I see the light!

Today we drove home from Provo, Utah.  We were there for my brother's graduation.  He received his Masters degree.  On the way home we drove by Hill Air Force Base and off of the highway you can see Hill Air Force Base Elementary.  As we drove by a thought came to me.  It was at that school 11 years ago that I decided I wanted to become an educator. In 9th grade we had a job shadow day where we could spend one school day shadowing someone with a career we were interested in.  I asked one of the teachers of a child I babysat if I could shadow her for the day. Her name was Ms. Call.  I loved it! I even journaled about the entire day that night.  The last lines were: "I (heart)ed getting to know the adorable kids. That would be a fun job!" As we were driving by the school, I had a moment where I thought.  Wow, in three weeks I will be a teacher!  Look at what I am accomplishing!

So if you have been wondering if I have fallen of the edge of the earth, well I kind of have.  I have been completely and absolutely in the teaching zone.  I think of my students all the time, trying to figure out how to help them learn to their fullest.  I have loved every moment (even the ones where I thought I was completely failing or about to scream) of my student teaching and am sad to see it come to a close but also feeling incredibly blessed to have these experiences.

I promise I will start blogging regularly soon (in about three weeks) and when I do I will catch up on the last several months of our lives!  The girls are incredible and have been up to a lot of fun things that I can't wait to tell you about.  But right now I am so busy I can't see straight.  And feeling so blessed to be this busy because it means I am conquering something that at times I thought I would never be able to.  See you in a few weeks!
P.S. Even though I haven't been blogging I have still been looking at yours!