Sewing Class

This semester I am taking a sewing class. Tuesdays and Thursdays are my sewing days- I have lab from 8-10:50 and then lecture from 12-11:50! That's it, well besides work in the afternoon. I have done a handful of sewing projects in my life (with A LOT of help from my mom or sister), but I am excited to actually learn some the techniques, like how to read a pattern :) Throughout the semester we will be doing 4 projects: 1. pj bottoms, 2. blouse, 3. skirt, 4. we choose (most likely another skirt or perhaps I will try my hand at a cute dress).

Here is my fabric choice for project #1. I knew the pigs were perfect for me  as soon as I saw it :) 

So far in class we have learned some techniques and sewing machine basics. I got my pattern pinned on Thursday and will be cutting on Tuesday! More pictures to come as I finish it up!

My sewing kit. I love the bag. It's actually a make-up case  but it works perfectly. 

Our MLK Day Skiing Adventure

Last Monday Michael and I went skiing with our friends Caitlin and Isaac. We all have the Pass of all Passes so it was totally free (well except for gas and a $2 damage waiver)! We went up to Wolf Mountain (near Pine View Lake and Huntsville). It was our first time for Caitlin and I, and lets just say she picked it up a lot quicker than I did! I went down the bunny hill a couple of times and I don't even want to say how long it took me :) After my couple of miserable attempts we took a lunch break. My boots were killing my legs so I took them off. After eating there was no way those suckers were going back on, so I opted to sit in the lodge and let the others enjoy some real skiing. It was nice to relax and warm up in the lodge. It ended up being perfect timing because it started snowing pretty hard, and everyone said it was freezing. Me and cold = not my thing! I only wish that I could have claimed a seat by the window so I could have watched the others ski. Caitlin joined me a little later and the boys skied for as long as they could. We were all exhausted on our way home, it was funny how quiet the car was. All in all it was a fun day. Can't say I loved it, but I am happy to say that I tried, and I might try it again...someday :)

We did manage to get a couple of pictures (at the end of the day). I had my camera with me the whole time, but it was too cold for me to want to take off my gloves while on the slopes.

Caitlin and Isaac

Funny story- Michael wanted to make it look like it was snowing so he grabbed some snow from the car as I was taking the picture. If you look really close you can see it :) 

Michael and I- notice the skis? They are actually Caitlin and Isaac's, ours were already in the car so we traded for the picture :) 

Cornbelly's

A couple of weeks ago Michael and I went to a corn maze with some friends. It was so much fun and totally worth the $10 a person. I had never done a corn maze before, and that was fun, but not as fun as all the other attractions Cornbelly's had. We looked at some intricately carved pumpkins, played on hay bales raced rubber duckies, climbed up into a princess castle, sat in Cinderella's carriage, raced blow-up horses (that was hilarious and more of a work out then you would expect. I really wish I had gotten some pictures, but they probably wouldn't have turned out anyways since we were all laughing so hard!). Oh and did I mention we got kicked out? It was pretty lame, some of the guys thought it would be fun to pull each other around in a wagon that we didn't know was only intended for little kids. They security guy was pretty rude and just told us to leave without giving us any kind of warning. It was close to closing time and we had done everything we wanted so we just apologized and left. We had a good laugh about it when we got to our cars! Despite the ending it was a really fun night! The following day Michael and I headed to Logan to meet our new niece, Bailey. More to come on that later!!

Ps. the pictures are in no particular order.

 

 Court and her new boyfriend

 Michael wouldn't come take a picture with me, so I decided to make him jealous! 

 President Hinckley and BYU...we are still trying to decide if they are real pumpkins or not. Michael thinks yes, I think no. What do you think? 

 Courtney Made It!! 

 Bus Driver Courtney

 And I was the passenger

 Michael wanted a silly picture

 Ryan and Eric

Court and the infamous wagon

I never pass up these cutouts! I love getting pictures in them. 

 Lost somewhere in the maze.

 We Made It!! 

Although we are pretty sure we accidentally crossed into the 2nd maze, oh well! 

 The whole group:

Michael, Me, Courtney, Ryan, Eric, Aaron and Kathryn.

Hello!

I dont know where to start with catching up on my blog posts...It's kind of a daunting task! So I think I will just pick up with current happenings in the Coon home and then do an occasional flash back from the past 6 months or so.

But to fill you in: Michael and I had a wonderful 4 month long summer break of absolutely no homework, quite a bit of work, but plenty of fun. We did lots of things around here, and even found time to fit in a vacation or 2! Now we are more than half way through a new semester and as busy as ever.  Michael is in his first semester of his MPA (masters of public administration) program and I am now a Junior and crossing my fingers that I can graduate next December, a semester early...but I will keep you posted on that! We are anxiously awaiting the holidays, our 1st anniversary, getting to spend time with both our families and to take a much needed break from school.

Things I am looking forward to!

The list, in no particular order. Can you believe that this is all happening before the end of June...this is going to be one busy month! 

1. Our (immediate) family reunion at my Aunt and Uncle's new house over the 4th of July. I cant wait to see my family, eat lots of yummy food, play games, enjoy the sun (and convince Michael that I "need" a floppy hat to protect me from those harmful UV rays) and just relax! 
2. The Manti Temple pageant. I have never been, but Michael says it is lots of fun. 
3. Our 6 month anniversary. Im not usually in to celebrating the months, but its on a Saturday so I figured why not, and I cant believe how fast the time has flown! The plan for our anniversary date is: go out for lunch (lunch is cheaper than dinner), maybe do a little shopping at the mall, eat leftover wedding cake that we still have in our freezer (I have been rationing it!) and perhaps get a redbox for a relaxing night at home.
4. The Jenkins family reunion. Most of the people will be old or distant cousins that I have never met. But my Aunt, Grandma, and 2 of my siblings will be there will be there with their families so it will fun. Plus, it will get us pumped up and excited for the next weekend which is the 4th of July/Family Reunion! Oh, and its in Roy, Michael's old stompin' grounds so he is excited to show me around. 
5. A weekend in Park City with Michael's parents and siblings at the condo they rent for a week every summer. Hopefully we will get to explore a bit of the city. I hear old town is fun, and they have some outlets! And to top it all off, the place has a pool so I am hoping for some nice weather so I can get some swim/sun time in!
6. A double date to the Pizza factory. We got this awesome coupon for dinner for 4 for only $20!
7. Girl's night next week- Jessica and I are going to do a session at the Temple, while Courtney does baptisms for the dead. Then we are going to treat ourselves to ice cream :) I cant wait for someday when Court is endowed then we can all do a session together!

And a picture, just because I like it. Plus, you cant go 3 post without including one, then it just gets boring!

New Callings!

Michael and I both have callings now. Well I have had one for a while, but Michael finally has one now (he was feeling a little left out for a while...but I think it was worth the wait!)

I am a visiting teaching supervisor, and have been for the past 2-3 months-ish. Not to difficult, which I dont mind! The sisters are pretty good about getting their reports in to me on time, and then I just make up a spreadsheet (usually in my downtime at work) and then just email that in at the end of every month. The one thing I need to get better at is getting to know the sisters in my district personally, not just by phone/email. In my head I say oh yeah, I can do that, but when it comes down to it the shyness in me comes out. Its a lot easier said than done, well, at least for me!

And now for Michael's calling. Drum roll please!...

He is now President Coon. Actually, we will stick with Brother Coon. President just makes me think of the Stake President or Prophet, and he certainly doesnt have that calling! Thankfully! Michael is the brand new President of the Sunday School for our ward. He is doing an excellent job so far and has two counselors (still waiting on the secretary), that I am sure will do a great job as well. He doesnt really know either of the counselors too well (thats pretty much how it is in our ward, there are just so many people!) but we are hoping to have them and their families over for dinner some night and get to know them better.

And now for my moment to brag about my amazing husband. So, the Sunday after being called Michael got to teach the gospel doctrine lesson, without any notice, and did a fantastic job! I could have never been able to do it. There was some miscommunication regarding who was teaching. My guess is whoever was scheduled to teach moved, and didnt tell anyone, since everyone, but the secretary, in the old S.S. presidency had moved, hence no teacher. But nonetheless, Michael did an excellent job and filled up the entire hour. Thankfully he had read over the lesson during the week, and had the thought to read it again Sunday morning. Thank goodness for those little promptings!! 

I am grateful that we both have callings. It makes us feel more a part of the ward. It was weird not having one for the first little while. I am sure Michael would love to give up the 8:30 Sunday meetings, 3 times a month, but it is great to serve and to meet and get to know more people in our (huge) ward.

Mother's Day!

A month late, but it was on my to-do-list for future posts, so I couldn't just skip it :) 

Enjoy!

No I will not be a Mom within the next 9 months! But I was able to plant the idea in Michael's head to get me a "Future Mother" Mothers Day gift, since I will be a mom, someday :) While on our trip to Yosemite Michael started reading the 1st Hunger Games book that someone had brought with them. The books were the topic of some of the conversations while driving so I causally added that, although I had already read the 1st one, I would love to read the other 2 in the series.

I really didnt think that I would get any sort of gift, nor did I really need one, a simple mother's day wish would suffice (Which Michael did do). But Monday after work, Michael asked if I could take the bus home because he needed to help his boss move something, then he would just go to Costco (we were going to do that together that night) before coming home. After being home for a while and still no Michael, he called saying that he wanted to get me something and they didnt have it at the store he was at, so he was going to try another store, and if they didnt have it he knew Walmart would. Well when Michael came home he had not one, but all 3 of the books in the series. I was really surprised, happy, and flattered that he had caught on to my little hint. So after eating dinner and watching our favorite show Chuck we each settled in on the couch with a book each- Michael the first one, and myself the second. After that I could hardly put them down and had finished book 2 & 3 within a week, or maybe less, I cant remember, but they were good!