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Saturday, January 30, 2010

I LOVE being a teacher!

My students took a test this past Thursday. This test gives me an idea of how they'll do on the state testing in April, so it is very important that they do well. I gave all my classes goals for how well they should do, and as a reward they would get a party on Friday. They all made it! I was so proud!


The best part was that two of my classes brought in Guitar Hero for the party, and I got to play! They were so impressed by my expert level! Sometimes I feel like an 8th grader myself...


I also had some students make me a cookie. It has an 'L' in it, and was HUGE!! I like to think that I am their favorite :)!






It is FREEZING!!! Sometimes I find myself dreaming of living in California....

Sunday, January 3, 2010

So it has been a few months since I posted...I'm not very good at this blogging thing. However, I have been snowed in my apartment for the last 24 hours, and I got so bored that I decided to write a post!

I will just outline our last few months:
I started my job, and love it! It has been very time consuming, but a lot of fun. I like to quote Michael Scott to Mike, and say that I am an "entertainer first", educator second. That's not really true, but I am having a good time!
Michael has completed his first semester of medical school, and did amazing! I am amazed at the amount of work and dedication he puts into his studies. I sure know that I couldn't do it. I have gotten used to only having a few hours with him in the evenings, even though I don't like it!

Michael thought life wasn't exciting enough, so he tried to make our lives more interesting by getting two kidney stones, one on each side, at the same time! We were at the ER quite a few times!

I decided that it was time to get in shape the past few months, and started exercising. Some ladies in my ward put together a run (because most of the runs are on Sunday), so I ran a 10k. I am so proud of myself because I HATE running!

Over Christmas we went to Utah, and Mexico. I've attached some pictures...we got a new camera from my parents for christmas!!
























































A special thanks goes out to Mom, Dad, Max and Karen. We had a wonderful time in both Utah and Mexico!
Ashley had her baby, Keagan, and I would post pictures, but I think that we took all the pictures on Ashley or my Mom's camera. SAD!!!
And here is our AWFUL SNOW!!!