Playing Catch Up

Well, well, well...

Lindsay dropped the ball on being

on top of her A-Game when it came to blogging...

What a surprise. 

I am making a New Year's Resolution to blog AT LEAST once a month. 

If I'm really great, I'll do it once a week...  We'll see. 

What has gone on since July?  Well, a lot.  A lot a lot! 

I got a  p r e c i o u s  new nephew :: 

Cohen Preston Perkes 

Born September 27, 2012 

7 pounds 12 ounces

I could hold this baby non-stop. 

He is the sweetest, happiest baby you could ever meet.

Having to live an hour away from this babe is torture.

6 months has never gone by faster!  ::

Daren and I celebrated 6 short months of our

h a p p i l y   e v e r   a f t e r

together in November.

I walked downstairs on Friday, November 16th

to that adorable note hanging across the entryway to the kitchen.

He surprised me with a weekend getaway to  P A R K   C I T Y.

We stayed in the Newport Resort and felt like a million bucks.

Our room had a jacuzzi tub,

a fireplace at the foot of our bed,

a full blown beautiful kitchen,

and our own balcony, complete with our own private hot tub.

It was absolutely perfect.

Thanks to an amazing man for the huge surprise!

...It's the  l i t t l e   t h i n g s.

My brother got his Mission Call ::

He will serve as a missionary of

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

in the Chile Santiago West Mission.

 He is excited to report to the MTC on

March 13, 2013.

As a sister, I could not be more proud. 

This boy started on his papers just  m o m e n t s

after the Church announced missionaries

could serve at the age of 18,

and one short month later, he received his call.

S-T-U-D.

I've been teaching school for 4 months already! ::

Wow.  These children are my life. 

I  l o v e  every last one of them like my own.

With the events that happened just a short week ago at

Sandy Hook Elementary in Conneticut,

I am competely grateful for the chance to see every one

of these beautiful faces every day.

I do not know what I would do without their

s w e e t  souls in my life.   

Daren and I are about to spend our  f i r s t  Christmas together as a married couple :: 

How exciting!  This is a picture of our  t r e e... 

I absolutely love it.  And it looks even better with all of our

presents underneath it!  I have always loved Christmas,

but it is  s o o o  much better when you're married. 

I bet it'll be even better when we have kiddos... But that'll be a while!

Life is a lot of fun right now, to say the least! 

Although this is my blog for Daren and I, I've also decided to incorporate things that I do in my classroom, as a teacher.  I use Instagram and Facebook to share my fun Kindergarten life with those close to me, but I think that keeping a blog about it is a

little more personal and a little more important. 

So throughout my posts about our lives,

you may see an occasional teacher post... 

Just love it.