My classroom!

Yea! I finally got to see my classroom! It's not even close to being done, in fact, they have pushed the start of school back 2 days. Fine with me, that much more time for me to prepare! I've been getting my classes mapped out and materials together. My mom bought me a whole library of books... thanks mom!... so I feel much better now! I think just knowing the students will have something to do if there is down time, makes me a little more comfortable! If anyone has any words of wisdom, or cool books we can read for the first week of school, feel free to fill me in! Also, I'm thinking about starting the year reading "Because of Winn Dixie" as a read aloud book. After that, I have no idea... so any suggestions??

This is the front of the school. I was a little freaked out with all the colors splashed all over the outside of the building, but now that it's coming together, it looks really cool!
A little blurry, but this is my "pod." I'm so excited to be in blue (my fave color!) That's my classroom door on the left.
This is the south facing wall. The whole wall is windows! I'm so excited how bright and cheery it is!
This is the north wall! Tons of storage and my own desk in the back!
And ME! Do I look like a teacher? I'm not so sure, but I will be the best teacher ever, even if I don't wear a denim skirt and vest!
So that's it for now! I will try to post as time goes on! I am starting school for myself the same day school starts for my students, so if you think about it, say a little prayer for me the morning of the 20th! I'm so nervous and excited, I can't believe this is really happening. It's going to be a crazy year, but very worth it in the end!

It's all about me!

Shoot, I forgot I have to put my pics on first, so pretend that these are at the bottom of the post!!

Jeremy's been taking Liam fishing that the ponds in S. Jordan. He loves it and even has his own "Cars" tackle box! This is the first (and only) fish!
We babysat Conner one day! He is so dang cute.

It's so freakin hot, I made cupcakes one day and the neighbor boys came over and decorated them with Liam. It was super fun, but now Liam is obsessed with putting sprinkles on ALL food. Like his corn on the cob last night!

Finally, a post, and it's all about me (with a few pics of Liam at the end!) I got a new job!!! And it's the best job ever in the world, and I'm so excited and stressed, and anxious, and stressed, and stressed and ... Okay, so I'm going to be the 2nd grade teacher at the new St. Andrew's Catholic elementary school in Riverton!!! :):):):):) I applied for the job months ago, April in fact, and even interviewed with the principal (who happens to be a nun!) but got no warm and fuzzies, so I've been pretty much thinking all summer that it wasn't meant to be. I went ahead and enrolled in the U. of Phoenix masters in education program to see if I could get a job next year with a year of school under my belt. Suddenly, Sister Karla asked me to come in for a second interview and she offered me the position!! I said yes right away then got in my car and nearly threw up! I've been observing a 2nd grade class in a year-round public school in Herriman this week, but then today I went to St. John's to see how they teach there, and I had a huge wake up call. The teaching is totally different, and the curriculum is so much harder. I was all ready to teach after visiting the public school, but after today I'm a wreck again!

So, needless to say, I am very, very excited, but I realize I have a huge challenge to work through. I have a lot to do to set up my classroom. I don't have nearly enough books for a classroom library so I'm going to the DI tomorrow to see what I can find there. I don't think I realized how much those little things mean to a teacher! I am going to do my classroom in a fish/underwater theme (since my last name is Pool!), I think that will be fun.

Also, the best part is, I only have 12 students in my class this year! It's going to be so fun getting to know them and learning with them as well. I pray to God, I can handle 12 kids!!! So that's what I've been doing! I'm sure you will see more posts about my class. I can't wait to see my classroom!!!!

Oh ya... here's Liam! It will be so nice in the next few years to have him in school with me. We will have summers and school holidays together, this is the perfect job for a mom! Here are some pictures of some fun things we have been doing. It's been great having this summer off, even though I admittedly have kept him in daycare!! :)

I'm MRS. POOL!!!!

Dude!

Everyone keeps asking me what I'm up to, you know - since I don't have a job or anything! I have an update, I'm just too lazy/busy to download pics and post! But my update is freakin' good! No, I'm not freakin' pregnant, but I know someone who is and is not telling anyone and it's driving me crazy! Anyway, I'm going to see Batman tonight so maybe I will post tomorrow before I leave town. That way I can do another post when I get back of my trip with my mom and Nat!
See ya!

Nursery Bedding

I'm not very good at selling things, but I am going to sell Liam's nursery bedding. It's so nice, but I'm the type of person who is going to want something new if I ever have another baby, so I might as well let someone else enjoy this set. All of you girls out there are either having babies or know someone having a baby, so this is what I have! The set is really nice, and very well made. It's by Kimberly Grant from her Farm Yard set, you can see the entire set on her web site. I got it at Babinski's Baby in Foothill village. I am asking $130 for it, I paid almost $300 for all the pieces. The sheet it came with is worn, so I will keep that, but the colors are very easy to match! I had this in Liam's room with a red changing table cover, and it was adorable.


This is the mobile, very cute! This is my favorite part! This quilt has never been on a bed or seen a baby. It's always hung on the wall. The words say "Laugh" "Dance" and "Dream." The farm animals are embroidered and embellished.

Window Valance
Bumper pad. Also very clean!
Bumper detail.
Crib Skirt. It has black and white gingham around the trim.
Comment if you or someone you know is interested! I have it on KSL too!

A busy July so far

At the Stingers Game.

Well, hello again! We have had a very busy July, and today is only the 7th! Sometimes I wonder how Liam can keep up with me. This is going to be a picture blog, so I will narrate the pics as we go!

Anyone who knows Liam, knows he is obsessed with construction equipment! We stopped at a work site on Sunday to let him climb on the machines, and he was in heaven! He knows what they are all called and what they are used for, it's actually quite incredible!

The bobcat is his favorite!
We cleaned out my mom's office this weekend and she found this hard hat and gave it to Liam. Now he looks official!

The 4th of July pics got a little out of order, but here they are. This is Liam checking out a June bug in my Aunt SoSo's back yard. He thought that huge sucker was pretty cool.

So he caught it on a plate! He looks thrilled doesn't he?
Then all the boys had to go looking for more bugs. I love this pic of the 3 boys!

These are pictures of the Murray parade. It's always a blast!

Liam is getting really good at baseball! Here he is playing with my mom!
Snaps!

Nat and I took Liam to the zoo Wednesday morning to check out the new carousel. It was cool, but I was expecting a little more of the new area.

Liam at the Draper pool. It has a gorgeous view.

We set up in a model house at the party in Daybreak for their new subdivision, NorthShore. It was really fun, but Natalie and I scooped over 2500 scoops of ice cream. We were suffering big time. We didn't expect to see that many people, but it was great exposure for "the Slab!"

Liam and I decided we are going to keep the camera with us so we can take his pic next to a fire truck from each city. Here is Riverton...
We happened upon a car show/fundraiser at Murray Park last weekend. It was really fun, and even more fun because we didn't even know it was there and it was cool! Here is Liam with his snow cone.

And there were 2 fire trucks there!


That's all!

10 Years Already???

Wow! I can't believe it's been 10 years since I graduated from good old Judge High School! My 10 year reunion was a few weeks ago and I had decided I wasn't going to go. We went to Jeremy's last year and it was kind of lame so I thought I could pass. Then I heard there was an "unofficial" reunion party at Hogs Wallow the night before the official reunion so I decided to do that instead. It was fun seeing everyone, I really don't keep up with anyone at all. I have to say, I've come a long way in 10 years. It was fun to have something to talk about, like Jeremy, Liam, the store, the new job, etc. So here is a cute pic, these are my cronies I used to hang with 24/7. Mary Duricy is on the far left, she and I were in school together from 4th grade. She was Mary D. and I was Mary T. (Thorne, for you guys who don't know!) It was a total trip, but I'm really glad I'm done with that part of my life. On to bigger and better things!!!

Mary Duricy, Nicole Fritz, Me, and Maren Slaugh

Jamaica Mon

Well, We survived the much anticipated trip to Jamaica! It was a blast, so much fun, very relaxing and worth the stress of leaving the store! Which did very well by itself I must add! I have tons of pictures posted, but I'm suprised I didn't take more. It was so beautiful, the pictures would not have done justice even if I had taken them.

We stayed in an all-inclusive resort so there was no reason to leave so we didn't! We stayed in pretty much the whole time and it was plenty for us. I guess that's why there's not a huge assortment of pics!

On with the show!...

Liam in the Atlanta airport anxiously waiting to get on the next plane to Jamaica. He was so good on the way there, he slept the whole time. Coming home, not so much, but not bad! I think this is so cute, he was so excited about the airplanes!
The first night in Jamaica after a long day traveling. This little reagge man came to the resort and gave us the history of reagge music and sang to us. He also did the electric slide to a reagge beat and I have to say I was the only one who did the dance!
Liam watching the Rastafarian! I did find out that Rastafarian is it's own religion too. I know the whole history, if you are interested ask me, but I thought it was very cool. Maybe next time you see me I will have dreads! :)
Liam bellied up to the bar! He was pooped! They had the best fruit punch there. I think Liam could drink that the rest of his life!
The first day Liam was not so fond of the water. The next day it was better, but by the last trip to the beach we had to watch him very carefully because he had no fear! It was cool to watch him! That was my chair in the water, I could really sit there all day!

The second day I thought I should be brave and take the boat trip out with the group. I should have known it was a bad idea, but it was beautiful and the water was calm. The way out was great, beautiful and scenic...
This is a shot of where our boat dropped us off. It's not a great picture, but you get somewhat of an idea of how the locals live. There were little huts between the trees that were their houses. No one warned me Jamaica is a third world country, it was awful!
This is the storm that rolled in while we were out shopping. Needless to say, we got back in our dingy to get home and the water was crashing and chopping. I was so sea sick I was balling because I wanted to barf so bad. Because of the rough water it took us over an hour to get back, it took about 20 minutes to get there! It was terrible, I will NEVER do a small boat in the ocean again. This is twice and both times were awful!
Oh cute! "All" the girls out on yet another girls night. Jeremy took this picture. Where was I? Oh ya - not invited... again! This is Rob with Mandy and Jeremy - he was the groom.

Oh Beautiful!
The bride at sunset, it really was gorgeous!


My cute family. This didn't really turn out the way I wanted, but I think it's cool regardless.

Liam in his cute wedding outfit. If you can believe I forgot to take my camera to the wedding. I'm sure everyone else has pics of Liam so I will try to get some.
The bride and groom.
This was a crab on the beach that Jeremy and his dad were tourchering. It was really funny to see it defend himself!

Op - now the claws are out! It really was entertaining, I took a ton of pics of this!
Liam is winding down wedding night. The kid was pooped! But he was the best little ring bearer! I didn't even have to call him down the aisle.
And he's done! And we found out he is a true McGeary! His sweat glands pump just like the rest of us!
This movie and dvd player got us through the trip. If you don't know the Wonder Pets, you are missing out - they are so cute!
Cute!

Laim playing and sinking in the sand. He finally likes the water!
Umm... what happened?
Where's Liam?
I know, wrong baby, but I think this is super cute of me and Jer! This is Lily, the other baby in our group. She was great too! Jeremy was helping at the moment.

There you have it! A few things to note that I don't have pictures of - We rented jet skis! I had my own and it was freakin awesome and pouring down rain! Oh, I loved it! I fell of my "sled" as Jeremy calls them (silly!) like a freakin rock star, but lost my glasses! It was worth it because everyone said I looked like the x-games!

Also, we did a His and Hers massage - best massage I've ever had! I wanted it in a cabana on the beach but the weather was bad but the garden was great!

And the wedding was beautiful. The weather was great for the whole day. Liam did a spectacular job and we all looked great!

That's it, this is the longest post ever!