in case anyone still checks my blog...

in a nutshell,
finished student teaching, now i am just waiting on getting my first aid class done and i can have a teaching certificate. yay me.
been real busy. just started a long term sub job at marshall and also was hired at Sylvan Learning center.
i'm enjoying being in the classroom again, but wishing that i had more time in a day. or more help around the house. anyone interested in a nanny job, or a house cleaning job? lol. (if only we could afford to hire a housekeeper!)
other than that, no real news yet.
just tired all the time, kids wear me out. and i am counting down the days until Ryan will be on first shift all week because right now I HATE weekends. they are not relaxing at all for me, and Ryan is constantly tired from having no sleep schedule.

pray that he gets put on days soon. and that i can find some extra energy or time to get things done that I need to. right now i'm just tired and stressed form having too much to do and no time. :/

p.s.

our computer will not load the "cutestblog on the block" background i had, so i have no idea what our blog looks like. sorry if it is hard to read or all the colors clash or something. one of these days i'll change it, but not tonight. bed early for me tonight! lol.

life lately

Well, I managed to go all of June with no posts. Blogger I have forgotten about you. sorry. I will try to keep this updated better.

This last week i have been consumed with preparing for SAU's science camp they hold each year. I am in charge of the 3-5th graders. (yikes!) In five short days (really short, we only had four hours a day to prep) I, with the help of one 5-6th grade teacher, have planned and practiced 8 demos, and 24 activities to do with the 30 kids. wow.

But it has been a blast so far and tomorrow I get to see all my hard work pay off!
In the next week we will be learning about how submarines change their depth in the water, density, humidity, clouds, looking at pond water under a microscope, learning about light, playing with glow sticks, playing with slime, Solar bags and UV light beads, melting pennies, zinc plating pennies, turning them brass, playing with dry ice, baking soda and vinegar reactions, mentos in pop, and did I mention yet walking on water. phew!

some of the demos the camp director has planned are really really cool, Rubens Tube demo (Rubens tube involves propane and "dancing" flames to music-so cool) ( i think you can youtube it) and making dippin' dots with liquid nitrogen are just a couple of them.

oh we are also testing foods for starch/sugar content with iodine and cabbage juice pH tests! and separating the colors out of markers using chalk and water. I am such a nerd, I get so excited about some of this science stuff. hehe. I just love watching kids get excited about the world they live in and exploring it in a whole new way than usual.

hopefully i'll remember to post some updates on how its going!

Graduation!

I am graduated! well, almost. lol. I was able to walk with my class yesterday and obtain a nice little folder thing that will eventually house a special piece of paper signifying my certification to teach.
but for now, I have two summer classes and a semester of student teaching to finish first. oh and two certification tests to take this July. But i can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is growing brighter with each passing day! lol.

It was great to be able to walk with all of my friends and to enjoy all of the festivities surrounding graduation. I graduated with honors (Cum Laude) and i'm so glad to be almost done! i have enjoyed college life, but i am so ready to enter the working world and start paying off this school debt!

my family all came down to the honors ceremony friday evening and again saturday morning to watch me walk, then the in laws came saturday afternoon to celebrate with me after the grad ceremony. :)

here are some pictures from the weekend :)

pictures!

okay, I have uploaded links to my last five face book photo albums, so check em out!
here are a few to get you started ;)

Oh Blogger, you must feel so neglected!

life has been busy. and I was really really sick yesterday. :( but i am feeling much better today, not 100% yet but getting there.
I am super excited to be graduating, well pseudo graduating, in just over two weeks! (eek!) still so much to do before then! lol.

The boys are both getting over a bit of a cold as well, Hunter had it for about a week before passing it on to Keegan. Just a cough and runny nose. poor little guys.

Ryan has been busy with class and work, and soon will start his clinicals which will make life really crazy! (good thing i wont have class!) but we will have to miss a friends wedding because he has to do clinicals that weekend :( Sorry Chrissy, wish we could come! :(

I have uploaded more photo albums on facebook, and will eventually post links here with all the others. lol.

time for lunch, lets hope i can keep it down today...

a few more pictures...

our potty chair!!

Hunter's throne, lol ;) complete with magazine rack and paper holder.

my messy boy after the first time i let him eat spaghetti with his hands instead of me feeding it to him. he had lots of fun. :)

got another thumb sucker!

haha. Hunter was rubbing his face/nose and i snapped this pict. it cracks me up every time i see it!

Hugs for daddy