Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Slowly learning...

It has been quite some time since my very first/last post! Lots has happened since mid March. First off, I am officially a certified TEACHER! I passed my AEPA exam for the state! YaY! Now all that is left to do is student teach and graduate in December! I am super excited! I cannot believe that, that time is almost here! It's weird to think that I will have my career in just a few short months! =) I have been recently contemplating the idea of going straight through and earning my Masters degree...there still needs to be much prayer and contemplation on this topic.

Spencer and I both finished off the semester well and did great with our grades! Spencer is already back to hitting the books for BOTH summer sessions of school. =/ Before he had to get back to the grind, he surprised me once again with a trip and took me to San Diego for Memorial day weekend! It was so nice to get away and go to the beach and just wonder around San Diego! Thanks babe! =) While there, we went up to La Jolla and went kayaking and snorkeling in the ocean! It was such a neat experience! We even got to swim with Sea Lions!!! I will have to post pics later...I am slowly learning how to function this blog.

After the trip we got to come home and celebrate my Mama's birthday! She is an absolutely amazing woman whom I love dearly. She has given so much for our family and for myself. She seemed to have a great time at the little party my Grams had for her...she made steak and shrimp (one of my mom's fav meals).

Let's see what else to update on...I will be starting my summer job any day now. I will be doing the same thing as last summer which is providing story times to first and second graders at various Phoenix After Care centers. It's fun and def lets me practice and sharpen my story telling skills that I will need for the classroom.

Finally, I must thank Faith Ann for giving a quick run through of the blogging world this last Friday! I was sooooo thankful that her and I were able to hang out and go to lunch and just sit talk like old times! It was refreshing and nice! I cannot wait to do it again! That's all for now.

Tons of love <3>

Thursday, March 12, 2009

1st Blog EvEr!

I FINALLY created a blog! Yes, after much pressure from many people...cough FAITH cough BRIANNE cough...and maybe a few others I finally broke down and created one! I have no idea how ANY of this works, so bare with me as I learn and discover. I'm sure the page will look pretty lame until I get the hang of it!
Spencer and I are both on "Spring Break" right now...I'm not sure why they are calling it a spring break because I only go to school twice a week and they loaded with with papers and projects to do! Drove me up the wall when all my instructors would say..."Have a great spring break!" Spencer and I decided that we would make the best of it! He surprised me by taking me up to Sedona! I haven't been there since I was little for my grandparents anniversary. All I remember about the trip was that I had drinks and food spilt ALL over me! So it was great to go back!
We went and browsed the shops, went and hiked Bell Rock and went fishing! I caught 5 fish but they all decided to get away right before Spencer reached in to catch em' in the net! Stinkers! Spencer caught 3...good thing cause that was our lunch! It was amazing and I absolutely loved getting away! It was desperately needed! =) I had no idea how expensive everything was up there though! A VERY ritzy town! One hiliarious thing we saw up there was that they had defibulators on the side of the streets! HaHa! I thought Sun City would've had those but I guess not!
A little bit of a downer while were visiting, Spencer got a ticket! It's okay though! We were blessed though because she only wrote him up for an expired insurance card instead of a CRIMINAL speeding ticket! It got dismissed today when he faxed it all in! Good thing!
Well, lets see...I take my AEPA exam in a few weeks to become a certified pre-k - 3rd grade teacher! I will def. let ya'll know how that goes!
This has been an interesting and fun first experience! If anyone wants to help me out with learning how to do this (BRIANNE and FAITHANN!) please feel free! =)

Tons of love! Have a blessed day!