Carpenter Mike

So...I never blogged about my bookshelf...I had been wanting a bookshelf for awhile and Mike and I were looking around for fun one day when Mike said ,"I could build one like that". So I said,"Okay! I'll draw it and you build it!" So...Here is my drawing:



Sure enough, Mike looked at it and build it for me! Here is the finished product:





(Since this picture he built another just like it so that I can set them up like an entertainment center).

Thanks honey!!! I love my bookshelves!

7 More Days!

So...the Countdown is on! I only have 7 more days of student teaching! I am so excited to be done with school and to be graduated! I have enjoyed my student teaching and I will miss the students, but I am so excited to just be done. Yay!!!

EASTER

Mike and I had a fun Easter. We just hung out by ourselves at home...

We made beautiful creations from eggs, crayons, and dye...



Here is me dying an egg...



Here is Mike "dying" an egg (the dramatic little cute)...



We had fun just hanging out together.

Evaluations!

So today was the end of the trimester at South Cache where I student teach. I gave my students evaluations of me to see how they think I am doing as their student teacher. I got some really good feedback from most of the students. Many told me that I'm loud (which is what I've been told by my sisters/brother my whole life) and a lot told me that I nee to me meaner and that I should start "dishin' out lunch detension". Both good suggestions. But my reason for this post is that I think 8th graders are just hillarious. They make me laugh so hard! Here is my favorite response from the evalutations:

When asked what three things I could do to make class more interesting one student responded:
-"Don't teach math"
-"Light stuff on fire"
-"Have a monkey sidekick"


So there you have it. The formula to be a successful math teacher is that I should not teach math, become a pyromaniac, and train a chimp to work along side me. That's all you need to impress 8th graders!

Maui

Mike and I had a FABULOUS time in Maui with Kim, Pat, Angie, and Rob. We loved the warm air and the sunshine and we miss it already! Here are some pics from our wonderful vacation.

President Hinckley

I wanted to post about President Hinckley and say how much I love him. I will miss him dearly as our prophet. He was such a great man. One of the things I loved about him is how much he loved his sweet wife. He always talked about her with such respect and deep love. What a great example of how we should treat each other in our own marriages. As I think back, here is my most memorable experience having to do with President Hinckley (from my journal in high school):

December 11, 2003
Today was such an awesome opportunity. We (the Chamber Choir) got to go to Salt Lake City and sing at the Church Administration Building. We were singing and having a great time when Mr. Wood said to sing "Lullaby". While we were singing President Gordon B. Hinckley walked into the room. You can feel it in your heart that he is a prophet of God right when he walked in. He listened to us sing and then he said, "Thank you so much for waking up so early and coming to sing for us...You're in tune!" and then he said, "Merry Christmas". I felt the spirit so strong just being in the pressence of a prophet. I felt like singing the whole day "We Thank Thee Oh God For A Prophet". That was the most Christmasy feeling I have ever felt.

I will always remember this experience and this great man.

Brrrs! It's Cold!

It has been freezing cold in Logan these past couple of days. Yesterday I was driving to school and the thermometer said a chilly -13 degrees only to warm up to a toasty warm 7 degrees later on that day. Wow! All I can say is I'm glad I don't have to walk around on campus this semester. Anyway, here is a story about my dear sweet husband and Logan's cold mornings:

Mike couldn't find his car keys yesterday (the same yesterday that was -13 degrees in the morning). I had already left for Hyrum and couldn't give him a ride. He looked outside and decided that it was sunny and looked like a nice day. He then proceeded to get on his bike and ride his bike to work! He admitted that after a few minutes of riding he realized it was a bad idea... To make matters worse, we had gone sledding at Angie's house and all our gloves and hats were in my car. All he had on to keep him warm was his coat. Needless to say, his ears were red the whole day from minor frost bite. When he told me this story later on that evening I thought he was absolutely nuts. I mean, seriously! Who rides there bike when it's -13 outside?

Worry Wart

Okay...maybe it's just me or maybe I have a legit reason, but I am the biggest worrier ever! I am starting my student teaching on Monday and I am so nervous. To make matters more nerve racking, Mike and I are going with Kim and Pat, and Angie and Rob to Hawaii in 4 weeks (so exciting!!) and I am so nervous about leaving in the middle of student teaching. I've talked to my supervisor and my cooperating teachers and they said that it will be okay, but today I ran across the following warning in my student teaching packet:

"Absences ar NOT permitted during the student teaching experience except for extenuating circumstances (illness, death in the immediate family)...If absences accrue beyond three consecutive days, the Office of Field Experiences must be notified. The student teacher may be required to make-up the time missed during student teaching."

Oh great! What does that mean? How do I make up student teaching days? I could tell them that my great aunt that lives in Hawaii is deathly ill. And of course I am coming up with the worst scenarios like that they won't let me graduate or that the department of Secondary Education is going to send me hate mail from now until forever beacause I left for 6 days during student teaching. So hopefully they don't take a picture of me without my college degree (becuase they won't let me graduate) and hang it up on the board as a warning to all student teachers not to miss any school ever!

So...hopefully everything will be okay and I can actually enjoy my vacation. Thanks for letting me vent.

My Christmas Present

Mike and I had such a fun Christmas! It was so fun to spend some quality time with family and to enjoy each other's company. I loved it! It is good to be home though and not living out of a suitcase anymore.

Here is my new Christmas present! An ipod nano!

I am loving it. It is so fun to have all my music right there with me wherever I want to go. How cool! I'm already getting some good use out of it.

Finals Week!

It's coming up on the end of the semester which means that next week is finals week! The most dreaded week of the semester for any college student. I just can't believe how time flew by. I already have my student teaching assignment for next semester: South Cache Center (8th and 9th grade). Eigth and Ninth graders...do you think I can handle it? I have mixed feelings. I am nervous but VERY excited. I love to teach! I love seeing the "Oh! I got it" moment on a students face. Of course there will be bad days, but hopefully the good will outweigh the bad.