Since Halloween... life has been pretty busy but yet I can't remember what we've really done...
I've been during my practicum student teaching since October 28 and it will end this coming Monday! The time has flown by and I've been able to learn and grow tons. The last month I've definately felt my low's when it comes to my capability as a teacher. But thankfully yesterday I was able to teach all day (my mentor teacher was out for that day) and it went so nicely! The kids were great, I was able to really enjoy my time teaching and let my personality come through-finally! It makes such a huge difference to be the only teacher in the room and be able to teach the kids all through the day (instead of just random 30 minute lessons). It has been great but I am really looking forward to what comes after practicum ends...Thanksgiving, 2 weeks of class then CHRISTMAS! (I also took the Praxis exam this last Saturday, cross your fingers that I passed!)
Justin has been working his tail off as usual. His company is in a huge transition right now, merging with another company. Justin interviewed for a new job with a company called Logoworks in American Fork and got the job. However, after some careful thinking we decided that staying with Icon (now known as Pinnacle) would be the best decision for the steps we are going to be making in the near future. He is working on MBA program applications...gotta get those in soon!
We saw Madagascar 2 last week-we recommend it! It got some great laughs out of us even after we'd had a long and hard day :-)
We are so excited for Thanksgiving in Chicago and spend time with Blackhams and DeMille's! The countdown: 6 days!
