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....

Truck in Mazatlan, Mexico

Hotel in Acaponeta, Mexico

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!!!

Pictures!

So I got the vinyl from my wonderful mother today, and hurredly put them up on the wall. Here are some pictures:




This is in our living room on the same wall as our TV. The bottom picture is the Salt Lake Temple.

This is the opposite wall in the living room. On the sides of the couches are our two new bookshelves

This is in our kitchen. The pictures that are hiding behind the light are taken by Karlie. They are pictures of flowers from my parents yard, and are absolutely beautiful!

This is in our entryway. I couldn't get our new table and the quote in one shot, so there is two! I like the pink!

This is up in our office/guest bedroom/Chile room. The spoon and fork were given to Mike when we went and visited Chile from one of his converts. They had been in the family for a while, so it was a big sacrifice for the family!

Hold Up on the Pictures

I know a lot of you want to see pictures...but I'm not going to put them up quite yet, because things are still improving over here:) My mother has kindly agreed to cut me some vinyl sayings to put on the walls, so I am going to wait until those are up, so you can get the full affect.
SORRY!!
Hopefully by then my class will be ready as well, and I can post pictures of my classroom!

WAY Too Long

I know...I'm awful at this posting thing. Oh Well :)
So not much has happened since I last posted, except that my parents came to town! We had an awesome time! They arrived last Monday. Mike took us on a tour of his school, so they could see where he is all day!
While they were here, we were able to go to Kirtland. It was really cool to be in places where the Savior has come to visit. It was neat to see the Temple, even though the spirit wasn't felt as strong there.
I think I probably gained 10 pounds because of all the meat we ate while my parents were here. We went to Smokey Bones BBQ for my birthday, had pulled pork sandwiches for lunch the next day, and had texas roadhouse that night! It was heaven!! We also took my parents to Whippy Dip. My mom got the craziest ice cream thing ever! It had snickers, bananas, and something else in it. I think there were more mix-ins than ice cream. It tasted very good though!!
We decorated my apartment finally! We put up lots of pictures, and got an entryway table and two small bookshelves. My apartment has started to feel like a real home! I love it!

So Mike has had his eyes opened this past week with medical school. He thought he was going to fail a big quiz, and had a minor freak out. However, because he is such a great student and only needs a little more confidence in himself, he got a B! The average for the quiz was an F, so he did awesome!! I am so proud of him! I don't see him much anymore, but we workout almost everyday together, so that is nice. He also took me out to a movie in celebration of my birthday on Saturday. We saw The Time Travelers Wife.

Well, right now I am preparing for school to start. It starts in 2 weeks! and I've barely started preparing, so this week is crunch time because next week is full of meetings!

I will post pictures of the changes to the apartment today!