Annie's Photoshoot!

This is Annie. She's Liz's beautiful dog. She was a great subject for photos!

I couldn't decide if I liked this one or the next one better.

stupid but perseverant fishie

I forgot to post this last week but Goldilocks decided she didn't like the container she was in and flopped out onto the floor I came home later one night (probably like 11 ish) and picked her up with a paper towel and decided for the heck of it to put her back in her bowl and see if she was ok. Here we are a week later and a little less tail and she's swimming around. Stupid fishie! At least she survived. Anyway yeah she's a brat she dislikes me muchly like any time I come near the bowl she's like, nope swimming away now. And she won't eat if I'm anywhere near the bowl which can sometimes be a problem. goofy fishie. I wish I could have a real pet in a way but I'd really rather not have to take care of it right now and I'm not home often enough to take care of it well. :( I wish I was. Hopefully by this time next year I'll be a lot more experienced and able to have a pet (which will take convincing my landlord of course.)

Anyway yeah this week has also been rough in school. One student was suspended. Last week he was having very bad rages and Thursday I left crying because he literally flipped my room upside down. I was so afraid he was going to hurt himself. I didn't care if he hurt me I just didn't want him to hurt himself. He was such a sweet kid when we started school. I'm not sure what has happeend. He doesn't care about consequences anymore. He actually tells me he wants to be suspended and things. Well he got his wish yesterday he was suspended because he kicked another student. The suspension came as a result of a lot of things he had done in the past two weeks. It's just very sad because he's only 8 years old. I just don't understand how these kinds of things happen to kids so young.

Update on Mr. Rebellious: He's been so rude to all of the students in the class lately ie. calling their moms names, pushing them in the halls, literally tripping over them; cheating in dodgeball (and he's a big kid); not doing his work and the like. He is no longer allowed in my class until his behavior changes. He gets off the bus and goes straight to the office, and then we take his work, breakfast and lunch in to him. He's not allowed to leave the office except to go to the bathroom. I'm not sure when he'll be allowed back in the classroom. I don't know what to do with him because nothing seems to be working. I mean this morning he snuck past the people walking the kids to the classes and was in my classroom and almost got decked by another student because he was calling said student's mom names again. MR. REBELLIOUS WAS IN THE OFFICE ALL DAY YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF SUCH BEHAVIOR!!! It's just so frustrating that I don't know what to do for him. He also has a tendency to lie . . . A Lot! I've caught him in so many lies it's unreal for a 6 year old. He never thinks anything is his fault. He also thinks his nanna is the authority at school and has the ability to tell me what he's allowed and not allowed to do. Blah! Sorry I'm ranting. I just wish I could somehow reach this kid because he's so intelligent but chooses to act poorly all the time!

On the up side: Sunday is Friend's Day at church and I get to see Aaron's Mom Holly for Friends day and her birthday! AWESOME! I love her so very much! I also get to see Courtney, Aaron's sister which is awesome because I love Courtney as well. The only one missing will be Sarah. (you will be missed Sarah). I'm excited for this weekend. And I'm kinda excited to NOT have a wedding this weekend. But having so many weddings right in a row does NOT make it easier for me to wait to get married.

Mark and Brenda's Wedding

So yes, Aaron and I have gone to a lot of weddings lately, as a matter of fact it's been 4 in the matter of four months. One a month for four months. Anyway, Mark was a great friend of mine in college. He was literally like the big brother I never had. We joked around all the time and I could really trust him to confide in him. When we were in school together he was a few years older than me and he was praying that God would give him patience to wait for the one person God had picked for him. Then about a year ago Mark and Brenda got engaged. I was so excited. Then on Saturday they invited Aaron and I to spend their special day with them. What a blessing! I love Mark so much and Brenda seems like such a sweetheart! I hope God really blesses their marriage.


Wedding ceremony-ness. I couldn't get very good pictures because I had a lot of people in front of me.

Brenda's dad officiating.

Cute :)

my appetizers. . . i know, like you care right?

First dance as a married couple.

pretty cake!

look at the layers of chocolatey ness

I'm a bit obsessed with Calla Lillies like seriously my favorite flower ever! SO PRETTY! Even when made out of icing!

It sparkles

Brenda was laughing because she just gipped her friends out of taking a picture of them kissing.

Cutting the cake

Father Daughter Dance, I loved her dress btw, well the top not so much the bottom!

Father Daughter Dance

Mother and son again!

This was only about the fourth time I tried to take his picture and he still didn't pose nicely.

Much better!

Andrew and Scott, old buddies reunite!

Why do I always look about 12 years old?

Jon and Kristen's Wedding

A Weekend in Pittsburgh. . . ok well just Saturday!

We stopped in Center to have lunch with my mommy at Eat N Park!
This is Ashely and Brad the other two passengers of my car!

mom asked me not to take this picture. . . as you can tell I'm a great listener!

I love this picture of Aaron. I just didn't get me in it really!

Yay better!
So Aaron had made a bowtie for Brad to wear because he felt Brad was a little underdressed and so Brad made a necktie for Aaron. . .out of STRAW WRAPPERS!
At the wedding of one Kristen Healey and one Jonathan Parise. . . .and the two shall become one
she made such a beautiful bride!
pronouncing them husband and wife!
Having fun waiting for the bride and groom and come out!
cropped from the above photo. . . I just really liked the expression on Ashley's face.
Aaron's turn!
BOYS! They always have to be agressive. . .even when blowing bubbles apparently!
Bradley took this one and the next one because I'm too short.
blurry but I like it :)
I thought this was going to be a precious photo until I took it and realized the light was in the wrong spot :(
better lighting but lost some of the magic. This is our staff worker for InterVarsity John Wagner and his daughter Hannah! She's so freaking cute! I love her!
I was a little obsessed with this lamp.
IT'S AMAZING!
Ashley and I wore the same type of shoes yay!
Impromptu Brad and Ashley photoshoot. . .I just liked the way they were looking at each other!

Cutting the cake! It was so yummy. I had it for breakfast this morning. It was just a white cake but it had an orange creamy layer. . . AMAZING!
cutting the cake again
first dance! You can see the band in the background. I found out though that I don't really like live bands. I'd rather have a DJ.

first dance. . .

I wanted to take more pictures but my batteries died :(

Shouldn't be posting but I will anyway

I should be doing my work but I forgot to post these. . . I think. . . they are just some youtube videos I like. Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLyDOa40ueE
^ Shine On - NeedToBreathe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv8XMUtan54
^SYTYCD Katee and Josh HipHop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApTVMP9Ws2o
^SYTYCD Katee and Josh All By Myself

So yeah I could post more but that's enough for now! :)

Coloring and Cutting

So I should hire someone to help me full time with the mundane things of my job that take forever. . . coloring and cutting out things, writing out the spelling words on flashcards, making flashcards. I now understand why teachers laminate everything and keep them forever. . . because it takes forever to make everything!!! Seriously it takes forever. I can't imagine a job where you do more work at home than you do while you are working. Teachers do really put in like 12-18 hour days sometimes. . . . Craziness. . .anyway back to the coloring and cutting!!!

Wishing. . .

Oh my gosh how I am wishing I had a smartboard in my classroom. I just created two presentations for the smartboard and wow that was crazy until I figured out how to use it but oh my gosh could it so be worth it if you had it in your room. I mean they aren't fantastic by any means (my presentations) but the kids will like being able to pull the notes in to read them and such. AWESOME!

Quick update

So today I found out that I won't have first grade for language arts (reading, writing, grammar, that kinda stuff) anymore. Praise God! This should help a ton. I'm hoping so anyway because Mr. Rebellious is a first grader. Also it'll give me more time to spend with the other two grades while they are gone and then I can more easily work with them on their math when they get back. I'm thrilled with this because I should be a little bit freer (haha hopefully). Anyway yeah Mr. Rebellious has OSS now because he slapped another student today. So yeah. Interesting stuff. Anyone wanna work on correcting some papers for me??? Or lesson planning??? or creating centers??? pretty please???. . . btw, why do I have to be so dang ambious???