A couple weeks before the fall semester was about to begin I got a lovely e-mail from the school telling me that I wasn't going to be able to graduate in May 2013. I would need to go to school for another semester. Now this came as a shock because I had been told, advisor after advisor, for the past two years that I was on track to graduate in May. I would complete my student teaching this spring and then be done with school after what has felt like ages. I'm still not sure how that many advisors and I missed 5-6 credits....that's kind of a big deal! I haven't had the best luck with advisors since I started at the University of Wyoming. It really has taken me awhile to get this far, but I finally felt like I was on track and headed in the right direction. Well, that hasn't changed. I still want to teach. However, after much prayer and deliberation we made the decision to have me stay home with Andrew.
It took awhile to adjust to the fact that I wasn't going back to school this fall; along with the fact that I don't have a degree and am not sure when I'll get it completed. I am so happy to be able to spend my days with my sweet son watching him learn and grow. It's been quite a blessing. It's just reaffirmed to me that our Heavenly Father has a plan for us all no matter what we have planned for ourselves sometimes. I hadn't even given a thought to not finishing school until a few weeks before the beginning of the school year and got me thinking. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Our Trip to Yellowstone
The second week of August we headed to Yellowstone with Daniel's family. We stayed in their condos in West Yellowstone and called that home for the week. We were spoiled getting to sleep in a King sized bed. When we came back home to our Queen sized bed, it seemed extremely small. Andrew was such a trooper on the drive up and just loved talking to Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen. He adjusted well to sleeping in a new place and living on a different schedule. He did really well in his pack n' play.
We went into the park almost everyday. On Wednesday we spent the day walking around West Yellowstone window shopping, eating delicious food and treats, and seeing what the town had to offer. While in the park we saw lots of buffalo, waterfalls, and geysers. We also saw an owl, bull elk, and mountain sheep. Of course we saw Old Faithful go off and spent a good chunk of a day in that area visiting the surrounding geysers. With all the hiking around that we did Andrew got to spend time in a front pack. i was really surprised at how well he handled it. Only problem was that he didn't want to be facing mom or dad; he wanted to be facing out so that he could see everything that was going on. Then he was content.
We visited Mammoth Hot Springs. We got to talk to one of the park rangers. He had lots of interesting info to share with us. Daniel's brother, Chris, and I went on a zip-line tour. It was a blast! Andrew stayed with Grandma and Daniel while Grandpa went fishing. We got rained on and drenched at one point, but it was totally worth it. By the time we were done we had dried out. We had really fun guides and a great group of people to spend time with.
There was a grizzly and wolf discovery center that we visited on one of the last days there because we didn't see any in the park. It was neat to see. All the animals had been rehabilitated at the center for various reasons.
It was a fun getaway with the family. We'll definitely be going again when Andrew gets older.
We went into the park almost everyday. On Wednesday we spent the day walking around West Yellowstone window shopping, eating delicious food and treats, and seeing what the town had to offer. While in the park we saw lots of buffalo, waterfalls, and geysers. We also saw an owl, bull elk, and mountain sheep. Of course we saw Old Faithful go off and spent a good chunk of a day in that area visiting the surrounding geysers. With all the hiking around that we did Andrew got to spend time in a front pack. i was really surprised at how well he handled it. Only problem was that he didn't want to be facing mom or dad; he wanted to be facing out so that he could see everything that was going on. Then he was content.
We visited Mammoth Hot Springs. We got to talk to one of the park rangers. He had lots of interesting info to share with us. Daniel's brother, Chris, and I went on a zip-line tour. It was a blast! Andrew stayed with Grandma and Daniel while Grandpa went fishing. We got rained on and drenched at one point, but it was totally worth it. By the time we were done we had dried out. We had really fun guides and a great group of people to spend time with.
There was a grizzly and wolf discovery center that we visited on one of the last days there because we didn't see any in the park. It was neat to see. All the animals had been rehabilitated at the center for various reasons.
It was a fun getaway with the family. We'll definitely be going again when Andrew gets older.
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| Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| Mud Pots |
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| The Family (minus Chris) |
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| This big boy climbed up the hill on the side of the road and just kept on his way. |
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| Grizzly at the Discovery Center |
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| Waiting for the river geyser to go off. |
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| The only picture we got of the three of us together. |
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| Watching Old Faithful...Andrew sleeping and taking a break from the carrier. |
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| Old Faithful |
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| My favorite picture of this little boy on the trip :) Isn't he cute?! |
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| Chris and I before the zip-line tour |
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| Just me ready to zip-line |
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Andrew's Blessing
Andrew was blessed on July 15, 2012 by Daniel. The blessing was beautiful. Lots of family were present and baby boy got passed around a lot. I sadly didn't get many pictures of everyone in attendance. It was slightly chaotic after all was said and done. Here are just a few pictures to commemorate the wonderful day:
He is one happy baby! Both sets of grandparents, Great grandparents Johnsons and McGinnis', Uncle Zak, Nic, Chris, Shawn and Clint, Aunt Korrine and Emily, cousins Porter, Wyatt, Gunnar, Mitchell and Caleb were in attendance. A couple of our friends Tony Zimny and Jordan McCort were there too. We also had several friends in the ward that were obviously present.
Afterward we went to the park and had a BBQ. We definitely didn't have room for everyone in our little apartment lol. We enjoyed the company and everyone went on their way. It was amazing to see everyone and to have them meet Andrew...some of them for the very first time.
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| Blanket was made by his Great Grandma Johnson |
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| With his cousins Wyatt and Gunnar |
Afterward we went to the park and had a BBQ. We definitely didn't have room for everyone in our little apartment lol. We enjoyed the company and everyone went on their way. It was amazing to see everyone and to have them meet Andrew...some of them for the very first time.
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