5th Grade

tuesday we started yet ANOTHER semester of school. it's gonna be a tough semester for both of us. I have 18 credits and jared has 17! I am taking my senior practicum this semester and I got put in a 5th grade classroom and just finished my first day today, and i LOVED it. i definitely want to teach older kids for sure. it's kind of a crazy time to be in the schools since it's the end of the school year and they just have a bunch of fun activities coming up. i have to teach 10 lessons in the next 4 weeks then school is out. so im a little stressed. also my cooperating teacher told me i can teach whatever i want, cause they are done learning new concepts, which is nice, but i cant think of anything to teach....

jared got a new work schedule to fit with his classes and he works nights, and i hate being home by myself, but at least i can get some homework done.....(ya right) i had to quit my job at the elementary school, and it was the first time i was ever sad to leave a job.

tomorrow morning i take the PRAXIS test, which is the test teachers have to take to become certified to teach. i am actually not nervous for it, but im not looking forward to taking it because really lets be honest, who likes taking tests?

wedding weekend

my little sister got married on friday, april 9, in the bountiful utah temple... i took my last finals on thursday morning and we were going to head down to utah when i got off work at 5. i was packing before i left for work and got my temple recommend out and saw it was EXPIRED.... AHHHHH! it was 1:45, and i had to go to work at 2:00 and we were leaving at 5, i FREAKED out. i had a few different numbers for the bishop and after finally getting a hold of him he told me he could meet with me at 7 that night. he gave me the number for a member of the stake presidency, i called him and he said he could meet with me at 7:30 at his house in sugar city, the opposite direction we were heading in, but i said OK lets do it! im so glad i got a hold of them and they were so kind enough to meet with me! we didnt get down to utah till late, but im glad i noticed my expired recommend before we got down there!

the wedding was beautiful and carissa was beaming from ear to ear all day. they got married in the morning so taking pictures afterwards it was a little chilly, but it warmed up in the afternoon. they had a VERY yummy luncheon at this nice place and then had a reception that night. it turned out great and lots of people came. now the happy couple is soaking up the rays in cancun and jared and i are back in cold rexburg :( it was so fun to see my family and hang out all weekend with them though. I didnt take too many pictures but here are a few.this is at the luncheon its kind of dark but this was the only picture i got of jared and me that day
they were so happy to be married finally!she looked so pretty
jared and i had fun playing with this bundle of joy all week-end. my aunt and uncle adpoted him in july and he has gotten so big. jared says he wants our baby to come out at this age :)

jared and i also celebrated our 2 year anniversary on sunday the 11th! cant believe its been 2 years! the best 2 years of my life :) love you jared!

it was a fun weekend. on our way back to rexburg we stopped in pocatello to see our good friends trae and candice and robby and zenna. it was fun to catch up for a little bit. now we have a week before school starts AGAIN... and i am dreading it. i hope it goes by fast! hard to believe its my LAST semester... my LAST one... thank GOODNESS!

crafty?

im not really that good at it, or that creative when it comes to being crafty, but i LOVE to make crafts. i could spend a lot of money at porters buying supplies to make cute things for my house but i have no money. i was looking at this blog lyndseyscraftspot.blogspot.com and saw she had made these cute wooden easter eggs covered in scrapbook paper, and i thought we have wood jared got for free and i have lots of scrapbook paper so i thought i'd try it out! we used jared's dad's wood cutting tools to cut out the egg shape and then i decorated them.

don't judge I'm still learning!


i want to find (or make) a cute sign that says happy easter on it or something like that... we'll see what i can come up with. so...to be continued... hopefully.

if you have any cute/easy/cheap easter craft ideas, let me know, i wanna craft some more, and it keeps me away from homework :)

spring?

Some of you might not think the picture below is very pretty, but to me, it's the prettiest thing ive seen outside in a long time!

I love that the snow is almost all the way melted outside our apartment and we can see the GRASS. i love summers in rexburg and im anxious for it to grace us with its presence once again.

we havent really been up to too much (surprise surprise). jared's grandpa passed away last sunday and we had the funeral last Wednesday. jared's extended family is HUGE. there's a total of 101 grandkids and great grandkids. its crazy! his brother and sister-in-law from washington came down and we had a fun week playing games with his family in idaho falls.

we're both registered for classes for next semester... kind of... im on a waiting list to get into a class i HAVE to have in order to student teach, so im a little stressed, i know they'll add me, but until then...

jared really likes working at jimmy johns. he's made about 80 dollars in tips in the last 2 weeks that he brings home and puts in a little tin jar... i always tease him we're saving it up for a crib :) i havent minded the sandwiches he brings home either they sure are tasty! my personal favorite is the country club loaded with ham, turkey cheese lettuce and tomatoes and mayo. its making me drool just thinking about it.... maybe ill run over to jimmy johns for lunch today?

im looking forward the the semester ending in a few weeks cause then we get to go to utah (real exciting i know) for my sisters wedding and im SO excited to see my family!