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I'm done!!!

Yes folks, it's true. No more school for me. That is, unless someday I get ambitious and get my masters degree. At this point, I do NOT want any more school. All schooled out. =] I finished my class on Monday so now I just need to finish my 100 observation hours and my student teaching, which starts in January. I can hardly believe I'm this close to getting my degree. After over 4 years of school and homework, what's a girl to do? Well, as you can tell, blog. I have missed blogging and will likely miss it as I get busier with work and observation hours in the next month. Since December is a super busy month for the post office, guess who gets to work tons of hours? Yep, me and all the other poor unfortunate souls that work with me. Okay, the money will be nice for Christmas since I'm scheduled 40 hours each week and will likely work 50-60 hours a week, but when will I sleep or see my family at the best time of year? Okay, enough complaining.

So, once I get my degree I'm debating on what to do. Here's my dilemma: Olivia starts kindergarten next school year and I really want to be a part of her schooling with the whole room mom thing. I spent a lot of time in my other kids' classrooms and I want to be there for Livi too. I thought about working half a day opposite of when she's at school so I can still visit her classroom, but then I'd have to find someone to watch her while I work. Not what I want to do since that's what I have to do during my observations and soon my student teaching. I want to be there for her while she's home. So basically, I've decided to wait a year before I start teaching. I guess it's not really a dilemma since I know what I want, but I'm still torn. I so badly want  to have my own classroom. I'm going to wait though, I guess that's what I've already set my mind to anyway. (It's so nice to talk it out, thanks for listening.) =)

My next little dilemma is what I want to teach. I'm getting a degree in Elementary Education, but kind of, well, really want to teach preschool. I love that age of kids the most and would love to have my own preschool. On the other hand, I would love to teach 2nd or 3rd grade and have my own classroom. I guess I have a little while to think about it since you've all helped me resolve my first little issue and I'm going to wait a year to teach. I know this is a personal and family decision for me, but any advice or suggestions you have would be welcomed and appreciated. =)

Have a happy day!   

HALLOWEEN!!

Two posts in a month, can you believe it? Yeah, me either, but don't get used to it. =)

I love Halloween! Next to Christmas, it's my favorite holiday. My favorite time of year is from October 1st to January 1st. I don't like the snow especially if I have to drive in it, but I love the fall leaves, the food, the festivities, and being with family.

Kelsie and Logan were off track for the Halloween parade, but we went anyway. Kelsie didn't want to dress up .... too cool for that now that she's a 6th grader. =), but still a sweetheart. I don't like the track their on since they miss out on dressing up at school ... that was one of my favorite days in elementary.



School parade (Preston, Carli, and Logan).





Livi and Brynlee





Livi (my drunken pirate, lol) and Kelsie.




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Pumpkin patch fun

 



PUMPKINS




Bunderson Halloween party!!! The kids played lots of games and had food and treats. My mom spent a lot of time putting this party together and we had so much fun! Thanks Mom for being so amazing! We love you!!!





I decided to be festive and dress up. I wanted to do something fun with the all the kids so I made witches brew. We added crushed bones, bat juice, monster eyes, and condensed ghost. As I did this little production for all the kids, my little nephew thought I was a real witch and it was real witches brew. It took a lot of convincing that it was Aunt Amy and only rootbeer. Especially since I pretended to cast a spell on each cup of brew as I passed them out. The first one went to my niece, Kylie (11 yrs old). I pretended to cast my spell and as she took her first drink she pretended to shrink. I didn't even ask her to, she came up with it on her own. Clever girl. It made the show that much better, and that much scarier for little Devin (4 yrs old). After much convincing from his dad, he finally trusted me and drank the rootbeer. Ah, I love kids.





Girl's Night Out at ROD WORKS! One of my last days at Rod Works was on GNO. Even though I didn't work on the floor much in the past year bc I was merchandising and decorating, I still loved being there for this fun night. Lots of customers attend to get in on the awesome sales and the fun games. This year we had a special visitor...doesn't he look great?



Gardner Village with Heidi and her kids. Notice that they're wearing shorts? I can't belive how warm it was. So nice. Wish it could last longer. Exept on Christmas, it can be cold and snow, then melt the next day and be warm again. =)



Cheesers =)

I can't believe Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is in a week...then on to Christmas. Crazy!!! (I don't know what's up with the pics being randomly loaded in weird ways. I try to fix it, but it erases a bunch of stuff. Anyway...it's posted. =])

Once in a while

Once in a great while I update my blog. =) I miss blogging, but just don't have time. My last post was at the beginning of 2011 and here we are nearing the end. I have a lot to catch up on so here I go:

Uh, right. Too much has happened throughout the year so I'll give a really quick overview. This is still an incredibly long post, but if you knew how many pictures I have of everything that happened this year, you'd understand that this really is just a snipit of the year.

Livi turned 4...my baby is going to be 5 in a few months and getting her kindergarten shots. =( As I always say, time goes way too fast!

Caden turned 13...I have a teenager! Life is crazy! We did a surprise party for him at Boondocks and boy was he surprised! It was so much fun.

Logan played baseball and Caden played soccer and both are awesome players!!!



Livi went to the fire station for a fieldtrip and had graduation

I had the opportunity to go to the zoo with Logan on a fieldtrip

Miss Waddell (Logan's teacher), Logan, and Skyler



We had a fun Bunderson reunion with all my siblings. My oldest brother, Shaun was in charge of planning the reunion. They did  carnival theme and had did face painting, games, and food. We had a blast! I have so many fun pictures of the reunion that I may need to do a whole post sometime to share the fun we had. =) I know what you're thinking ... "sure, that'll happen. In a year maybe." =) That's ok, I'm thinking the same thing.



My little Gogie turned 8 and was baptized. I'm so proud of his decision. He's growing up and becoming such a little gentleman. He opens the door for me wherever we go. When we drive somewhere and get ready to get out of the car, he says, "Wait mom!" Then he jumps out of the car and runs over to open my door. Gosh, he makes my heart happy. =) My youngest brother, Tyler, was able to baptize Logan. This was a good experience for him.

Newest member of our large Bunderson family: Gavin Gledhill, son of Spencer and Kelli (my little sis). He's so sweet and cute, and look at those kissable cheeks! I was able to go with my mom and dad to Cedar City to welcome this little guy home. We got to their house right before they came home from the hospital. What a sweet experience. Thanks Kelli and Spencer for letting us be there for that special day.

First day of school

Family zoo day....was loads of a good time!

Cornbelly's fieldtrip with Livi. Spending the day with just my little Olivia was great. She is so silly and it was nice to have that one-on-one time with her. Her cousin and best buddy also attend the same preschool (but in different classes) so it was fun for her to play with them.

Well, that gets us caught up on some of the happenings of our year. We had a rough summer, but we are doing so well now and happier than ever. Caden is in 8th grade and enjoying spending time with friends. He is taking a boxing class and really enjoys it. Kelsie is a young lady and likes designing rooms and clothes. She sketches them in a notebook and has some really cute designs. Logan has also been doing boxing, but would like to do acting. He is such a ham and has quite the expressive personality. He also likes talking in different accents so he would do really well in an acting class. Livi is also so expressive and so silly. She is my little sweetheart and is so loving and fun. Brandon is doing sandblasting and painting and has worked out of town a bit, but is here now and working a ton of hours. I am so grateful for his sacrifices to provide for our family. We have our date night every Friday and have so much fun together. I am so blessed to have a husband that loves me unconditionally and who makes feel so special and important. We also have family day on Saturdays since that's pretty much the only time we are all home. I love my family and feel so lucky to have all of them. I am still incredibly busy, but....I only have a week left of classes!!! I can't believe I'm in my last class. I will start my student teaching in January and graduate in the spring. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to be done with school. After 4 years of homework, I don't even remember what it's like not to worry about school. I don't work at Rod Works any more =( and am now working for the USPS doing data entry. I miss Rod Works terribly and miss everyone that I worked with. That was the best job ever and I loved everyone there.

Even though life is stressful and I'm super busy, I can't complain. I have an incredible husband and kids and cherish every second I have with them. Life is good.

Birthday sweetie

Happy Birthday Kelsie!!!

We love our sweet Kelsie.

Kelsie's favorite colors are purple and blue and she loves peace signs.

Logan decorated the banister with balloons. What a good helper. Caden blew up the balloons to help Logan. Olivia feel asleep before the party watching TV. =)

Birthdays are usually a week-long event for us. My kids are amazing and I want them to know how much I love them and how special they are. We started the week out with a family party with cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. The kids had fun playing games and being silly. On her actual birthday we had a party for our little family and she opened her presents.

We ended the week with a party for her and her friends. She wanted a pj party so we did breakfast then headed to the mall for a scavenger hunt. It was loads of fun. Each group had to find a list of items (free) such as a napkin from the food court, 3 business cards, and a catalog, to name a few. They also had a list of pictures to take like a team member wearing a red high-heel shoe or the team on the escalator. The last section was trivia questions the teams had to find the answer to. Some of the questions were: how many buttons are on the inside of the elevator? How many shoe stores does the mall have? The teams had about 45 minutes to get as many of the items on the list. The team with the most points wins.

Here are just a few of the pics the teams took.

Kelsie with her friends at the party.

Kelsie is now 11 years old and will be going into YW next year . . . so crazy!!! We are so proud of the sweet girl she is. She is so helpful and loving to her siblings and to me and her dad. We are blessed to have her in our family. We love you Kels and hope you had a wonderful birthday.