First Day of School...as a teacher!

The fact that this was actually written a week after school starts but I have yet to post it (and it has been a month) is kind of the story of my life. I'm so lame...I have zero time.

So I know this is now a week late...life of a teacher I guess.
Day 1: Heaven.
The first day of school was wonderful! If you know me you know that if I'm anxious or nervous about something I usually don't sleep, feel sick all the time, and am generally on edge. The night before the first day I slept like a baby. I was so calm and relaxed and knew this is exactly where I'm supposed to be right now in my life. I'm so grateful for that calm reassurance.
My 26 little people are adorable. One brought me home made potholders the first day. I mean how cute is that? I could probably only pick up munchkin sized pots with them, so I hung them up by my desk. There are two boys who I loved the second they walked in the door....so cute! They're going to be little studs when they grow up.
School was filled with getting to know you stuff and a whole lot of me talking....fun for me, and they think I'm pretty funny :)
The first day was a whirlwind and was over before it even started.

After school I was thrown into my first rounds of parent teacher conferences. I had some great parents and they made me feel so comfortable and everything went so smoothly. Pot holder girl's mother was my last conference and as I was walking her to the door she told me how at first when she found out it was my first year of teaching she was nervous, but after meeting me she is totally confident in me and my ability to do this. Talk about a nice confidence boost!
I left on a high thinking I could conquer the world.
I was made for this.

Day 2: Hard.
I cried.

But...
The beautiful brooke was married that day. See.

And even though I cried again because I missed her coming out of the temple and I got lost in Salt Lake and I was convinced I was never going back to school....It was all ok. Funny how life is like that. She was beautiful, the wedding was perfect, and I was so happy I was there to be a part of it.

Some Good Reads.

Last post for today.

I have had so many people ask me what I have been reading (if you know me you know I always have an unfinished book in my purse, especially this summer while I was working).

So some of my favorite summer reads. I can't say enough about all of these, I loved all of them!!
I know that I have read more, but these are the ones that are sticking out right now. I can't take any credit for finding any of these myself. All were reccommendations from Miss Carsten who always knows a book that I will love.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore: amazing new series! So original and keeps you hooked for hours. Read all about it here. Read this one first otherwise you ruin the second one.

Fire by Kristin Cashore: also so great. Read all about it here.
There is going to be another and I am so excited.

My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares: such a unique concept, and great love story. Find it here!

And finally, I just finished this little gem.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett: I can finally say I understand what all the talk was about and I can't wait to go and see the movie! Find this one here!

hunt for a good outfit.

So...beautiful brooke gets married in two days! I can't even believe it is finally happening, but at the same time I feel like she's been married for the last couple months. Anyway, she wanted all of us roomies to be in blue and green shirts and black pencil skirts. Easy right? Hannah and Talia will wear green because they look good in green and karen and i would rock the blue. straightforward and simple.
ha. i wish!

Since I've been so busy since I've been back in utah (it's only about a week and a half but it feels like an eternity already) We decided that on saturday, yesterday (cutting it a little close i know but this was going to be so simple), we would head to the mall and grab some coordinating blue shirts.
We got there, and went to : bannana republic, the gap, nordstrom, papyrus, forever 21, charlotte ruse, and a few other places I can't remember all with no luck! i swear when did shirts stop coming in blue? I mean seriously. We hit up macy's and karen found a really pretty white shirt for herself, but other than that we were out of luck.

We then decided to go to kohls, nothing. Then we went to Target, where I found pencil skirts on sale and bought one in black and one in tan, mostly for work. We had found sweaters that were the right color, but looked horrible on, so that was a bust. We then decided to head to Old Navy (which I will admit with pride is one of my favorite stores.) finally at Old Navy I found a shirt! It was on sale for $6 and i finally got some new jeans on sale for $15. I counted this as a success, but unfortunately Karen still didn't have anything. So we went to TJ Maxx, nothing. Karen remembered a shirt she thought would work at banana rep. so we headed back to the mall to look at it. It was all wrong.

At this point I had blisters on my feet, was tired and cranky and just wanted to go home. (Plus, in the back of my mind all I could think about was the fact that I still hadn't planned the first week of school, written out procedures that need to be taught, and a million other little things). I told her we could do one more store.
Back to nordstom, we literally grab anything they made in the color we wanted. I found a cute sweater and it looked great with her cute white shirt she had bought earlier.
Finally success! (after about 6 hours of shopping....no bueno!)

We then headed to Westridge so I could grab something that I had to do for the first day of school, and went home. Where I fell into bed and a book and put off all of the stuff I still need to do! I know its bad.

But all the insanity will be worth it once we're waiting for our beautiful friend to come out of the temple with her husband on tuesday :)

love you future mrs. clark.

b2s night

Back to School Night, or b2s night as I lovingly called it the last week was quite the experience. I had spent the last week trying to make my room presentable, suffered through blood, sweat, and tears for it to look good, and I often forgot why I was going through all of this work. Then, Thursday finally came and all my little people and their parents came walking through the door to meet me. I was met with a lot of "oh, is this your first year teaching?" which was a little concerning at first, but hey, I may be young, but what I lack in experience I make up for in enthusiasm.
Back to the little people, they all came through my door some excited, some shy, and some not wanting to be there. It was very overwhelming and I was so nervous at first, but once it got going it was a lot more enjoyable.

Thanks to all who have come and helped me with some many different things: Karen, Alex, Karissa, Aunt Kim and co, I appreciate all the time you put in to help me somehow get all of this together and keep some of my sanity.

School starts tomorrow.....AHHHH!
If I think about it too much I get concerned because everything is so not ready for this next week, but at the same time I have this calm sense that everything will be fine. (Maybe it's just the calm before the storm....) but I just keep relying on Heavenly Father and the knowledge I have that I can do this, and I am ready for this.

Count on a first day of school post shortly.

<3
miss webb

Because I know you are all dying to see some pictures! :)

yes my name is on the door!






My pride and joy :)


I can thank Karissa Bosco for that awesome Survivor Island on the cabinets

Miss Webb.

So I know I've seriously disappeared from the blog world lately.
Sorry! Summer was fun, but uneventful. I was a nanny to the cutest girls, I read A LOT, spent time with great friends, and just hung out and relaxed.

Let me tell you it's a good thing I recharged.
These last 5 days in Provo have literally been the most insane of my life.
I spend, I kid you not around 12 hours each day trying to get ready for school. I had no idea it would be this hard. I've been on the verge of tears too many times to count, and my to-do list gets longer, not any shorter, each and every day.
Thursday and Friday of next week I really thought I was going to lose it. I thought I would burn out before the kids even stepped in the door, and sometimes I still feel that way.

BUT, I have found a new strength I never knew I had.
It's real.
In 5 short days I'll be a teacher.
The day after tomorrow is back to school night, and I'll actually meet them.

The class list went up today, which means that 26 little people came to see who their 4th grade teacher was and saw my name.
That is so weird and wonderful.
This is everything I've spent the last 3 years working for and I can't believe its finally happening.

ps: don't expect me to have a social life this year, cause I don't. I literally work till I drop, and that probably isn't changing anytime soon. But hey, what can you do? That's life

keep smiling :)