Oh hey guys. It's been awhile. Let's just say that this semester was intense (understatement of the year)--and Tyson and I kinda dropped off the grid for awhile. Now that the semester is winding down, I have a little more time to update all of you on what has been going on in our lives this past semester.
As most of you know, I have been student teaching this semester at a middle school in Provo. I have loved it a lot. Though it has been a lot of work [
a lot of work] I have really grown and learned a lot. The kids were great [for the most part] and I had a lot of great opportunities to teach both History and English. I'm really proud of what I have accomplished and I'm looking forward to teaching in the future. That's if I can find a job. I am optimistic, but... keep me in your thoughts and prayers, ok?
I don't think I have ever felt so stressed (Tyson can attest to this), but teaching has been
so rewarding. I will say this--I am
tired, but a good tired. I only have next week left, observing only, and then I have a few weeks break. I'm looking forward to relaxing until graduation. Here are a few of the pictures I took that highlight my student teaching:
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| Lesson Planning. Every night until midnight. Fun times. |
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| trying to stay warm while lesson planning |
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| valentine's from my students. |
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| walking home from a successful day of job interviews and teaching |
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| Night final project example for students (only part of it) |
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| lesson planning in an empty classroom. Most of my days were spent like this waiting for Tyson to pick me up from work. |
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| Lots of accidental naps--where I sleep for 4 hours and wake up at 1 AM. Whoops. |
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| Teacher Work Sample and Batman marathons. |
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| Listening to the wise words of Gandalf as I stay up late grading papers. Fun! ;) |
Tyson and I are graduating! Yay :) We'll be walking April 25th. I'm so happy to be so close to being done! I've been taking classes over 2 years straight (including spring and summer terms). It's going to be weird being done with school. I do have one class left that I have to take spring term. But it should be easy peasy. That reminds me--does anyone have BYU graduation robes that I can borrow for graduation? I don't feel like spending 45 bucks on something I'll never use again. Let me know.
Tyson's job is going well. He is super busy, but loving it [of course!]. He just got back from a business trip in Mexico and had a good time. We'll be going to Vegas soon for some sort of convention thing. So that will be a fun break from Provo life.
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| Something Tyson took a picture of in mexico--looks like yummy tacos. |
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| Tyson went to bed earlier than I did! First time all semester. Haha! |
For the rest of this post here are some pictures to highlight this semester:
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| Still teaching primary--sunbeams and loving it. I love those kids. So much fun. |
Lots of trips home to Idaho:
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| crazy fog |
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| Mr. Marley. Parent's new cat. He's a cutie. |
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| My baby. She still loves me. |
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| This was a funny thing to walk in on--my grandparents dog just sat there on the couch, looking at the window, waiting for them to come home. She didn't move the whole time. Crazy dog. |
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| Great Grandma's 100th birthday celebration! Lots of fun :) |
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| Tyson got to go skiing! He had lots of fun. I stayed home and graded papers. Party! |
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| Hello, Mr. Handsome :) |
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| kitty! |
Shopping therapy...especially shoes!
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| new nail polish color :) |
Fun dinners :) :
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| crepes! |
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| Happy birthday to me! We love La Jolla Grove :) |
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| trying new food--blood oranges. Yum. |
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| nutella cupcakes to accompany temple nights |
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| homemade pizza--we are turning into pros! |
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| Saw this last night when I was waiting for Tyson's flight to get in from Mexico. It was really cute! Interesting experience going to a movie by yourself--the only other people there were couples. But, that didn't stop me from enjoying myself and that huge bucket of popcorn! Yum :) |
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| movies! Target has great deals. I found Willy Wonka for 5 bucks. Perfect. |
Remembering my Grandma, who passed away about 3 weeks ago. I'll write a whole post about that later:
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| grandma's dress and her favorite (and mine) diet coke! |
Sorry it has been so long! I'm hoping to update a lot more frequently. Thanks for being patient with us :)
