School Days...those crazy school days!

Wow...it's been almost a month since my last blog. Sorry the life a new teacher is pretty crazy! I know people say all the time that teachers have it nice working 9 months of the year and being off by 3:30. Well I'm here to tell you that I'm still waiting for a day that I get off work at 3:30. Heck I'm waiting for a day I get off at 5:00. Anyways life is good, teaching is great! Love my kids...serioulsy the cutest class of 2nd graders ever (so I may be just a little biased but oh well).
Anyways nothing is new but I do have a cute story...you're probably sick of them by now oh well get used to them. My students every once in a while ask if we can talk about me and then
I let them ask me like 3 questions. Well on Monday they asked and so I gave them 2 questions. My 1st question was "teacher do you want a boyfriend?" I responded "yeah that would be nice I wouldn't mind having one." Then my adorable little Anakela said..."well then let's go to the store and get you one!" I laughed and said "um honey you can't buy a boyfriend." She replied "No but if we all go over to the store then we can wander around until we find a guy and then we'll tell him that he needs to date our pretty teacher." That's when I had an ahhhhh! moment. I thought that was precious...they are seriously such sweet little kids...I adore them and look forward to seeing them evey day. In fact when I had to get a sub I totally missed my kids and sat and thought about what they were doing with the sub the whole time.
One more cute story and then I'll end I promise. So last week my principal came in to watch me teach for a half hour. Well whenever he walks through the door I get super nervous. So not sure if it was my being nervous or that it was pretty hot in our classroom for some reason or probably more likely a combination of both. Anyways my face felt like it was on fire. So my principal gets up and leaves and one of my little girls says..."Miss Wintle your face is red you look like a Strawberry!" I said "oh great... a strawberry huh?" And then one of my other students said...."It's ok you look like a very pretty strawberry!" It made me laugh!
Well that's it for now...I'm going to try to get some pictures of some of our fun stuff at school up this week though...so keep watching!

Playing Tag!

1. What was I doing 10 years ago: Hmm.. September 1997--Well I was 12 and just barely starting Jr. High. Yikes that was a long time ago. I was so shy back then to I didn't talk much to anybody except my small group of friends. My locker partner was Jessie...I miss that girl!

2. What was I doing 5 years ago: September 2002-- Well I was just starting my senior year in high school. I was really excited because I was just starting a tutor class that I got to the elementary every other day for a couple of hours and work with a 2nd grade class. I was also taking two day care classes and loving them. But then of course there was also my ap stats class and my ap english class...they were hard and took a lot of time. I was probably going to football games every weekend with my friends too. Good times!

3. What was I doing 1 year ago: September 2006--I was in college up at Weber! I was taking some general ed classes again and taking a break from the eduation program so I could get the rest of those out of the way. I had just started hanging out with the group of guys that I now consider by best friends. I dyed my hair last september too...dark brown for the first time.

4. What was I doing yesterday: September 21, 2007-- Well I was teaching my 2nd graders. We took our spelling test and we had a math test yesterday. But then we played a spelling review game that they love and beg to play every day. Then we had to go to music and it was early out day. So I graded papers and got stuff ready for monday til like 6. Then I went to the drive in with some friends and saw Ratitioule and Stardust.

5. Snacks I enjoy: Ice Cream, chocolate covered cinnamon bears, cookies, brownies, crackers and cheese, chips and salsa

6. Things I would do if I suddenly had a million dollars: Buy a house, go shopping, travel

7. Locations I would runaway to: Anywhere with a beach!

8. Bad habits I have: not being able to say no, biting my nails, swearing at bad drivers

9. Things I like doing: Hanging out with my family and friends, shopping, snowmobiling, jet skiing, hiking

10. Things I don't like doing: Doing homework, cleaning the house, watching football on tv

11. TV shows I like: Lost, Heroes, Prison Break, Reba, Hope and Faith, Jericho

12. Biggest joys of the moment: Teaching 2nd grade and my little 2nd graders and the cute things they say, playing with my niece, when I actually have time to go hang out with my friends and have fun, and of course the obvious...shopping!

13. Who am I going to tag: Well whoever wants to...cause the only person whose blog I read is Kristen's and she already did it!

School Days!

So I haven't blogged it up in a while. I don't have much free time these days. My life is pretty much teacher mode 24/7 these days. So this will be short and sweet.

I love my class...I have the cutest darn kids in the whole world. They are so sweet and fun and keep me laughing and smiling most of the time. We have lots of fun together and on the weekends I really honestly miss them...well most of them. ; )

Today we were discussing the food pyramid and I was trying to draw macaroni on the board for them to guess what it was. Of course I suck at art so I said.."sorry this is the best I can do, your teacher isn't an artist" To which one of my little girls replied "Don't worry teacher it's ok cause you're pretty!" I started laughing. They're so cute..I'm already way attached and don't know what I ever did without them.

Labor Days...Literally!!!

School started last Wednesday so life has been a little crazy! But I love it, I'm having a blast teaching. I can honestly say it's probably the hardest thing I've ever done (I'm exhausted when I get home at night) but it is worth it. My classroom isn't quite put together all the way yet but when it gets done I'll have to post some pictures of it. I have 21 of the cutest kids ever! They always manage to make me smile and laugh at the funny things they say. I only have 2 students in my class that I could live without, but I'm up for the challenge. Anyways they're adorable and I love teaching. I'll have to keep you posted with all the cute things they say. Last week one of my little boys whispered to another one "Our teacher is the prettiest 2nd grade teacher!" That one made me smile, except then I realized the other 2nd grade teachers are all in their 60's, so maybe not such a compliment, oh well, I'll take what I can get!


Anyways this weekend was a blast and a nice break from being a 24/7 teacher with no life durring the week! Sunday after church my family all headed up to our cabin for the rest of the labor day weekend! Sunday night we went fourwheeling and saw a couple of big bull moose fighting with their antlers hooked, which was pretty dang cool! Then we went back and had just started playing a card game when the power went out. We lit all the candles we could find, then started lighting all the old oil lamps we have up there and found a lantern and lit it too. So we all sat around it and finished our game. It was lots of fun!
The next morning Kristen, Brandon, and I all went down to the outlet stores in Park City, which are only about 30 minutes from our cabin, and went shopping. Now you all know how much I love shopping, so of course I had fun and got lots of cute new clothes and some cute jewlery, plus I got some awesome deals. When we got back we went four wheeling some more. Brandon made me lead and you all know how animals have a thing about running out in front of me... well my Grandma said as I left don't run over any moose. Yeah thanks Grandma...I had two moose and one deer run out in front of me...apparently somebody alerted the animals that I was driving...but no I didn't manage to hit any! We saw a big moose laying in a pond and my brother decided to go wading in the pond with the moose, the moose didn't mind much he just laid at the other end, which really wasn't that far away, while we played around. Anyways it was a great weekend, full of shopping, four wheeling, and wildlife. Oh and we also learned that the plural of moose is moose, score another point for the girls, we won another one!

Miss Wintle ... 2nd Grade Teacher

So the last couple days have been really exciting! I didn't have to work Monday so I was planning on sleeping in and then just having a really laid back day to get a lot of stuff done! Well at 9:00 (which is only sorta sleeping in to me) I got a phone call from the principal at the school I was suppose to be doing my student teaching at ... he told me one of the 2nd grade teachers had just quit and that he was having a hard time finding somebody to replace her ... and then he offered me the job. So I spent all day gathering up all the stuff I needed to turn into the District to go about getting hired.

Anyways then today I went and met with the principal and had an interview. After the interview he asked me if I wanted the job...I said yes of course and he said ok you're hired I'll take care of the district and we'll get you all figured out. So then I got to spend all day unpacking boxes and setting up and decorating my classroom. It's so exciting to have my own classroom.

This is something I have been waiting for and working towards for about 5 years. So I am so incredibly happy right now, I don't even know how to describe how I'm feeling! It's amazing to see my name on the teacher directory as one of the 2nd grade teachers and to be introduced as Miss Wintle the new 2nd grade teacher. It still throws me off when somebody says 'your classroom' to me.

Anyways it will be basically like an internship cause I won't have my degree til December and I'll get paid 80% of what a normal salary for a starting teacher is until I get my degree in December and then I will get a raise. It's gonna be a lot of work for a couple weeks but it's still so exciting. The students start back next Wednesday so I have to get everything ready by then...which seems like a while but it's not cause there's a ton to do.

So I'll be teaching 2nd grade at Holt Elementary in Clearfield. Oh and for those who don't know me very well 2nd grade is the grade I've always wanted to teach. So basically my dream job was just handed to me out of nowhere!

Lots of riding and a little gambling!

So this last week I spent a lot of time riding in the back of a car! My aunt Grace died Monday after a long battle with Colin cancer! So on Thursday afternoon we left for Battlemountain, Nevada! Seriously the most boring town I think I may have ever been to! It was about a 5 or 6 hour trip with a few stops in there (including Wendover where I gambled for the first time and decided it was dumb because I lost). It was fun to do a road trip with my brother and his family though cause it was our first! We headed home the next day after the funeral.

Then Saturday morning we left for Bear Lake for a weekend of playing on the beach and chillin' with the other side of the family! It was my Grandpa's 75th birthday and the first time the whole family has been together in a couple years! It was fun to spend time with my cousins Creed and Landon who have been on missions and just recently got home!

Blog!

Well I've decided to try the blog thing! I'm not sure how often you'll get a blog from me but I'll do my best!

But I'll start with explaining the name of my blog... my moto in life is this....


So when I'm having a hard time I just try to remember to keep smiling and enjoy life cause life is always gonna have it's hard times.