Classroom Life

I have a job!  I will be teaching 2nd grade at Westside Elementary School next year!  This summer, I will spend my time finishing up school and setting up my classroom!  I have decided to do a pirate theme!  That's about all for my update!

Life

I don't know why I bother to pretend that I am keeping this blog as a journal... because if I wanted to journal twice a year, I could just do it on my laptop or in my actual journal (which hasn't been touched for at least 5 years since that young women's goal thing ended).  But alas, I have some free time (well, homework to do) so I'll update slightly.

Life has been crazy these past five months!  I have decided to apply for an internship.  I officially turned in my application a few weeks ago and have an interview in March (which is a freakishly long time away).  Hopefully I'll get it!  If I do, I'll be attending school this next summer to finish my course work and then I'll start teaching in the fall!  

School has been crazy!  Last semester, I thought I was busy.  This semester, I know I am busy.  Right now, I am in 19 hours of credit to finish off religion general ed classes and TELL classes (for my TESOL minor).  It kind of stinks but in April, I will be free!  Which will be exciting!  I also still work for Dr. Tunnell doing grading, book keeping, and random stuff (like CIP pages and all that jazz).  It's exciting stuff!  But seriously, I am freaking lucky in my job and my boss!  

People have left on missions.  Mallory left last week.  Haley leaves soon.  People have got back from missions.  It is super weird to run into guys my age that are back.  People have moved.  Ashley and Becca live in Provo now.  My sister is moving to Florida after she finishes school.  People have grown.  Riley is a big girl now. She'll be walking in a few short weeks (if Lisa will allow it).  It is all very exciting.  

As for me, I am pretty much the same.  Working, school, hiking, studying, and hanging out with my family/friends!  Here is my life in photos from the past few months!

We went to San Fransico a couple of weekend ago... 

Jeff, Durban, Michelle, Shawn, and Me (all of us)

I like this picture! 

Beach!

Jellybelly tour (with free samples... best part)

Oh Jeff... Jeffing that poor jellybean

Weird mural in this building

Me, Kevin, & Shawn in the hat store

Oh Jeff... 

Durban & I at the pier where I didn't see Salty the Sea Lion (I did see other sea lions but none as cool as Salty)

And I hiked some more (Spanish Fork Canyon Arch & to the top of this random non-trail that has a 360 degree view)... 

Spanish Fork Canyon

Kevin & I  

Point of the Mountain (on some random trail)

Dead Deer Leg... Sawed off

Mallory and Lindsey also both left on their missions!  I got to see them off!

Mal & I

Mal & I at a bondfire

Lindsey, Mal, & I

Lindsey & I

Also, football season is over.  BYU and LSU were basically losers (sad) but I've let it go... mostly.

Michelle & I at a game

Feet warming party (notice the snow in the stands)

Michelle, Shawn, and me

 Also, I finished with math classes!  I am super excited for that!  Here was my last assignment (it was a group assignment using a research questions and doing a five number summary/box plot):

And Christmas passed in our apartment and house... it was fun!  I got absolutely no pictures though b/c my camera died :(  Riley Paige loved Christmas though!

Roommate Christmas

And there were Presidential Debates... Jeff and Michelle hosted a mocktail party and found these at Walmart:

Yes, we are classy.

And that is basically my life (that I have pictures of b/c my camera died so I have to mooch off of others' pictures)!  Also, I ate at a not so sketchy diner in Spanish Fork (no picture documentation exists).  However, I don't think I'll count it for my bucket list... who knows though :)

Buckskin Gulch

Look at me, posting again and not waiting four million days after I do whatever I want to actually remember.  But really--it is mostly because I'm in my child development class (which is extra boring).  My professor is just lecturing us on how we are all failures (or at least that's how I feel she is expressing herself) so I decided it was time to post about last weekend!

Last weekend, a few of us drove down to the Arizona/Utah boarder to hike Buckskin Gulch which is a slot canyon about six hours away.  We got there at about two in the morning so we ended up sleeping at the trailhead (with a ton of other people who were also too tired to find a camp site)!  It was an awesome hike!

Our group (Kevin, Matt, Allan, Me, Luke, & Ved)

There was a lot of water we hiked through.  Some of it smelled like sewage and made me want to puke.  Other water was nice, clean, and muddy!  For me, it was about waist high!

There was lot of mud for me to play in 

Breaking for lunch in an open part of the canyon

The coolest mud ever!  It kind of felt like stepping on crunch leafs! 

I really wanted to slide down and play in this mud pit!

Wide open in a canyon

Giant mud pit we jumped in!

The canyon... it was so narrow and so cool!

Our group again!

I really like all of our faces in this picture

I'm pretty sure this was some sewage water... gross!

This was the surroundings outside of the canyon.  Kind of ugly and you would never guess there was a beautiful slot canyon right around the corner!  

It was a beautiful hike and totally worth it!  I would definitely go back and do this one again!

Random

So did I mention I have some fantastic roommates this summer?  A few days (cough cough weeks) ago, we made an advertisement to rent out the cupboard under the stairs.  Seriously, we (Amber, Amy, & I) discovered this giant cupboard under our stairs as everyone was moving out!  So, we decided to make good use of it and rent it out!  We posted our advertisement on the board in the Wilk so we're just waiting to hear back! :)

The board (technically, we posted under men's housing but hey)

Our advertisement--if you know anyone who'd be interested, pass it along ;)

And.... of course, my life has included more hiking (I think I might even be getting less pathetic when it comes to elevation which is a plus)!  This past week, we hiked around Slate Canyon and to Stewart Falls!

A cool cactus we found in Slate Canyon... it was giant and flowering!

Weston in a cave we found in Slate... I named it Prucilla

Me in Prucilla

Life has also included me and Steve doing our usual thing--going to institute!  He came--people judged.  End of story!  Well, actually, I have the best roommates and they totally loved that Steve came with.  Don't know who Steve is--here's a picture:

Me & Steve being besties!

Also, I found these little gems while taking pictures on my computer.  I thought it was pretty necessary to share... hence why Amy is my best friend.  These were from Halloween 2011 after backwards trick-or-treating!