Fondue Night

Last night we had our monthly Schmidt family dinner and, as promised, we had fondue. Now, call me sheltered, but I've never had fondue before. So, naturally I didn't really know that much about it, other than you dipped stuff stabbed on pokers into hot cheese. I was in charge of the cheese and we each were in charge of bringing our own stuff to dip (we would all share, of course). We had one pot with oil to cook the meat, two with cheese (one I did and one my mom did) and two with chocolate (one dark chocolate and one white).

All in all, it was a lot of fun. There were a few minor drawbacks, though. One, we only had one oil pot and there were twelve people, and with meat coming out of the pot one bite-sized piece at a time, some people had to wait a few minutes to eat their meat. Not only that, but someone had to constantly tend the pot (Charles and Tim got the honors by way of seating location). I personally didn't mind, because the less meat I ate the better I would feel afterward (I have this tendency to over-indulge), but some others may have felt differently than me. Next time we do it -that is if my mom can convince my dad; this kind of thing really isn't his cup of tea- we definitely need another oil pot. Other than that I think it went pretty smooth and, from what I could tell, everyone had a really great time.

And wouldn't you know it, I forgot the camera. Oops.

As much as I would love to continue on about food, other things have been going on besides mealtime. Kevin attended his school's foreign language fair last week and it turned out to be a great success. The students had their boards on display, there was a Mariachi band that came to play, and a Chinese dancer who performed. Kevin came home gushing with pride for his students. Very cute.

Aerobics is going well. I taught my second full class today which was a ton of fun. I even got some compliments from some of the patrons, which was very cool.

Abi will be one year next month and I can hardly believe it. She's doing a lot of cute things lately, like howling like a dog and when I say, "so pretty" she pretends to comb her hair. Also very cute.

My three-year wedding anniversary was this last week and Kevin decided that we needed to take a trip as a couple, so this weekend, we are headed to St. George for a few days. It'll just be the two of us, so it should be really fun. Although, I am a little sad to leave Abi. I know, she'll be fine. I just need to suck it up and have a good time. I will, but I'll still miss her.

This month, so far...

So I have been really terrible at getting this blog updated. I want to blame it on me being too busy, but it would be a lie. Here's what we've all been up to.

The school year is starting to wind down for Kevin. He's getting anxious for the year to be over, as I'm sure are the students. This week there is a Foreign Language Fair at the school where students pick a place to make a display board and oral presentation about. Sort of like the science fair, only with the foreign language department. Kevin asked me to judge his classes' boards to determine who will go to the school-wide competition. It's hard to judge. you could tell that some of those students worked really hard.

Kevin's also losing more weight than me, even though he's not really doing anything. For example, last week he decided to cut back on soda pop and he lost 4 pounds. What?!? I have been going to the gym to water aerobics classes for the past 2 1/2 months and have lost maybe 2 pounds, but only after I gained 4. It's just not fair.

Speaking of water aerobics, the fitness center where I go to class had some open positions for instructors. During class they were encouraging people to apply. I thought, "why not?" So I applied, had an interview last Friday, had an audition (I basically taught a live class for 15 minutes) on Saturday where they were so impressed that they hired me on the spot. Cool, huh? So I'll be teaching 2 classes on Thursdays.

Abi is still growing every day. Tomorrow she'll be 11 months. It's kind of hard to believe that next month she'll be a year old. Time goes by too fast. She cruises around the house on her hands and knees and walks around along the furniture. She sometimes stands up in the middle of the room when she's not paying attention, but as soon as she realizes that she's not hanging on to something, she chickens out and sits down.


Tomorrow is also Kevin and my 3rd wedding anniversary. He's going to take me on a trip to St. George at the end of the month. Happy anniversary sweetie!

Abi also likes to dance. Here's a video.