One more month and then....

As most of you know, my 7-7 schedule is officialy back in swing. Therefore my blogging has been decreasing but I promise that I do have lots of news to share. I've been keeping myself quite busy with lesson plans for language arts, differentiation, math and physical education. I start my field work with Miss Greaves on November 3rd and will be there for three weeks. I'm excited, overwhelmed and yet mostly relaxed all at the same time.:) Sometimes I feel like a walking oxymoron. I'm getting more nervous about my student teaching in January but I talked to one of my intern friends about what's going on with her and she told me one piece of advice that I liked a lot. Here it is, "Don't be afraid to go on instinct and wing it!" Planning is great but there is a lot of instinct that goes into the teaching process. I'll make sure to let you all know how it goes.
Some of my recent obstacles are....
Figuring out where I will work during field and student teaching.
Passing my praxis II exam to get my certificate.
Keeping my house clean.... an on going process.
What to get Adam for Christmas?
Cutting down on some bills, etc.
and many more!! I'm sure you all have things you're doing as well:)
Things we've been doing lately?
Adam and I have mostly kept busy with school but we have had a little bit of time to go out and have some fun!

We celebrated my Grandma Tate's 75th birthday over the weekend. I loved being able to see a lot of my family and also spending some good old fashioned "Tate" time at Becky's! I'm so grateful for my Grandma and can't express how much of a support she has been to me without my mom here. She is always so mindful of us and very present in every aspect of my life! I love you Grandma and I already know that there's no way I can ever repay you for what you have done for me:)

Adam's little brother, Scott, came home from his mission in El Salvador in September. I know that you can't see Scott in the picture but it's a good photo that shows Adam and Scott seeing each other after 4 years. Adam was almost home when Scott left, so it's been awhile. We went up the weekend after he got home to spend time with all of the family and then the weekend after for his sacrament talk! It's been great getting to know Scott, since he was gone when I came into the family. We made fruit pizza for the shindig after and it was a great hit!
That's all that I can get out this evening but I'm going to round up some more pictures and get them posted soon!