Graduation.

College graduation is a great feeling. I had a wonderful day.

Here is my special day in pictures.

Here I am with Eli, Emma and Tripp outside of TTU.

After everyone was seated, and I got my hat balanced on the top of my big hair, Dave and I took our obligatory self photo.

Here is half of my graduating class. We may or may not have been praying. I was probably crying. I cried several times. I am smack dab in the middle and I am kinda looking up. See me?


Finally, after an hour, it was my turn. I wore heels. I did not fall!
I heard my kiddies hollering at me. So I threw them a big kiss.

Here I am shaking Dr. Bell's hand. Yey for me! I did it.

Horray for my family. They survived!

Wait. That is not Dr. Bell. He is not wearing a gown. I don't know who this dude was. I had a line of about eight people that shook my hand.



Here I am going back to my seat.

We turned our tassels. The most exciting moment for me. Then, I cried some more.

Outside, I found my family. The pictures kinda look like a kid took them.

That is because Tripp and Emma are the photographers.

Tripp took this picture. He cut Dave's head off. But here I am with my support system. My sweet inlaws. (My side of the family got in their cars and drove away when graduation was over so I never saw them. No pictures)

A random shot of Emma and myself. After we got home, we had a party. My sweet husband did an excellent job. It ended with just him and me karaoke-ing on my mother in law's porch - all alone- about 11 p.m.

So, what the next step? I went to TTU on Monday and got my application for graduate school.

I kinda slid it into a conversation with Dave on Monday night. His reply? Are you trying to start a fight? So, for now, I guess I am just getting a job :)

Until he figures out how much more money I will make with a Masters Degree. :)

Operation Graduation

So the countdown is on to Graduation 2011.

I have been subbing all week. Today is a half day! Horray for me! Yeah for a paycheck!

Here are a couple of updates:

#1 - On my last day of student teaching, I got called to

the office. My sweet father in law sent me flowers!

#2 - Late yesterday afternoon, I met with some other

Education graduates at TJ Farr and we decorated our hats.

After three trips to Hobby Lobby and a mini meltdown due to OCD -

I am finished!

Look how snazzy!

It is much better in person!

*at the bottom it says

Thanks Dave!

Eli - Emma

Tripp

School Updates.

So, today was the first day of my student teaching experience.

I loved it!

I loved 2nd graders! My host teacher was kind- she threw me right out to the wolves - and even though it scared me, I was OK. After I did a Read Aloud, I looked up, and they were all staring at me. A little boy in the front row asked, "Will you read us another book?"

I had been worried about what I would remember about the last several months of class. When I was in my 2nd grade room, I kept having flashbacks... for example, when I was listening to the host teacher teach, I had flashbacks of text-to-world. And when I was working with the kids on a spelling lesson, I got an extra book out - because I would not ask them to do something I would not do myself.

Aah!

So, anyways, this afternoon I had to meet with my new advisor at Tech. This man is a professor who teaches my next block set of education classes. Guess what he said! Guess WHAT HE SAID!

Did you guess????

First thing, He said," You need to go ahead and fill out your application for graduation."

Aah!

I almost cried!