Doody

.......Setting-- 4th grade bathrooms......

(Shrieks coming from the girls side of the restroom)

Mrs. Wright: "Ladies, what is the problem?!"

A: "Mrs. Wright, K went doody in the bathroom!"

D: "HAHAHAHA DOODY!"

C: "I can smell it y'all!"

R: "Doooooooody doooooooody...."

(More Laughter)

Mrs. Wright: "Oh come on, ladies- just drop it, everybody does that."

A: "But it's doody!"

Mrs. Wright: "Well don't make fun, everybody needs to do that sometimes, it's not a big deal."

C: (thoughtful expression) "Mrs. Wright, do YOU do it?"

First Young Womens Lesson

I am now in the Young Women's Presidency in our church congregation! I was asked to serve in this calling a week ago and we dove right in! Three other women and I are in charge of the teenage girls in our ward (12-18 years old) and their Sunday class as well as their Wednesday night youth group ("Mutual"). I am specifically assigned to the "Beehives" (12-13 year old girls) but since we don't have very many Young Women, we all meet together anyways.

I am so excited! The girls in my ward are way cute and we have already planned some super fun activities!

Today I taught my first lesson to the group. It was on being a daughter of God and growing closer to Christ through daily activities. It was actually going pretty well right up until the end (about 5 minutes before I was finished). The room we were in had 2 doors, one at the front where I was teaching and one at the back behind where the girls were sitting. We were having a really good moment when all of a sudden one of the Young Men threw open the door, tossed a ball of paper at the girls, and took off down the hall.

Instantly, the 4th grade teacher inside of me reared it's ugly head. I opened the door close to me and chased walked quickly to catch up with the Young Man around the corner, where he had run-- foolishly assuming I wouldn't follow him :)....

He turned and looked at me over his shoulder.

Scary Sis. Wright: "EXCUSE ME."

Young Man with Pink Tie: "Yeah..."

Scary Sis. Wright: "That was EXTREMELY rude."

Pink Tie: "uuhhh..."

Scary Sis. Wright: "That will NEVER happen again."

Pink Tie: "Yes ma'am. Yes, ma'am."

Scary Sis. Wright: "Thank you."

Do NOT disrespect me when I am teaching*

(There may or may not have been some slight attitude head bobbing on my part-- learned behaviors from my students.)

...So much for getting in with the kids and being a "Cool" youth leader.

At least my girls thought it was funny.

I walked back in and finished my lesson about making choices everyday to bring us closer to Christ and feel peace.

*I never would have done this a year ago. Teaching in an urban school district has apparently changed me.

2010 in Review

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Here's our quick review of 2010:

We traveled to Vanderbilt for 2nd look weekend and decided that "Vandy" was were we wanted to be.

Brian graduated with honors from BYU and was chosen as the student speaker for BYU's April 2010 commencement.

Natalie completed classes earning her teaching endorsement in English Language Learners.

Natalie was hired to teach 4th grade.

We survived the move to Nashville, Tennessee.

Brian started medical school at Vanderbilt.

We celebrated our 3rd anniversary on December 29th.


We are so grateful for all of the blessings we have experienced in this last year! We have truly been watched over in all of the changes we've had to go through. We are thankful for wonderful family and amazing friends!
We are excited about 2011 and all of the adventures that will come with it!

Oh 4th grade...

Even though they give me more drama and attitude than I thought was possible with 20 kids, I can't help but love them. I feel so blessed that I get to interact with these kids and hopefully give them something to look forward to in coming to school. Aren't they cute?
(this picture was taken when my cousin sent me "Flat Hailey" to spend a week with me. That is what K. is holding in the front.)

803 Zoomin'

Our car is officially a Tennessean.

Off with the Utah plates!
We really like our new plates: 803 Zoomin'! Perfect for our Mazda (zoom zoom).


Of course we left our BYU plate covers on!

New Hair

I finally got brave and walked into a salon to get my hair done. I have NEVER done that before! I've always gone to someone that I know or someone a friend recommends.

I put it off way too long. My roots had grown out and my a-line bob had grown almost to my shoulders, so I finally manned up and got it done. I was pleased with the result!

Vanderbilt Football

We were so excited to go to football games again! Even though Vanderbilt usually loses, it is a fun atmosphere to be in.
But.... they wouldn't let us take our water bottles in! Even though they were empty! I mean, come ON, even AIRLINES let you take empty water bottles through security! The security guards kept insisting that we could not under any circumstances bring in containers. Brian even asked "What if someone is diabetic?" The guard answered "We know who those people are before they come." (really?)

We had parked pretty far away so the security guard told us we should go hide them or bury them somewhere and find them again after the game (honestly?!) We decided instead to walk 10 minutes across campus to Light Hall and leave them in Brian's locker.

Despite our water bottle frustration, we still had a great time at the game. The weather was beautiful!