Las Vegas Baseball!

So I promised I would start sharing some summer stories and I finally have some time to do so:) The first fun thing we did when we got to Vegas is go to a minor league baseball game. We went with our friend Martin that we went to SUU with and is a Sigma Chi. He is also a cop here! The Vegas is team is called the 51's.... Any guesses why? Well I was shocked to find out that their called that because of Area 51 and get this... Their mascot is an alien! Cheesy! It was fun to hang out and watch a baseball game. It was interesting to talk with all of Martin's cop friends. And to let them know if they pull me over to let me off easy:) Well to update you on work. I work officially as a kindergarten teacher and I absolutely love it. I can't imagine teaching anything else. The only down side is I have 10 kids classified ELL. Which means they speak spanish and little english. But its a challenage and I'm up for it!! Brett loves his job and it's fun to have him work from home. Well more stories to come:)

Brett and Martin

Me and Brettly:)

My summer in Vegas

Geez its been way too long since I posted something!!! I'm going to gradually post pictures and stories throughout the next couple of days of my adventures in Vegas. I had such a crazy, eventful summer. But I couldn't of asked for a better one:) I made some amazing friends along the way (who were my mentor teachers:)). I couldn't of asked for better people to go through this experience with. I followed them around like a little lost puppy and they were so kind and generous to me. I will never forget the students I taught. It's like when you remember your kindergarten teacher because it was your first experience of school. Well... I'll never, ever forget these kids and what they have taught me. They were the best class ever and impacted my life in so many ways. It was sad to leave but I know their only an e-mail away. I guess I should update everyone on Brett:) Well after a struggling summer with Living Scriptures, Brett landed an amazing job at Travelers Insurance as claims adjuster. He started this past Monday and loves it!! With this job, Brett gets a company car, new computer with printer and all the works, new camera, new cell phone and they pay for our internet!! Oh and the best part is.... WE GET BENEFITS!! YAY!! As for me and a job. I interviewed at Cahlan Edison Elementary for a kindergarten position, I know way out of my comfort zone, but I got hired on the spot!! Crazy! But with the different laws here, I wasn't highly qualified. So I have to take a couple of test down here and pass before I can get hired on as a full time teacher. So they were going to put me as the long term sub until paper work goes through. But.... If a school isn't title one then they could hire me regardless if I'm highly qualified or not. So I interviewed with Kim Elementary School for the KIDS program. Which is primary children ages 3-5 who have Austism. The interview went great and hopefully I hear back from them soon so I could hired on there as a full time teacher and not just be a sub. But we'll see. Wherever I need up is where I'm meant to be:) Oh and we're moving to Summerlin tomorrow!! I'm super excited to set up my new aparment. I haven't seen some of my stuff in a long time, so it will be like Christmas opening those boxes!! Brett's leaving me on Sunday till Friday to go to Denver for more training:( So if anyone's in Vegas call me!!! Well I guess that's all for now.. More stories and pictures soon:)

Student teaching!

I love student teaching! Things are amazing here and I couldn't ask for a better mentor teacher! I do miss home though. It's crazy to think that we're done with school and starting a new chapter in our lives. I just want to get a job and start teaching already! Bubba is doing good in the heat. He's tired and sleeps a lot more, but he loves being outside. We live about fifteen minutes away from a dog park so I take him there to play. He thinks he's a big dog and can play like they do! I like Vegas more then I thought I would. We live by tons of convinent stuff. And my school is only five minutes away. I went to the temple last Saturday by myself, brett was working. The Vegas temple is gorgeous and I highly recommend going there! I was a little rusty remembering things though! haha! And it's only five minutes away from my house:) We still don't know what we're going to do after this summer. There's opporunities here, Cedar and Arizona. So we'll see were the path takes us. We hope to find out soon. My birthday is next Thursday and I'll be the big 22!!! I'm getting old! Hopefully Brett has something fun planned:)

Graduation!

Saturday brett and I graduated!! And on Friday we had dinner with President Monson!! We sat so close to him. I kept staring at him!! I took photos on my phone so I will post them later. It was so amazing to meet him. I started bawling just standing next to him. It was so crazy!!! The spirit was so strong in there, it was intense! Graduation went by so fast. And there was a picture of me in te spectrum!! I look funny, but I will post it anyways! And now we're in Vegas and I started student teaching today. My mentor teacher wasn't there because she had a death in the family, so I went to a second grade class with a teacher who was an SUU graduate. She's an amazing teacher!! It was so good to see someone who went through what I went through! And to see her put the stuff we learned into action. The day went by so fast! Which is a good thing. I got to teach a center and help individuals on a math test. I did a lot of graded and fixing the students bubbles on their math test. I really want to stay in that class for my placement, but oh well!! She's a super fun teacher! Brett is in ogden this week for training for living scriptures and I'm all alone in a new house!! But I have bubba:) I will let everyone know how student teaching goes! Wish me luck;)

Interviews and Placement!

So on Sunday me and Brett are leaving to Phoenix again! He has an interview with the Leavitt Group and their paying for his plane ticket, a hotel and a car to rent! Lucky! I have an interview with the Mesa School District for Special Education teaching job! But I had to pay for my plane ticket:( But hopefully the district will rembusre me! I'm really nervous. My professor just told me to study up my special ed terms. Hopefully all goes well and they like me and I get an interview with a principal at a school. They already offered the job to Brett so he just has to go and see the office an meet the people. Again Lucky! I'm starting to get sick, so I hope I get through it before my interview! It will be nice to have this break. It's hard to go to school now. I love it but I just want to get out there and teach already! Anyways, I swear we'll bring our camera and take pictures. We struggle with remembering to take it:) Oh and does anyone know how to make my picture bigger so it spreads across my page so when people come on they see it? I hope that makes sense... Oh and I finally got my placement for student teaching!! I will be teaching at Mervin Iverson Elementary School in Las Vegas, NV. For my first 30 days I'll be in a 5th grade class and for my last 30 days I'll be in a resource class! YAY! I'm super excited about that! Wish us luck~

What goes on in Mesquite, stays in Mesquite:)

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I never I thought I could have so much fun this week! It was diffenetly who I stayed with that made it that much fun:) I love those girls! We stayed up every night till midnight or later giggling and talking about everything and anything. Poor Daniel. He stayed with us too! My placement wasn't the most fun thing ever, but I got to see things that I haven't seen before. I was in a ELL classroom. Which means we taught kids who's first language wasn't english. I finally witnessed my first IEP (individualized education plan)! It was very interesting to learn how they ran there meetings and write out their plan. Monday night we had a bbq at the park and some of us played volleyball and it was a blast. We had so much fun! But the sand really hurt our feet. Tuesday night we all went to the Virgin River and ate at the buffet, watched country line dancing, played bingo and went bowling. I didn't win any money at bingo, but my friend next to me did! Lucky girl.. Bowling was hilarious too. My dear friend Monica had an interesting encounter with some guy with an accent. Long story short, he pretty much liked her body and wanted her to know! Priceless. I don't think I've ever laughed so much in my life! But the best news that came out of this week was I got a call from Mesa School Districts Special Education Director! After playing phone tag, we finally talked and their interested in me and she wants me to fly to Mesa for an interview!!!! I'm so super excited:) And the Leavitt Group wants to fly Brett down there for an interview too! So we arranged it so we flew down there together. The Leavitt Group is paying for his ticket, a hotel and a car to rent for the two days that we are there! Hopefully the district re emburses me for my ticket! But it seems like life as a funny way of figuring it self out. All of the pieces of our puzzle are finally fitting together and I couldn't be more happier about it. I was extremely heistate about moving down there, but I had a really good feeling when I was down there. Oh and another awesome thing that happened was we figured out the situation for this summer. So Brett is going to a manager for Living Scriptures and sell that this summer. We also get to pick out where we are going to live for the summer. So that will be nice. Hopefully we can find something close to the elementary school I'll be student teaching at. Another piece to our puzzle that we found a place to fit it. I was so over whelmed by all this good news this week:) I just thank Heavenly Father everyday for the many blessing he has given to us. He knew when the best time for us to figure this out. Anyways I promise I'll get those pictures on sooner then later.

Phoenix here we come!

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So we are leaving for Phoenix this weekend! I'm excited and nervous. I hope it's a great place, because we will probably end up moving there. I'm nervous to talk with the school district though. Hopefully all we go well. Well I'll keep everyone updated on the situation:) Oh and I'll post pictures because my wonderful friends told me how!!

The Simple Life

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On Saturday, I went to lunch with my friends from high school. I just love them so much:) We talked about old times and what's going on now. And as I was sitting there I realized how simple life used to be. Living with my parents, not really worrying about money or school. And knowing that when I came home food was there and so was my family. But now life is different. I took for granted those times and I didn't listen when people would tell me that things would change. It's the same way for so long that you don't think it's going to happen. I wish I could go back and cherish those moments. Especially with my friends. I didn't believe that we would all go our seperate ways. I thought we would be friends forever. Sleepovers and all. But as we grew apart, I just let it happen. I now wish that I would of kept us together no matter what happened in our lifes. I just miss everything. Life is crazy now. And it all happened so fast. You don't realize all you have until it's not there anymore. I know you shouldn't have regrets, but I do... Well not regrets just dang I wonder what would of happened if I had done that differently. For some reason I thought high school would go on forever and nothing would change. I guess I just feared it. I miss that simple life, with no regrets and your friends and family at your fingertips. If I could go back knowing what I do now, how totally different I would do things. I guess the reason why this all came up again is because soon I will start a new chapter in my life and change is coming. I start getting comfortable and then something happens. I'll be graduating soon and moving to Henderson, NV. But after that I'm not sure what's going to happen. I hope to know soon. You just think that your whole life is planned out for you until you have to start making your own decisions and that's why life gets complicated. Everything in my life has been planned out until now. And I'm torn on what to do. But I know everything happens for a reason and things will turn out for the best. Even though right now it seems crazy, I need to trust in my heavenly father to guide me down the right path. He knows whats best for me and brett. I mostly just want to tell my friends how much I love and appreciate them. They really mean the world to me and I couldn't ask for better friends. I hope we continue this lunch tradition so we can catch up more. I sure do miss you guys:)

FINALLY!!

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So I think me and Brett figured out what to do after we graduate!! I'm still going to student teach in Hendersen over the summer, but after that we will move back to Cedar to get our masters!! YAY!! That's what I've wanted this whole time! So I'm super excited about it:) But I do have bad news:( I'm sick!! I running a fever and I didn't sleep a wink last night. But I'm babysitting the President of SUU kids all weekend I was nervous to slept in their house alone. And on top of that, their both sick too! It's going to be a long weekend... Oh I have some other good news!! The University of Illinois is asking any type one diabetic to come up there and they can cure diabetes!!! I'm trying to find some time to go up there. There success rate is amazing! And they are on stage three and when they get to stage four that means that they are approved by the FDA for all diabetes to receive this treatment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just can't believe they are getting so close! So if you know anyone with type one diabetes let me know and I will send them the information:)

Scary experience

So last night Brett got home and asked me why there was a lawn chair in the middle of our driveway? I had no clue what he was talking about and didn't think anything of it. Until I wake up for school and I was taking my dog out when I noticed that there was a huge log underneath my car... It was pretty scary because the only way it could of gotten under my car was if someone put it there? It was from our neighbors house but he wasn't home last night, he was out of town. Brett was pretty creeped out. He thought someone was trying to either break into the house, or look at me through a window or something. Then when I got home from work there were cop cars two houses down from us. My next door neighbor came home and I told him about the situation and asked what was going now down there. I still don't know exactly why the police were there. But we are both pretty nervous about going outside at night now... Hopefully we'll figure out soon what's going on...

Struggle...

So I'm sure everyone knows how bad I stuggle. I'm not quite used to this blogging thing yet and my page isn't completely done, but I'm going to have someone teach to one day:) I promise I'll start putting more stuff up as soon as I figure it out!