Usually today would be the last day of freedom for me for the next few months. BUT I don't have to go to school anymore! It's such a weird feeling. I kept thinking all weekend that I had to get everything done before Monday came and then I would remember I am free! Monday doesn't mean crazy busy. I don't have to try and survive till Friday at 5! I'm loving it already. I am going to be substituting in two school districts until April just to keep myself from going crazy.
Trent however has already started Chemistry homework and he hasn't even had his first day. Poor guy. He dominated his classes last semester and ended up being able to keep his scholarship!
After my last day of student teaching it was so hard to leave the kids I had been with for 4 months, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. They grow on ya. I wrote each of them a card letting them know how grateful I was that they were there to help me become a better teacher. They started crying when they read them and there was a flood of tears until they left that day. I somehow held it together because I knew that I would be coming back a week later to be their substitute and surprise them.
They were pumped and so was I. I really got the feel of what it would be like to have my own classroom and run everything from start to finish all on my own. It was a lot of fun. Trent and I were able to throw their Christmas party for them before we went home as well.
Christmas break was sooo good! We got to relax a lot and spend a lot of time with the family. AND eat a lot of good food. TOO much food. Hanni made these killer vegan red velvet cupcakes that were to die for and my sister made spinach and artichoke dip that was good too! This year we were blessed to have Trent's parents join my family for Christmas Eve dinner. LaRue is always telling halarious stories and Benton has the best sense of humor. They livened up our Christmas Eve for sure! It was nice to have both families together for once instead of feeling like you need to be somehwere else all of the time.
Christmas came and I successfully surprised my husband with some OKC BBall shorts and a keyboard for his ipad. I already knew what I was getting and I was soo excited for it. Ever since I took a photography class in highschool I have been wanting a nice camera. Trent decided it was time for me to get one and after Christmas morning we basically spent most of our time playing with the camera. It's a Cannon Rebel t3i. It's a lot of fun to experiment with it and see how the photos turn out. Trent and I watched the hour and a half instructional video on it and felt like we were trying to learn a new language and that we would have to watch it 10 more times just to understand it all! Here are a few photos that we took during the break. (I don't have photoshop yet so don't judge...I'm not at that level yet!)
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| We had to support our Thunder while they played...unfortunately they lost to the Heat.. |
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| LaRue sporting the new top we got her for Christmas. |
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| Calli and Coulter's little girls! |
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| A mink hat LaRue insisted that I wear while I was outside taking pictures. :) |
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| Having fun with silhouette pics. |
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| There's always got to be that one piece of hair... |
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| This photo and the next one were fun because they were taken at 10p.m. without flash. We just left the shutter open for a long time and it turned out like this! |
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| Our faces are kind of blurry because we had to try and stand perfectly still for 30 seconds...Not easy! |
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| Our Niece Jocelyn-- Who is ADORABLE! |
When we came back to Rexburg this week I stepped on the scale and realized I needed to get myself in shape! It should be easier than ever now that I don't have any homework or prep work for the next day. So for the next 4 months I am going to either be working or in the gym! Trent has been my trainfer for the past week helping me with weight training. Yes I feel like an idiot in the mans section of the gym but I decided I didn't care! Whitney is going to be up here in a couple of weeks and we are going to work hard to get in the best shape we have ever been! I have also started back up on myfitnesspal app that helps me with portion control mostly and keeping my calories down. Knowing that I have to run 4 miles to work off a Jamba Juice makes it a lot less appealing!
Hopefully i'll be able to blog a little bit more now so that I don't have to create ridiculously long posts and try to cover 3 months of activities.
P.S. I'm sure most of you know but I am going to be an Aunt! Kenz is due June 30th :) Can't wait to find out if it is a boy or a girl! Hapy New Year to you all!
