Stuff I've Made and Stuff We've Done

Life has been great lately. Troy has been doing school and I have been working. :) I recently got called into young womens and that has been really fun. It keeps me busy. Life is about the same as always.

Troy and I went to the Zoo with his nephew.

And here are some crafts I made.

May and June

So life has been over-run with Scarlet Pimpernel rehearsals! (Pictures to come) But in may we went with Troy's family to Moab. It was really fun! June was great as well. I had a fabulous birthday! Well not to much has been going on, but Troy and I are well and happy.

Random story: So yesterday we were playing this monkey game on the PlayStation with Troy's niece and nephew. Today I got a call from Troy's niece. I thought she asked me if I knew where the police station was. I was confused and a little worried. I said it was sort of by the park. She sounded confused. I asked why and she said her and Mitchell wanted to play the monkey game. I was super confused and said I wasn't sure how to explain where it was. We ended up saying good bye. I didn't figure out until several hour later that she was asking where the PlayStation was, not the police station. Silly me.

Picture in Moab of the moon.

At the delicate arch!

One Year!

Troy and I celebrated our one year anniversary in Sun Valley, Idaho. We found a good deal because it was their off season. (No one was there for skiing, because there was no snow, and it wasn’t quite summer, when people go biking.) The town didn’t have a lot of people there. It was funny because we would go to a restaurant and everyone seemed to know each other. It was fun! We went on a beautiful bike ride, ate yummy food and wandered around some shops. Here are some pictures:

We decided to make a cake for our 1st anniversary instead of saving the top layer.

Troy got me flowers and I got a new camera too! :)

We got to go under these tunnels on our bike ride.

On our bike ride there were all the planets lined up in order and to scale.

We ate lunch here.

Troy eating our cake. It was yummy!

Crazy weeks go by quickly

So life had been pretty interesting the last couple of weeks! Last Monday we took our car into to get fixed. Troy got rear ended so we had a rental car for about a week. It was way nice car! :)  Well life has been pretty good. I had my first interview of the hiring season for teachers! I think it went pretty well. Troy and I tried out for a musical and we are in it! We are super excited to be in The Scarlet Pimpernel. It runs the week of the 4th of July. Troy has a small part in the play. He is Coupeau, a side kick to the villain Chauvelin. So it should be fun!

 Our rental car

An Easter door decoration I made. (Sorry I took the picture on my phone)

New Place

Troy and I recently moved! Here are some pictures of our St. Patrick's Day decorations! (Sorry if they are a little blurry I took the pictures with my phone.)

FHE Fun

So one Monday night Troy and I ventured around town taking pictures of letters on signs to spell our names.

At one of the stores, someone came out and asked us if we needed help with something. We said, "uh no... we are just doing a scavenger hunt." So awkward...

To make things even more exciting, we did this activity in our week-long rental van.AKA the "swagger wagon" as some friends in our ward put it. (Our car was being fixed at the time, and so our insurance gave us a rental van to use.)

Troy's name is shorter, hence the reason his spells "Troy Joe." I then put them all together on my computer. See if you recognize any of these letters. (Hint: look for a cafe rio letter, one from leatherby's, applebees, joanns, and dollar tree.)

Not enough words...

I know, I know it's been a while! For your entertainment here are some pictures from my wedding taken by my first roommate Stephanie Goms! April 26th was such a wonderful day! Everything turned out so great. The temple ceremony was lovely, the luncheon was delicious and the reception turned out just perfect thanks to my sister and mom. :)There were so many people who helped out, including friends, family and ward members.

The room :)

Ice cream bar/ BYU mint brownies

I have to explain this... I am pretty sure I was embarrassed that everyone was watching me, because we were about to cut the cake.

My Lovely flowers! :)

Candy Buffet/ wedding favors

Oh life....

Life has been pretty busy the last few months! But the most exciting news is that I am engaged! yay! So here is the story and some pictures.

Ever since I was very little, I have always liked checking my mail and I check it everyday. So Wednesday, my sister came home and was asking about some magazine she was wondering if she had received in the mail. She asked if I had checked it yet. I told her no and said she could check it if she wanted and I kept doing what I was doing. She asked if I wanted to go with her and I said that my hair was wet and didn't want to move, but she could really go get it if she wanted to. After much coaxing on her part, she finally convinced me to go check it with her. So I open the mailbox and there was a silver flat package. I thought that it was my diploma, because I have been waiting for it to come in the mail. (side note: which I received 2 days later!) But upon further inspection I noticed that it didn't have my address and hadn't been though the mail. I also noticed that it had my name written in familiar handwriting... Well I went back inside and opened it and found a book. Troy made a book with story of us. The 2nd to last page was a note saying that the was a man waiting for me outside who wanted to ask me a special question. And to get ready, to take as much time as needed and meet him outside. So I got ready and met him outside. He had some flowers for me. (Tulips, which are my favorite). So I took them inside. Then we drove to SLC. Where we ate dinner at The Roof at the top of the Joseph Smith Building. It was really yummy. We left and we walked out to this outlook area, where you can see the lights of Salt Lake. And then he asked me. :)

                                        
                                     Pink sapphire! :) It makes me happy :)

Graduation!

My friend Sara and I. She was my Chemistry Lab partner and buddy. We made it through that class together!

Some fellow geology/earth science ed majors!

It's been a crazy few months! But here are some pictures from my graduation! It is hard to believe that I am done at BYU-Idaho and that I now have a bachelors degree! It's so crazy! I feel sad that I am done up there, but it feels nice to be done!

Recent Happenings in My Life

I have been so busy! I am almost done with my student teaching! (I finish next Tuesday, just before Thanksgiving!) I can hardly believe I am almost done. I am excited, yet sad. I am going to miss my students and their personalities, even though some classes have been hard. I am grateful for this experience. I definitely had the best student teaching experience for me!

Also, the store I have worked at during my college experience recently got bought out by a different store and is now called Kent's. It was a sad day for me. So life has been changing once again, but am grateful for the experiences I have had. I am so grateful for an education. If I had to give any advice to someone, I would tell them to get as much education as possible! I have heard so many people say that it is important, but I now know for myself, that it is VERY important.

All of the Macey's stuff I have accumulated throughout the time I have been there!

On a fun note, 11.11.11 at 11:11 my friends and I took this picture!

Staying Busy, Feeling Tired

My life has been so busy for the last little while! Student teaching is going really well so far. Each day gets better and better, because I learn more and more each day. Teaching is kind of hard sometimes, but I am getting better. I was kind of discouraged at the beginning, but yesterday was really fun! We went over lab equipment and since it was a review, we had a little competition. There were two teams and they had to race to see who could write the name of the piece of equipment first. So overall it was a good day.

This is a cake that we made for Tricia. She made Student Council this year!

News!

It has been so long since I have updated, but this semester has been the craziest semesters thus far! But I only have less than two weeks left! Then I will be done at BYU-Idaho. It is weird for me to think that I will be done at this school in a few short weeks, but I think it will be good for me to have a change. I have been doing school since I was five and now I am going to going off and teaching school myself! This thought is scary for me, but I have been prepared to do what I am going to do.

I finally got my student teaching placement! I am so excited! I'll be at Bountiful Jr. High! Which I am excited about! I get to teach in my major and minor areas, which means I get to teach Earth science and help out with the yearbook class! I am super excited! I am nervous too, but it is an exciting time of life. Everything with a fresh start. :)

Craters of the Moon

 For one of my classes this semester we go on a bunch of field trips. This week we went to a water pump place. They pump water out of the ground and then it gets distributed to farms and other places all over Idaho.

We also went to craters of the moon where there used to be active volcanoes.

I can't believe this is my last semester up at BYU-I! It is exciting but scary at the same time.

Also, my roommates this semester are really great. I like them a lot already.

My Mom

I am dedicating this post to my mother. I found this picture as I was putting pictures from my camera onto my computer. This picture describes perfectly my mom. She is kind, caring and is always there when I need her. She is so selfless. She gives up so much for us as her family. I love her!

Announcement!!!!!!!!!

I got my results for my Praxis test today! In order to teach, I had to pass with a certain score, which is determined by each state. I got a 169! In Idaho you have to get a 144 and in Utah you have to get a 153 to be able to teach. I am pretty excited!

So tired....

Whew! What a week! Two nights I was up until 2 and got up at 8:30. Last night I was up until 4 and then got up again at 8 to finish a project I have been working on for my journalism class. It has been quite an adventure.

My journalism class took a field trip to the Rexburg Cemetery where we were to find a person who had died more than 50 years ago and then were to write a paper about them. I had to search old records and use the internet to find sources. It was fun, yet frustrating at times.   I even learned the skill of using the microfilm rolls they use in the family history center.

The person I chose died in 1895 and moved to Rexburg from Logan in about 1883. I found him in the 1880 census, and then needed to find him again in the 1890 census. What I found out was that the 1890 census was burned in a fire. That was frustrating, but I found quite a bit of information. It amazes me that there are so many resources out there from so long ago. I came to appreciate the past and all the things that were done so I could be a school here today.

"getting old"

I know I really am not old, but sometimes I feel like I am accomplishing things that I didn't think I would ever do in my life. Like graduate from college. Yes, I will be done with my Bachelors degree completely at the end of this year. I will be done with school at BYU-Idaho in July. This place has changed me into a better person. It has helped me see who I truly am. It has brought me closer to the Lord. There have been many ups and downs, but they have been worth it. I love learning, and am excited to have my very own classroom. This semester is going to be great! I have awesome roommates, and I love my classes!

Weaknesses becoming strengths

So lately I've been thinking a lot about how much I have learned from going to college. I am still not 100 percent sure why I picked my major. I do remember printing off the list of all the Majors the school offered and I crossed off every major I didn't want to do. I then picked from the ones that were left. I came up with earth science education, because I have always wanted to teach, and I remembered liking my earth science class in Junior High. Looking back science has not been my best subject. I am not an analytical person and struggle with math and science. So it does not make sense in my head why I would pick the major I did.

The first class I took towards my major I struggled. I had a hard time understanding certain concepts. I felt completely unsmart in my class. People in my class would ask all these questions and I had no idea what they were talking about. For that class we went on a field trip to the Grand Canyon. A lot of these the teacher talked about went over my head, but all the things we looked at were pretty fascinating. It opened my eyes to the beauty of God's creations. And for some reason I kept going in what I was doing. I took Biology, astronomy, geology, and chemistry. The more I learned the easier the next class was. I still don't understand everything and I feel pretty out of the loop when the teacher lectures, but I understand more than I did before.

At school they changed all the classes around the year after I started going here, so some of the classes I was supposed to take they don't offer anymore. So in order to account for a certain class I was told to take a very basic science class. I am realizing just how much I understand and actually know through all of my classes I have taken. I think if I would have taken this class my first semester, it's mostly first semester freshman, I don't think I would be doing as well as I am. I love going to that class, it is my favorite class because I know what is going on and am being reminded of the basic things I will be teaching in my own classroom.

This semester I have also had to do certain assignments for my journalism class that have pushed and pulled my out of my comfort zone. They have stretched me to my limits and I have grown so much. I feel like college has expanded my view on life. I have learned that if I think I am bad at something I can overcome my weakness. If we do our part in learning, then the Lord can step in and help us learn the extra things, and help us remember how to do the things that we couldn't remember otherwise. I know the Lord has taught me and helped me so much in my schooling through the quiet whisperings of the Holt Ghost. I am grateful for the knowledge He has blessed with with, and to be able to learn things I never thought I would ever be good at.

I have two more semesters here and I hope I can learn the things I need to learn before going out into the world and serving the best I can. I want to help students learn that they can do anything they set their minds to.

What do college girls do on weekends? Craft!

I made these two projects last weekend.

The supplies for these were on sale so I made one!

Michelle is crafty! She got this idea to make a dress out of newspapers! She had a veil and a train. We have ALOT of newspaper since I get one every day!