Here We Go! All about mE!

So glad that I'm jumping into the world of blogging. We will see how often I get things updated, what with my 20 credits in school, 2 jobs, and coaching volleyball I will be a little occupied this semester, but I will do my best. 


To start off I thought I would just tell a little bit about me.
I love

• my family
• my friends
• baseball
• teaching
• children
• volleyball
• coaching
• tv

among many others, but those are just a few to get started.

Family
My family is awesome. Seriously... as much as I would like to disown them sometimes, I have no idea what I would do without them. 

My mom is my rock and is always there for me no matter what my attitude happens to be that day.

Dad is the soft spoken and caring one in my family. He is quite at times, but is so full of love and kindness it can be overwhelming at times. I really don't know what I would do without him.

Alli is my younger sister and she can be a real pain sometimes... Ok if we are being honest, it's a lot of the time. However, when we do get along it's great and she's like my best friend. I know that as we continue to grow up we will only grow closer. 

(for the record, she's not actually taller than me)

Jamie is my older sister and she is so wonderful and caring. She married such a great guy, Julio, and they had a beautiful baby boy in August, whom I am the godmother of. I love that little guy to death and wished they lived closer so I could see them more often. Julio also has a son, Gabe, and although I don't know him as well yet, I look forward to getting to know him!

Eric is my older brother and he always knows what to say when I need some advice. He is so good at putting everything into perspective for me and looking at the big picture vs. the little things that seem so important at the time. He married such a great woman, Beth, and they now have 2 adorable babies! Jaden is 2 1/2 and Clara just turned 1 a week ago. They moved closer to us so it is nice that we get to see them more often!

So now you all have been introduced to my ever growing family.

Until next time folks...

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

-Theodore Roosevelt 

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Finally getting around to posting about Cabo! Here are a few people, places, and things we did while down there.

This girls first time on an airplane! Glad I got to spend all week with her :)

The glorious view from our hotel room window

 The classic "feet in the sand with the ocean in the background"

First Time are the ocean for Chelsey!

View from the beach

  Many of the different foods from the different places we ate. 

Lobster

Quesadillas 

Avocado Sandwich

Finally! A cheeseburger!

Tortellini 

Just one of our many desserts we had to try!

Quesadillas

Fishies- So colorful! 

One of the many times visiting the famous arch

Snapshot

Sea Lions-different than seals

Glass blowing demonstration 

Snapshot!

Whale watching! So big!!

Headed to the Hard Rock

Photo shoot

Photo Shoot

Photo Shoot

Nights of dancing!

Fun snap shots from the school that we spent time in. Those kids were so great and I want to go back soon to see all those students again. I had the best week in this school and hope to get to talk to them again soon!

Chelsey with some students

Probably the cutest girl there. And she shared her new favorite snack with me. Carrots, lime juice, and tajin- Yum yum!

Britta, Chelsey, Alicia and I at culture week

She was so fun!

Culture week presentations

One of our classes- 5th graders. So fun to work with and nice to know the teacher will be using some of our ideas in her classroom now!

SMSU teachers and our classroom teacher Miss Ana

Culture week presentations

On my favorite boat in the entire world!

Sarah and I in front of the Arch

Favorite picture of the trip! The five of us on the snorkeling ship

Sunsets

Another picture from visiting the Arch

It was a Titanic moment

Met some fun people on the supper cruise!

The Yard

Night view from the hotel room window

This was one of the most fun trips that I have ever taken. First time out of the country and it was a great experience. We met so many new people and they were all so fun to talk to and learn about. It was very rewarding getting to spend time doing what I love and teaching kids. This was such a different experience and I feel blessed that I was able to spend time with all those students. If I ever got the chance to go back I would in a heartbeat. I think it would be so fun if we were able to do our student teaching down there. I can't wait to go on another trip soon. Now that I have traveled, I never want to stop.