To sum up

So it's been a while since I last bloggity blogged. Not many people read anymore anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter, but I would just like to make some summations.
I am now NO LONGER a "first year teacher" and let me tell you, I am GLAD GLAD GLAD it is over. The first year is always the toughest and I am proud that I am still alive after all the crap my lovely children pulled. Don't get me wrong, I DO love them, so much, but they can be little terrors. I feel like I am a mom to 100 little 11 year olds sometimes...and get this, I get the same little cherubs next year because I am moving up to 6th grade. I'll be teaching social studies though and let me tell ya, I am stoked.
Also the last day of school I drove up with my father and our friend Greg and we spent the next three days at the grand canyon. I'd like to call this EPIC HIKE 2010!!!!!! Rim to Rim to Rim in 19 hours and 55 minutes! WOOT! Rim to rim to rim means that we went from the south rim to the north rim and back to the south rim (although we had a day of rest in between the two trips.) It was an amazing experience and a great bonding time with my dad. I realized I am even more like him than I originally thought, especially in terms of perseverance. The last 4.5 miles of hiking we both just decided we were NOT going to stop and we kept on trucking. Also, I realized just how creative my heavenly father is. Nothing compares to the artistry that is the Grand Canyon and I don't know how anyone can look at that beauty and doubt for even a second his love for us or even the fact that He exists. HE IS THERE. Also, to realize the One that created that massive, gorgeous canyon is the same One who created me and cares about me and knows about every little thing about me, how truly amazing and humbling is that. It is a wonder to behold that the same One who created the Grandest Canyon ever also created some silly girl with blonde hair and freckles, and yet he loves me MORE than that beautiful canyon. :)

Also, in two days I turn 22, and I am not really happy about it. I guess because I just feel old, but I know I am not, so it's not really that. I suppose it is more of, I expected to be in a different spot in life at 22 and I am not. I guess that is a whole other blog post, and maybe this weekend I'll have some inspiration over turning 22. The girls are taking me out tomorrow and making me feel special and then my family on saturday, so maybe by sunday I'll have something enlightened to write about 22.