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)

BEST Things About Winter...

Although we all whine about how cold it is I have come to realize some of the really great things about it being cold in the wintertime. I know-- I'm always thinking positive. ha

-When it's cold I get to snuggle up in blankets.

-Hot chocolate and apple cider. YUM!!

-When it's cold it becomes necessary to use the butt warms in the seats in the car. LOVE THOSE!!

-Time to bring out the cute sweatshirt, coats, and scarfs from the back of the closet! so fun!

AND FINALLY.......

-When I leave my cold drink in the car and then come back a half an hour later my drink is still cold!! The ice didn't melt and water down my beverage like in the summer.

TAGGED: FOUR

Four, Four, Four, Four...




*Four places I go to regularly: Work. School. The Mall (Retail Therapy is my friend.) My Bed.

*Four favorite smells: Good Mens Cologne. Fresh Cut Grass. After it Rains. Christmas (spices: cinnamon. pumpkin. cloves. apple.)

*Four people I think will respond: Brittany. Ally. Madi. I Don't Know?

*Four television shows: Law and Order: SVU. Americas Next Top Model. Greys Anatomy. HOUSE M.D.

Public Transportation in Utah

Although I have been out west for quite some time I still continually shocked by some of the things I see out here. So I know you're just dying to hear an explanation of this. Well I finally got up the courage to ride the TRAX- Salt Lake's public transportation system. Heres my experience:
I got on the TRAX at the very first stop. So first a guy sits across from me and pulls out his Book of Mormon to do a little reading. Next a girl sits in front of me and pulls our her journal. When I glanced up I see she is reading the words to the song "His Hands." Then a guy sits buy this girl and pulls out his free reading book. When he opens to his page I see his bookmark is a tithing slip. Excellent. Then the same girl brings out her Book of Mormon. FINALLY a guy and his friend sit next to me and I smell the overwhelming scent of weed. PERFECT....

Then I take it back home. All the sudden there is a man laying on the ground of the train. We were all kinda confused and didn't know what to do. Finally a guy got up and started shaking him a little to see if he would wake up. He was just lyaing there limp for quite awhile. Finally he sat right up and a man helped him stand up. He was a little unsteady on his feet so they had him sit down. He did and laid his head against the wall. When the train was its last stopped we tried to get him to wake up, but he didn't respond. So we just had to tell the driver there was a man passed out on the train. CRAZY!!!!

the end.

The Holidays are near!

I'm so so excited for the holidays! Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Christmas is ONE month from TODAY!!!  I'm just so excited for everything about the holidays-- family, treats, no work or school, warm blankets, etc!

As for my life. I found out this morning one of my clients is in jail- probation violation. I have to send another client to get an early polygraph since he continues to deny his crime. I was assigned two more clients in team meeting yesterday. I only have two more weeks of my class until next year.

I also got to hang out with an old roommate yesterday, Sarah Smith. She rode the Frontrunner down to the city. We went to lunch and hung out!! It was so fun to see her again. I just love her and how funny she is. Kinda makes me miss my friends from Rexburg. sad.

Well happy thanksgiving to all tomorrow!!! Hopefully I'll have some pictures from the holidays!

ps- you should leave a comment so I know there are people reading- otherwise this might be worthless? ha. LOVES!