Life

I had so much fun with my 1st grade students today. They're all very excited about Halloween, so I spent much of the day hearing about what they are dressing up as, where they are trick-or-treating, etc. At one point, I was sitting with 4 of them while they worked on a project {3 boys and 1 girl}. One of the girls said she was going trick-or-treating with her crush, which I found very cute, and the other girls started talking about their crushes. Jack, the little boy, was being very quiet so I asked him "Do you have a crush on anyone, Jack?" He looked up and said very seriously "Well, I have a crush on someone, but I am in love with them." I smiled and said "You're in love?" He said yes, so I asked who with and he answered "You." I verified "you have a crush on me?" "yes." It was TOO cute. We had a brief talk about how I think he is very special but he may want to go for girls more close to his own age. But how precious- their innocence never ceases to make me smile.

My life isn't all that interesting lately, but honestly, it's a nice change. I've been pretty busy with school, and I'm trying to find a good college/young-adult church group to go to. I did find one I'd like to try out, but as silly as it is, I'm totally scared to go alone. As outgoing as I tend to be, there's something about going to church alone that scares me to death. I know it's stupid, but it is what it is. Said group meets tomorrow night, so I better get my bravery into high gear.

That's all for now. :)

Love,
Katie

I can't seem to take my eyes off this..

Just one more dance video.
This is beautiful.



If you watch nothing else, check out how he gets up at 1:43!

Real posts soon. I promise :)

I don't know what about this video makes me laugh so much...

but it does. So enjoy :)



TIP: Make sure you shut off my music player on the right side of this blog before hitting play.

Good Music -- Free CD!

So I've really enjoyed JJ Heller's music for awhile. {JJ is a Christian artist who started in Phoenix and has recently moved to Nashville.}

She recently put out a new CD, which is FREE for digital download. I love it and strongly recommend it to all of you. :)

JJ Heller - Painted Red

School Days

For my education class this semester, we are required to have 30 hours of field experience (meaning assisting in a school). I chose to go back to my elementary school and have been able to work with my preschool teacher, who is now teaching 1st grade!

To say the least, I absolutely adore it. I've been SO blessed to be in this classroom specifically, because the teacher I'm working with really let's me get into teaching and interacting with the kids instead of just sitting in the corner taking notes.

I can wake up in the worst mood, but as soon as I step into the classroom and immediately have 8 kids hugging me around the knees, everything I was worried about is gone. The kids are SO sweet and innocent at this age. They're full of hugs and stories to tell me the whole time I'm in their class. I'm already dreading the end of the semester - I'm going to miss them so much!

-Katie

California Dreaming

My family and I went to Disneyland this past weekend. It was so nice to get out of the heat (AND we were able to come home to amazing weather! Even better!). We left Wednesday afternoon and got home last night. I was a bit of a camera-yielding monster, and by the end of the weekend, my brother was actually hiding when I pulled the camera out.

{All photos by me, with the exception, obviously, of the picture of my brother and I}

Hello, friends.

I thought that it might be fun to start a [real, not myspace or facebook] blog.
Although the events of my life aren't currently all that interesting, this will be a place where I'll give updates on my life, post videos and pictures that I like, and pretty much anything else I feel like :]
Anyways, thanks for stopping by. Check in often for updates.
I'm gong to try and post my first entry tonight.

Love,
Katie