everything january.

 january 2011 goals.    
    -- have a mother daughter day.

    -- paint nails.

    -- get superman some killer anniversary gifts.
    --have the best 2 year anniversary.
    --drink water daily.
    --attend 3 of lukster's basketball games.
    --spend more quality time with my family.
    --finish both my cadet portfolio & intern project.
    --tour at least two colleges.

[thank you raleigh perk for inspiring me to make monthly goals.]

& by the way happy new year.

everything white.

 today was a day filled with..

snow.

 

sledding

& more sledding. 

snow boarding

snowball fights.

football.

basketball.

failed attempts

at making an igloo.

my daily dose of coffee

(plus a little more).

hot chocolate.

christmas snacks.

movies.

playing games.

watching movies.

sweats.

& doing this all while

spending time with..


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superman



nothing but surprises.

 after changing the date three times..

finally it was time to surprise

the birthday girl.

my best friend.

chris.

of course she shows up to my house early

therefore i have to stall for about 30 minutes.

during the stall we exchanged christmas gifts.

she got me the best gifts ever..

(i will be posting pictures of them asap)

a yellow scarf and a tan watch.

two of my favorite things

& yellow my favorite color :)

then of to MA mall we went.

on the way to the mall i get a text message

from ds & bb saying..

"OH CRAP! WE ARE RIGHT BEHIND YOU & CHRIS"

chris did notice them when they passed us to turn

left to go to chili's while we went straight to the mall.

but she still didn't even question anything.

she still was clueless about the whole thing.

now for the big surprise.

on our way to chili's from the mall chris asked me..

"do you think blake went to chili's?

that would be funny if he is there."

i just played it off and changed the subject.

once we pulled into the chili's parking lot

at 8 o'clock on the dot.

we could see everyone in the restaurant.

chris looked at me and said

"andrew, sarah, jack, and haven are here.

oh look blake is too."

but still she didn't even realize.

i even yelled..

SURPRISE!

but she just kept driving and parked

right beside superman's jeep.

she even said that looks like superman's jeep.

& that's when once again i yelled..

SURPRISE!

& at that moment it hit here that we were all here for her.

after an amazing dinner with chris & all of our friends

(& watching jm attempt to hit on the waitress)

i could truly tell that chris loved the surprise.

but you know what they say...

the third time is a charm.

oh was i wrong about everything.

today was a day of bitter sweetness..

the final day in my teacher cadet classroom.

I wrote my students a letter

that I had planned on

reading out loud to the class

until one little girl came up to me and
started crying tell me she didnt want me to ever leave.
once i saw the girl i knew i shouldnt read the letter and
my cadet teacher Ms.P read it when i left the class.

            Dear Ms.P's 3rd grade class-- 

I would like to thank each and every one of you so much for making my cadet teaching experience one that I will never forget. First I would like to thank Ms. Phillips for allowing me to do my cadet teaching in her classroom. She is an excellent teacher and I would be honored to be half the teacher she is one day. You each need to thank her often for what she does for each of you. She loves you all very much. Secondly I would like to thank each of you for making me realize that teaching truly is my calling in life. And I will never forget my “first” class and I hope to have many more in the future with students just like you guys. You have all been a blessing to be around and who knows maybe in the near future I will be your algebra teacher. Each day that I have came to your class; I wake up much easier knowing that I will get to see each of your faces. I always leave PMES with a big smile on my face and I give each of you credit for that. I will miss each and every one of you very much and I wish you all the best of luck on the second half of your third grade year and the many years of school to come.

                                                            Love,                                   

                                                                            Ms. H   

after i walked out of the classroom,
i instantly thought of the day before
i walked into my cadet classroom.
Ms.B told my classmates and I to try
and get to attached to our cadet students.
at that moment I thought this woman is crazy
how am I going to get "attached" to snotty nosed, annoying,
bratty little third graders that I will only see for a total of 18 days.

oh was i wrong about everything

everything talent.

today i got to be reunited with this girl right here



she is known to the blog world as raleigh perk 

& once again i was able to observe your amazing talent..

photography.

she took my senior pictures

   

as well as superman's.

       

  

& is going to do a couple senior picture session this month

which i am thrilled about because i know she will do an unbelievable job.



photo taken by: raleigh perk



today she did her first engagement session

of my cousin and her fiance.

she breezed through it like she had done it 50 times before.

today was a day fun filled day

and to top it all off coffee was involved.

she introduced me to my an amazing new coffee shop (:

if only she didnt have 164984632165 other talents

then she definitely would be a killer professional photographer.

raleigh perk is the most well rounded person i know.

whether it is photography school sports or faith

she gives her 110% always.

everthing started out yuck.

i woke up this morning to find my alarm clock displaying 10:20am.

either i had overslept or it was the 1st snow day of the year..

after getting brave enough to get out from under the warm covers

i walked over to my window to find a major disappointment..

there was no snow!?
what a waste of a snowday.

at that moment i thought this is going to be a yuck of a day...

to my surprise i was so wrong.

as soon as i walked into the kitchen

my mother had already prepared me

exactly what i wanted.

a sausage, ham, and cheese omelet

a side of toast

and my new

peppermint flavored coffee

that had i bought the other day with

my mother's special decorative touch.

yummmm :)

after breakfast

i watched my morning

 "summertime" shows

that i have missed so much

while doing my secret hobby..

wrapping christmas gifts.

my grandmother brought gifts

 from her house so that i could

wrap them for her.

so i not only got to wrap hers but i also realized

that i am officially done with christmas shopping

and everything is wrapped

and under the tree :)



superman joined me and my family

in a afternoon of

naps, food,

christmas movies, &

staying warm by the gas logs

on such a cold winter day.

she means everything to me.

chris i love you.

today chris is the big one eight.

 

chris and i have been best friends since middle school.
the girl knows more about myself then i do.
she definitly is always taking care of me.
i truly do believe that we are long lost sisters.
we have been through it all from laughing until we cannot breath
to crying our broken hearts out.
or in some cases so happy we bust into tears..

i will never forget the day we won the game that sent us to the little league world series. after the last strike was thrown chris sprinted & picked me up and we stood in the middle of the field crying tears of joy and didnt realize there was anyone else in the ballpark until we were the only ones left out on the field.

she is the most caring and loyal person i know.
i know that she would do anything for me.
i have her to thank for the life long memories that she
has provided me mean more than anything to me.