Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there! Here is another list of what I am thankful for today as I am mindful of all the blessings in my life:
1. Being with my family for a few days of uninterrupted fun.
2. Watching Sydney and Micah loving on each other.
3. Amazing and supportive friends who have become some of the best friends I have ever had this past year.
4. A great church.
5. Grampy being able to join us in Seattle for Thanksgiving dinner.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoys their time with family!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
More Thankfulness
1. Laughter and goofiness with friends.
2. A nice, warm white chocolate mocha.
3. Waking up in the morning excited for the day and my job.
4. The excitement of being with family for the next 5 days.
5. A parent telling me that I am the best.
6. Hopes of a great day.
2. A nice, warm white chocolate mocha.
3. Waking up in the morning excited for the day and my job.
4. The excitement of being with family for the next 5 days.
5. A parent telling me that I am the best.
6. Hopes of a great day.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thankful
So many of my friends are writing blog posts about what they are thankful for this week so I thought I would do the same. I have been so emotional and grumpy as of late, so I think I need to be reminded of all the things in my life that I am grateful for (graduate school is not one of them right now :) ).
1. A wonderful working environment where I feel loved and appreciated. Staff/coworkers that are true friends and genuinely care about my life.
2. A wonderful class this year with students who make me laugh every day and make me feel so loved with their hugs, sweet words and sweet cards.
3. The most amazing roommates who are always so forgiving of my faults and make me laugh so hard when I need it the most.
4. My family who I adore so much. I am so thankful to be so close with my family and be involved in my niece and nephews lives.
5. The chance to bake chocolate chip cookies (yes, I was procrastinating).
6. Sunny days with beautiful sunrises with Mt. Rainier in the background that remind me of the beauty of God's creation.
I feel better already! :)
1. A wonderful working environment where I feel loved and appreciated. Staff/coworkers that are true friends and genuinely care about my life.
2. A wonderful class this year with students who make me laugh every day and make me feel so loved with their hugs, sweet words and sweet cards.
3. The most amazing roommates who are always so forgiving of my faults and make me laugh so hard when I need it the most.
4. My family who I adore so much. I am so thankful to be so close with my family and be involved in my niece and nephews lives.
5. The chance to bake chocolate chip cookies (yes, I was procrastinating).
6. Sunny days with beautiful sunrises with Mt. Rainier in the background that remind me of the beauty of God's creation.
I feel better already! :)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Humbled...
I have a myspace account simply for the purpose of keeping in touch of some of my favorite (oops...did I say that?) middle school students. I have loved keeping in touch with them and watch them as they start their high school lives hoping that what I taught them or who I was as their teacher affected them in some way. My biggest hope and prayer as a teacher is to make a positive impact on my students. I want to be a teacher that my students can look back on and remember as being someone who impacted their life.
Here is something that one of my old students wrote in her "heroes" section on her myspace page:
Ms. Amber Bobst: You taught me a lot more than just seventh grade math and eighth grade science. You inspired me to become someone so much greater than I would have ever wanted to be. I admire you so much more than anyone, and I can't wait until the kids you teach notice how lucky they are. (:
Wow. Cicely was a great student: sassy and lovable. Her middle school years were rough ones as she had run ins with drugs and dealt with her best friend getting into drugs. Cicely confided in me about this multiple times and I know God used those talks for His glory. I am just so humbled by what she wrote and this verifies the reason why I am a teacher...to make an impact on my student's lives, not through what I teach them but through who I am as a person and the influence I have on these precious lives.
Here is something that one of my old students wrote in her "heroes" section on her myspace page:
Ms. Amber Bobst: You taught me a lot more than just seventh grade math and eighth grade science. You inspired me to become someone so much greater than I would have ever wanted to be. I admire you so much more than anyone, and I can't wait until the kids you teach notice how lucky they are. (:
Wow. Cicely was a great student: sassy and lovable. Her middle school years were rough ones as she had run ins with drugs and dealt with her best friend getting into drugs. Cicely confided in me about this multiple times and I know God used those talks for His glory. I am just so humbled by what she wrote and this verifies the reason why I am a teacher...to make an impact on my student's lives, not through what I teach them but through who I am as a person and the influence I have on these precious lives.
Yikes!
It has been way too long since I have updated my blog, sorry about that! Life has been a bit crazy to say the least. There have been good days and bad days but overall, I am just surviving right now! :)
As many of you have heard, my Grammy passed away suddenly a little over 3 weeks ago. This has been a hard reality for me. It was great to be able to go home for 10 days and just be with my family as we prepared for the service and just had some sweet family time. There are days where Grammy being gone is a huge reality and there are days that it just doesn't seem real. Grammy was not perfect, but who really is? She was such a sweet and caring lady and that was shown in many ways during her memorial service. I found myself walking away from that service proud of who my Grammy was and all of the lives she had impacted. I also walked away determined to live my life in such a way that I leave a beautiful legacy such as hers. Her death has transformed my life in many ways, putting things into perspective and having this feeling that she is looking down on me from Heaven and watching as I live my life out.
Besides that, I have been super busy and overwhelmed with my schooling. Working a full-time job, taking 3 classes (each require 10 hours a week) and coaching volleyball has just drained me. I am trying my best to stay on top of things but it is hard at times. I never see my roommates, which is such a bummer since I love them so. I am trying to prioritize my life and make time for some small things that bring me joy, I need that. Spending a whole weekend in the library is not necessarily my idea of fun or that great for my mental stability! :) Thankfully the quarter is over halfway over and I am on the homestretch...I just hope I can make it through with decent grades and my sanity still intact!
Thankfully, volleyball is over. I loved coaching the girls this season as especially coaching with my friend Angela but the complaining parents made it a full time job for me and I was ready to be done. I thought for sure that once volleyball was over, I would have so much more time on my hands but that has proved to be wrong! Where does the time go?
I will leave you with a few pictures from my time in California...
Mom, Auntie Brenda and Grampy...precious!
I love this picture for so many reasons.
Grandpa Jim is so popular! :)
Grampy meeting Levi for the first time.
As many of you have heard, my Grammy passed away suddenly a little over 3 weeks ago. This has been a hard reality for me. It was great to be able to go home for 10 days and just be with my family as we prepared for the service and just had some sweet family time. There are days where Grammy being gone is a huge reality and there are days that it just doesn't seem real. Grammy was not perfect, but who really is? She was such a sweet and caring lady and that was shown in many ways during her memorial service. I found myself walking away from that service proud of who my Grammy was and all of the lives she had impacted. I also walked away determined to live my life in such a way that I leave a beautiful legacy such as hers. Her death has transformed my life in many ways, putting things into perspective and having this feeling that she is looking down on me from Heaven and watching as I live my life out.
Besides that, I have been super busy and overwhelmed with my schooling. Working a full-time job, taking 3 classes (each require 10 hours a week) and coaching volleyball has just drained me. I am trying my best to stay on top of things but it is hard at times. I never see my roommates, which is such a bummer since I love them so. I am trying to prioritize my life and make time for some small things that bring me joy, I need that. Spending a whole weekend in the library is not necessarily my idea of fun or that great for my mental stability! :) Thankfully the quarter is over halfway over and I am on the homestretch...I just hope I can make it through with decent grades and my sanity still intact!
Thankfully, volleyball is over. I loved coaching the girls this season as especially coaching with my friend Angela but the complaining parents made it a full time job for me and I was ready to be done. I thought for sure that once volleyball was over, I would have so much more time on my hands but that has proved to be wrong! Where does the time go?
I will leave you with a few pictures from my time in California...
Mom, Auntie Brenda and Grampy...precious!
I love this picture for so many reasons.
Grandpa Jim is so popular! :)
Grampy meeting Levi for the first time.
This was where we first started our journey: at the airport. For the first five minutes of seeing each other, Micah and Sydney held hands, giggled and just kept staring at each other. They love each other so much and it is priceless!
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