365 February 4

February 4-
Today was the Dordt Track Meet so I got to watch Merissa and Ryan run today! I LOVE going to track meets. They are so fun and exciting. It makes me kind of sort of want to try it :) Both Ryan and Merissa have been struggling with some injuries but they both did so well today and I'm pretty sure they both came out with second places. Merissa's mile time was 5:17!! I can only dream about running a mile that fast! lol

365 February 3

February 3-
Today the trees were covered with a frosty ice crystals. It was so beautiful. There was a weird thick fog last night and then it froze onto the trees. There still isn't snow on the ground, but the trees looked lovely.

365 February 2

February 2-
Today I stopped at 55th, the coffee shop on campus and got an apple cinnamon scone on my way back from class. It was warm and gooey and oh so yummy!

365 February 1

February 1-
Today was so warm that I got to run outside! AND I ran in only shorts and t-shirt :) It felt great! It isn't every year you can do this in February :) Lots of joy today.

365 January 30 & 31

January 30-
Today was a fun day. My joy was hanging out with my roomies! We baked cookies. The dough was really good... but the cookies turned out too runny and we ended up a sort of gooey, carmel-ey,  cookie-ish mixture. Lol. Oh my goodness did we do a lot of laughing! It still tasted pretty good, but we decided it would have been really good on ice cream if we had any. Of course we still ate it. :) We also played Sorry! I LOVE this game! I was behind the whole game. I could never get any of my pieces out of start! lol but guess who won?? hmmm? It was ME :) haha It was so much fun!

Me - Allison - Mary - Brittany is taking the picture

(p.s. that's our "cookies" in that red bowl on the table)

 

Januray 31-

I had lots of joys today: I got a short nap, got to talk to my mom on the phone for a while, got to talk to Alyssa at night on the phone, we had roommate dinner which is always fun, and I got to go see Miranda today. That is what I chose for my one joy today. We played "Good Luck Charlie" at recess which if you didn't know is a Disney channel show that's pretty cute. So we usually play this when I come visit her, but today they wanted to put a spin on it and mesh it with Soul Surfer the movie about Bethany Hamilton who lost her arm in a shark attack while surfing. So, of course my two daughters were surfing and a shark bit off their arms and I had to freak out (including screaming and waving my arms in the air) on the playground which is always entertaining and go pick them up and put them in the car and take them to the "hospital". Ohh my goodness! I had to try so hard not laugh. The things I do for these girls lol. It was so fun though. I always loved playing pretend when I was their age.

 

We'll see what God has in store to put a smile on my face tomorrow :)

LOVE ALWAYS!
Aubrey Lynn

365 January 26, 27, 28, & 29

January 26-
Today my joy was Scott coming over for supper. We made some of my Grandma's taco soup :) It was yummy!

January 27-
Today we went to a conference in Sioux City all day for my Reading in Early Childhood class. It was a treacherous drive in the morning because it was so snowy, but we made it safely with me behind the wheel of the Dordt mini-van :) lol The conference was really long! but it was kind of interesting. The speaker was pretty funny and we even got to make some artwork for a few minutes. We also got a delicious lunch and a few ideas for teaching reading in our classrooms.

January 28-
A huge group of our friends went to Buffalo Wild Wings for supper. Their wings are SO good! And then we went to Peach Wave for some frozen yogurt. It was a really fun night. I actually chose two pictures for today :)

January 29-

Today I sat and edited some pictures from the past week. I had such a lazy day. I had to work yesterday afternoon so I got my homework done then so I could rest today. I took a nap, did my laundry, and edited some pictures. Here's one of my favorites.

God Bless!!

Aubrey



Project 365- January 24 and 25

January 24-
Today was our roommate meal. Me and Merissa made homemade pizzas! One was barbeque chicken, and the other was spinach, tomato, and chicken. They turned out so good! We also made pasta and bread sticks. It was a delicious combination :)

January 25-
Today was a great day! I was supposed to go to Sioux Center Christian Elementary this morning for my reading practicum, but they had a late start (also known to us as a 2 hour delay) due to all the ice. It rained last night... weird... and then everything froze. So I got to sleep in! I have been so tired lately so I was ecstatic for the opportutnity to jump back under my warm covers and go back to sleep. I also had two meetings to add to my load today. I met with Professor Kornelis about my PDS placement for student teaching. I got placed at Rock Valley Christian Elementary in 1st grade and then for the second part of second semester I will probably jump over to the public school for my special education placement. I am still apprehensive about whether or not this is what I want to do. But I have some more time to think. I will have an interview with my teacher sometime either next week or the week after and then I will have to make my decision. Ughh! I also had a meeting with Coach Schenk about expectations for next season and about captains. I would LOVE to be captain next year, but I probably won't get it. However... my big joy for the day was making lunch :) I used our old sandwich maker to make a grilled turkey and cheese. It was fun! if making a sandwich could ever be fun lol Well, I thought it was fun :)  And delicious

We have about 5 weeks until spring break when I get to come home again!

LOVE ALWAYS xo
Aubrey