It is back to school time! Quite literally - I just finished my second day and have to say it was quite hard to find the motivation in going back after the nice long summer. I was not looking forward to not having my kids (I was spoiled because the kids I taught last year I also did my student teaching with some of them so I got quite attached but I have to say I was pleased and almost brought to tears when the "favorites" came up to me after the first school day to say hi and give me a hug :) I love those kids quite frankly; they'll always be mine 'cause I taught them very first. This new crop of 4th graders is a tad bit different; I went from a class of 23 to a class of 28... You wouldn't think that 5 kids make that much of a difference, but that is 5 more places I have to try to spread my mind too... I tell my kids when we learn division how they have to help me help them because Mrs. Luke cannot split herself into 28 pieces equally, therefore Mrs. Luke is not divisible by 28. I am enjoying my new kids, I have one that had to show me her fossilized dinosaur poop the very first morning before school started (I have the kids bring in rocks for a lesson we do), I had one child proceed to try and "dunk it" in a teachers bulletin board display while doing the school walk around, and I had two girls tell me first thing that they were going to be trouble because they were best friends and would talk all the time. They make you smile, so thus far it has been fun - we'll see how happy I am when I have to try to get them to write, because their writing needs a lot of help.
On other news, Daniel was offered a foreman position from NC, and he has accepted it. He has been working in Duchesne since June and it is looking like he will be there for a while longer. He is enjoying what he is doing with working, and the added stress and responsibility. This of course means that he will not be going to school full time, but he will be taking online classes to finish. This is a great opportunity for both of us because neither of us wants to leave Carbon or Emery County. :) So we want to nonchalantly keep an eye out for houses that are for sale that are in a good neighborhood, on streets that are not busy and if we happen to find one we like, we may just buy it. 
