This week is homecoming in Durant! Today was Costume day for the high school, so Mike put on his trusty red flannel and dressed as Paul Bunyan. He wanted me to dress as his 'babe' but I reminded him that first of all - I am NOT blue, and secondly - only the high school gets to dress up!

Tomorrow the dress up day is "Sports Team." I am quite certain Mike will not be dressing up in a Cubs jersey like many of his fellow colleagues and students. Go TWINS!

This fall has been very busy for us. Mike is constantly working trying to keep up with his classes and not get too overwhelmed with being a first year teacher. I, however, am loving that I do not have to do homework each night, but can come home and just relax!

This past weekend I spent all day Saturday and Sunday doing the "once a month cooking" I was able to make over 30 meals which I froze, so now I don't have to really cook until the end of October!! I am glad that is out of the way, now I can really relax at night.

We definitely are missing living in Minnesota, but the weather here has been so nice that it makes it tough not to also love it here when the weather is still hitting 75-80 degrees. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving when we can head up to Bemidji to see our new neices or nephews! I am also hoping that I can go up and hunt a deer this year using my little baby shotgun (which I have never shot) this winter with my great sister-in-law.

Thats all from Wilton.

Go TWINS!

MATCHING!!!

PS I am thinking of making these in my spare time (haha)

What do you think?

Life in Iowa has been pretty much the same. Nothing New here to report! Mike has been extremely busy with lesson planning and doing his lecture notes. Tonight he is running the clock for the JV football team (maybe they will win a game since the varsity can't~) and tomorrow night he will whip out his tight white capri pants to referee a middle school football game! I am pretty sure he is excited about it because he's been talking about it for a while.

This past weekend, we made a trip to the twin cities for a wedding. We were able to see Mike's parents and sisters for the weekend which was fun because we haven't seen them since we've moved to Iowa!

After a long night of dancing, were ready to hit the sack!!!!!

Labor Day Weekend Fun

Over the long weekend, Mike and I took a trip to Nebraska. We spent a day with our good friends Tom and Janeen in Wayne, then ventured north to Coleridge, Nebraska for my cousin Johnny's wedding. While at the wedding, we got to take a 'guest book' photo in the booth. The weekend went by way too fast, but we had a lot of fun with our relatives catching up.

Start of a new school year at Durant!

Mike and I had our first day of school on Monday, August 18th . Mike is in the high school teaching social studies and I am in the middle school working as a paraprofessional. So far we both love it, the kids are great, and we are meeting a lot of really nice people.

I finally got Mike to do a little work around the house. He helped me out tonight by doing the dishes while I relaxed on the couch watching olympics.

Mike - flexing and showing me how he is still ALL MAN while doing the dishes.

Kendall's Baptism

On Sunday, Mike and I had our goddaughter Kendall's baptism.

Check out our pictures of us as proud godparents!!

The McCrady kids

Holly and Nick's Wedding

This past weekend, I was the matron of honor in one of my oldest high school friends wedding in Montgomery. It was a fun time had by all. Here is a couple cute pictures from the weekend!

Paige, Shelby, Taylor

Shelby, Angela, Paige

Boise Trip

Last week we had an awesome time visiting Mike's grandma in Boise, Idaho. They all showed us a fun time. We went tubing in the resivoir, played card games, took naps, and got lots of time to visit with relatives we haven't seen for a long time. We had so much fun we want to go back each summer!!

Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Becca, Alison, Shelby, Mike, and Grandma at the Crab Shack in Boise, Idaho.

The whole Crew in Boise

We Finally Have a Blog

Now that we live hours away from our family and friends, we realized how much we wanted to set up a blog! We have finally settled into our small apartment in Wilton, Iowa and we just love it. The town here is a perfect size for our careers and staring a family, we are just sad that it is so far away from those we love. We are looking forward to starting our teaching jobs next Monday.