I prepare adjunct faculty and staff developers from five school districts to teach ESL endorsement courses at BYU. I have done this since 2006. When I went to graduate school I decided that I would try to keep coming back to BYU to do this so that I could be sure and get to Utah at least once a year. Last year we missed the plane and had trouble getting the rental car, but this year the trip was a lot smoother. Hannah was very good on the plane. She is too big to fly in a car seat though. Next trip we are going to let her sit in a regular seat. While on the plane she ate snacks and played with my iPad and read the in flight literature. Eventually she just sat back and took a nap.
Hannah helped pack her own suitcase this year. She even schlepped it though the airport on her own, for the most part. She is good at going up the escalators, but getting on the moving walkway made her more than a little nervous. It took two or three times to dispel her anxiety. Now she is a pro.
When we got to Utah we found our rental car and then went to dinner. After that we went to stay with my brother-in-law John. There was a big rainstorm with cold rain. In Kansas the rain this time of year is warm. The next day the sun was out. It was nice to be out of the humidity. John has a bedroom with a hideaway and both Hannah and I were able to perch in it for a bit. My hair is all wet because I was running outside when the storm hit. I let my hair dry a bit so I could get the elastic out of my hair without cutting it.
Here is the inside of the hideaway cupboard.
Here I am on the first day of training. Thought I would document my 9th year of work with the program.
While we were here, I went to visit a former student and read Beowulf to his little boy. The family fed me wonderful pancakes, eggs with just the right amount of pepper, and hash browns with melted cheese. It was such great food. Speaking of eating, I was also treated to lunch by my former master's thesis adviser and a colleague from my master's cohort. I had no shortage of victuals. Brian and Hannah went to Wienerschnitzel for lunch one day. They go whenever we go to Utah. I call it a daddy-daughter dog date.
Hannah also got to play with a lot of cousins and children of old friends. On Friday though she had a fever and so that slowed us all down a bit. She was still ill on Saturday when we flew home so she mostly slept during the flight. We arrived at our house in Lawrence at 2 a.m. on Sunday. I got up early to teach Sunday School and then I came home and made lunch for Brian and Hannah who were up by then. After doing the post-travel cleaning, unpacking, and putting away I worked on a manuscript for a book chapter that was due on Monday. My co-authors and I made the deadline.
So that is our trip to Utah for the year.
Hannah helped pack her own suitcase this year. She even schlepped it though the airport on her own, for the most part. She is good at going up the escalators, but getting on the moving walkway made her more than a little nervous. It took two or three times to dispel her anxiety. Now she is a pro.
When we got to Utah we found our rental car and then went to dinner. After that we went to stay with my brother-in-law John. There was a big rainstorm with cold rain. In Kansas the rain this time of year is warm. The next day the sun was out. It was nice to be out of the humidity. John has a bedroom with a hideaway and both Hannah and I were able to perch in it for a bit. My hair is all wet because I was running outside when the storm hit. I let my hair dry a bit so I could get the elastic out of my hair without cutting it.
Here is the inside of the hideaway cupboard.
Here I am on the first day of training. Thought I would document my 9th year of work with the program.
While we were here, I went to visit a former student and read Beowulf to his little boy. The family fed me wonderful pancakes, eggs with just the right amount of pepper, and hash browns with melted cheese. It was such great food. Speaking of eating, I was also treated to lunch by my former master's thesis adviser and a colleague from my master's cohort. I had no shortage of victuals. Brian and Hannah went to Wienerschnitzel for lunch one day. They go whenever we go to Utah. I call it a daddy-daughter dog date.
Hannah also got to play with a lot of cousins and children of old friends. On Friday though she had a fever and so that slowed us all down a bit. She was still ill on Saturday when we flew home so she mostly slept during the flight. We arrived at our house in Lawrence at 2 a.m. on Sunday. I got up early to teach Sunday School and then I came home and made lunch for Brian and Hannah who were up by then. After doing the post-travel cleaning, unpacking, and putting away I worked on a manuscript for a book chapter that was due on Monday. My co-authors and I made the deadline.
So that is our trip to Utah for the year.
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