before's aren't cool without the afters

I only have before pictures of our first "little house" in Idaho. Dean and I moved to this little house the first of May 2007. When Dean was offered the job offer of a life time we quickly left our large rental home in Ogden and moved to Thatcher. The house needed some cosmetic surgery. We first moved only our mattress in on a blanket on the floor in the bedroom and ate with only paper products, while we tore apart and put back together enough to move the rest of our stuff in. The house ended up being pretty cute and homey. My brothers came up and built a new deck and made the outside look great. This house was so tiny but such a fun place for us to live at first. We didn't have any TV wich led to a lot of game nights and movie rentals. Dean and I went through quite a few dogs these first two years also. They kept Dying. This year Dean continued school at ISU and I did my student teaching at Grace Elementary. I graduated in December 2007 and started working at US Bank until I started teaching my own class at Preston Elementary Fall 2008. Dean continued school and learned the ins and outs of his new job. He truly loves his job and truly hates college.

Preston ID- There were 8 5th grade classes 27 to 30 students each, its a small

town but the boundaries cover a large area the elementary was huge.

Grace ID- only 1 5th grade class, I loved each one of my 11 students.