Getting Behind . . .

Well, I suppose I've gotten a little behind in writing these updates. So I'll have to fill everybody in on what has been going on here in Rexburg. This past weekend was LDS General Conference and it was wonderful. Owen and I were able to attend the Sunday Morning session at the conference center in Salt Lake. We were in the nosebleed seats and the speakers looked like specks, but it was fun to be there in person. As for school, it has definitely been keeping Owen and me busy, but I think we're both doing well. Anyway, not much else has gone on, unless I'm just forgetting some major details. So I suppose this is the reason that I have gotten behind . . . not much has happened to actually write about :)

LET IT SNOW????

Today Rexburg got its first snow of the season, crazy eh? It was just a flurry, and didn't stick at all, but still . . . snow?! Anyway, school has been going well. I get to go on a field trip with my second grade class on Tuesday. I'm pretty excited about that, although it will be very cold, and I'm not really looking forward to that. Today we bought some cute decorations for the house. We've had some random plant buckets with nothing in them, so we got some silk flowers for them, and we got some potpourri and then things for Christmas presents. That's about all that has gone on.

Fun in Seattle!

While Owen and I were on our break between semesters we got to go to Seattle with my parents. My dad lived in Seattle during his teenage years, and all of his siblings have just stuck around there. So we visited family and got to see some of the sites in Seattle. I even got to take Owen up the Space Needle. It was fun, and we enjoyed the vacation. I have pictures from it, but I guess I'll have to put them on here later since some of them are on my mother's camera and the other pictures haven't been loaded to the computer yet.

Back to School

So . . . Owen and I are back to school as of Tuesday, and back to major stress. I've already had my annual emotional where I decide I'm dropping out, that I can't handle the "no sleep, too much homework, stressful life" for one more second. Luckily, I'm a little more rational than that, and have a great husband to convince me to stay and finish my studies. Now, don't get me wrong, I love learning, especially at this university, I love my field of study (elementary education), and generally I love my classes. But, there's just those moments when i feel like I have 20 hours of homework to do in 3 hours, and I'm running out of energy, and frankly, I just get sick of writing papers!

Anyway, in better news, we are back in school, and we are both doing pretty well. Owen and I still have all A's! ;) Owen is getting down to some of his major requirment classes, which should be fun for him. He has chemistry, botany, statistics, bio orientation, and Book of Mormon. His bio orientation is a class that helps students see what fields are available within the biology route (medical, teaching, lab studies, etc.) Othen than that class he seems to be enjoying his chemistry and botany classes and is always coming home to tell me interesting facts he learned during class. Did you know that 89 chemicals are present when you smell a cranberry?! Pretty cool, eh? As for my classes I'm finally getting into some of my really fun education classes. I'm in my early field experience class, foundations of education (a history/philosophy class about education), educational psychology, Doctrine and Covenants, and advanced writing for eled majors. My early field experience class is really fun. All the students are assigned to a school (Lincoln Elementary) and a cooperative teacher and grade. I'm with Mrs. Hawkins in the 2nd grade. I have assignments to teach and to make bulletin boards, I even get to go on a field trip with them to Harriman State Park in a couple of weeks.

Almost Done!

I'm all done with classes! Unfortunately Owen still has one class left just so he can take a short quiz. Oh well, other than that, Owen and I both have one final left to do, and then we're done! And in other good news, we actually get to do something fun over the break. My parents are going to Seattle (where my dad is from) to visit family and they're taking us with them :) We're very excited to get a vacation.

Semester's end!

Well . . . the semester is almost over, and it's crunch time. Owen has been working a lot this week installing speakers and doing other wiring projects for two elementary schools that are being built in Idaho Falls. We've both been tying up loose ends at school and getting things finished since there's only 3 days left in the semester. Yesterday we spent the night at my parents house so we could go to Reed's Dairy Days today. Reed's Dairy Days is an annual customer appreciation thing. They have dairy tours and horse back rides, cheap lunch and ice cream, and lots of people. It was fun, but very tiring. Then this evening we had a ward BBQ party. We would have taken pictures of all the fun, but I forgot the camera . . . oops, sorry! :)

Feeling Left Out . . .

So, apparently the Krupp Clan is all having fun in Sacramento going to the Jelly Belly Factory, swimming, going to the temple open house, etc. The Marshall Clan is at the beach having fun, getting tan, swimming in the ocean, etc. Meanwhile, Owen and Haylee sit in the windy and dusty land called Rexburg, stuck in school! So, we've been doing homework and studying for test and all the other fun stuff that goes along with being a full time student. I guess this is what happens when finals are only a week and a half away.

Other than all of our homework though, we have found some time to have fun. Yesterday we went to Idaho Falls and had Johnny Carino's for dinner (we got a gift card for there when we got married). We also did some errand running while we were there also. Then, back in Rexburg we went to Comic Frenzy with Ryan and Ranee (it was their second date . . . third date is on Sunday, wahoo)! Today we're going to do homework and clean house. Anyway, that's the news update! :)