Since January, life has been pretty routine. Mitch and I woke up around 6:30 every morning to get ready and head off to our responsibilities. He to school and work as a secretary/excel genius for the buildings department of BYU and me to my internship at Union Middle school. We would come back from these lives of ours around 4 in the afternoon. Most days, Mitch had a later class and would be home around 7 and I had lacrosse to coach, or basketball to coach, and wouldn't really be done with responsibilities till around 7 or 8 myself. This was our busiest and craziest time. It was also very rewarding though. Here is a photo of the lax team I coached this year.
Behind us is a statue of a very famous Photo taken of a sailor seeing his girl for the first time after the war called "the kiss". We were re-enacting it here.
For our wedding we got a gift certificate to go to the roof complimentary of our reception center. We enjoyed this on the anniversary of our first date on May 4th. Here are some photos of that day. It was BEAUTIFUL downtown and the perfect celebration of an important day in our lives.
We seem to be doing a lot of driving lately. Whether it be to our jobs or just to our parents house, most of our one one one time seems to be in the car. So this photo is necessary to describe what seems to be at least 1 hour a day of our lives every day.
On memorial day we made sure to visit some graves of my family. Most of Mitch's family is not buried in Utah, so we did not visit any of his side. My grandma Clayton still doesn't have a headstone after 4 years of her passing away. I hope next year when we go to visit there is something to mark that her body lies there.
We both have our birthday's in May. Mitch's is on the 22nd and mine is on the 31st. We had fun buying things for each other! I surprised Mitch with a kindle and he surprised me with a nintendo 64 and my favorite game ever.
He also bought me this lovely necklace, an ipod shuffle so I can have tunes while I run, and some wonderful clothes/shoes. I am so spoiled.
June 7th marked the end of my internship! I can hardly believe that it is over. It was such a wonderful experience full of changing and growing. So much happened to me during the last school year, it is incredible to look back on. I got engaged, married, coached a university lacrosse team as the head honcho, coached a 9th grade bball team, and organized a 3 v 3 basketball tournament at my school. I moved into an apartment in pleasant grove, became a wife, in-law and all that goes with it. And I had incredible relationships with my students at Union. I really do feel like I impacted lives while being there for just a year. They told me at the beginning that it would be tough, and I thought, well... I am a tough girl. It definitely was harder than I expected, but in all reality looking back it wasn't too bad. It was as tough as I expected, but the emotional strains of teaching I was not prepared for.
It was hard to daily work up the energy to be positive and passionate about what I was teaching. Sometimes, the best moments were during those times I was teaching about avoiding an STI or how to properly wear deodorant, and the worse times were when I felt like I really needed to get concepts into their heads like how to refuse drugs, violence and sexual misconduct. It was challenging to believe in what I was saying after delivering it for the 6th time that day... But it definitely was all worth it. In the end, I got a lot of thank you cards about how I helped people to recognize they were in a cruddy relationship and how to get out of it, or I helped them to improve their self-esteem. Sometimes I got quick notes in the question jar asking me for relationship advice or how to deal with friends who don't like you. It was rewarding to know that I was making an impact, though very subtle on student's lives.
I miss that. And the opportunities I had at Union. I hope that soon I will find another job in teaching so I can continue to make and impact and positive difference in the lives of youngsters.
My classroom after I had moved all my stuff out of it. :(
Legit teacher Kelsey. Room 718
This is Jaqui, my fellow BYU intern at Union. She saved me during so much of my struggles at Union. I am so glad I got to work with her and have someone to talk with and relate to. I had another co-worker there named Olivia who was an awesome friend too. She left before I could take a photo of her, but these ladies were the best.
We have loved spending time on Mitch's parents boat at Jordanelle reservoir. We love being outside by the water and have spent many afternoons on this boat with many more to come. Doesn't Mitch look so at home here? I love it.
So that's our lives up to now! Mitch is working 30ish hours a week at his job down at BYU and I am catching up on projects and things like blogging at home while I apply at different schools and places like costco for a job in the fall. Most of my days are spent out on our tiny patio in our recently purchased camping chairs enjoying the stories of Tina Fey. (I highly recommend her book Bossypants if you are looking for a laugh.)
