My new adventures!

Since my last post, so many things have happened! The last time I said anything, I had just passed my Praxis test to get into the Master's program at WOU. Well, I am now in my final term of the MAT program! Every day is quite an adventure for me. My program began in January, with many classes on campus, and observing in a classroom. I moved onto my second term, where I took over teaching one Spanish 1 class. After term two, I had summer term, which was an adventure.... But I made it through! And now I am doing full-time student teaching! I teach two first year Spanish classes, and two second year Spanish classes. My mentor teacher is a wonderful teacher, and has taught me more about teaching than I ever expected! He has also given me a lot of spiritual guidance, which has been a major perk as well!

On top of student teaching, Mike and I have been going through some big changes as well. Mike did not have his contract renewed through Salem Keizer school district, so beginning in September, my hubby is a substitute again! We have come to realize that this is all a part of a bigger plan- Mike is now working on finishing up his Masters in Education (MS in Ed). He should be done by June. My hope is that with the completion of his MS, and also getting his Health endorsement, he will be more marketable and we will be able to find jobs in the Portland area, much closer to our families! We will miss our friends and family here, but if it is in the plan, we are ready to go!

The other big news in both our families is that in December, my sister has the sweetest baby boy, our nephew, Keegan Ajax! We are SO in love with him! We then found out in May that our sister in law, Elise, is pregnant with twin boys! We are so excited to welcome them into our family some time in December! Then, to top that off, in August, we found out my sister Jennifer is pregnant for the second time (a complete surprise!) and we could not be MORE excited to meet this baby in April! Life is so full of blessings right now!