I am very excited to see what this year will bring. I start my student teaching in just a few days, on Monday!!! Eeeeekkkk!!! I'm so excited and nervous all at once! I will be teaching 4th grade, which is older than what I hope to get my "job" in one of these days but this will be a good experience out of my comfort zone! I have not met the teacher I will be teaching with but we have exchanged emails and I can already tell she is going to be awesome to work with!! I am very relieved about that!
Highlights of year 2012
- Spring Break vacation in Florida with my mom and Grandma and Grandpa England. I was able to lay by the ocean and swim with the Manattees!
- I moved back home from MO the end of April and started school at Buena Vista the beginning of May.
- I met Landon's family for the first time at the end of May.
- I made my first trip to Chicago with the company of Landon's sister Marissa. I enjoyed spending the weekend at Landon's apartment and having my best friend take the train out to come see me and stay with us! We visited down town and had a blast! It was my first cab ride, train ride, and water taxi ride, along with of course my first visit to down town Chicago!
- I became the luckiest girl ever the next weekend on June 16th when Landon took me to Kip Moore and Hunter Hayes concert and asked me to be his girlfriend.
- I was able to witness beautiful Marissa become fair queen the end of June.
- I took the Praxis July 21st and PASSED!!
- I also met Landon's Grandpa Poge the afternoon after my Praxis test and fell in love with tears of happiness streaming down my face! (as I have describe in previous posts)
- The next weekend I took another trip to Chicago and was able to attend my first Cardinals game in Chicago with Landon and his friends!
- Somewhere in there I attended my first tractor pull.
- I attended the Races with Landon and his father which was an honor because I felt like I was crashing Father-son time!
- Marissa made us all proud as she competed in the Fair Contest at the Iowa State Fair!
- My sister-in-Law had her wedding showers and bachelorette party which was also a first for me!
- Dad and I were able to have some bonding time at a cattle sale together for the weekend.
- My oldest brother got married and had a beautiful wedding!!!
- I attended my First IOWA FOOTBALL GAME with Landon!!
- My best friend got engaged!!! and I am honored I will be standing up with her at her wedding! eeek!!
- I went to Chicago with the Greenfield family and was able to see TSO for the first time!! It was AMAZING!!! Had such a fun trip!
- The following weekend I was able to go to Chicago again with my mom and Brother's girlfriend and we visited downtown and got to see The Grinch on broadway. That was very kewl!
- I've done a lot of babysitting and spending time with my cousins which I always enjoy.
- Lastly, I was able to end the year with some awesome quality time with Landon which spoiled me very much and I enjoyed every minute of it!!
Some highlights of what the new year is going to bring:
- I start student teaching Monday!!!
- Marissa is graduating high school a week before me!!
- I will be graduating in May!
- My best friend is getting married in July!!
