The Reason Why

this week i started the special education program at byu.  i feel so extremely grateful for the opportunity.  it did not come easy i have worked hard, made a lot of changes, and fought for my chance to get where i am.  i plan on not taking it for granted for even a minute.  i have been loving it so far...the whole two days of it.  the professors are amazing and so enthusiastic and the other girls in my cohort(the group of us that will graduate togther) are so fun and inspiring.
we were asked why we chose special education in one of our classes and it got me thinking i origianlly chose to go into special education because it just clicked and i was good at it and i liked that.
however...my reason for doing special education has changed through working with people with disabilities i have gained a testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ.  through that amazing indidviduals i have had the oppotunity of working with i know my Savior loves me and loves them soo much. these special spirits are where my heart is.  i love them! they make me a better person, this is the reason i chose special education

i love this video it is just one more reason i love what i do!

nerves and new jeans

its a fall again! how did that happen? efy sure made the summer fly and now it's back to real life for me. shoot! this fall has me a little bit nervous, ok really nervous. i am starting the special education program at byu, two new jobs, and just moved into an apartment with new roommates. although i am super super nervous about all the newness i am also so excited!
i love fall everything about it, the new fresh start, the orange leaves, the crisp air, pumpkin anything and everything, new jeans, boots, football.
so bring it on fall i am ready!

ps here is a quick little video for your sunday...they have been filming these here in Utah.

also, i love school clothes and if i had money would be wearing this tomorrow

these pants

oh chambray

gold and glitter
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Go Cougs!!

I love BYU sports...when i say LOVE i mean LOVE. Since i am poor this semster and could not afford an all sports pass i will most likely be watching most of the games while on the tredmill at the gym, seeing as how i do not have cable. However, i intend on watching every game!! I can smell football in the air(figurtively) and this is all that i am thinking about...i feel slightly manly but who cares!! so dear cougs please make me proud this season and KICK SOME BUTT!!(partly so i dont look like a total idiot having a freak out at the gym when you lose!

efy!

One of my favorite memories as a teenager was being able to attend EFY, i felt the spirit more at efy than any other time in my life so far. I made friends that changed my life and that are still my friends to this day. I had session directors who taught me how to be a better person and teachers who helped teach me about the gospel. i learned that good wholesome fun was not only possible but that i enjoyed it as well. Most of all i had counselors who i love dearly and whom i looked up to. i remember wanting to be just like my counselors, and guess what....I AM NOW AN EFY COUNSELOR!! i am so EXCITED and so NERVOUS for this amazing opportunity that has been given to me. i am looking forward to seven weeks of getting to share my testimony and grow and learn for amazing people! i never thought i would be lucky enough to be able to attend efy for seven weeks in one summer but now i get the chance of a lifetime and i could not be more grateful. so while the rest of you are swimming, vacationing, and selling(haha!) all summer long i will get to be spending time with amazing youth playing fun games, dancing, and most importantly coming closer to Christ!

Ditching Real Life!

I have failed at blogging again...:( one day i will get the hang of this and become and amazing blogger. So today i am taking what my dear friend Amy calls a "MENTAL HEALTH DAY" i just decided to take the day off work and get some things done and first one my list (after spending the last hour of my morning reading other peoples blogs) is to update my own blog. Here is the rest of my day...i will be producative even though i am skipping work.
1. Take my trunk to get fixed(it has continued to break since i bought my car, one of the disadvantages of buying a car that costs about the same as a semesters tuition. however, if the trunk is the only thing breaking i am ok with it.)
2.go to the chiropractor(it wil be my first time and my back sure does need it, i think, so i am looking forward to it)
3.get my etraining done for EFY and finish my preparing my last couple devotionals(only one more week until i start!!!!)
4.go to the gym???(i am still debating i don't really want to but i probably should)
5.LEARN TO MAKE HOMEMADE BREAD(today is the day i am going to teach myself to make homemade bread!, it is somehting i have always wanted to accomplish and today i will do it!)
so this is how a ditch real life by doing things i am too lazy to do after i spend 61/2 hours with my beautiful students!

Finals, Finals!

Larry...or Aimee, this was me this week!!

So for the last 3 weeks I have been a very serious committed relationship with the library but totday we are finally going are seperate ways...(well until September when I have to go back). Ever had those semesters that totally KICK YOUR BUTT, well this one kicked mine!!! I am sad to say I failed my first test EVER this semester my American Civ class was just so much harder then I had anicipated and when the midterm came around I was so not motivated and did not study(note to self and everyone else: ALWAYS STUDY FOR BIG TESTS!) So I decided I was going to kill the final and get an A...mostly so I could pass that class. So anyways I have spent the last couple weeks of my life with my rear end parked in library chair studying for my history final probably over 30 hours of my life were spent slaving away reading and rereading my nots...and 50 questions and 26 minutes later I PASSED!!!(well I hope i passed there were only 4 questions i didnt know) So to all of you who just finished finals as well congratulations you made it one more semester towards real life!! And i would like to give a CONGRATULATIONS to my amazing friend Erin Collins who just graduated BYU you are amazing and i am jealous!!

It's Easter Day!! It's Easter Day!!

My adorable students got to have the Easter party Friday...which was actutally more of an EASTER DAY because we had Easter Festivities from the moment the walked in the door until they got on the bus. We mad cute bunny ear hats, chick cookies, we dyed eggs, made our own Easter baskets(SO EASY), and had a fun Easter egg hunt. It is so FUN being able to work at an elementary school especially for holidays I get to be a kid again and enjoy all the fun things!...(i think i have more fun than my students do most of the time)