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30 Second Week in Review

MONDAY:

Weekly Bachelor watching with Sharli and Kylee. Yes, Michelle and vampire girl may be slightly crazy.

TUESDAY:

Leatherby's with Sharli and Christina! Love this place, go there way to much. Love these girls so much!! We grew up in the same ward, and have been friends since we were 4! I love that I still see them both quite a bit.

THURSDAY:

Country dancing with a boy from my ward. If I could wish for one talent it would be, DANCING. I haven't been country dancing in forever! I don't know at all how to dance, but he attempted to try. Maybe if I am taught enough, it will finally click.

FRIDAY: Probably the best day I've had at school this year. It was a short day....six kids were absent...no one threw any fits! It was fabulous!! We had our Peace March to Celebrate Martin Luther King. The whole first grade marched around the school with signs, chanting, "Love Not Hate! Don't Discriminate!!" So so fun!

Hung out with some friends from work. We went to California Pizza Kitchen. Then went to the Green Pig downtown. We went to listen to a friends-friends-brothers-friends band :)

SATURDAY:

Went to my nephews basketball game. His team was good!! Way to go Jarren!!

Went to the Gamma Chairgal tea (Kylee, I'm sorry I took this from your facebook cause I never bring my camera anywhere, THANK YOU!!)

Suprise visit from my friend Shawn!! Such a great suprise. We went to see True Grit.

Family Christmas Party. Yes, it was celebrated in January.

Went to the reception for some friends from Gamma, Lizzie and Jessie. Congrats girls!! There reception was at Rice Eccles Stadium and was beautiful of course!

Hung out with my great neighborhood friends. Hung out in the church parking lot. Made up our own curling type game. I mostly just watched though, curling isn't really one of my strong points, I guess.

New Year = Better Jessica (Well hopefully)

2011 is going to be epic. I really think it is! And I'm going to do everything I can, to make it that way. 2010 was a good year, a VERY hard year, but a good one. I learned a lot, and grew a lot!! 2010 really forced me to grow, and learn lots of new things. It really helped humble me and make me grateful!

Here are some of my goals for the new year:

• Find Joy in the journey!
• Start a blog. Done and Done!! Now I just to keep updating it.
• Step out of my comfort zone. Meet new people. Allow people in- It is ok to get hurt some times.
• Go to the temple AT LEAST once a month, hopefully more.
• Practice the piano 30 minutes each week.
• Finish one craft project a month.
• Spend less time on the computer. Read more great books!
• Eat Healthier. Work out at least 4 times a week.
• Live in the moment. Really be there, when I'm doing something. Do things with my whole heart, not just half way.
• Be the BEST I can be! "We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day." Richard G. Scott

Great Way to Start the Day!

YAY!! Tomorrow I have a training, instead of teaching. I get to sleep in an extra hour, I'm just a tad bit excited. What an extra little bonus for the day?? Of course this means I will probably go to sleep at least 2 hours later than I usually do!

Just a slight obsession

What a great week!!

Jailhouse Rock

In case you didn't know, tomorrow is the one and only Elvis Presley's BDay party!! I've never really been a huge Elvis fan, but what the heck, it's a reason to celebrate! We had a party for him today at school, it was a BLAST! One of the teachers was decked out in full Elvis attire, it was so great. I learned all kinds of great dance moves, and got some tips from a first grader on how I could Hula hoop better.

Conversation with one student:

kid-Ms. Wright, Elvis and I have something in common...

me- you do?? what?

kid- well he sings Viva las Vegas. So...we both like Las Vegas!

The adventures of 2010

I'm hoping this blog will force me to be better at taking pictures, because I really want to add some photos to make it more exciting. Thankfully I have great friends that I can steal pictures off of their facebook (so if I ever steal your pictures- thanks a billion!)

2010 has been full of lots of fun and new adventures. I'm sure I forgot some important things, but I'm going to attempt to sum up my year! Since I haven't been good at keeping a journal, this'll have to count :)

January-
-I started student teaching every day at Liberty Elementary! LOVED it. I student taught in first grade and kindergarten. This is when I first fell in love with first grade. Because of this, I quit my dear job at Zions Bank! Loved this job, I had worked there for 2 1/2 years. But don't you even worry, I couldn't stay away and went back in May until the end of summer.

-Moved back home. It's fun to be home, but I will FOREVER miss the Kenwood house! Way too many epic memories there. I'll dedicate a whole post to some of those another time.

-Caitlin Fran left for her mission to Kennewick, Washington. Caitlin and I became roommates in July of 2008, little did I know she would become one of my best friends!! We had tons of late night chats and adventures. Life just isn't the same without her, the lucky peeps of Washington that get to enjoy her company. Only 6 more months Franny!!

February -
-Turned 22!!
-Went to Vail, Colorado with friends from Gamma! We stayed at a my friend, Jessica's cabin. It was lots of fun! We shopped, danced, swam, and just enjoyed the snow.



March-
-I went to Vegas with my family. We went down for the World Finals for Monster trucks. Umm...yes my family is very much red neck, gotta love them though. It was a blast! Parentals, Jordan, Tyler, Holly, and their two kids- Cameron and Kenadee!

April-

Kind of a duddy month, I can't really think of anything too exciting! We had our annual Easter Egg hunt at Tyler and Holly's house. My family is great, need I say more!

May-

-This month was kind of a big deal

- Graduated from the University of Utah!! I graduated in Early Childhood Education. Never in a million years did I think I'd go to the U. I am now a Ute through and through though and absolutely loved it!!

-My best friend Sharli got married. Shar and I have been friends since we were 4 years old. She knows way too much about me! Before she got married, we had a sleepover every night for a month, such a great time! So excited for Sharli and Scott!

-Third annual Cinco de Mayo party at my house. Love this holiday!! Not complete without a pinata, pin the tail on the donkey, and plenty of SHAKIRA and enrique.





June-

-I can't really think of anything too exciting! Just enjoying the summer sun.... Bee's games, Lagoon, Swimming, Hiking adventures, sleepovers, etc, etc



July-


-Hands down my favorite month of the year. I LOVE the holidays and warmth of July. The 24th of July is one of my favorite days of the year. I camped out downtown with some friends for the Days of 47 Parade. We rode scooters for countless hours, played games, ate too much junk, laughed till we cried, watched drunks and crazies, went for motorcycle rides, danced, and closed our eyes to pretend to sleep for a few seconds, oh yeah AND watched the parade. The next day we went and floated the Provo River, it was SUPER! And of course I went to the Days of 47 Rodeo, love rodeos!!


August

-Went to Bear Lake for the first time! I went with my friends student ward. I went with two friends from Gamma-Aubrey and Brooke.


September-
-Started teaching first grade at Parkside Elementary in Murray. This has for sure been the hardest thing I've ever done!! I have no idea what I'm doing, BUT I'm living my dream. I got to teach the grade I wanted and in the district I wanted! The kids are funny, and keep me laughing all day long! How lucky am I??


October-

-Leah Sophia got married!! Leah and I worked together at Zions Bank, and became great friends after making stellar Christmas sweaters together! Love you Leah .




-Halloween: dressed up as Mario, another teacher was Luigi. I teach first grade, so of course it was fun!! Got to be in a parade, and act like a child all over again. Went party hoppin with some great friends- Shelbie and Aubrey!

November-

-My Grandma Wright that had been living with us passed away the end of November. She had been sick for a while, so it really was the for the best. She was such a sweet lady, and a great example to me. I always knew she really loved her family. It was so fun to have her living at our house.

December-
-Gingerbread houses! Every year we make gingerbread houses with our family. It's one of my favorite traditions.

-December was also full of the classic Ugly Sweater Parties, Gamma pajama party, Downtown lights, sledding, etc.

Well that's pretty much my year in review. If you are still reading thanks for being a dedicated fan!

XOXOXOX

It's Official, I'm Legit

Well it's official... I've started a blog. I've been talking about this for months, and it was one of my New Years resolutions. I thought it might be good if I actually completed ONE of my resolutions. I'm pretty stoked that I can check one of my goals off on January 4th! Don't think I've ever been so successful this early in the year! Now I can blogstalk and feel like I'm a part of the "cool kids" club. So here goes...