Good Morning :)

Good Morning family and friends :) Just thought we'd update real quick to say hello. Rob and I are both sitting in bed, on our laptops, drinking coffee. Also, we slept in/didn't set alarm clocks, which after a week of waking up at 5:30 am, is the most spectacular thing ever. Rob is searching online for a new truck. The lease on his current truck is up in a few weeks, and we've decided not to buy it out. I kind of really want him to drive Carlos the Corolla and purchase a nice lil SUV because if the house ever becomes ours, I will live closer to work and he will need the car with fantastic gas mileage. We will see what happens. We still have not heard anything on the house, but everything we know about short sales stresses patience, so that is what we are going for. (As a not so patient person, however, this is increasingly difficult.)

Last night we went out on a date to Olive Garden. I highly suggest you go there soon; there is the most delicious seasonal dessert ever: pumpkin cheesecake. It reminded me of our rehearsal dinner :) At any rate, I am fairly certain my fall obsession with pumpkin has begun. The crazy heat hasn't even delayed it. I bought pumpkin spice granola from Sprouts last week and am counting down to pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks next week. (There is a super convenient drive-thru about half a mile from school...so good!)

Rob has been working lots of busy days here lately. He seems to have more grounds than flights, which is typical with the CFI students. He is frustrated about it occasionally, but it is paying pretty well. He is just about at his 200 flight hours, which will take him off probation and give him a raise! School has been going well also. I am learning a lot as I go and making a lot of changes, but really liking it. Last week I had my sophomores writing in-class essays on an old AIMS (the Arizona standardized test they have to pass to graduate) prompt and next week they are going to self-assess their writing by comparing it to sample writings at each grading scale. We spent Thursday writing and Friday editing. I asked the kids to circle five powerful words in their writing. It caused a bit of chaos, as they realized they didn't have any powerful words. I hope they're learning something from it and will include better vocabulary in their writing next time!

Last weekend, Rob and I went to the football scrimmage. It is a few weeks before the first home game, but I am sure we will go to it as well. I have a lot of kids on the football team and they seem excited that I'm there to see them play. (The kids in the stands also shouted hi to me. I felt popular! Rob thought I was a dork I'm pretty sure.)

Not much else is new out here. We are in the middle of another excessive heat warning (nothing new) and I am itching for a road trip to somewhere cool. Unfortunately, Rob's work schedule sort of prevents it. Hopefully this will be the last big heat wave before it is back to the low-100's and fall break/our Vegas trip will come quickly! Hope all is well with you...send some cool weather our way! Love, Sarah and Rob