I got a job!

I have been looking for a teaching job all summer long. I had an interview at the beginning of the summer at Preston, but I didn't get the position. I didn't think that I would be able to get one this year because I hadn't had anymore interviews by the end of July. Then I got a call to d
o an interview in Nevada. Well I was able to do a Skype interview on the 28th of July. I got a call the next day saying they wanted me to go to Nevada to do another interview. Well on Aug. 3rd Anthony and I drove down to Crescent Valley, Nevada. Here are some of the things we saw pulling into the town.

These are some of the houses we saw in town.

This is the senior citizen center. What a great

place to be right?

This was my favorite picture. It is the entrance to the fairgrounds. The sign says, "Crescent Valley A town with a future."

Well after driving around town a bit, we met with the hiring committee. There was the principal, a teacher, and a parent. We took a tour of the school as they asked questions. They were pretty much saying, "Please be our teacher!" After they talked for a bit they officially offered me the job. The principal answered our questions for a little while and then took us to see where we were going to live. (sorry, I'll have to get pictures of the school later)

This looks a little scary from the outside. I was pretty skeptical, but it isn't too bad. We also get the first 6 months free. There is enough room to park our camper trailer and the horse trailer. We even get a tree!

The town we actually live in is called Beowawe. (Bay-oh-wow-ee)

It is a registered Nevada Ghost Town. There used to be some geysers, but they have been converted into energy sources now. Here is their lovely library, just a little north of where we live.

Oh what a year!

My goodness time flies. You know me and how I don't communicate well with electronics. Call anytime and I'll chat but I sure hate doing the calling.

Well here is a little catch-up. I did my student teaching in Millville Elementary. I taught 5th grade for 6 weeks and 1st for six weeks of student teaching.

This is a game I made for my first graders on the smartboard. They loved it!

Here are the kids in my 1st grade class with the glasses they made celebrating their 100th day of school.

The teacher I was with in the first grade got into a car accident so I took over the class for the rest of the year. It was a really good experience. I enjoyed int (most of the time).

In October, Anthony and I got married. Here are some pictures from that.

Philmont in a nut shell

This sign was up one of the canyons near Philmont. I thought it was hilarious that there was a falling cow.
This was my favorite pony, Stripe. He is about 30 years old and the most patient thing you'll ever meet.
This is a cool rattlesnake we saw on one of the trails with our group of kids. It was just being lazy on the trail and as we went around it, the thing made its way up the other side.
This is the Tooth of Time. The major mountain of the area. It is the one that is on all of the paraphernalia.

This is a bathroom in the Villa Philmonte. It was the home of the man who gave the land to the Boy Scouts, Waite Phillips. The handles are plated with gold.

This is one of the skits we did for the Group Leaders the first week when we went to the Stockade for an overnighter. It is called If I weren't a Boy Scout.
This is Aurora doing another skit. She was told to be a train conductor and we were told it was a toilet. It was pretty funny to watch.
This is me sniffing a Ponderosa Pine. For those who have never had a chance to smell one it smells like butterscotch or to some vanilla.





Well I got the pictures. Here they are for you to enjoy. This is a place called Lover's Leap. So named for Captain Herman and an Indian maiden who fell in love and jumped off the cliff to stop their families from fighting. Kind of a Romeo and Juliet for the New World. It is a pretty sweet area though. The two other girls are Marie (the blonde) and Teresa (the bug eyed one). Together we were the three crazies.

What? I have a blog?

So it's been a really long while since the last blog posting. Here is an overview of my life since then. I started classes again and finished all of them. Then I moved to New Mexico for the summer to work at the best place ever. It is called Philmont Scout Ranch. I was paid to play with kids all summer while gaining experience for when I get my own classroom. I met a million new people, saw two bears (thankfully far away), and found my favorite summer job. Pictures will be forth coming. Hold onto your hats cuz it could take me a bit.

Seeing as it is Christmas, I wanted to show my Christmas spirit. Here is the tree that I got to put up at Olive Garden.

It's not much but at least I got to do something. It is a giving tree so people take the paper ornaments and buy things that the people on them specify. Then they bring them back and we give them to the people for Christmas. It is a good thing to be a part of. We really get a lot of people helping with this.

Also I have had more time with my classes done. Today I did my hair all curly and cute. I wanted to share a picture so that all of you can enjoy my cuteness.

Wow a Blog!

well I decided it was time to jump on the band wagon. Everyone keeps asking what is going on in my life so now you can see it all. (Or as much as I post)

I have finished my finals, received better than just passing scores on all of my classes and am ready for a break. I wanted to show my happy class that I spent the last semester with since we had so much fun! Also I will put on some of my class that I was doing practicum in. It was a 5th grade class in a little town called Mendon. I sure had a blast and will miss them a lot.

Note: The date is wrong on my camera and I can't figure out how to get rid of it. So this is not 5 years ago.

This is one of the mom's that comes in and helps every Thursday.