Busy semester and lots of pictures

Hey out there to any of you who still read this since it's been like 2 months since I've posted. I've been finishing out the semester and have been pretty busy.
So back around Halloween I went to Lyman to visit. I had fun with my sisters and played in the leaves with my nieces and nephews. I have a TON of pictures, but I thought I'd just post a couple.



This one of Ashton is so cute. :)


Even before that, my mom, dad, and brother Michael came to see one of my concerts so here are a few pictues from that.






For Thanksgiving Matt and I went to Lovell with his family. It was a lot of fun and Matt had lots of cousins there! In fact, I think there were about 80 people at dinner (which was held in the church cultural hall). The next two days we played in a volleyball tournament. Matt's family came up with 3 teams, but our team did the best and took 2nd overall. I actually could still play pretty well and even though I can't hit on a men's net, I could set and it was said by many that I was the best passer on the team. ;) So there's me, Matt, his cousin Bailey, Megan who is married to Matt's cousin Jared, and last is Kyle my brother in law.


This year Matt and I decided to go to the mountains and cut down a Christmas tree. I wore snowshoes the whole time and it was so pretty and so much fun. So here are some pictures of that event.

And finally, here are some pictures of my last weekend of college performing (unless I decide to get a masters and am in choirs then...). The first two are of the Messiah where I was a soloist, the first one I'm sitting next to Kyle (he was in the performance also) and the next one is with Matt and my family who came to visit again. Then the last two pictures are of me and my sister in law Mary (she's burried under the many layers of material on my choir dress. hee hee) and then of me and my awesome choir director Dr. Lamartine after my last concert.

I wore this dress in high school choir, but I think I've lost weight cause I kept having to adjust the dang thing. YAY! :)

I only cried a little.... so what if I'm emotional and sentimental? :)

Vocal Jazz!

Last Friday the Vocal Jazz Ensemble here at UW did a workshop for about 140 high school students. It was so much fun, probably the funnest thing I've done with this group so far and this is my third year in it. I worked a lot with the students which was good for me since I'm about ready to do that with the rest of my life! I'm kinda sad that this semester is my last hurrah as far as college performing and this workshop was a blast. The first picture is me with some of the group (Steph, Mike, me, Erik, and our awesome director Dr. Lamartine who is very small. :) The next two are pictures of us performing. We have another concert on November 13th so if you're in town come watch!

Tagged!

I've never been "tagged" before but Karissa got me so here ya go. :) So if I tag you, copy and paste and post with your own answers.

8 TV shows I like to watch:
1. The Office
2. Chuck
3. Alias
4. Scrubs
5. Invader Zim (haha)
6. Sportscenter (just not baseball. so boring)
7. My Name is Earl
8. I don't have cable and can't think of others that I like!

Favorite Restaurants:
1. Olive Garden
2. Old Chicago
3. Grand Avenue Pizza
4. Corona Village
5. Mandarin Garden
6. Little Ceasears :)
7. Sonic
8. Fazolis

8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Went to classes
2. Practiced jazz music
3. Typed two papers
4. Hugged Matt
5. Got my hair cut (AGAIN! Thanks Stef!!)
6. Finished my bag of halloween pumpkins
7. Got a parking ticket :(
8. Played cards on the computer

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Student teaching
2. Graduation!
3. Starting a family! (I'm so impatient about this)
4. Seeing my family
5. The holidays
6. Matt finishing pharmacy school
7. Having some money and paying off loans! (someday...)
8. Buying a decent car and a house (someday...)

8 People I tag
1. April
2. Christena
3. Dallin
4. Brookie Carroll
5. Stefany
6. Rani (if she's alive!) ;)
7. Cassie (if she even reads my blog!)
8. Mikey

About Matt

I've seen a few people post this little survey thingy and I kinda liked it so here ya go. Nice and boring. ;)

What's his name? Matthew Randal Clark

How long have you been married? A year and 7 months

How long did you date? We dated for about 3 months then we were engaged for a little less than 3! Faster than I ever thought it would happen, but it worked out great. :)

How old is he? 24

Who eats more? Geez probably me, ha ha we actually eat about the same but I really do think he eats a little bit more.

Who said I love you first? Matt did, technically. :)

Who is smarter? Matt for sure.

Whose temper is worse? Mine! Matt is a very patient person.

Who does the laundry? Me but he washes his work clothes and always helps put clothes away.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? uh, if you're standing at the foot of the bed then it's me.

Who cooks dinner? Cook... dinner...? hee hee when we cook I probably do it more, but we both kinda do and his ideas are usually more creative and tasty.

Who pays the bills? Both of us, I keep track of them and when they're due but we pay them together so we know how much money we're spending.

Who is more spoiled? ME.

Who drives when you are in the same car? Most of the time Matt does but sometimes I do, usually when it's my idea to go somewhere.

Who is more stubborn? ha ha me for sure.

Whose parents do you see the most? Matt's parents live in town so we see them a lot but I like it.

Who proposed? Well, Matt did but we talked about it and knew we were getting married before he got down on one knee. :)

Who has more friends? Uh, probably me but he has lots, too. We have a lot of mutual friends.

Who has more siblings? Matt does, he has 4 brothers and 1 sister, and I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers.

Who wears the pants in the family? Me of course. ;) Nah we're a pretty equal partnership.

Student teaching/I'm kinda a psycho

I finally got my student teaching placement and...... I get to stay here in Laramie! Matt and I are both pretty excited about it cause I won't have to commute so we can save money and we won't have to be apart. I'll spend 8 weeks at an elementary school out in west Laramie, then another 8 weeks at the Junior High which is only a block from our apartment so that is great for us!
So I have to talk about the "dress code" that's been pounded into the heads of all the girls in my phase class (the people who are student teaching in the spring). This code is for our practicum, student teaching, and future teaching. Our advisor has told us that we basically have to wear shirts up to our noses that two people can wear at the same time (translation: it can not be known that you are a woman. No "curves" can be visible. Shirts must be baggy and "frumpy" and must be very high cut). We also have to wear pants that come up higher than the belly button to ensure that nothing shows if we bend over or ect. Plus we are to have NO open toed shoes and NO jeans (which is kinda a given). I'm kinda making fun of it, but I really can see the point of it.
So here are some pictures of me just being a dork. The first one is what I wore today when I did peer teaching. I think it's a good example of "teacher" dress. I have to tell you that I don't particularily like the way I look though, which is the point I think. :) The other ones are of me sporting Matt's new pharmacy lab coat. I think I was more excited about him getting it than he was. haha I just think it looks awesome! Those pics are kinda blurry but it's cool cause on one side it says "UW School of Pharmacy" and the other side has his name on it. So enjoy and those of you who already know who weird I am will appreciate these. :)