The BIG news...

Okay-- This is so so so exciting!!!!!

Well... maybe it's just exciting for me!

But ANYWAY- I'm finally getting my very own office at work!! yipee!! haha.
It's been kind of a pain at work because every day I'm there I'm in another office, so I don't really have my own space. It makes it kind of difficult because I always have to take everything from work home each night, then back to work and so on. Now I will have space for my stuff that I can actually keep at work.

Besides that, things are going well at work. I went to a child/family team meeting for the first time last week. That was great experience. I met with some other therapists and my client's DCFS caseworker. I got a chance to advocate for my client a little bit.

This practicum has been a great learning experience so far. I'm not confident in saying that this is the population I want to work with for the rest of my career, but it's been great so far. It is defintely challenging, but I'm learning so much. Not only am I learning a lot about the populations I'm working with, but I'm also learning a lot about myself. I have found that I am much more confident when I am let lose, rather than when I'm being supervised.

Twins

My sister-in-law Talia (Kevin's wife) is pregnant with twins!! When we were having family pictures I decided to snap a few pictures of the two of them. I also love editting some I played around a little with them and this is what came out:

I always love pictures in black and white!

But I think this one is my favorite!!

I just can't wait for these twin boys to come! And Talia is just so cute prego!!

PENCE CHRISTMAS

This Christmas my ENTIRE family got together: Grandma and grandpa. 6 siblings with their spouses (except for me since I'm the single one) and 8 kids under 7 years old. My cousin Cara also spent a couple days with use since her work schedule didn't allow her to go back to Iowa. Oh yeah- we all stayed in my parents house!! It was tons of fun, but a little crazy. Heres the stats from the 4 days we were together:

 

 2 Turkeys

1 Ham

15 Gallons of Milk
25 Two Liters of Pop
8 Quarts of Eggnog
7 lbs of Butter
3 Batches of Homemade Rolls

Triple Batch of Pancakes
15 lbs of Potatoes
15 Loaves of Breakfast Bread
8 Dozen Eggs

8 (16 oz) Steaks
7 lds of Pork Loin
1 Gallon of Nacho Chesse
2 Giant Sticks of Summer Sausage
2 Bags of Tortilla Chips
6 Bags of Potato Chips

Lots of Cookies and Treats

1 Lone Batch of Carmel Corn (this is unusual)

 Yep.... that's our life story. gotta love it! :o)