Pumpkin Craving

In case you were wondering, the title was intentional. We just had an activity in our ward where we did pumpkin carving. They had a flyer to announce the activity. It said, "Bring a pumpkin because we will be having a pumpkin craving contest." I thought it was funny. Anyway, the last time I had carved a pumpkin was probably when I was about 12, and my dad did most of it for me. So, I didn't really have a clue what I was doing. They didn't have the best knives for cutting, but it worked out okay. One of my friends in the ward suggested I carve this, and this is how it turned out.





Hopefully, you can tell what it's supposed to be.

Happy Halloween!

Finally Started Working

Wow! It's crazy how doing nothing can make you so tired. So, I started work yesterday. I'm helping out with the whole fourth grade. The teachers had a tentative schedule for me, but one of them was not here today or yesterday. Then, the schedule doesn't account for things like PE or computer lab or library, so there are still some kinks to work out. So this week, they don't really have that much for me to do. I did get to play a few games with the kids in small groups during centers, or rotations as they like to call them.

Mostly, I just sat and watched, which can be entertaining for a little while, but doing it all day can get tedious. I got home, and I'm just tired. Then my sister says, "Why are you so tired, you didn't even do anything," because at her job, she did manual labor. I think actually doing something would wake me up more than just sitting and watching.

 Hopefully by next week, the schedule will be all figured out, and I'll have more stuff to do.

Book Festival

I went to a book festival with my family a few weeks ago. It was pretty fun. We got to hear Brandon Mull and Obert Skye talk about their books. Also, we saw Alex Boye. He's a singer in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He sang some songs from his CD, but they weren't Mormon Tabernacle Choir Songs. He had one about scouts that was the best. He even had a little dance that went with it. He had all the scouts in the audience come up and do it with him. It was pretty funny, but my brothers missed it. They were off somewhere else and missed that song. Also, we got to see this magician. He was pretty good. He said there were three things you can supersize at McDonalds: fries, drinks, and then from this tiny paper sack he pulled the third item - straws. He pulled out a six foot straw. It was huge!

The funny thing was, there was a McDonalds that was sponsoring the event and were giving out free smoothies. I told my brother he should've asked to supersize the straw, but he wouldn't. It was really fun to go, even though we didn't even buy any books. They gave out prizes and stuff though, which was cool. I hope they do it again next year.

Vacation Pictures

Here are the pictures I said might be coming:

On the ride there



In the condo





Playing basketball



Tennis



Tea party with a cousin in the play room in the rec center



Barbecue on Saturday

 There's a few snapshots of our trip.

I Got a Job!

So, a friend of mine told me about a principal that was looking for some teachers' aides at her school and told me that I should apply for the job. I did, got an interview, and the next day, the principal called and offered me the job, which I accepted. The only problem is I have no idea when I'm supposed to start working. She said they had to do some paperwork and then they would get back to me. Also, I have no idea how much I'll be making or even what exactly I'm supposed to do. So I have a job, but I don't know when I'm working, what I'm doing, or how much I'll be making. And the crazy thing is that I don't really care all that much. I do hope I start soon though.