Ok, so I started a blog for my classes at school and have been keeping up on it pretty well, so now I think I might be able to do this for the fam. For those of you that haven't blogged, it's really easy--you should try it.
Things are really busy here. Robert started his sales position at RC Willey in August and he seems to enjoy it better than the office job. He has to dress up really nice every day and we went and got him some suits--he doesn't like wearing them so much, but he looks really good!! From what I gather he enjoys it and is doing well for a new salesman. He also started back to school at the first of September, attending Western Governor's University which is the only accredited online school. One of these days we're going to be a two teacher family--he's studying social sciences. I am looking forward to having summers and holidays together.
Jacob and Nathan are very active little creatures! They are always wanting to play football in the field with their friends. Nathan actually sprained his foot the other day when playing with Jaxon and Jacob along with a few other friends. We are very happy that there were no broken bones--I've had enough of those for awhile. Jacob has been working on a map of the United States--we glued it to a big poster board like a puzzle. It looks really cool. He knows his capitals pretty well. I was impressed. I do have to say, they crack me up! We were driving home from the store one night during a thunderstorm. The lightning was going like crazy and Nathan said that he could see the lighten, but he couldn't hear the ning. I thought that was about the cutest thing ever!! They fight like crazy, but they still want to hang out with eachother and, now that they have their own rooms, like to have sleepovers in each other's rooms better than the separation. It's their Friday night celebration--to be able to sleep in the same room again. Who would've thought?
I'm rather busy. I started my Master's program at Grand Canyon University and have one class under my belt so far. I'm in my third week of my second class. I was really afraid that it would be a lot harder than the first but, so far, I'm holding my own. School is definitely in full swing (in fact, I am in a lull in parent/teacher conferences right now!). I'm teaching four ninth grade English classes and two creative writing classes--it's really fun. Second term I'll get a 'make-up' English class which is a second chance for students that failed first term. So, in the mean time I am helping to mentor the first year teachers. I get to go in and observe and give feedback along with helping with other questions and procedures, etc. This is really a different side for me. I enjoy being able to help and watch them teach their classes, but I was really worried at first because I'm not that far into my teaching career myself! I see major differences, though, and am so glad that I'm not a first year teacher anymore!! The first year is so hard and stressful! There is no way that I could juggle everything I'm doing now as a first year teacher. I'm also a full time mentor for one of the new 9th grade teachers, am on the Language Arts steering committe for the district, and am helping to pilot some new district program for at risk students since I'm doing the 'make up' class. Anyway--There's a lot about me here, which I didn't mean to do, but I'm the one writing it and know my own thoughts and feelings better than the rest of my family.
So anyway, that's probably enough for now. I'm sure that there is more to say, especially about the boys! But I've been doing this off and on for the last four hours or so in between conferences, and I'm not sure I can remember what else I was going to say. Have a good one!!
