2.5 weeks left!

And the end is in sight.  I am almost done with my first semester of my junior year.  CRAZY!  But I am so ready for Christmas break!  We had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving break (a whole week) and got a ton done.  And Thanksgiving was AWESOME!  Check it out on my sister's blog. 

But although I can see the end, there are plenty of things in the way of me really getting there and all I want to do is lay down and sleep until December 16th.  But here's my list anyways! 

• Learning in Classroom Contexts presentation
• Write a philosophy statement
• Write music unit objectives for grades PK-6
• Create 2 pretend report cards for a music classroom
• Finish up my last 2 Personal Wellness Assignments
• Personal Wellness Final
• Read Dante's Inferno
• Write a paper on Dante's Inferno
• Take a quiz on Dante's Inferno
• Finish my Teacher's Work Sample- bleh!
• Write 3 pages of reflection on my 20 hours of classroom observation
• 1-2 page paper on my 5 hours of classroom observation with Nicole
• Make a Tone Color Worksheet
• Teach 1 more lesson in a HS choir classroom
• Teach 1 more lesson in Conducting class
• Conducting Final- this includes knowing 10 composers and their dates from each musical era. -GRRR!
• Learning in Classroom Contexts final
• Memorize 4 songs in foreign languages (and learn them as well-woops)
• Learn 3 piano accompaniments for another singer's jury.
• Humanities Final
• Perform in Christmas Concert
• Perform in Christmas Camraderie
• Elementary Music Method's Final
• PLAN MY FIANCEE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!
• Play in Church 2 times
• Go to UNI Glee Club Concert.  

And that's it!  WOO... So I may be absent for a few weeks!  See you all back here on December 16th!!!

Old Pictures and DECORATIONS!!

So although this post will also contain a few old pictures (Half Marathon and an apple picking adventure) the main reason for this post is CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!!!  My roommates and I are officially ready for Christmas.  Although there aren't many, it definitely makes our apartment feel more cozy and warm.  I am also a believer in not really decorating till after Thanksgiving, but since we only have 2 weeks after Thanksgiving and aren't here at all during the week of Thanksgiving, we decided to get some 'good quality time' with the decorations and put them up now!  I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

OK... so the pilgrim on the left is Jorge.  He belongs to Aimee His turkey's name is Frank.  Aimee's dad gave it to her a long time ago and so she brought it to school with her.  Our roommate Becky LOVES Jorge.  So one day, Aimee and I were shopping and found the pilgrim on the right.  Aimee bought it for Becky and now Jorge has a friend.  His name is D'Sean.  His turkey's name is Rufus.  The elephant in the middle was my grandma's.  She used to put all of her rings on it when she was washing dishes and I loved it.  So when she died, I took it and now all of us hang our rings on it when we do dishes.  We named it Alfie.  So they got all geared up for Christmas as well! 

And here are a few old pictures from the Half Marathon and an apple picking day with Matt and my friends Abbey, Sky, Lauren, and Stephen!  ENJOY!

HALF MARATHON!!!

WE MADE SWEET SHIRTS!!!

The whole group... Marie, Laura, Amy, Nicole, Aimee

Matt and Chris came to support us and were great sports even when we glared at them and complained.

WE FINISHED... Sisters stick together!!!

AND APPLE PICKING!

The boys...Stephen, Sky, and Matt.

 

The girls... Abbey (left) is one of my personal attendants and Lauren (middle) is one of my bridesmaids!!

Engagement Photos!

This day was so much fun!  Our friend Kate Cahill took these.  She was AMAZING!!!  ENJOY!!!!!! (Sorry that they run into the words on the side)

Exciting News in the Schedule Arena...

So many of you might know that next fall, Matt and I will be living apart most likely.  Since I will be finishing up my last semester of classes at UNI before student teaching and he will be starting his dentistry school adventure, we will be living in separate places during the week.  We definitely aren't looking forward to this but have just been trusting God to take care of it, and He sure has.

I recently had to figure out my schedule for this next spring semester and so I just decided to make sure that I could finish in 4 years and that I had all the classes covered.  When I did this I realized that next fall (if I take 18 credits this spring and 7 this summer) I will only have 14 credits left.  And they are all education classes except for choir and voice lessons.  This means that I will only have to be in Cedar Falls from 2:00 on Mondays till Thursday night.  That's only 3 nights and 3 days at UNI and the rest at home with Matt!  SO EXCITING! 

I have also gotten a few ideas about where I will be living at UNI and have totally seen God's faithfulness come into play there as well!  HE IS SO GOOD!! 

Psalm 106:1 "Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever."