The Things Kids Say

I have this funny little story I wanted to share with you all.

So Ethan, Sara, Katie and I went to the zoo yesterday and Ethan promised them that if they played along and answered animal questions he would take them out to lunch. They did (at least Sara did), so we went to Cheddars afterwards. We are sitting there eating and Sara is without a doubt the messiest eater I have EVER seen. She is holding this giant sandwich with ketchup and lettuce dangling from it, analyzing it, and suddenly she says "Jellyfish" before taking a huge bite out of it. It was awesome. It wasn't even like she was saying it to be funny. We all cracked up. Stories like these are why I love kids. They just make me smile :)

Sweet Summertime

Well, after a request from Phil, I decided it was time to update my blog a little. It definitely has been a long time.

This summer I am babysitting two girls I met during my internship class. They are 9 and 11 and pretty wonderful girls. Sara is a comedian all the time and she makes me laugh pretty much the whole day. Katie is a bit more serious, but she is so smart and witty. As most sisters do, they fight about little stuff frequently, but it is just getting me ready for when I have my own classroom and my students fight. Or of course when I have my own kids. Watching them has been pretty great. We do a lot too. We go see movies, paint pottery at Purple Glaze, swim at the pool or Big Splash, bowl... just lots of stuff. They love crafts too, so frequently we end up making picture frames, necklaces, whatever they think of at the time. Its a great summer job and has allowed me to have A LOT more free time than I had before.

The other big thing this summer has been attempting to find a teaching job. I never realized how hard it was going to be. I have applied many places, and plan to apply to many more, so hopefully I will find something. Its just so stressful at the moment. I desperately want to teach next year, and I am getting scared that I wont have a classroom. I have decided that if I don't get a job before school starts, then I will probably try to substitute and get my foot in the door at a few school districts. Everyone is predicting that there will be a massive need for teachers in the next couple of years, so maybe even if it doesn't happen for me this year I can get something next year.

This weekend is 4th of July and I absolutely cannot wait! I love this holiday. Thursday Ethan's mom is having her annual party, so we fully plan to go over there to watch the Owasso Fireworks and eat lots of food. Then Friday, no work for me :) which is great. 3 day weekends are fabulous. Saturday we plan to go to Jesse's for some firework shooting, BBQ eating fun :) Can't wait for that as well. Then Sunday is Adam and Kirstie's engagement party, so really it is just a jampacked weekend.

Other than everything I have talked about, I do have some family stuff going on. Its not anything I wish to put out on the world wide web, but if people read this please keep my family in your prayers.

Such a Bad Movie and Yay for Graduation!

So Ethan and I went to see The Day the Earth Stood Still tonight. Definitely not my choice for movies, but whatever. Anyway... I can simply say this is the worst move I have seen in a long time. A VERY long time. Everything was bad. The only good part was Jaden Smith, Will Smith's son, because he actually is a pretty good little actor. This movie was like the other worst movie I've seen this year, The Happening. The earth (or in this case Aliens) decide to take out humans as a way to save itself. Just terribly written, bad plot (or lack of plot in both) and poorly acted. The worst part were the stereotypes given to some of the characters in the movie. I just wish they would come up with a new premise for movies, because they tanked in both of these movies with this one.

Anyway... So sorry for the rant. CONGRATULATIONS to James and Ryan (again) for graduating! I am so happy for you both! I hope that graduation weekend was absolutely fabulous! Also, Congratulations to my bestie Tiffany for graduating as well! She is going to be the best teacher ever, just so everyone knows! I love all three of you and am so proud you are my friends!

Deck the Halls

Ethan and I decided to go look at some Christmas lights at Rhema! It is SO PRETTY this year!


They used LED lights which are a bit brighter. Love it. It wasn't too cold either which was nice.


Ethan hanging our stockings :)


Our beautiful new painting of New York City. Just makes me want to go back so badly!

Our Christmas tree. no idea how to slip it so if you know, please tell me :)

Ethan putting the tree together.

Welcome Cold Weather

How would you love to look out your window and see this? I feel as if winter is making its entrance. I love cold weather. I love the smell it leaves in the air and wearing sweaters and big coats. Its such a beautiful time of year. Granted, I say all of this and we all know that by January I will be ready for warm weather. Right now though, I am enjoying it.

Take that Eportfolio

So a few weeks ago I was completely stressed out about completing my education portfolio. I had to turn in 9 different projects to be assessed by multiple professors who would either tell me I rocked or I totally sucked. I got back my results and of course I was ripped to shreds on one of my projects. The guy grading me wrote a huge 2 paragraphs long critique. I was so upset. I didn't understand how I had screwed it up so bad. Flash forward to last Tuesday. I go to class and EVERYONE is complaining that they didn't pass this same project. We started to compare critiques and the professor gave us the exact same critique! No change at all! So of course we all sent e-mails to our teachers in a hope that we could get reassessed. They decided to do that exactly, and after being reassesed, I PASSED! Now I am completely eligible to complete my full internship, so I am so pumped!

Back to Blogging

So some of my lovely friends (Kendra and Jenny) have decided to begin blogs, and I thought it was such a great idea. Hopefully I will remember to write here and keep everyone up to date on what is going on in my life. Well... thats all for now.