Lessons Learned by a Young Lady

Saturday, January 23, 2010

I love this kid!!!

Here is a random picture of me and Dallin. He's the greatest!!!!!

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

This year for Christmas, my family went on a cruise to Mexico. We went to Kobo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Viarta. It was AMAZING. The highlights of the trip were snorkeling, parasailing, and zip lining. It was also wonderful to spend Christmas Eve reading the Christmas story as a family in our small room on the cruise ship. Here are a few pictures.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

The last few months in a nutshell

Summer Time: My summer break was Full!!! So full, that I don't remember everything that happened. I was an EFY councilor for a week, went to California, Adrian got married and my mom and I flew out to Seattle for the weekend to go to the reception and go sight seeing. Being a teacher and having a three month vacation definitely has it's benefits!!!

The new school year:

I have amazing classes this year. I teach algebra II honors and Pre-calculus honors. My students are so self motivated and they make me laugh every day! I'm also the sophomore officer adviser, and this year my officers are CRAZY! (a good crazy that is). I have a feeling that this is going to be the best teaching year so far.

My officers and me with our killer float for the homecoming parade.

Halloween with Dallin

Oh, and I bought a house. I have two cute roommates, and I'm finally all moved in.

Here are just a few pictures...

The dining room

The living room

The bathroom

My bedroom

Monday, June 22, 2009

Greece and Turkey

My cute friend Rebecca and I decided to go on a two week tour of Greece and Turkey. It was AMAZING. Pictures definitely don't do what I saw justice, but here are just a few of the hundreds that I took.

The Parthenon.

The spice market and the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul were my favorite part of the whole trip. It was a shoppers paradise!!!

This is Hagia Sophia in Turkey. Inside is even prettier than the outside.

The island of Mykonos. Another one of my favorites.

Here is the story behind the three pictures above. We went to the house that Mary, the mother of Jesus, spent the last few years of her life (so they say...). Anyway, it is tradition for people to write down wishes and prayers on small pieces of paper and then put them on the wall asking Mary for help. I of course asked Mary for a husband. A little sacreligious I know, but thought it was hilarious. I can use all the help I can get ;)

The last place that we visited was Santorini. All of the buildings were blue and white. It was BEAUTIFUL. Better than I had imagined from seeing pictures in a book or in the movies.

The whole trip was an adventure. The perfect way to spend my 25th birthday.

Things you hear in high school

I was walking out of school a few weeks ago and this is the conversation that I heard between a guy and a girl...

Guy: Hey so I heard that Bobby got stabbed. Is he aight?

Girl: Yah, it wasn't too bad, he's aight.

As I walked to my car I couldn't help but laugh. I knew that I should have been concerned about this Bobby kid who got stabbed, but all I could think about was that "aight" was now a commonly used word. I think that I may start incorporating it into my vocabulary. Who knows, I might start using "wuz up," or "for dizzle" too.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Go ahead, call me Ms. Stephanie Johnson M. D.

Last Monday I graduated with my masters from National University (I know I know, it sounds phony, but it's for real). I was able to do all of my classwork on-line and I finished 10 classes/40 credits in a year. It was crazy, but now that it's over, it was so worth it!! Here are a few pictures from the graduation ceremony.