Salt Lake Wedding

Justin and I took a trip to Utah this weekend to see Kristi Montgomery's wedding, and of course to see Kelsey Montgomery! She got home from her mission two months ago, and a wedding was a wonderful excuse to finally make the five hour drive to see her. After being reunited, it was like we hadn't been separated for more than a day! We pulled into Orem at 10:30 and we chatted it up until we couldn't keep our eyes open anymore.

Saturday was Kristi's big day. She had a beautiful wedding! Kelsey drove her to get her hair done in the morning, and when she got back we had McDonald's breakfast. At 11 we met at a stake center to have a brunch for the bride and groom. They had these amazing waffles and cute pancake ca-bobs with all sorts of fruit. Yum! They had the last scheduled sealing for the day at 4:20, so Justin and I headed out to spend some time together at Temple Square. The weather was superb! We enjoyed people watching - especially all the weddings - and spent some time at City Creek Mall. I got such a kick watching all the brides and grooms. It was so fun! Justin could care less - like any normal person - but he was a good sport. Out of all the brides I saw that day, however, Kristi was the most beautiful! She had an AMAZING dress, and her wedding colors were so cute. It was such a fun occasion. The reception was back at the stake center and we threw the disc around a bit while we waited for it to start. I kidnapped Kelsey after the reception because she normally would have helped everyone clean up, but I stole her away so we could hang out the rest of the night. We picked up Spider Man 2, ordered Dominoes, and chilled at her place the rest of the night.

Kneaders for lunch :)

One of the senior missonaries came and talked to Justin and me about all history of the Salt Lake temple and I learned so much I've never heard! It was awesome.

I love watching temple sealings because they remind me of of the best choice I made two years ago to marry this handsome man!

We drove back home early this morning. It was awesome to see Kelsey after so long and her family: I'm really close with most of them. The weather was amazing, and the fall colors were to die for! It was a great weekend. But it's always great to come home. Justin had a phone interview this week for a position at DaVita: a company in Tacoma, WA. There is no news, but there is a possibility we will be moving within the next few months to Washington. So we're basically going to leave Vegas during the best time of year to move to Washington during the worst time of the year...ha! Of course, when I know more, you will know! 

Justin and I are really enjoying coaching our city leauge team. Our team won both our games last Monday, and we have two more games tomorrow. I'm teaching piano again; I have seven students, and I drive to their house to teach them. That, plus teaching school, plus teaching skin care a few times a week...it makes for a busy life! In the meantime, Justin's quadcopter is giving him some issues, so he's working through those quirks. He is having tons of fun building it, regardless. My hair is already at an awkward length and it's time to cut again. This is going to be a high-maintenance change. Oh well - it's not like I'm opposed to high maintenence #lesbehonest. That's all for this week!

Mud stains from a layout on Monday: so fun!

Update

Hmm...what can I say about the past couple weeks? Not much, honestly. The most exciting things going on are Justin is building a quad-copter and I am making our Halloween costumes. We got a surprise tax return and decided we would split the money to be spent guilt-free, so Justin has been building this helicopter-thing and I've been crafting away with costumes.

He is building all of this from scratch. 

I had to unwrap and cut hundreds of yards of tulle...and there was glitter EVERYWHERE!

After cutting all the strips, I then did the tying around the elastic band. I won't reveal the finished product until Halloween! 

Other things going on...teaching is wonderful and awful all at the same time. I remember thinking when I was student teaching "I can't believe that one day I'll be paid to do this!" because I was loving it all so much...well turns out that's not all we're paid for. We're also paid to do a bunch of other [insert your favorite derogatory adjective (mine is asinine)] tasks that have nothing to do with teaching and happen to take up the majority of our time, leaving less time to prep for the actual teaching part. So yeah, it's annoying to say the least. Not to mention the "helpful" staff members breathing down your throat telling you what you "should" do...Just in case you don't know this about me yet, here's a fun little tip: I am the last person you want to tell me what I 'should' do...I HATE being told what to do, and I especially hate being told what I should do...well, you should leave me alone, is what you should do. #endrant

But other than that I really am loving the teaching part of what I do. I am a dang good teacher, and my kids are the best thing ever! We had parent night at our school Tuesday night and my kids parents love me just as much as my kids do. As the parents would walk into my classroom they'd say stuff like, "And now for the favorite." Wednesday morning one of my students said, "My parents can tell why you're my favorite teacher." #win

Justin and I are playing in a city league for Ultimate and we're coaching our team. Our Shenanigans teams is also preparing for a tournament the first weekend in November, so we play three times a week: for city league, for practice, and then for pick-up. I got new cleats and everything. We love it!

October is here and the weather is changing. I am so grateful the weather is at least slightly cooling off! It still jumps up to 90 once and a while, but for the most part I can wear boots without suffocating.

In other news...The Roses know about this but most of the Beals don't: Justin is looking for work elsewhere, and he's looking beyond the city limits...he applied for a job in Seattle, and he's going to apply for another one. It's related to where his brother Jon works, so he has a good chance of getting it. There have been no offers, so there's nothing on the table yet, but we could have some choices to make, maybe sooner rather than later. Like I said, no decisions have been made but that is in the works so, that's that. Next weekend I get to see my best friend Kelsey Montgomery at her sister's wedding in Utah, so I'm SO EXCITED to see her after two and a half years! Until next time!

Ultimate Tournament and New Hair

Last weekend Justin and I drove with our friends Todd and Christine Brooks to Morgan Hill, California (near San Francisco) for the USAU Ultimate Frisbee Southwest Regional Tournament. Back when we went to Idaho for James's wedding, our team played at Sectionals in Arizona and qualified for the tournament. I was totally deceived because I thought we were driving to San DIEGO not San FRANCISCO, so what I thought would be a four-hour drive on Friday turned into an eight-hour drive. Not fun. But I wasn't feeling well so I slept most of the way.

The flu is going around at my school, and even after diligently washing my hands after each class period, before eating lunch, and before going home, it caught up to me Thursday night. It was a bummer that my health was not up to speed for such a fun tournament, but I was still able to play alright.

We played four games on Saturday. One of them was against the #1 team in the nation! We managed to score one point on them...haha. We lost all our games but we were happy we qualified in the first place, so we had a lot of fun. There are several Mormons on our team, so Sunday we didn't play and our team knows we don't play on Sundays, so that was a good opportunity to share a little bit about the gospel with some of our teammates. Super funny: we went to sacrament meeting in Morgan Hill, and Mitzi's ex-boyfriend was conducting. I recognized the name (because, though I don't remember him or any of that relationship, I do remember joking about "Mitzi Frisbey" or at least hearing family joke about it) and sent Mitzi a creeper picture to see if it was him: it was!! It is SUCH a small world when you are Mormon.

Epic Catch... I know

Our huge umbrella was a hit! 

We had some legitimate Mexican food after the tournament...too hot for me!

Last Monday I cut my hair! I read Dressing Your Truth several weeks ago and purchased the online course to learn more about dressing my truth. It's a program that teaches you to dress on the outside true to the nature of you on the inside. After doing a ton of research, studying, and searching for the perfect stylist, I went for a bold new look that I absolutely LOVE! People seem to either love it or hate it. My 1st period class pretty much all hated it. One of my kids came in, took one look at me, and with a grimace on his face said, "Do you like it?"

I replied, "I really do!"

To which he replied, "Well...I guess that's all that matters." Ha! Gotta love the honesty. 2nd period, however, totally validated me and said it looked great. My favorite line of the day came from one of my 2nd period students. She said, "Mrs. Rose... you slay." Oh my gosh. I died. So funny. These kids have tons of personality. They're my favorite people!

I'm donating my hair, but locks of love won't accept bleached hair, so I'll have to explore other options. Behold my new hair....beware of selfie overload.

Ha...crazy kids. But I loved it!

Date night with this guy! Cafe Rio and Pitch Perfect at the park :) aca-amazing

I cut his hair today....lookin' fine!

This week the temperature got down to 70 degrees during the day!!! What???!!?!?!!! It was AMAZING! The weather says next week it should jump back to the 100's...boo. Justin and I are practicing with our team regularly to get ready for a tournament here in November. That's pretty much our news. Everything else is same-old, same-old. Until next time!