Well... it's summer vacation! :) it's definitely been a relaxing one for me. However, sitting around the apartment all day is NOT an option. I have been working as a substitute teacher at the summer program at Sunrise Preschool. They call it ESY. It has been really neat to work with different age groups. I've even been working with adolescent students that are disabled. I work occasionally there, but when I am not working, I find things to do with my time, such as reading, writing, taking photos, exercising, babysitting, hanging out with family and friends, and getting a nice tan by the pool. :)
I got to have a girl's night with Mikaela, who is marrying Collin's brother in August! A lot of people have already told us we look alike. :) We saw Divergent, it was such a fun night! :)
On June 8th-14th, our ward participated in doing a service week. This was a great opportunity for Collin and I to really contribute to the church and to help members in our ward. On Monday the 9th, we got to help a family move their stuff from the Uhaul to a storage unit. Tuesday, I went to help clean the church. Thursday was Ward Temple Day, so we were so fortunate to go to the temple and feel the spirit so strong. On Saturday, the last day of service week, I was fortunate enough to attend a relief society fireside to hear an amazing speaker talk about service. I love doing service for others. It makes you feel so good afterwards to know that you can touch other lives in so many ways!
On another higher note, Collin just finished classes last week! To top it off, he got good grades last semester!! It makes me such a proud wife to know that Collin cares about working hard in school and has accomplished so much. I know he will work at an amazing job someday. He is now working full time at OIT this summer and will start school at BYU again in the fall. ONE MORE YEAR!! :)
Today happens to be our 11 month anniversary since we have been married!! We are coming closer to our one year anniversary! I couldn't be more excited to know that we have accomplished so much as a couple in our first year. More details to come about our anniversary in the future. :)
In the Wheeler household, summer is officially here! Not only has the weather been hot here in Utah, but summer vacation is in our reach! Collin only has one week left of school at BYU! It will be so nice when we can enjoy summer vacation together. After a long year of work, we could definitely use one. Collin is now at his senior year!! He is so close to being done! Whoohoo! :)
Last week was my last week with our preschool kids. They all will be going on to kindergarten next year. Many of them I am not going to see next year. 22 out of our 29 kids qualified for regular ed kindergarten which is so impressive!! They are going on to different elementary schools in the fall. I know that all of those kids will do wonderful in the future, however, I am going to miss them so much. We got to do water activities with the kids on their last day of school. Here is a picture of me playing with bubbles.
I am making a weird face in this picture, but I LOVE the bubble effect!
The next day, I went to work to help clean up the classroom for the year. We started out the day by having a delicious breakfast potluck.It was enough to give us the strength to work hard and get our classroom organized. By the time everything was in its proper place, we said our goodbyes. It was a bittersweet farewell. I have some of the sweetest and generous co-workers. I have made close friendships which made my work environment even more enjoyable.
I have had people ask me what I am now doing with my time while I am on vacation. Well the answer is pretty simple: I am currently looking for a job. I am hoping I will have one in the near future. For now, I have been doing a lot of house cleaning, sleeping, and editing photographs. I do photography as a hobby. Since I have a nice camera, I figured I should do something with it. :) Not to mention we finally downloaded Photoshop. Collin calls it "my new toy" because I use it so much. It seriously saves your life and makes your photos look great. I have already finished with a few photo shoots for two couples in my ward. Here are a few of my favorites:
Brennen and Carissa
Tyler and Katy
Both couples are so adorable. I just think that they're the sweetest. I have loved getting to know them. I just love photography. Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a photo nerd. I probably drive Collin crazy with how often I use my camera. Haha. We even got our pictures taken by Carissa. (She was in one of my photo shoots.) To end, here are some of our pictures. :)
