My Funny Carter

Last night as I was getting Carter ready for bed, he found his coat and bought it to me and told me he was cold. He wore his coat around the house for about 10 minutes. He is a very funny little boy.

Carter on the Move

Carter loves playing with toys that move so he can chase them around the house. Carter loves the freedom to move on his own and he is very good at entertaining himself for the most part.

Update

Well, I have not given an update in a while. Ryan and I are doing well. We had a nice weekend with our families for graduation. Ryan was able to finish up his semester last week and is enjoying not having homework for a while. I am trying to make it each day as we wait for the baby to come. We have everything ready for him. We are getting very excited to meet our little boy. I will be induced on Friday, May 7th if our little boy does not come before than.

Busy Life

Ryan and I are keeping ourselves busy with work and school. We are both looking forward to next week when we will have a little bit of a break.
I had a doctor's appointment on Friday. The baby's heartbeat was 150 BPM. It was very cool to hear the little heartbeat. We will find out what we are having on December 16th. We are very excited.
We had a nice weekend. We were able to go to the basketball game on Friday. Yesterday, we watched the football game with Laura, Ashley, and Lance and then went out to dinner with them.

Snowy Day

It is a snowy day here in Utah. I am not ready for the snow. I believe that the snow can only come after Thanksgiving.
Anyway, life for us is going pretty good. Ryan is staying busy with school and work. He is working hard. I am busy with school. We just had the lst quarter end this past week. Now we are getting ready to have our fourth grade program in a few weeks.
My family had our pictures taken on Saturday. It was good weather but right at the end it started to rain. I am looking forward to seeing the pictures. Also, we went to the BYU game. It was pretty good weather, it was just cold. The cougars did not come out on top but it was nice to be with family.

October

Ryan and I have been busy over the last two weeks. Last weekend, we were able to enjoy the football game on Friday night. Then on Saturday we were able to see Eric play in a soccer game. He is doing so great this year. We were also able to watch General Conference. We really enjoyed all the talks about learning to love and giving service. This week, Ryan played in first two kickball tournament games. He won both which means he will be playing again tomorrow night. I will not be able to watch this game because I will be holding Parent Teacher Conferences. I am sure that he will do great. Ryan has a field trip on Saturday so I am hoping that I will be able to get the house clean.

This week

It has been a pretty good week of work and school. I was able get things put together at work for my students who need a lot reading help. I hoping that I will be able to help them. Ryan has a busy school and work schedule. He was able to get a lot of school work done on Friday night. Yesterday, we went to a stake activity that was about the family. It was a good reminder of the things that we need to be doing. We also attend the first home football game of the season. It was not the outcome we were looking forward too but it nice to see family.

Week in review

This week, I have made it through my first full week of school. I have a great class this year and I happy about it.
Ryan had his last week of summer. He starts back to school tomorrow.
We were able to get our house back in order. We were happy to be able to host our family this month but it is nice to have a clean house again. We helped Laura move on Tuesday into her new place. Lance moved into his new place on Friday. Blake headed back to Washington on Friday morning. We were so glad that we were able to spend so much time with family these past couple of weeks. We are so blessed to have a great family.

Summer Ending

As my summer is ending tomorrow, I am grateful for what a wonderful summer I had. We were able to travel and see our family members. I start back to work on Monday morning with a rested mind and body and ready for the school year. I received my list of students last week. I only have 26 students on my list (which will change as kids move in this week and last week). I am very excited to meet those new faces and have the chance to teach them.
Ryan starts back to school on the 31st. So he still has a few weeks left of his summer. Which he will spend with his brother Blake. Blake will be with us from Aug. 18 to Aug. 28 while Ryan's parents are on a cruise.

Our busy lives

Ryan and I have had a busy summer this year. We have been able to see so many family members and have been able to travel. But we still have life going on, Ryan is still working full time and I am now back into thinking about school mode. I have been able to get my classroom set up for the coming school year. I have a few things that need to get done in the coming weeks before school starts but I feel good about a new year starting.

Weekend Happenings

Well, we had a busy weekend. On Friday, Ryan went to the basketball game with my family while my mom and I went shopping for the baby shower. We were up until 11pm making muffins for the morning. That night, my parents and brothers stayed the night at our house. On Saturday, we had the baby shower in the morning. It was a lot of fun to see some family and talk about my niece who will be here in less than a month. Then we watched the BYU and Utah game, which did not having a ending that we were hoping for. BYU did not play their best and lost the game. On Sunday, we got out the Christmas decorations. Vanessa said that she had hers out so that made me want to get mine out. Ryan helped me glue the pieces that needed to be fixed. I have a Christmas village that I have never put up because I have never had my own place.
This will be a short week with only two days of school. We are looking forward to the break and to spend time with our family. I hope that everyone enjoys the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving.

Half way through the month

Well, life is moving right along. I had my students program last night. They did a really good job and the parents really enjoyed it. The kids had to dance with each other and even after all the complaints about it, they really enjoyed themselves. I am definitely ready for the break. It has a been a hard month so far and I have not been in the best mood over the last couple of weeks. I have had parent problems and students problems this month.
Anyway, Ryan and I are doing fine. Ryan has finished one class and only has a project left for it. He will finish another class on Saturday when he takes the final. We are heading to my parents house after Ryan's final to watch the BYU football game and finish planning Vanessa's baby shower.

Las Vegas

We had a great time this weekend in Las Vegas. We were able to spend some fun time with my family. The new baby, Garrett, is just so cute and cuddly. It was fun to see the rest of the Braswell family as well. I played a lot of games with Paige. We also enjoyed the warmer weather. We will post some pictures later.
Life is moving right along for us. Ryan is finishing up midterms and I am finishing up my first quarter of teaching on Friday. I will be 1/4 of the way through the school year. I should be an interesting day at work tomorrow after the kids have had almost a week off of school. Next week will be fun with Halloween coming up. I am trying to come up with a costume. I will probably be a doctor if I can find a mask and some fake doctor tools.

Late Church

We have church at 2:30, starting today, so I thought that I would add a picture to our blog. We had a great day with family yesterday and being able to attend the football game.