Graduation

So I'm way excited! Less than 3 weeks and I graduate! Holy crap it will be nice to be done! I already have the job...now I just want the stupid degree without all this runaround. Well yay for graduation...I finally made it...it's hard to believe I will actually be done.



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Thanksgiving...day 7

I am so thankful that I have the gospel in my life. I am often reminded how much direction and guidance I get from the gospel. I also get a lot of comfort and support from the gospel. I am truly blessed to have been born into the gospel and to live in an area where it is is abundant. I honestly don't think I would as far in life as I am now without the gospel.

Thanksgiving...day 6

So I'm gonna have to do double time to make it to 12 so here goes. The 6th thing I'm thankful for is my students. The only people who can truly understand how attached you become to your students is other teachers. I never thought I would be this attached to them...but you have to realize I spend 7 hours a day with these little people 5 days a week. I see them way more than anybody else in my life.

Anyways they bring me so much happiness and remind me of what's really important in life. I realized just how much they meant to me the other night when I cried for over an hour, after I found out how much one of my little boys was dealing with and how much he is hurting because of it. I don't want my little Thomas to have to deal with all of that. And yes I called him mine...I consider all 24 of my students to be mine. They mean the world to me and I always look forward to their hugs and their stories and sweet little personalities.

They made my day today just by being them...one brought me cookies he had made...one invited me to her baptism...and they all told me how much they are going to miss me tomorrow when we have a sub for half a day while I go to a school thing. I love them dearly and can't remember how I survived without my little rays of sunshine in my life.

The newest addition to my wonderful world of pink!

So my laptop has been having issues and I was planning on getting a new laptop anyways so I went ahead and bought one this last week. Of course for those of you who know me well...everything I own is pink. So I bought a pink laptop...but of course they don't carry pink ones at most of the stores so it's on order and I am suppose to have it this Friday although I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it makes it before Thanksgiving so I can spend my days off of school playing with my new toy! Anyways I'm excited and thought I'd share my excitement and addition to Kenzie's pink collection with you.

Thanksgiving...day 5

Ok so I've totally sucked at keeping up with this lately...life got a little insane. But this brings me to the next thing I'm thankful for...modern technology. I have to say I'm a little spoiled. My laptop died on me this last week and I hate using our home computer it's a lot slower and less convenient to use. This is one reason I haven't been keeping up with this along with having parent teacher conferences all week last week til 8 every night. But anways I'm grateful to live when I do...I'm grateful that I'm spoiled with my laptop, cell phone, ipod, digital camera, tv, dvd players, and all the other cool stuff we have these days!

Thanksgiving...Day 4

I am so grateful for the rest of my family! I have wonderful Grandparents that I was blessed to grow up next door to. They are so much fun to be around and do so much for me...besides they are amazing examples to me of charity...they are so willing still in their old age to do everything they can to help those around them and even those they don't know. They are always giving of their time and talents which they have many of. I don't know what I'll do when one day I don't have them in my life anymore. I am also very grateful for my brother Brandon and his wife Kristen who has become the sister I never had. They are great fun and also very supportive of me and always willing to help me out. Then there's my little niece who has a huge part of my heart. She is such a blessing in my life...and as many of you know I call her the love of my life and she is. She always cheers me up and brings a smile to my face. I can't get enough of her and I'm always talking or bragging about her.

Just a little addition to my 1st day of Thanksgiving

Well after today I am more grateful then ever for the life I have. Especially for my parents and for the background I come from. I teach at a title 1 school...so the majority of my kids come from pretty poor households or have spanish speaking parents or only one parent. I have one little boy who can't read in 2nd grade and has recently started having behavior issues. As I met with his parents today...they both started crying and told me that they are going through a divorce and that their son is taking it really hard. It broke my heart...I didn't realize how much I love my students until I started crying tonight because I feel so bad for this little boy and I just want to give him a big hug and tell him that things will be ok, but you know truthfully they probably won't because his dad is moving out and his mom knows almost no English. I wanted to slap the parents and tell them that he was already struggling because they don't know English and now they're only making his life harder so pull it together and make it work for the kids.

It's not fair...I don't understand why some kids have to deal with that much when they're young! He really doesn't have a lot of chance of succeeding in life and it's all because of who he got for parents. I understand that they're doing the best they can and I really don't blame them (well at least not too much) but it breaks my heart and I hope that somehow I can make this little boys life a little better.

Anyways back to the point of this blog...I am so grateful for the background that I grew up in and for parents who did everything they could to make my life easier...and thank you God for blessing me and trusting me with a better situation than a lot of kids get born into.

Thanksgiving: Day 3

Ok the 3rd thing I am thankful for is my friends. I have wonderful friends who are always there for me. I am especially thankful for my boys...Kevin, Aaron, Kurt, and Wyatt, love them dearly and would do just about anything for them. I'm also so thankful for my girls Carrie and Kayci...I have so much fun with them no matter what we are doing. I'm greatful for all my friends...they're always there for me and listen to me when I need to vent. My boys also love to tease me which is always fun too.

Thanksgiving: Day 2

The 2nd thing that I am grateful for in my life is my job! Everything worked out so well and I basically got handed my dream job the one I've been working towards for like 6 years now! I love being able to spend everyday doing what I love! I am so grateful for the wonderful students that I have and for how sweet they are. True I come home once in a while frustrated and annoyed at them...but I still wouldn't trade them for anything...well most of them that is. They always can make me smile or laugh at all the cute little things they say and how much they care about me. Anyways they bring a lot of happiness into my life...and I couldn't be more grateful to my father in heaven for working things out so I could start teaching a year early.

Thanksgiving...day 1

Well Kristen challenged me so here goes...the 12 days of Thanksgiving! I guess at least this way you'll get more blongs from me then my 1 every 6 weeks that it's been lately!
Anyways the first thing I'm thankful for is my parents. They are so supportive of me and are willing to do anything to help me...they sacrifice a lot for me...so thanks I love you both so much and wouldn't be anywhere near the person I am without you!