The Walkers

I have a student named Thor. Really. I can't say his name without thinking of Sara from Adventures in Babysitting , with her official Thor helmet, cape, and hammer. I'm urged to write one of two things on his next paper: either, "Thor's my hero!" or, "Thor's a homo." I can't decide. Oh man, that's a fantastic movie.

Today is the first day of school. I'm talking too fast. I'm stuttering. I'm spitting. I'm running into my podium. I'm making jokes where I'm the only one laughing. I'm slacking doing actual "work" during prep and blogging instead. And I'm loving every minute of it.

So, I realized three things yesterday: 1) I officially can't fit into any of my pants. 2) I cry over hymns. 3) Apparently I pee a little bit when I sneeze. Excellent.

Wow - these last couple weeks have been crazy. First, I went to Washington for a week. The day I got back, we had our 20 week ultrasound. Then Brad and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary yesterday! Let's go in order. Here's my mom and me at Cape Meares near Tillamook, Oregon. And this is me having a "razzle dazzle day" at the lighthouse. (Megan, my mom, and I were having way too much fun reinacting Pete's Dragon .) Then Mandy and Michael's big day was the 26th! The reception was at Fort Vancouver; I thought this carriage was so cool. It was so much fun seeing all the girls. I'm bummed I have to miss Rachael's wedding next weekend. Gotta love Jacqueline and Mandy gettin' down. Red drink. White dress. Very careful sips. On to item number two... it's a girl! I think this picture is hilarious. How can that possibly be comfortable? But she refused to move from that position the entire time. (Of course I get the lazy baby... wonder where she gets t...

Surprise! Brad and I are expecting our first baby December 17th! We're so excited. Our ultrasound is scheduled for July 31st (unless Megan does some peeking first?), and then I'm buying Target. The whole store. By the way... the floating, rotating baby on the right... fun or creepy?

I tried to change my template and lost a bunch of stuff, including my link list - I really shouldn't even turn on the computer without supervision. I've been spending the afternoon trying to remember your blog addresses, but I suck. If I have lost or forgotten the link to your blog (check the list on the right), please leave me a comment so I can attempt to repair the technological damage. If being left off the list has caused too much emotional damage, I can attempt to repair that too. Maybe along with your blog address, you can list your favorite candy bar?

Oops - I guess it's been a while since I posted. Let's rewind a bit to July 4th. Here's our niece Ava and our nephew Karson hanging out after the Walkers' BBQ. We had tons of fun playing volleyball and our new favorite pastime, lawn golf. Apparently you can buy "real" sets of these at sporting goods stores... but PVC pipe and old golf balls get the job done. Plus we're ghetto. Then this last weekend, my family had a mini-reunion in Yellowstone. My siblings have already posted dozens of pictures (I guess I just need to be faster?), but I just had to give a shout out to my cute mom... And Brad showing us all up on the softball field... Until he had to retrieve his foul ball from the heap of grass clippings. I love summer! Too bad I only have a month left 'till responsibility and reality set back in!