Another September Week

This week was busy busy busy! Jake enjoyed his last low-chaos week, since tomorrow he starts his semester at BYU-Idaho. He'll actually be taking a class on campus this semester (for only the second time; he's usually only online) and balancing that while working full time is definitely going to be a challenge. Especially since I'll be student teaching, so I won't have as much time to "pick up the slack" that happens when Jake's schedule is extremely busy. We're going to be up to our ears in work, and trying to keep our heads above water when it comes to dishes, keeping the house clean, laundry, and of course Zoe. Bring it on, Fall Semester!!

Teachers can take mirror selfies, too!

This week, my paid substitute position comes to an end and I officially begin my student teaching! That means I won't be substituting other elective classes in the REC, I'll just have my own "permanent" 8th grade Creativity class, plus time with my mentor teacher in her Language Arts classroom. I'm so excited to get officially started on the path that I've chosen for myself, and to see what this semester has in store for me!

A Rough Week

FALL IS HERE!!!! Well I guess not technically til the end of September, but I'm considering it fall right now because I'm so DONE with summer weather. Plus I'm back in school, so that means it's gotta be fall! I love fall because of so many reasons...mainly because all the bugs are dead and can't attack me anymore! 

This last week was another busy one with school Monday-Friday, and Wednesday was ROUGH. Wednesday was a really rough day for reasons I won't go into, but yeah. It was hard. I cried in front of my fellow student teachers, which was embarrassing. PRAY FOR ME haha.

Other than that, this week was decent. I'm so happy we have school off on Monday for Labor Day cuz I NEED a long weekend! Teachers work really hard, dude. I hope no one I know ever takes them for granted again. 

Tuesday was our 2 year anniversary! I can't

wait to see what these photos look like when

we're old and gray!

First Week of School! First Week of School!

This past week was SO. BUSY. Starting school as a teacher has been a whirlwind of seating charts, lesson plans, worksheets, and countless other stuff. My to do list seems to get longer every day, instead of shorter. But as weird as it may sound, I'm LOVING it! The weekend was great because I had time to rest and get ready for a new week, but I've also missed being at the school a lot. I know, I'm crazy! 

Jake had the day off on Saturday, so we got to spend the day together, which is a rare thing for us lately. We had a friend's wedding that evening, which was so awesome to be at! I can't believe that Tuesday is our 2nd year wedding anniversary. We've basically served a mission together! ;)

My Summer Ends

This past week was my last one of summer break! Tomorrow (Monday) I have an all-day-long orientation at the middle school, and Tuesday is a paid prep day, then Wednesday school starts! 

I found out last week that I'm working with *drumroll* EIGHTH GRADERS!! I was SO excited when I got that info, since it's the grade I've been hoping and praying for. The middle school has kids from 6th-8th grade, and since I wanna eventually work in a high school, I was really hoping to get experience with the oldest kids I possibly could. My mentor teacher's name is Mrs. Wagoner, and she is AMAZING! I got to meet her last Thursday when she invited me to a curriculum meeting with the entire 8th grade Language Arts department, which was super nice and not necessary, but it was such an awesome gesture and a great start to our work together. She's super sweet and also has a pet dachshund, so it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship! 

Zoe's Duck Park Obsession

This past week was another lazy one!! We took Zoe to the park every evening, and she had fun chasing ducks and sniffing mud as usual. She has become pretty adventurous, going out onto the little lakes at the park and hardcore swimming to try and catch the ducks! We bring her home every night soaking wet haha. She loves it!!
It's crazy that this week is my last full week of summer break. Next Monday (the 22nd) I have my orientation at the middle school, and then the year begins that Wednesday! I'm almost there!!