Graduation and Princess Tea

Well, I graduated last Friday. I'm so happy to be done with school. Graduation at BYU-I is so great! It was short and spiritual. Elder M Russell Ballard spoke and he had a lot of good council. I'm now looking for a job and hopefully I'll find one near by. I've had interviews at North Fremont and Rigby. I'm hoping more so for Rigby just because the roads to North Fremont are awful during the winter. We'll see how everything goes since I have to wait about eight weeks to be fully certified! It's such a long process!

Saturday we had a Princess Tea Party. We wanted to have a princess party for my nieces since Adrienne and McKenna were in town. It turned into a fancy tea party. It was so funny, there were 3 little girls and one baby and then 10 adult women. We had so much fun though. We all dressed up in our fanciest dresses (a lot of us wore old formals) and got crowns from the dollar section at Target. We had sandwiches, vegetables, cream puffs, éclairs, and mini cheesecakes. And for the tea we had raspberry lemonade with sprite. The little girls were so cute in their outfits and being princesses. After we all ate (and took several pictures, most of which are not on my camera) we danced around the living room singing princess songs. It was fun to have an excuse to dress up.

Busy Busy Busy

I have been pretty busy with work and student teaching. I recently was doing customer service training at work so I was at work until 10pm every night. What a pain. Now I'm just finishing up my student work sample. Pretty much I go in front of a panel and they decide if I can graduate. I have nightmares that they tell my it's all been a lie and I have to do student teaching again and I'll never graduate! NOOO!!!
However, every time I think about the fact that I just have one more week of teaching, a week of observation, and then I'm done, I start dancing and get a big smile on my face! People around me probably think I'm nuts but it really is exciting. I'll actually have a career (even if it is one with a low salary).
We had a fun Easter weekend. Since it was the same weekend as my birthday, Nathan took me out of town just for a fun little weekend. We went to the rodeo (my hair was not big enough for me to fit in) and then got a hotel and just had a fun weekend of swimming. On Sunday, we went to Nathan's grandparent's house for lunch and then my parents' house for dinner. My niece is going to have a princess tea party so we were finding princess dresses to wear. I'll have to post the pictures because I was able to get my sister and my mom to dress up. We look so cute.

I've been a bad blogger

My sister Jessica, who has been an incredibly faithful blogger, has pointed out to me that I need to update my blog. I have to just tell you that I haven't really had much to blog about. I rarely get to my computer lately except to type a lesson plan. My student teaching has been going great. I really enjoy my students. It's pretty funny teaching junior high students. I remember being that age. I just have to remember that when I'm teaching them because it's easy to get frustrated, but I know I probably was the same way.
Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures right now. I will try to come up with something clever to blog next time.

so, what day do you think we'll get off next week?

There has been a snow day once a week for the last 5 weeks I'm sure. It is crazy. It's starting to mess up my schedule. I'll admit it's nice to have a day off, but I get more behind because of it. Oh well, I get my house clean.
It was nice to have today off because it is Nathan's birthday so I was able to get things ready while he was at school. We had a wonderful day together of playing games, dancing, goofing off, etc. We went to eat at Pizza Hut for his birthday dinner and then came home for cheesecake and presents. His parents came up and it was nice to visit. Nathan is pretty excited because he got some video games he's been dieing for. Now I get to hear "Tiff! Look at this!" while he's playing a game and I'm trying to do something else (i.e. blog). I will admit, if he pulls out Zelda or Mario Galaxy, I will watch freely because I love those games. Oh...look at that. Looks like we're going to play a little Majora's Mask (an old zelda game). Enjoy the cold.

TAGGED

Well, I was tagged by my friend Katie Johnson. So here is a bit of information about me.

1. What are FOUR jobs that you have had in life? Sales associate at the Scrap Coop; math tutor; wellness rep team lead; and services support associate at Melaleuca Inc.

2. What are FOUR places where you have been? Well, when I was 17 I went to France and Italy and I guess I could count that as more than four if I want to name each city individually, but I won’t. On our honeymoon, Nathan and I stayed in a castle in old town Quebec City. And then a place that I have been and love to go to is Yellowstone National Park.

3. What are FOUR of your favorite foods? I love love love Italian food! Give me a plate of Johnny Carino’s chicken scallopini and I’m happy. Another love of my are Wingers sticky fingers. This can be in the form of regular sticky fingers, in a quesadilla, in a salad, you name it. I am pretty sure that my mom’s beef stew recipe is the best. This is one of my favorites. It’s good the first time and even as leftovers. And I have a new favorite food. There is a Thai food place where we live and Nathan and I went there the other night with some friends. I had a crunchy cashew stir fry. Oh my piece of heaven! It was fabulous.

4. Who are FOUR people you would like to get to know better? My husband. Sometimes I still don’t understand why he does what he does. People I work with. The people in my ward. (can you tell I need friends?) My sister-in-law.

5. FOUR reasons I love being me? I have a wonderful husband. I have a great job. I will graduate in April. I have a great family.

6. What are FOUR classes you wish were offered to you that you could participate in right now? A photography class. I so desperately want to improve. Interior Design. Floral Design. And probably a class for sewing. I have the basic skills, but they’re really BASIC.

7. Who are FOUR friends or relatives that you would like to tag? Jessica, Adrienne, Carolyn, Clarissa. TAG YOU'RE IT!

SNOW DAY

I remember when I was in high school and middle school wishing we would have more snow days (if any at all). Well, it seems I am now getting that wish. Yesterday was a holiday and today is a snow day. So I am lucky to have a 4 day weekend. Plus, last Tuesday was a snow day. I look forward to next Tuesday. It feels good to be able to get little things done around the house, though. I will admit that I probably spend more time at the computer with my loving photoshop. I purchased these extremely cute items from Little Dreamer Designs. They are all designed by Michelle Colman. I love her stuff!

Here are some layouts I did of my adorable niece (who cut her own hair a few days ago) with this cute new kit and wonderful template. If you haven't tried templates yet, you're missing out. They make scrapping so fast and easy. If you have a lot to get done, or short on ideas. Look for templates. You can add and take away as much as you like. I love them!

Happy Snow Day!