Day 257: Quadrilateral Quest

After weeks of hard work, my friend, Melissa, and I have finally completed our Portable Learning Center. A Portable Learning Center is a reinforcement activity you have created for your classroom. After you've taught a lesson on something, it's important to have a portable learning center in your class, so any student who may be struggling with that concept can get extra practice with it! We had 3rd grade Geometry. So, we created a Quadrilateral Quest. The students have 3 missions to complete. Mission 1 is a vocabulary reinforcement game. Mission 2 is a Connect Four game. Mission 3 is a Design Your Own Parallelogram activity. 

Day 256: Singing in the Fire

In my daily devotional book, Streams in the Desert, the devo today was about praise. But, not the usual praise. This was a story about a man who had suffered for many years, and he was in his last days. He was laying there asking God why He would left His servant suffer like this. And as he was waiting for an answer, he heard sweet, soft sound, like a musical note. He looked around and realized it was coming from his fireplace. He realized that there was music buried deep within the oak. When all was well with the log, when he was a beautiful tree, he heard birds singing songs on his branches, all was well. But, since he had been chopped down, he had lost all happiness, and his heart became cold. The long-forgotten melodies were sealed deep inside him. But, once the flames from the fire consumed his callousness, the melodies became to seep back out. "The intense heat of the fire wrenched from him both a song and a sacrifice at once". Some of us are like that. Our hearts have become hardened, we no longer sing the sweet melodies to our Father. Let the fires burning around you release the notes inside your soul. This old man learned from the parable God presented to him, and his soul found sweet comfort. Sometimes the only way God can get us to praise Him is to send fire around us. 

Day 255: THE NOTEBOOK!!!!

I talked Kyle into watching the Notebook with me:) It was his first time to see it, and he LOVED it....ok, that may not be entirely true, but he liked it! This was a picture before the movie! But, if we had taken a picture after the movie, his face would have been so excited cause he just loved watching it. 

Day 254: Much needed girls' day!!

Of all the pictures we took, this seemed to be the most fitting:) We got a massage earlier in the day (which was incredible), then we went to Opry Mills to get some shopping done! So, of course we had to stop in Claire's and wear some awesome glasses. 

Day 253: Cane Creek walk

On our walk today, somebody found it necessary to climb a tree and model. Ha. But, this picture is pretty awesome. 

Day 252: First UT Basketball game!

Today was both Kyle and my first UT men's basketball game! We went with our two friends, Cody and Sumner. We played Missouri, and won:) It was an incredibly close game! OH, and the shirt that I'm wearing, Kyle bought it for me! I didn't have anything Tennessee to wear, so he bought it for me. And it was perfect, cause it's PINK! I love him!

Day 251: Sleepover:)

This is what our sleepover consisted of :) Pinterest and youtube videos! 

Day 250: Regina's School of Cooking

Check out this delicious meal. Apple Porkchops and diced potatoes. One of the greatest meals I've ever eaten. Since I've got a boyfriend now, I've decided to learn how to cook (which is something that is very foreign to me). One of my good friends, Regina, is an AMAZING cook!! So, I got some cooking lessons from her! And I took some very extensive notes! I can't wait to try some of these recipes on Kyle. 

Day 249: Sonflowers': New and Improved

Beyond thankful for this group of girls. We started with 4, but we have 6 now, and it is WONDERFUL! These girls are everything to me! Tonight our meeting last 2 1/2 hours. And we could have kept going. Thankful that these girls keep me accountable!

Day 248: BreeBaby

Today, Bree and I hung out DURING THE DAY. Which never happens! We took out our roomie's pup and just hung out! Love her :)

Day 247: COOLEST SINK EVER.

On our way out of Chatt, we stopped at Fuji's for some delicious lunch. This had to be my picture of the day because this sink was FASCINATING. You pull this level, then a WATERFALL comes down into the sink!! What?!

Day 246: Sleeping peacefully

It's been a long crazy weekend! Jordan and I passed our content praxis (Praise God!!!), then while she went to see Phil and Kay for a Duck Dynasty benefit dinner, I passed my CIA praxis (God is INCREDIBLE!). This is the most productive weekend we've both had in a while! Finally, I can sleep peacefully:) 
I'm using this picture simply because I forgot to take a picture during the day, so this one worked the best :) ha. 

Day 245: Brynleigh!

Today has been a pretty eventful day. Jordan and I studied for our praxis tests and took a tour around Chattanooga so I could see her hometown. After watching the Bachelor and eating Moe's, we head out to take our test. It was way harder than I expected and we both thought we'd failed. We needed a 140 to pass the test. We both made 174, which is crazy!!! So we are pumped, yet exhausted. So we decided to go to see her baby niece, who is only 3 weeks old! She was awake for most of the night but then she went to sleep. I just loved this picture of her because she's so peaceful:)

Day 244: We are here, we are here!

After LNP, around 11:00, we headed out for Chattanooga! We've got some praxis tests this weekend, so we thought we'd go ahead and leave Thursday night. It was a long and tiring drive, but we made it:)

Day 243: Love me some Bree

One of my favorite people to snapchat with :) I just had to take a screenshot of this. She is funny:) Love her!!!

Day 242: Guys' Championship Game

Tonight was our UCSC guys' championship against the SOC. They played in the Hoop which was pretty awesome! The UCSC was done by at least 10 the whole game, but in the end we were coming back and we only lost by 3, which was a huge accomplishment. It was a great game to watch! This is a picture of both teams coming together to pray!