A New Roommate!

So since I got the job, I'm moving to Prescott. And since I quit my illegal immigrant job, I'm ALREADY moving. It's change, & this one makes me sad & excited, but I still think it's good! With these changes... This is one of my new roommates in Prescott. I love him lots!

Team Marshmallow POOF

You might be wondering what the Heck Team Marshmallow POOF is all about...
Tonight my ward had an Iron Chef competition. The secret ingredient was lemon or pineapple.
Chelsea, Laycee & I made fruit & dip. It was really yummy, and we won a couple of awards!

In case you can't read them in the picture, our awards are: "Most likely to be seen at a Mormon event", & "Once You Pop You Can't Stop". Mom's Fruit Dip is definitely a winner!

I've got a job!!

Early this morning I was up in Chino Valley for a job interview, and I was told to expect to hear back on Thursday. I've already been offered 2 other positions that I didn't feel good about taking, but I've felt really good about accepting this one if it is offered to me.
Well... TONIGHT the Principal called me & offered me the position! and ... I accepted!

I'M GOING TO TEACH 4TH GRADE AT TERRITORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!

I'm pretty excited, & wanted to let everyone know!

Third Offer's the Charm!

Something to brighten my day...

So... I have a summer job as a nanny. I hate it sometimes ... like pretty much every day. The kids are pretty good, and can make it worth while. There's Andrew "Drewsy" who turned 4 the day I started, Matthew "Matty" who turned 3 a few weeks Before I started, and Leticia "Lety" who is now 7 months old. The Mama drives me a bit crazy, and I often find myself cussing at her in my head. Maybe that's more than I should share. But, it's the truth.



Anyway, the other day Matty was putting his shorts back on after using the potty, and this was the result.

He had successfully put both of his legs through ONE leg hole, making it look like he had on a skirt. hee hee. I've actually seen him do this a couple of other times, or ALMOST do it, as he's getting dressed, or pulling shorts back up after potty time.

I was glad to have brought my camera! But I didn't have my memory card, so this was actually the last picture that fit on my internal memory... & thus no pictures of the other 2 for now.

More to come...

I did it!

Yay!! It's been over a month ago now, but I'm just now getting around to blogging about my GRADUATION!! On May 9, 2008, I graduated from NAU with a B.S. in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish!

Maybe there isn't a whole lot to blog about, but... I've got some FUN pictures! So... I'll show & tell a little bit.

This first, strange looking picture, is the view I had for all of graduation. The girl in front of me had bright, pink, feathers all around the top of her cap, and around her sleeves too. It was a little obnoxious if you ask me, but it made it easy to answer the text: "Where are you?" "Right behind the girl with the pink." ha ha... and we could see where we were on the giant TV screens, because of the pink.

And the on going text conversation with Mom during the ceremony. "Where Are You? Get up and Dance." "I'm right behind the girl with the pink feathers." "Good, maybe she'll want to dance with you." "ha ha" "No really, do it now or you'll miss your chance." ... Something like that anyway. It made me smile even more.

There was a big group of us from the Christensen Partnership. This is Barry, Devin, Ashley, Emily, me, & Andrea. There were a few more of us, but I haven't gotten a copy of the bigger pictures we took yet.

This is me with one of my Partnership Professors, Jeanne Dustman. She was a great support to me through the two semesters of death that preceded my Student Teaching.

Mom & I. We started celebrating all together when we got outside. Terina & Brent didn't get to stick around for the other celebrations, so this was the best we had with all of us.

This was a favorite, because Trenton was hiding, and Terina quickly ducked, & I snapped... & between our combined efforts I caught a really cute grin on Trenton, & a fun, cheesy grin on Terina. :o)

I really don't think I'm photogenic, but that it's better when I'm in pictures with other people, so... That makes this naturally a favorite, because ... it just is.

I've got more pictures of the parties... one in Flagstaff that day, and one in Chino Valley about a month after, but I'm REALLY tired for now, & I've got to get this posted & get some sleep. Tomorrow it's back to work!