My big 22nd!

The next summer story was my 22nd birthday. I had school that day, and it was fun to have all of my students wish me a happy birthday and my mentor teacher brought me a cookie cake:) Brett came to my school and brought me flowers. I thought that was very sweet of him. When I got home, Brett took me to the Cheesecake factory. I just love Cheesecake Factory:) Then we walked along the strip. I was dying because I wore high heels! I wanted to look cute! It was a low key birthday, but I liked just hanging out.

Field day May 2009

As I reflect on the events of this past year, I realized how blessed Brett and I are. It's been a whril-wind of a year, but we've loved every second of it. I promised I would write more stories about this summer. So the next event after the baseball game was field day at the elementary school that I student taught at. My mentor teacher was pregers so I filled in for her:) It was really fun for all of the kids and it was great to watch them. A lot of the events the students particapted in, they got ribbons if they got first, second or third. That was a good motivation for them to particapate.

The final event was kickball. It was teachers vs. students! I played second base. I was alright, a little rusty. And I totally embarassed myself by running to kick the ball and completely missed. Picture Charlie Brown and Lucee kicking the football... Well that was me!!! We ended up smashing them. I felt bad, but we tried to "pretend" that we were playing and letting them score, but they still lost. But here are some sweet pictures from that day:)

Look at that high kick!!!

Playing second base.

The beautiful view from the playground.

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~