So I am single. Yup, I am going to say it again, I am single. Being single has its pros and cons, pluses and minuses, just like everything in life. But this, being single, is one of my many trials right now. It has been down right hard and ugly, but all I know to do is to continue to move forward and trust in Heavenly Father's plan for me.
Yes, being single has it great things, like touring Europe for a whole month during the summer (and I would totally do it again in a heartbeat). I can live wherever I can find a job and I can pick up and go places just about most of the time. These things are great and I hope my future husband will love to travel because I have become so accustomed to it.
But let's be honest, being LDS and almost 25 and not married, people tend to wonder "what's wrong with you?" and question why you aren't married. I get the comments of you need to do this or you need to act this way and then you will be sure to find a man. Or better yet, I'll get, you are so wonderful, why aren't you dating anyone??
In all honesty I don't know why I am not married or dating someone at this moment, but I do know that I needed to go through a lot of different experiences, while I am single, to make me be a better person, wife, and mother. I look back at my 20 year old self and who I am now and I know that I was not ready for what was ahead of me in years to come. Heavenly Father is slowly shaping and forming me to be able to be ready for when the time is right for me to enter into his Holy Temple and be sealed to my husband. But right now I am learning more about myself and my relationship with my Heavenly Father in ways that I could not even fathom.
"Prayer is less about changing our circumstances and more about changing us. It is about seeking His will and asking for His help to do what we need to do. "
-Kevin W. Pearson
(Improving Your Personal Prayers)
I found this quote this summer as I was going through a trying time in my life. I was confused why the guy I was seeing wasn't working out how I wanted to and why Heavenly Father wasn't listening to the perfect plan I had made for myself. I now know why things didn't work out and I am glad that I have had this trial for my relationship to improve with my Heavenly Father.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
My Brother
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Lately....
So it has been awhile since I have posted on here. Sorry about that. I have been consumed with a ton of things and now that it is finally SPRING BREAK!!! I can breathe! There is so many new things that are going on right now. My younger brother Jeff gets home from his mission at the beginning of June! I can't wait to see him and hug him. With him coming home will allow my family to feel a bit more complete. Plus I can't wait to hear his English accent that he has.
Here are some other things that are going on:
I found out that I have my job for another year, which is relief. My school only gives the teachers yearly contracts so I have been worrying about if they will renew my contract for next year for awhile because it is very difficult to find teaching jobs. I will stay in 2nd grade which I love! I love their innocence and their willingness to please and learn. Something neat that happened in my classroom a few weeks ago. A mom came to me and asked me if her and her husband who had been on tour for the military wanted to surprise their son in my class. I knew about this for a few weeks and the little boy in my class would tell me that his dad was coming home soon. Well the day came and I was super excited! The little boy thought his dad was coming home the next day, but I knew his dad was already home. Well I took my class on a bathroom break and then during that time the mom and dad as well as the whole office staff went into the classroom. We all walked in and the dad went up to the boy and gave him a big huge hug and the boy was in shock to see his dad! It was the neatest experience ever! It made me think and ponder about how when we die, we will be able to be reunited with our loved ones as well as our Heavenly Father and what a sweet experience that will be to see all of those people, but especially to see Him!
I am super excited for summer and I can't wait for it! I am going on a dream vacation and I am ecstatic to go. I will write about it later :) It will all make sense later on when I won't tell you where I am going
So that is my life. I really have nothing to complain about. I am so grateful for the experiences that I have had to make me the person that I am and the person that I am growing to become.
~Always remember to thank Heavenly Father daily and keep him in your life because that is when the miracles can happen!
Here are some other things that are going on:
I found out that I have my job for another year, which is relief. My school only gives the teachers yearly contracts so I have been worrying about if they will renew my contract for next year for awhile because it is very difficult to find teaching jobs. I will stay in 2nd grade which I love! I love their innocence and their willingness to please and learn. Something neat that happened in my classroom a few weeks ago. A mom came to me and asked me if her and her husband who had been on tour for the military wanted to surprise their son in my class. I knew about this for a few weeks and the little boy in my class would tell me that his dad was coming home soon. Well the day came and I was super excited! The little boy thought his dad was coming home the next day, but I knew his dad was already home. Well I took my class on a bathroom break and then during that time the mom and dad as well as the whole office staff went into the classroom. We all walked in and the dad went up to the boy and gave him a big huge hug and the boy was in shock to see his dad! It was the neatest experience ever! It made me think and ponder about how when we die, we will be able to be reunited with our loved ones as well as our Heavenly Father and what a sweet experience that will be to see all of those people, but especially to see Him!
I am super excited for summer and I can't wait for it! I am going on a dream vacation and I am ecstatic to go. I will write about it later :) It will all make sense later on when I won't tell you where I am going
So that is my life. I really have nothing to complain about. I am so grateful for the experiences that I have had to make me the person that I am and the person that I am growing to become.
~Always remember to thank Heavenly Father daily and keep him in your life because that is when the miracles can happen!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
2nd Grade
I have been teaching 2nd grade for the past two months. My class has it challenges, but they are hilarious at the same time. I know that Heavenly Father gave me these students to learn from them and to be able to grow as they are growing.
Here are some funny things they have told me:
"I can't go to trunk or treat because my mom is going to the Temple."
A girl walks out of the bathroom, "I have diarrhea."
"Can we sing, 'Families Can Be Together Forever?"
"The only reason adults get married is to have kids."
"You don't have kids? You aren't married, well you better get on that!"
After we enter our classroom from the morning ceremony, "Is it time to go home yet?"
The best one yet: A girl was handed this note from a boy in the class
"Dear B,
I am not your friend.
Your friend,
J"
Here are some funny things they have told me:
"I can't go to trunk or treat because my mom is going to the Temple."
A girl walks out of the bathroom, "I have diarrhea."
"Can we sing, 'Families Can Be Together Forever?"
"The only reason adults get married is to have kids."
"You don't have kids? You aren't married, well you better get on that!"
After we enter our classroom from the morning ceremony, "Is it time to go home yet?"
The best one yet: A girl was handed this note from a boy in the class
"Dear B,
I am not your friend.
Your friend,
J"
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Summer Adventures
This summer I was gone for a whole month, traveling the country, literally!
I first went to Houston, Texas to visit my friends Brianne and Steph that I met at BYU. We went and toured the Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory, ate a Mexican resturant, got introduced to green sauce (it is amazing!!! and I miss it!), had some Texas BBQ and enjoyed the humidity(not!), and saw some policemen wearing cowboy hats!
Sorry there are no pictures from this adventure :(
Then I was home for 2 days and my parents and I went to New Mexico for the annual Buxton Family Reunion. We drove the lovely 9 1/2 hours to Albuquerque.
Day 1 of the Reunion
We first drove to the site of where the first atomic bomb was set off. From there we went to Lincoln County, NM and saw where Smokey the Bear was found and the town that Billy the Kid was from. Then we went to Rosewell, NM. There was a space/alien museum, but I skipped that part and walked the 5 blocks to Dairy Queen with some of my aunts and uncles. Let me tell you it was at least 110 degrees outside so it felt like 22 blocks as my uncle puts it! We then went to Carlsbad to watch the bats fly out of the Carlsbad Caverns, it was an amazing sight. However we weren't allowed to take any pictures of it.
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| At the Smokey the Bear Museum |
Day 2
The second day we went to the caverns at Carlsbad and hiked down 750 feet to the main floor. Walked around the "Big Room" as they called it for another mile and that was a small part of the cavern there are several floors that are not allowed for the public to see. It was impressive and I would love to go to that again.
Once we were all out of the cavern we drove to Cloudcroft, NM and stayed in a haunted lodge.
Day 3
We went and visited White Sands National Park. It was tons of white sand dunes everywhere. We got plastic discs and flew down the dunes there. But it was super hot!
Day 4
We went and visited the VLA (Very Large Array) out of Socorro, NM. There wasn't much out there and your could buy some of the satellite dishes for about a million dollars if you wanted to.
Day 5
We drove back to Las Vegas. It was a very long drive again across New Mexico and Arizona.
We were then home for a couple of days and then for the 4th of July we went up to Gunnison, Utah for the 4th of July. While we were up there, a man in the town discovered a tow truck in his parent's backyard and turned it into Mater in honor of the movie Cars 2 that was showing in the theater. So Matt and I went and took pictures by it, because let's be honest we are kids at heart!
Our last trip of our month of adventure was to Portland, Oregon for my cousin's wedding. It was a cool off for us. It only got up to 70 degrees. We were able to go exploring Oregon City, the first city past the Rocky Mountains. We also were able to visit the Portland Temple which is very similar to the Las Vegas Temple. It was a great vacation!
Friday, April 1, 2011
So I Got my Dream Job
Here is the story on how I landed my job in Las Vegas:
On March 18th, BYU held a Teacher Fair where tons of schools and districts come and recruit teachers to come work for them. Before I went to the fair I said a little prayer to Heavenly Father to help me and guide me to where I needed to be and to make the most of this experience. I went to the fair that day only knowing that the majority of the schools and districts would be from Utah. I was only going to for the experience to see what free stuff I could get as well. Well I ran into one of my friends there and she told me that she saw a school from Las Vegas. I didn't believe her for about 5 seconds and then she told me again so I went on a hunt to find this school and talk to them. I finally found the booth after searching high and low for the school. I went up to the booth and told the man my name and then he asked where I was from and I said Las Vegas. He immediately offered me an interview with the principal at 2:00 pm that day and was ecstatic that I was from Las Vegas and I knew the area where the school would be (it is a brand new charter school that is opening up in the Northwest part of the valley).
I went into the interview and answered the best that I could and then the principal and I talked for a bit about Las Vegas and she told me that I would know on April 8th if I got the job. I left the interview feeling good and then I went on my merry way.
During the next week I could not get the interview out of my mind. I sent the principal a thank you for interviewing me as well as my resume and letters of recommendations.
Finally, on Saturday, March 26th the principal gave me a call. She and I talked for a bit and then she told me that she wanted me on her team and what grade I would like to teach. I was dumbfounded. First off, she wasn't supposed to tell me if I got the job for another 2 weeks. Second, no one ever gets to pick the grade that you want to teach, you usually get assigned to teach a certain grade and you better be happy with it. Her and I again talked about the lower grades and what they were like and which one I would like better to teach. I choose to teach 2nd grade. We talked a bit more, hung up the phone and I sat there and I cried. These days no one really graduates from college with a job, let alone your dream job (I have always wanted to come back to Las Vegas and teach 2nd or 3rd grade.) I am so grateful for the promptings to interview with this school and those that helped me get to the place that I am at right now. Right now I just need to finish student teaching (5 more days!!!) and then I can start planning my dream job!
Thank you Heavenly Father for helping me that day at the Teacher Fair, during my interview and the important phone call! I can't wait to start teaching 2nd grade at Somerset Academy of Las Vegas in August!!
On March 18th, BYU held a Teacher Fair where tons of schools and districts come and recruit teachers to come work for them. Before I went to the fair I said a little prayer to Heavenly Father to help me and guide me to where I needed to be and to make the most of this experience. I went to the fair that day only knowing that the majority of the schools and districts would be from Utah. I was only going to for the experience to see what free stuff I could get as well. Well I ran into one of my friends there and she told me that she saw a school from Las Vegas. I didn't believe her for about 5 seconds and then she told me again so I went on a hunt to find this school and talk to them. I finally found the booth after searching high and low for the school. I went up to the booth and told the man my name and then he asked where I was from and I said Las Vegas. He immediately offered me an interview with the principal at 2:00 pm that day and was ecstatic that I was from Las Vegas and I knew the area where the school would be (it is a brand new charter school that is opening up in the Northwest part of the valley).
I went into the interview and answered the best that I could and then the principal and I talked for a bit about Las Vegas and she told me that I would know on April 8th if I got the job. I left the interview feeling good and then I went on my merry way.
During the next week I could not get the interview out of my mind. I sent the principal a thank you for interviewing me as well as my resume and letters of recommendations.
Finally, on Saturday, March 26th the principal gave me a call. She and I talked for a bit and then she told me that she wanted me on her team and what grade I would like to teach. I was dumbfounded. First off, she wasn't supposed to tell me if I got the job for another 2 weeks. Second, no one ever gets to pick the grade that you want to teach, you usually get assigned to teach a certain grade and you better be happy with it. Her and I again talked about the lower grades and what they were like and which one I would like better to teach. I choose to teach 2nd grade. We talked a bit more, hung up the phone and I sat there and I cried. These days no one really graduates from college with a job, let alone your dream job (I have always wanted to come back to Las Vegas and teach 2nd or 3rd grade.) I am so grateful for the promptings to interview with this school and those that helped me get to the place that I am at right now. Right now I just need to finish student teaching (5 more days!!!) and then I can start planning my dream job!
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