cool.

My Last Week.

Well I have officially finished my student teaching. It seems so strange to me that I am finished with this experience and within the next couple of days I will be a graduate of Utah State. Anyway during the last few days at school I took pictures with each of my classes and my cooperating teacher.

This is group of girls was in my "advisory." They were a hoot and always said and did the funnest things.

On my last day my student, Meryl, showed up to school with this shirt on. The caption on the shirt read, "I love Ms. Hall." I tried turning her in for a dress code violation but it didn't work.

This is my cooperating teacher, Lynn Harris. She was amazing and I feel so lucky to have been able to learn from her.

This is a cake that one of my student's made for me. Isn't it awesome?

News Flash!

Well I am on my way to becoming an official teacher. I accepted a job offer yesterday afternoon and starting this August I will be teaching at Star Valley Middle School. It has 7th and 8th graders and about 400 students. I am slightly nervous but really excited for this new chapter in my life!

Conference Weekend.

Ever since I can remember the Hall Family has had the tradition to go to dinner after the Priesthood session to the Copper Mill. This time we had 55 us there and were only missing my Aunt Karalee, and cousins Melissa, Stephanie and Jenny. I always look forward to these two nights every year because I love being with my family and seeing all of them!

My Grandma and I at Copper Mill.

The Ladies!

So I am finally graduating this May...Wahoo! So my mother insisted that I snap a couple of quick photos to put in my announcements. My good friends Lindsey and Chelsea helped me with this task on Friday afternoon.

These are my latest bulletin boards that I made at Preston High.