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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
SOEA Spring Conference
This past weekend I spent my time with people I barely knew at an educator conference. It was the most FUN I have had in a while.
This is what I had!! SO MUCH SHRIMP! So delicious! We had so much fun! Lots of talking and getting know each other, and more funny stories.
The next day was Outreach to Teach. Members of the SOEA and others join together and participate in helping a school. It was like a mini Extreme Makeover: School Edition. I worked on the outdoor crew and painted poles and benches.
Thursday we left around five and head down to the city. On the way down, I was pretty nervious because I only knew two of the five other people in the van. One was the director of student teaching and my boss and the other was the person I replaced. I have recently realized that I can be friends with anyone, however not everyone is the same way. They may not want to be my friend. This was what I was afraid of. i was so scared that the people I was going to spend the weekend with were not going to want anything to do with me. I was sooo wrong. These people were so very fun!! We joked the whole way down and shared some funny stories. I was so releaved! When we arrived we checked in to a marriott hotel, not the hotel 8 like I thought we were staying. After that we decided we were very hungry. I was starving. We narrowed it down to Olive Garden and Red Lobster and without a large debate with hit the road for Red Lobster.
This is what I had!! SO MUCH SHRIMP! So delicious! We had so much fun! Lots of talking and getting know each other, and more funny stories. After that we returned to the hotel very hyper. I felt like I was with my long lost bestfriends on a trip. We watched some tv and just getting to know each other more. However we were working on scrapbook for and Outstanding Chapter Reward which was fun working on but I voluteered to start doing it over the course of the year instead of the last minute. Just another responsibility I shouldn't have taken but I figure that I can just do it at work and get paid for doing it.
The next day was Outreach to Teach. Members of the SOEA and others join together and participate in helping a school. It was like a mini Extreme Makeover: School Edition. I worked on the outdoor crew and painted poles and benches. This is a picture of me and my new friend LeAnn. She was like a long lost sister to me. We got along great and I'm so glad I got to know her. We ended up painting on each others shirts and put the initial of our first name on our backs and then asked others if they wanted their initial on their back. So immature I know, but we had SO MUCH FUN! I was so honored to be a part of this project and it was amazing to see the transformation of this school. It was one of those schools that you just don't want your child to go to because it is so worn down and needs a ton of TLC. We couldn't fix everything but we were able to freshen the place up. The transformation was absolutely amazing.
After that we went to eat at this awesome mexican restaurant downtown. I want to take my husband there! So delicious! After we ate we went to ride the canal but it wasn't running and we were so tired that we went back to the hotel. We were so tired and ended up watching Dateline. We all got along so well. :-)
The next day was the conference. I have been to a few conferences in my life but this was the most fun. It was my first education conference so maybe that is why. They had workshops, one presented by last years teacher of the year, a great lunch, a few principals who answered our questions, a welcome to the jungle class that gave us insight and ideas for our first year of teaching, and then elections for this next term.
I am proudly running for STATE SECRETARY! I am so excited! I had a blast this past weekend but I truly missed my loving husband and dogs. I couldn't WAIT to see them when I got home.
So this spring break I'm going to go see my biological mother! I haven't seen her and my siblings since I got married almost two years ago. From there I am hoping I will find out more on my adoption and write it down and then share it with you. I haven't meant to get off track but I don't know every detail of everything so I didn't want to share something that I didn't truly know about.
So until next time, have a great night.
Go watch LOST and comment what you think!
So until next time, have a great night.
Go watch LOST and comment what you think!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Winter Jam
This past weekend was Winter Jam. Probably the largest concert I have ever been too which makes me proud because it was a Christian Concert. It was a really fun day. My husband and I took our youth group pretty early that day.
Just to show you how excited the youth were, we told them to be up at the church by 10:30 a.m. They called me at 9:40 a.m. asking me where I was because they were already up at the church. It was cute, they were so excited.
So we went do to the city, we ate and walked around for a little bit then we went and played LASER TAG. SOOO MUCH FUN!
Just to show you how excited the youth were, we told them to be up at the church by 10:30 a.m. They called me at 9:40 a.m. asking me where I was because they were already up at the church. It was cute, they were so excited.
So we went do to the city, we ate and walked around for a little bit then we went and played LASER TAG. SOOO MUCH FUN! This was my rank and my ratio percentage. In case you can really see it, it says Rank #1 and 10%. This means that I beat everyone and 10% of the time I shot someone. The next game was better though. My rank was #1 but my ratio was 13%
I've never played that good before. It was so much fun. The boys weren't too happy, neither was my husband. :-) They just didn't like it because I am a girl. Whatever. :-)
Anyway, after that we went to the concert. It was crazy. We hopped into this HUGE line really it wrapped around the building all the way to the back. Fortunately, some of the other sponsers went to see if there was a shorter line. There was. So we decided to go to that line.
This is where we sat. Which was actually really great compared to the open seats that were available. The youth weren't really happy about until they artist playing turned around and walked over really close to where we were. We could see their faces and they would wave to us. They liked that. I knew what I was doing.
This concert was amazing. I loved the speaker; we saw several of our youth make decisions. One I found out later went forward and rededicated his life to Christ(he goes to a different church).
Here is a funny story though. Before the concert started, I was just sitting and talking to some of the youth. I somewhat readjusted myself, like fixing my shirt and I guess I pushed my legs on the chair in front of me. I actually don't remember if I did or not but I'm assuming I did because of what happened next. The girl in front of me turned around and looked at me. She then faced forward, turned back around and smiled because I made eye contact, then faced forward again. She did this two more times. I turned to one of my youth and whispered, "Did I do something to this lady in front of me?" She replied with, "I don't think so." The next thing I know the girl is talking to her friend next to her. Her friend makes a glare at me and then looks away. I then ask my youth, "Do I smell?" She smelt me and said "no." Then the lady in front of me MOVED. She traded places with the girl and now her friend is sitting in front of me. I turned to my youth and said, "What did I do?" and then she said, "I don't know, but she is GLARING at you."
It was sooo funny. I still have no idea what I did. I really wanted to ask but I didn't want to make scene. I didn't know if this lady would get upset with me asking what was up, so I just ignored it completely. I had a really fun time though with the youth at laser quest and the concert. It was awesome to see how they reacted to the music, because some of them have never really been exposed to that type of music before. We actually bought one of the youth a t-shirt in the hope to motivate the student to be excited about Christian music. He was proudly showing off his new t-shirt.
It was truly a blessing to be a part of what God is doing through our youth.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
What Is This?
On Sunday morning, my husband found this on our front porch. What is this? Well to answer your question it is a bunch of junk. From what I can see there is a little cowboy hat, some fake flowers, rings, earrings, a spoon, a fork, a wallet, a hair clip, a tin can, etc.
My only question is for whoever did this is, do you want it back or can I throw it away?
On another note, I'm doing pretty well this semester. I'm actually really proud of myself. I've made nothing but A's so far. I'm not trying to jinx it or anything, I'm just really proud of myself. I'm realizing though that I cannot wait to teach to a bunch of kids. Although the practice on my peers is good for me, I'm sick of getting so nervous. Like last night, I helped my husband teaching some 1st - 5th graders and I had no problem. I don't get nervous in front of kids, just my peers. Which I guess is normal but it's getting kind of old. I just don't know what to do about it. I try to not let it get the best of me but sometimes I feel like it does.
I have some really high expectations for myself and I don't want to let me nerves to hold me back.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
BIRTHDAY
Yesterday was my husband’s birthday.
He is the big 25 which is surprisingly not as exciting as 16, 18, or 21 even though 25 is somewhat of a landmark birthday. In case you don't know when a male turns 25 their insurance becomes a little cheaper and also at the age of 25 everyone is able to rent a car.
My personal opinion though is when you get married or join the military; all rules regarding age should not apply. If a person is out fighting for my freedom I feel they should be able to have a drink if they so choose, and one problem Darrell and i faced once was renting a car, we were married and on our own but we either couldn't rent a car or had to pay a fee, which i thought was completely stupid at the time because my husband worked for the company.
Anyway, back to his birthday.
For the past two years instead of me giving my husband a gift, he's been giving me a gift on his birthday. Never on purpose, it just happened that way. The first birthday we were together, he got me a dog. My hamster had died that day and i was completely devastated so he got me max. Last year we got ourselves a Wii which was really his present but I ended up playing it more. So now he says he got me the Wii. So this year I was making sure no gift buying for me was happening.
We had fun yesterday though. we went to the science museum which turned out to be really cool. they have a planetarium, an IMAX Dome, a TON of exhibits that were really fun to play and use, but my absolute favorite thing was the Science Live exhibit. This exhibit consisted of a one woman show of her doing explosive experiments with the children. She was so hilarious but the experiments were pretty legit, putting things on fire, one cool thing was she put like hydrogen in a water jug, like the ones from collagen, and then shaked it up to make it a gas, and then put a candle at the opening and it just went flying! It was attached to a swing so no one got hit or anything but it was crazy. Finally she got some really cold liquid hydrogen, something like that, and put it in a regular 2 liter bottle, and threw it in this big container. We covered our ears and BAMB!! IT EXPLODED!
The whole time I was thinking, I really want her job. She was having so much fun, but then I realized that the kind of concept I want to bring to my classroom about science. I want to make it LIVE. I'm going to start a hat collection for my classroom for me to wear during different subjects or topics. When I'm a scientist I may wear a white lab coat with some safety goggles and since I love acting I may just take it a step further and act like different people when I'm in the hats. :-) I want them to be has engaged as possible.
Anyway, my husband had a good time and after we left the museum I told him we could go eat anywhere he wanted. Instead of picking like olive garden or even some place like red lobster, he picked McAlister's Deli, because he wanted some chili in a bread bowl. Then we went over to one of his friends’ house and they played COD and Halo for the rest of the night.
It is funny because I really didn't do anything for his birthday, I didn't get him a present, a card, or even a birthday cake. You know why?
It’s not because I am a horrible wife, but it's because I already got him a HUGE gift. See I gave him the gift of sight. I got him eye surgery so he could see without glasses or contacts. and i bet you can guess that a surgery like that could cost a good arm and leg. You are absolutely correct. So you can see why I am saying that the eye surgery is his birthday, valentine’s day, Christmas, presidents day, you get the picture.
Last year though I threw him a surprise birthday party which was really fun but this year it was nice to just hang out with him and not stress too much. I'll save that for our kids.
Happy Birthday My Love.
He is the big 25 which is surprisingly not as exciting as 16, 18, or 21 even though 25 is somewhat of a landmark birthday. In case you don't know when a male turns 25 their insurance becomes a little cheaper and also at the age of 25 everyone is able to rent a car.
My personal opinion though is when you get married or join the military; all rules regarding age should not apply. If a person is out fighting for my freedom I feel they should be able to have a drink if they so choose, and one problem Darrell and i faced once was renting a car, we were married and on our own but we either couldn't rent a car or had to pay a fee, which i thought was completely stupid at the time because my husband worked for the company.
Anyway, back to his birthday.
For the past two years instead of me giving my husband a gift, he's been giving me a gift on his birthday. Never on purpose, it just happened that way. The first birthday we were together, he got me a dog. My hamster had died that day and i was completely devastated so he got me max. Last year we got ourselves a Wii which was really his present but I ended up playing it more. So now he says he got me the Wii. So this year I was making sure no gift buying for me was happening.
We had fun yesterday though. we went to the science museum which turned out to be really cool. they have a planetarium, an IMAX Dome, a TON of exhibits that were really fun to play and use, but my absolute favorite thing was the Science Live exhibit. This exhibit consisted of a one woman show of her doing explosive experiments with the children. She was so hilarious but the experiments were pretty legit, putting things on fire, one cool thing was she put like hydrogen in a water jug, like the ones from collagen, and then shaked it up to make it a gas, and then put a candle at the opening and it just went flying! It was attached to a swing so no one got hit or anything but it was crazy. Finally she got some really cold liquid hydrogen, something like that, and put it in a regular 2 liter bottle, and threw it in this big container. We covered our ears and BAMB!! IT EXPLODED!
The whole time I was thinking, I really want her job. She was having so much fun, but then I realized that the kind of concept I want to bring to my classroom about science. I want to make it LIVE. I'm going to start a hat collection for my classroom for me to wear during different subjects or topics. When I'm a scientist I may wear a white lab coat with some safety goggles and since I love acting I may just take it a step further and act like different people when I'm in the hats. :-) I want them to be has engaged as possible.
Anyway, my husband had a good time and after we left the museum I told him we could go eat anywhere he wanted. Instead of picking like olive garden or even some place like red lobster, he picked McAlister's Deli, because he wanted some chili in a bread bowl. Then we went over to one of his friends’ house and they played COD and Halo for the rest of the night.
It is funny because I really didn't do anything for his birthday, I didn't get him a present, a card, or even a birthday cake. You know why?
It’s not because I am a horrible wife, but it's because I already got him a HUGE gift. See I gave him the gift of sight. I got him eye surgery so he could see without glasses or contacts. and i bet you can guess that a surgery like that could cost a good arm and leg. You are absolutely correct. So you can see why I am saying that the eye surgery is his birthday, valentine’s day, Christmas, presidents day, you get the picture.
Last year though I threw him a surprise birthday party which was really fun but this year it was nice to just hang out with him and not stress too much. I'll save that for our kids.
Happy Birthday My Love.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Snowboarding with Jesus
Today is such a beautiful day in my neck of the woods.
Speaking of woods, I've been trying to convince my husband we need to move to Colorado when we graduate. My dream place is Breckenridge, Colorado, the capital of snowboarding. Probably not but it is definitely my capital. I've been trying to convenes him that it truly is his dream place to live he just doesn't know it yet. He has never been there and he seems to already know he wouldn't like it.
He is one of those guys who love adventure but is completely unmotivated because well there really isn't any adventure here in Oklahoma. The most exciting thing is the weather and how it changes so randomly. In Colorado there is always something to do. You can go hiking, boating, fishing, hunting, bike riding, jeeping, things he loves to do but does not ever get to do them.
I always talk to God about one day me and him are going to snowboard and go down the half pipe together. That is something I always think about. It started when I first read The Ishbane Conspiracy you'll just have to read it, a really good book. The book gave me a new light of how to look at heaven. That God really views Earth as beautiful and that heaven isn't a bunch of clouds but a more perfect version of Earth. I truly believe that I am going to snowboard with Jesus down a mountain.
I just can't imagine Heaven without Snowboarding. I believe that God loves it just as much as I do because it says in the bible that God places his own passions within us. If I’m wrong then I'm wrong but I really hope I'm not.
I guess it just goes to show that we all have different passions. I like to think about how my life could have been so different.
I've told you a bit about my story, and I promise to continue. I just really want you to get a feel of who I am and the person I have become because I think it will help you understand the story much better. I do not view my father as evil for punching a wall and I don't view my mother as evil for giving me away. I thank God for what they did for me, even if they didn't want to or had no control, I am thankful for my story, my life.
I wonder what kind of soccer player I would have been if my parents had kept me. I have natural athletic talent and I was born to play soccer but never truly did. So I wonder if I would be sitting here now writing this to you if I stayed. I wonder if I had earned a full ride soccer scholarship to some major university, if I would still want to be a teacher. I wonder if I would have ever tried snowboarding if I had stayed with my biological parents.
Would have my three dogs? Would I have a faith in Christ? Would I have ever met my husband? How would the lives of my family and friends have changed if I was never in their life?
A more recent question would be if I had moved to Colorado my jr. year of high school would I be at the Olympics now? I have been snowboarding since I was 13 years old but skiing since I was 3. So I've been on a mountain for almost 20 years of my life. I had the opportunity to move to Colorado my jr. year and I was going to move up there with one of my good friends but he got the opportunity to go live with his father, a chance that would never come again. I should have still gone but my mother was afraid for me to be up there by myself, and really I was too. I then decided that I wanted to go do my first two years of college in Breckenridge and work on the slopes. In Breckenridge they have a community college so I was going to go there for my basics and work the slopes and live at my parents house, but my father didn't want be so far away (he would miss me to much) that he made me promise that I had to go to college in Oklahoma for at least a year. I made the promise with ever intention to move to Colorado for my sophomore year. That didn't happen. My dad knew I would get stuck here and would decide to not go. I actually met my now husband my sophomore year and he changed everything.
So now not only do I wonder what kind of soccer play I would have been but I also wonder what kind of snowboarder I would have been. It's not really too late for me as a snowboarder but really honestly, I don't see myself moving up there and training within the next 5 years and maybe by then it will be to late for me to go to the Olympics. I want to have a family and kids, and I know they wouldn't hold me back but at the same time I wouldn't want to do that to them. I just want to get up in those mountains again. It's been over two years since I have been on a mountain and I miss it so much.
If nothing else I just want to move up there and snowboard with my husband and kids all the time but if that doesn't ever happen either I'll at least get to snowboard for eternity with Jesus.
The Adopted One.
Speaking of woods, I've been trying to convince my husband we need to move to Colorado when we graduate. My dream place is Breckenridge, Colorado, the capital of snowboarding. Probably not but it is definitely my capital. I've been trying to convenes him that it truly is his dream place to live he just doesn't know it yet. He has never been there and he seems to already know he wouldn't like it.
He is one of those guys who love adventure but is completely unmotivated because well there really isn't any adventure here in Oklahoma. The most exciting thing is the weather and how it changes so randomly. In Colorado there is always something to do. You can go hiking, boating, fishing, hunting, bike riding, jeeping, things he loves to do but does not ever get to do them.
I always talk to God about one day me and him are going to snowboard and go down the half pipe together. That is something I always think about. It started when I first read The Ishbane Conspiracy you'll just have to read it, a really good book. The book gave me a new light of how to look at heaven. That God really views Earth as beautiful and that heaven isn't a bunch of clouds but a more perfect version of Earth. I truly believe that I am going to snowboard with Jesus down a mountain.
I just can't imagine Heaven without Snowboarding. I believe that God loves it just as much as I do because it says in the bible that God places his own passions within us. If I’m wrong then I'm wrong but I really hope I'm not.
I guess it just goes to show that we all have different passions. I like to think about how my life could have been so different.
I've told you a bit about my story, and I promise to continue. I just really want you to get a feel of who I am and the person I have become because I think it will help you understand the story much better. I do not view my father as evil for punching a wall and I don't view my mother as evil for giving me away. I thank God for what they did for me, even if they didn't want to or had no control, I am thankful for my story, my life.
I wonder what kind of soccer player I would have been if my parents had kept me. I have natural athletic talent and I was born to play soccer but never truly did. So I wonder if I would be sitting here now writing this to you if I stayed. I wonder if I had earned a full ride soccer scholarship to some major university, if I would still want to be a teacher. I wonder if I would have ever tried snowboarding if I had stayed with my biological parents.
Would have my three dogs? Would I have a faith in Christ? Would I have ever met my husband? How would the lives of my family and friends have changed if I was never in their life?
A more recent question would be if I had moved to Colorado my jr. year of high school would I be at the Olympics now? I have been snowboarding since I was 13 years old but skiing since I was 3. So I've been on a mountain for almost 20 years of my life. I had the opportunity to move to Colorado my jr. year and I was going to move up there with one of my good friends but he got the opportunity to go live with his father, a chance that would never come again. I should have still gone but my mother was afraid for me to be up there by myself, and really I was too. I then decided that I wanted to go do my first two years of college in Breckenridge and work on the slopes. In Breckenridge they have a community college so I was going to go there for my basics and work the slopes and live at my parents house, but my father didn't want be so far away (he would miss me to much) that he made me promise that I had to go to college in Oklahoma for at least a year. I made the promise with ever intention to move to Colorado for my sophomore year. That didn't happen. My dad knew I would get stuck here and would decide to not go. I actually met my now husband my sophomore year and he changed everything.
So now not only do I wonder what kind of soccer play I would have been but I also wonder what kind of snowboarder I would have been. It's not really too late for me as a snowboarder but really honestly, I don't see myself moving up there and training within the next 5 years and maybe by then it will be to late for me to go to the Olympics. I want to have a family and kids, and I know they wouldn't hold me back but at the same time I wouldn't want to do that to them. I just want to get up in those mountains again. It's been over two years since I have been on a mountain and I miss it so much.
If nothing else I just want to move up there and snowboard with my husband and kids all the time but if that doesn't ever happen either I'll at least get to snowboard for eternity with Jesus.
The Adopted One.
Friday, February 12, 2010
When a Fustration becomes a Blessing
Recently I have been watching some children after school. It's been a really good experience but honestly, no offence to their parents or anything but these kids for awhile were making me rethink my desire to be a teacher or even be a mommy. I almost gave up completely on watching this children or even hope on helping them.
I decided that if I'm going to be the best teacher, I shouldn't give on these kids. I want to help them be the best they can be so I can also become the best I can be. After I picked them up from the bus stop it was again what it normally is arguing and yelling. I was tired of them yelling at each other and me getting frustrated and angry. So when we got to the church I had them remain in the car and I talked to them. I asked them if they like being yelled at by their sibling and if they think it would be fair to say that neither of them should yell at each other if neither of them likes it. Then I told they are responsible for their own actions and that I didn't want to hear they say that what they did was okay because their sibling did it first. After our little chat things were incredibly better. They were much nicer to each other. We still hit some bumps in the road but compared to the day before it was heaven on earth.
I was really encouraged after that. I felt that those kids were a huge frustration to me one day and then the next they were a big blessing in my life.
I wonder if God feels that way sometime. I cannot imagine God getting frustrated with me because all he is love but I know he expects the best of me at the same time. I get really frustrated with myself all the time with my faults but at the same time I know that God loves me and finds me a blessing, much like I found those kids a blessing in mine.
I don't know, but it just goes back that I am the adopted one. I am adopted into Gods love and I am so thankful for that.
I decided that if I'm going to be the best teacher, I shouldn't give on these kids. I want to help them be the best they can be so I can also become the best I can be. After I picked them up from the bus stop it was again what it normally is arguing and yelling. I was tired of them yelling at each other and me getting frustrated and angry. So when we got to the church I had them remain in the car and I talked to them. I asked them if they like being yelled at by their sibling and if they think it would be fair to say that neither of them should yell at each other if neither of them likes it. Then I told they are responsible for their own actions and that I didn't want to hear they say that what they did was okay because their sibling did it first. After our little chat things were incredibly better. They were much nicer to each other. We still hit some bumps in the road but compared to the day before it was heaven on earth.
I was really encouraged after that. I felt that those kids were a huge frustration to me one day and then the next they were a big blessing in my life.
I wonder if God feels that way sometime. I cannot imagine God getting frustrated with me because all he is love but I know he expects the best of me at the same time. I get really frustrated with myself all the time with my faults but at the same time I know that God loves me and finds me a blessing, much like I found those kids a blessing in mine.
I don't know, but it just goes back that I am the adopted one. I am adopted into Gods love and I am so thankful for that.
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