Inspiration

This week my 7 friends and I had our first night of Bible study on Tuesday night. My amazing friend Kellyn had the brilliant idea to start this Bible study. She is the "leader" of the group : ) We are going to be going through the book of Psalms one or two chapters at a time. We went through Psalm 1 and each of us talked about what stuck out to us from the chapter. We got a lot more in depth than I thought we would and we had some really good discussions. This Bible study has inspired me to spend time with God daily. I actually desire to spend time in prayer and in God's Word, instead of it just being part of my to do list. I am excited to see where this Bible study will go and how I will grow in my faith!

On a side note: I am not doing as well in my junior block classes as I had hoped. The grading scales suck. 100-94 is an A, 94-84 is a B, 84-70 is a C and so on. So lately I would normally be getting a B, but instead I am getting a C!!! UGH its so frustrating!!! I hope the next time I have tests, they will go better. Well that's all for now. Tomorrow I am going shopping and I am PUMPED!!

Boggle Your Mind

This is my bulletin board that I did for Language Arts. I chose it because I want to teach upper elementary school students and I thought this board would be a fun way to start out spelling lessons. The students will play Boggle for three minutes and I will change the board letters after the end of each week.

Fun-Filled Weekend

On Saturday it was homecoming weekend at HU so we went to Davis Hall Follies.

Here's a picture of all of my friends after the Follies. We finally have a picture of all EIGHT of us! [Carrie, Bradie, Beth, Kellyn, Cassie, Brittany, Emily and I]. Kellyn was in the Follies, which explains the outfit that she is wearing : )

I love my awesome friends!!!!!!!!

Junior Block is Taking Over My Life!!!

Sorry that I haven't posted anything lately, I've be SO busy with all my education classes. To be honest this past week has been a week from hell. I have no free time ever!!!

Here's a preview into my crazy week:

• Monday I had a test and 5 classes. I also had a lot of stuff to work on for my bulletin board.
• Tuesday I had to observe story hour at the Huntington Public Library and finish my bulletin board! I was really stressed that night because I also had a lesson plan due for computers and a bibliography due for social studies. [oh and don't worry I will be posting a picture of my bulletin board soon.]
• Wednesday I had to work on my literature book set #2, journal questions and write a phonics mini lesson.
• Tonight I have to make a power point presentation for computers, read a book for Language Arts and plan out activities, and draw my classroom model for early childhood. Also Grey's Anatomy is on tonight so that makes my day so much better!

Sorry this post was so boring but expect some pictures SOON!!

HOE DOWN!!

Sorry I've been SOOOO BUSY with all my education classes I never have time to blog. But here are some pictures from the HOE DOWN this past weekend!

Kellyn and I actually took a normal picture together

I wanted to practice before we got there, but obviously Emily did not

Emily and I striking our poses

I love this girls!!

We were missing a few though

My favorite HU soccer player : )

My friends are awesome at line dancing!! There were in the top twenty people!!

Weekend full of Piercings

This weekend a bunch of my friends and I went to Jefferson Pointe to get away from campus. We all squeezed into Kellyn's car [Ethel] and we had a blast! Our first stop was Claires, where Kellyn got her ears double pierced and Kristen got her ears pierced for the first time! Here are a couple of pictures from our fun night!

Kellyn was a little bit scared but she did great!

Kristen wasn't scared at all : )

They got precious pink stickers that said "I got my ears pierced at Claries"

We ended the night eating ice cream from Coldstone [well some of us had some]. And then we took a night bike ride when we got back.

Its been forever

So sorry for the long break! I've been really busy and I just kind of forgot to blog. So get ready for one of the longest posts ever.

I am now back at HU and I am loving being with my friends! I am living in an apartment in Forester Village with three of my friends and we love it. I haven't taken any pictures yet, but I will post them sometime tomorrow. I love not having to go to the DC for dinner and I am loving cooking/baking in my own kitchen. I am in all education classes except for my weightlifting for women class : )

Here are the classes I'm taking:

• Integration of Technology in the Classroom
• Language Arts Methods and Materials
• Social Studies Methods and Materials
• Literature for Children
• Early Childhood Development
• Fundamentals of Reading
• Weightlifting for Women
  

Sounds fun right? Ha not quite. I always have SO much reading to do and tons of busy work. I mean don't get my wrong I am looking forward to learning how to become a teacher, I just don't like having 4 education classes a day. It gets a little overwhelming. But don't worry about me, I'm sure I'll make it through ha.

The first weekend of school was the Stance, where everyone just stands on the "mall" and talks. It doesn't sound fun, but it really is!

My apartment girls

Love these girls!

Then I went home for Labor Day weekend and went to my brother's football game on Friday night. They lost by one point! It was very sad! I took a couple pictures of Izzie because she is HUGE!! She now weighs 40 pounds! I can barely even pick her up anymore!

Well theres my life in a nutshell....more to come soon!