Hey Everyone I'm back after a long vacation from my blog, almost a month. Things have been busy as always here in the Bing home. School has been keeping both Brandon and I really busy and we both have been in our schools once a week observing our teachers. This week started out two week block where we will actually have the opportunity to teach which is exciting. I am in a rougher part of the city, and I'm not going to lie I was a bit worried going into my practicum, but I LOVE IT!!! I have met so many awesome teachers and some amazing children. They are sweet kids and I'm enjoying working with them so much. I feel like I am gaining so much valuable experience and I know if I can teach here I can teach anywhere.
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The next part of my blog is a little recap of what has been going on around here since my last post, although I don't think I wrote about Thanksgiving, but it was awesome- check out all my pictures on facebook!
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Happy Belated Halloween to Everyone!!
Brandon and I had another wonderful Halloween. It is definitely one of our favorite holidays along with Christmas. We have a lot of family fun which you will see below in our pictures. We started Halloween off by going to school, there were a few costumes such as Napoleon, Bacon and Eggs and Indiana Jones. My teachers gave us treats too. It was all very fun. Brandon and I then had the opportunity to head to my elementary school for the Halloween sock hop. The kids didn't wear costumes but everyone wore black and orange which was neat to see. The sixth grade girls decorated the gym which looked awesome and the students had a blast. It was sad to see grade primary kids that could dance better then I could. Two of my sixth grade boys and a grade primary little guy had a dance off and the grade primary little boy spun on his head which was pretty awesome. Brandon and I worked on helping out with the face painting, which was a great opportunity to meet some of the other students in the school. There were many cute grade primary kids! We had a blast and I was so glad Brandon got to see my school.
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We then had the chance to visit my grandparents since Kathy, Jeff and the kids were there. It was our first opportunity to see the kiddies in their costumes and they looked so cute. Brandon and I don't always get the opportunity to visit my grandparents so it was awesome to see my nanny and grampy. We headed to Kathy and Jeff's and had Wendy's for dinner which was yummy and then we helped the kids get ready for Trick-or-Treating.
The Kids in their costumes with their carved pumpkins- too cute!!
Our Traditional picture with the kids, Georgia is in there too she was hard to keep still. L-R Me, Princess Sarah, Kitty Georgia, Vampire Jacob, Jessica the witch and Brandon.
After Trick-or-treating we headed over to the Peterson's place for a little party, which was a lot of fun. It was great to visit with some old friends and to meet some new friends too. My favorite part was seeing all the cute kiddo's in their costumes, again see facebook for all their cute pictures. These are two of my favorite little people, Emmy the bumble bee and Ireland the lady bug. They were so adorable and had such cute costumes. I loved seeing them and visiting with my little friends. Thanks to Jessica, Luke and Elle for a fun night!!
Me and my sweetie pie trick-or-treating... one is never too old to go!!
This is one of my favorite pictures from Halloween... this is little miss georgia on her first trick-or-treating experience. She went out last year but didn't participate in this. She was so funny and so brave. She would walk right up with the bag on her shoulder, then she would take the candy from the person in her hand, and then place it in her own bag. So FUNNY! The only time she was a little scared was when these older masked kids were at the door at the same time, she kept a good hold on uncle Brandon's hand and kept taking steps back to get away from them. One of the kids was going to let her go first but she wouldn't move until he was gone. Oh it was toooo funny!!!
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Brandon and I ended the night by watching a scary movie and I don't think I will ever again... I do NOT like scary movies at all!!!
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Thursday night was the Bing Family Halloween Party and it was sooooooo much fun!!! My mother-in-law gets so into the season and the home was so beautifully decorated. We had a DELICIOUS dinner ribs, mashed potatoes and corn. We had squash soup in pumpkin bowls- Laureen empties them out by hand for us. How awesome is she!! The rooms was so decorated and we had Halloween music playing in the background. Dessert was all sorts of Halloween treats- candy, Carmel corn, chocolate covered apples, finger cookies and fudge. After dinner we had a little hunt for clues around the property and my father-in-law hid in the shed in a mask to scare us. We then played Halloween charades and carved pumpkins- it was A BLAST!!!! Thanks to mom and dad Bing for a super fun night!!
Some of Laureen's really cute decorations
The family at the festive table... love it!!!
Two of my beautiful sister-in-laws Meaghan and Brittany
A close up shot of the table setting- those little houses move and make sounds!
All geared up to eat our yummy dinner!!! DELICIOUS!!
Brittany and my Mother-in-law Laureen, the Holiday Queen, she is another Martha Stewart!
On the Wednesday before Halloween Sonja and Karrington stopped by for a visit. It was a blast to get to hold the baby again and to see her in her Roots sleeper! Brandon even got to hold her that night he was so cute holding her!!
In my language arts class we had to make pumpkins look at all the cool pumpkins everyone had made.
These are the two that I made- I made two because the one made out of paper mache made me nervous and I wasn't sure if it was going to work out
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Graeme and Lydia got married in October! Brandon and I had the chance to go and celebrate with them at their reception which was really nice. Brandon and I were both pretty drained since we had Professional Development Day, which meant a full day at workshops with other teachers. It was a busy but good day. Graeme and Lydia both looked so amazing and so happy together. There were lots of cute games and the food was delicious! I guess on their first date Graeme made Lydia Crepes since he served his mission in France, so they had a crepe bar set up. You could have as many as you could eat within a certain amount of time. They had desert ones and meal ones...soooo yummy... a really neat idea!
Ryan and Chelsey at the wedding reception... such a cute couple
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson looking so awesome!
Me and my sweetie
Hannah and I... I was beyond excited to see Hannah at this reception. We had grown up together in the youth program and I don't think I've seen her in years. Since the last time I had seen her she's been married and has a toddler... wow time flies. So It was super exciting to see her, I've missed her a lot! I'm so glad she may be able to visit here more since her sister and brother-in-law now live in the city!!
The card I made for The Thompson's... I tried to make it like them.
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One Tree Hill Nights... have been going on as usual and have been as fun as ever! We have a great group of fans who all bring delicious treats! We had another week with visitors since Ariel was in town visiting family. She's a big fan of the show so we couldn't have her miss a week. It was so nice to have her and her sister Hannah and little baby Rebecca join us. I was excited to meet Rebecca in person she is such a cutie pie!!
Here is a group shot minus me...check out kathy the cool dude...oh my!
One last shot to end my post... the kids came by for a visit- we had a lot of fun hanging out with them and taking some pictures
