2nd Practicum... and other things

I'm going to teach

6th grade!!!

AAh, I'm so nervous. I know they are still young, but compared to the 1st grade classroom I was in last semester... they are so much bigger!!! And they have much more of an attitude. I can't believe the big gap I took from 1st to 6th. I'm kind of glad however, because I can see if I like the older grades now. Who knows, maybe i'll end up wanting to teach 6th or 5th grade! For now though... my love still lies with the little ones. They are just so adorable and innocent, I can't wait to have kids of our own. Teaching is the best career for me, everytime I go to an elementary school or see little kids it reassures me that I want to be a teacher. I love the kids. :) I can't wait to teach in my own classroom.

Another update.. I'm thinking I might quit my job soon. I take my Praxis exam on March 14th. That's the exam I have to pass in order to teach. I'm wanting time to study and it's right after my practicum starts so I don't know if I will have enough time to go to the elementary school everyday from 8:00-4:00 p.m., work from 5-9 p.m. AND study for my praxis exam all at the same time (not to mention be a good wife and clean the house hahah). Therefore, I will have to let one thing go.. it was a hard decision, but I decided it would be my job! Actually it wasn't that hard of a decision. So good bye to ABELLA!

Nicholas and I still don't know where we will be going to dental school. As of right now it is Oklahoma!! Wow... never would have thought I'd end up there. HAha. It will be interesting though, since I know nothing about the state. We still are really hoping we'll get into Colorado. I like Colorado, it's a very nice place and it will be nice to still be close to family. Oh yeah, and if we move to Oklahoma I can't do my student teaching this summer!! I will have to do a 'courtesy placement' and they will find a school there for me to teach at in the Fall... I would much rather do it here in the summer. :(

Alright, well enough writing. I hope you all are happy and doing well. Remember to smile and to serve others. Let us know if you need anything. Love to everyone. :)

Nick and Dana

Dental School

Well, it has been a while since I posted anything. I have let Dana take over and do her thing. So, I just thought I'd get on and give an update on what we are up to. A couple of weeks ago, I went to California for a dental school interview. It was alright. It was really nice to stay with my Aunt Debbie. The school (Loma Linda) was good, too. I got back on Wednesday and left Thursday morning for Detroit for another interview at U of Mich in Ann Arbor. It was a pain to get there, but overall it went really well. The school was really big and Ann Arbor is a nice town. So now I am waiting to hear from them and Colorado still. We hope to get into Colorado, but will go wherever. We are thinking Oklahoma right now (mainly because that is the only place we've gotten in to, haha). But, hopefully in the next couple of weeks another school will call so we can start deciding where to go and whatever. It's a pain, but we'll get through it. So, that's pretty much it. Dana and I are in our last semesters at BYU. Woohoo. almost done. I'll try to get on more often and give an update on the dental stuff.

I also added on a video of Dana's second time skiing. We went on New Year's Day to Loveland. It was super cold, but really fun. Dana was scared at the beginning of the day, but did really great towards the end. I love her for trying. She's awesome. She is the best wife ever and I love her cooking... (she told me to write the last three sentences, the little brat.) I do love her though!
enjoy

Still Christmas??

I just realized that I should probably change the Christmas music on our blog... :) haha, sorry for those who have gotten sick of it! Nick and I just like to celebrate Christmas all year long.. that's why our Christmas tree is still up :D ... just kididng. Well, it is still up, but I was kidding about celebrating Christmas all year long... however I wouldn't mind the Christmas spirit all year long.. anyways, when I have time and am not at work or school I'll change the music and we'll put down our Christmas tree :)

ANOTHER ONE!!!

Oh my goodness... Nicholas is leaving again! This time to MICHIGAN! He will be gone for almost the whole week :(
He leaves tonight to California, and then comes home on Wednesday. When he gets home on Wednesday he will have that day to go to school and then leave again on Thursday returning home on Friday! He is going to Michigan on Thursday. I heard it's a really good school. He is so smart!! He has done a lot of work applying to dental school. He's such a great husband. Anyways, yeah so my sister and I will be having a lot of girls nights this week while he is away :( I'll miss him.

I have to admit... this is the longest he has been away from me since we've been dating! We have only missed one day while dating and since we've been married! Isn't that crazy? So.. you can see this will be very hard for me!! Haha, yes I am needy... but I only need him, nothing else... so that's good right? :D

Good Luck Nicholas!

Another One...

Nicholas is going out to California this upcoming Monday for another Dental Interview at LLU (I believe it's Loma Linda University). I am so proud of him. He has done a lot of work. California would be nice, I guess. I don't really know much about any other states other than Utah and Colorado. Well... I know California is warm (which I wouldn't mind at all :) ) And Oklahoma.... well, I don't really know a whole lot about Oklahoma, all I know is it's going to be one of our options.

Anyways, yeah, so Nick is leaving. I will miss him a lot. I hate being away from him. I guess he is being away from me since he is the one leaving home. If that makes sense. Alright, well GO NICK!! We love you. I don't know who WE is, but anyone else who loves Nick can join in with me :)

NATHAN!!

Oh YEAH! I forgot to put one more thing! We got to talk to my wonderful brother NATHAN, who is on his mission on Christmas day. We called him on Christmas morning and talked to him for about an hour. He get's home in JUNE and we are so excited!!!! :D It was so good to talk to him and he is so great and such a great example :) :)

The Jensen's Wonderful Holidays...

So, I will tell a little bit about what we did over the holidays, but first I want to tell you all something. You all should know that I LOVE to sew, and if you don't know that.. well, now you do. Believe it or not, guess what I got for Christmas from Santa!!? A new sewing machine!! I had no idea. I think I told my mom like ONCE this year and I hardly even mentioned the one I had been looking at, but somehow (you know how great mom's are) she remembered exactly where to buy it and which one it was. It was just the one I wanted! :) Here is a picture of my new sewing machine.




Next... Nicholas surprised me with an IPOD TOUCH! Seriously, it's one of the coolest things I've ever had. It's amazing what that little thing can do! Now I don't have to sit and walk around at BYU looking for a computer to use, I can just sit down and use my IPOD! :) It is so amazing...

Ok, so for the holidays we where at both my parents house and Nicholas' parents house.

We had A LOT of fun. Unfortunately we didn't get very many pictures.

MORRIS FAMILY

• We went sledding (oh my goodness that hill was so big!) which was awesome
• We went to see the Savior of the World- this is absolutely amazing for anyone who hasn't seen it
• After the program we went out to eat at PF Chang's, yummy!
  
• We also had Christmas with them... of course :) which was a lot of fun!
  
• Nick and I did the 12 days of Christmas to our parents and we all watched the video we made for them of us on each day! It was really fun I recommend you try it sometime to someone
• My mom and I made these really good butter mints and it was really easy! Everyone loved them.. it you want the recipe, just let me know ;)
  
• We probably also during that time had some sort of WII Mario Karts championship.. hahah my mom is so funny to watch
• We also delivered gifts to a family that we know. Me, Nick, AJ, and Isaac took the huge box up to the door and doorbell ditched it. It was a lot of fun :)

JENSEN FAMILY

• We also had Christmas with the Jensen family, about 5 days after the 25th, it was a lot of fun!
• We went skiing- I was SO scared this time! I don't know why, but I was a lot more frightened to go then the last time.. I think I was just a bit intimidated because all of the Jensen's are such good skiers and this was my second time going!
• We also went to the symphony! It was so amazing. We went on New Years Eve and the music was wonderful
• We had an awesome iron chef pizza night! Haha, each couple- Hayley and Alex, Me and Nick, Daniel and Julie and Syd, then the Mom and Dad- all made a pizza. Ours was a Creamy Caesar Chicken pizza, they all turned out really good!
• We DID NOT go to church. HAH, just kidding. Well... Nick and I didn't go to church because I was extremely sick in the middle of the night on Saturday! It was horrible, it was the worst it's been for awhile now. Fortunately I got over it quickly.

Well, there's a little summary of what we did!! It was such fun to be with family and have a NICE break from school. I hope you all had fun too over the break! Don't get too stressed out now with work or school! Love you all!