Catch Up

So Curtis and I got married in June and it is crazy to think that a whole year has gone by already.  We got married back in Michigan where I am from and road tripped back home. We had a few bumps along the way but had fun. This school year is about to come to a close and we figured we would be moving into a house as school finished. Yeah we were looking at buying a house and something just didn't feel right. Maybe it was the idea of having the heat for the rest of my life or maybe it was something else, either way we are not buying a house down here in Beaver Dam. We will be moving sometime this summer to Wyoming. I have accepted a position up there. This is going to be exciting for us! Stay tuned for more and pictures.

I AM ENGAGED!!!!

This is an old picture, but there we are. The man is Curtis. We just got engaged on Wednesday. I could not believe it. It was the greatest night of my life, well day. Wednesday was our three month aniversary. I got roses at school and I was so surprised. It made my day way better. All the teachers were way excited for me. Carolyn and I knew that something was up for tonight, so as soon as I could get out of school and home, I headed for Curtis' house. When I got there, he was waiting outside for me on his balcony/porch. When I walked in the house, there were rose petals on the floor and roses and candles on the kitchen table. All I could do was to hug him. I knew that something was going to happen. We went for a walk and ate dinner. Later I started to feel sick, but got better. I was laying down on his bed and in walked Curtis. He laid next to me and told me how great the last three months have been and how much he loves me. He also told me how perfect I am and so much more. Then he said he had something for me and said, "Will you marry me?" I said, "Yes". I was so excited. He put the ring on and I could not believe it. The ring is much more than I thought and it is absolutely gorgeous. I am working on getting a picture so I can put it on here. I am so excited and I can't wait to start my life with him, even though it will have to wait until the summer of 2011. Anyways that is what is up in my life!

My Crazy Life

So this has been my life lately. It has been a big, big blur. I don't know at times which way is up or down or even left or right. I have been running on fumes at times. However, I have lost some weight and I am loving it. Ever since I have had that gallbladder surgery it has been great. I have met a great guy and done some changes to my cheerleading team. It has been a crazy year. Soon there will be pictures. Mom and Dad are coming soon. Have a great Thanksgiving

My last few weeks

The last few weeks have been crazy. I had gallbladder surgery, busy with football, and just plain old busy. I have been trying to keep from making school my life. I am trying really really hard. We will see how it goes.

I had my gallbladder out and it went really well. I also got to take a few days off from school. It was hard at first, but I managed through it all.

I will update more when I have more time.

Three Weeks of School

As you can see I have been way busy this school year so far. We have been in for three weeks and man it is killing me. I have no time to do anything anymore. So here are a few pictures of it all. We do a whole lot of science stuff this year. Oh yeah I am the cheerleading coach too.

My Summer

As you can see I was in Michigan for the fourth of July. I was there for most of the month of July. It was really good and a lot of fun. Only problem was the weather. When I first stepped of the plane, it was 54 degrees. That was freezing for me. My sweet little cousins were there to greet me with my dad. My little cousin David just grabbed hold of me and would not let me go. The rest of the day was spent with them. Where ever I went they came with, because they were so afarid of losing me. I saw a few of my friends and man was it good. The people I use to work for were so excited to see me and I got the biggest hugs in the world from them.
The rest of vacation was spent with family and hanging with my little cousin LeRoy. My brother and I had wanted to go to Wisconsin Dells. It is a big waterpark town, but we did not get there. So our plan is to do it over christmas break. Anyways I did work at Beef A Roo while I was home. Hey it was easy money and they wanted me there so bad. Vacation was good but the weather was not. However now I am back in the heat. Soon school starts!

4th of July

This year for the fourth of july I spend it with my family, minus my dad. We were in Michigan and had loads of fun. The baby, that is Leroy in all the pictures, was loving it up. We did fireworks and went to the parade. It was loads of fun.

Leroy trying to eat a chip through his blanket.

Finally getting the chip!
Watching the fireworks with my mom!

Still trying to get it!

Graduation!

I know that graduation was about a month ago, but I never got to go nor did I get to see pictures. Now that I am home at my parents, I can see them and blog about it. So the girl in the pictures is my cousin Danielle. She is like my little sister/daughter in ways. We spent so much time together when she was little. I use to stay over and we would watch Barney and play Barbies. Yeah that is right, I did all those things. When I got my drivers license, we would go out to lunch and stuff. People would tell me how beautiful my daughter was, so that is why I call her that. We use to be inseperable, but then I went to college in alaska. We have stayed close but not as much. I love this girl with all my heart and I don't want anything to happen to her. For her graduation, I was not able to attend because of school and such, but I sent her a card that made both of us cry. We are now the same height as each other and she is so beautiful. Anyways this goes out to my beautiful Danielle.

Oh and that is my mom. Love that lady too!

Struggling but loving the changes for school

As I am writing this, I can't come up with a title. I have been struggling with a lot of things right now. Everything keeps changing and I am totally good with the parts that are changing. I am good with who I am teaching with next year. I can't wait to be partners with Ms. Trenholm. I love her a lot and I can't wait to spend time together other than right now during the summer. We had fun in Tucson for sure. I am glad that I am going to teach a different grade next year. I don't want to be like some who get so use to one grade that they never want to change. This is one of the things that I am struggling with right now. It is just a bit much for me to handle with some people that I know can do it all just like everyone else. I can't wait to see how this next school year is going to go and I am excited for it.

However this is what I am really struggling with. I am going to be 25 in two months. That is so hard to take. I am still single and still have no children. Sure I have usually 25 kids in my classroom, but those are not mine. This is the big thing I am struggling with. I just worry if I am still single at 25, will the same hold true at 30. If so, I don't know what I will do. I know this is stupid, but right now it is kind of killing me.

Summer Vacation

Well I have been on vacation for almost a month now. Has it really been a vacation? No way! The first week was summer school and then to Tucson for a week for school and then one more week of summer school. That brings us to today. So now my vacation can start. Once I have a chance I will post pictures of Tucson. Tucson was great! The resort was wonderful and I loved the town. I want to go back so badly!!!

Crying

The point of this blog is to say that I did a lot of crying on Friday. I could not believe how much my wonderful students mean to me. I had one student not show up, but he came after school was out and gave me a big hug. He is not one to do that, so I was so touched and of course got choked up.

Here is my class and my wonderful student sleeping! I love these kids and I can't wait to see them in August again.

Fantastic Friday!!

So last night was the school board meeting and for some reason I had thought about going. I don't normally go, but I had thought about it. Instead I went to spin class. I had the energy and decided I wanted to go spin instead. So this morning I did not feel the greatest because I had a monster headache and my neck was killing me. But I got out of bed and went to school. Every morning we start school with school square and since our principal is out with his wife. They had a new baby yesterday! I was a little late walking out but I started to hurry because I saw our superintendent there. I knew it could be important. Well we went through the normal routine and then Mr. Frei came up and gave out student of the month awards to those who could not be at the meeting last night. Then he said that he forgot to tell the person who was to recieve Employee of the Month last night. He went on to explain that this person would get a $100.00 gift certificate to anywhere they want to use it. Then he said that this month's employee of the month is Miss Stauber. I was so nervous and excited. I wanted to cry. I could not believe it. I always hear how much they value me and how well of a job they think I do, but this really hit the spot. This made me realize how much I am valued. I was super excited. My kids were all hugging me and telling me "Good job, Miss Stauber!" All day I was on a high. I called my mom and started to cry about it. I could not believe it.

I just want to say thank you to all my students and my wonderful principal and wonderful superintendent. Also the great people I work with everyday.

Remembering

For those of you that do not know the people in the picture that is my grandma and grandpa. They are the reason I am out here in Arizona. See I came to visit them when I was a junior in college and then found out about Beaver Dam Elementary School. I then contacted Mr. Frei the following September, when I was getting ready to student teach. Mr. Frei then invited me out for an interview and here I am. I am still here teaching and was just offered another contract for next year. I am really excited about it all.

However, that is not what this post is about. This post is about my grandma. Lately I have been really emotional with things and really needed a female around to help me. Well I don't have a female around because my grandma died over a year and a half ago. I moved out here in July of 2007 and she past away in October of 2007. It was a sad sad day for me, but I do believe that God sent me out here for a reason. I really think he wanted me here to spend time with my grandparents and be here for my grandpa when she past away. I just want to be able to remember her and that is why I did this post. She was a great lady and helped me loads when I moved out here and took care of me a lot when I was young. Almost every summer I use to spend it with her and my grandpa. She has also given me my father. The great man that he is.

So this is just for remembering her and how much I love her and will always love her. I miss you grandma and I know you are watching over me and helping me out as much as you can. Thank you for everything you have done for me in my life and thanks for my dad.

Who is Sarah?

Being in a relationship was great. I enjoyed every moment of it and I felt like I finally had a place in life. I know I have always had a place in life and I knew it was to be a teacher and to have a family one day and many other things. However, as my relationship got more involved and things seemed to progress, I began to lose parts of Sarah and who she really is and what I want to be. Well now that I am single I have tried to find that girl again. I have been looking really hard for her and I think I have finally found that happy girl, the girl who wants to help people, wants to travel, wants to be a really good teacher, and just wants to be lazy at times too.

I have found that I love the person I am. At first I was mad and felt like a failure, but now I am on a high. I love myself and the person I am. I may not have everything that all my friends have or what I wish I could have, but being single is great and it allows me to be me.

So who is Sarah? Well Sarah is a girl that grew up in a small town, wanting to get out and see the world. She is a girl who has made some mistakes in her life, but is learning from every single one. She is a girl, well I guess we could say woman, who is trying her darnest at being the best D*** teacher she can be. She is trying to do everything in her power to do her best with every one of her 25 students. Sarah is futhering her education and allowing herself to try her hardest and do something different with her life each day. Sarah is also a girl who is single, but wants to have someone in her life as long as they make her happy and allow her to keep her dreams alive. She is also a girl who is going to California tomorrow and can not wait to go. Sarah, is a girl who loves her family, friends, and all of her little 25 students in her room.

Well now that you all know who Sarah is, try and go find her. Cause I know she is bored out of her mind right now.

Thankful Saturday!

I should have done this on Thursday, but I have been so busy with these online courses and school and spinning that I have not had time to do this. But I have loads of people to be thankful for lately.

1. Carolyn- She has been there so much for me lately. She is partially the reason I keep on going.

2. Grandpa- He is the reason I keep on laughing lately. There are so many times I want to cry, but along comes grandpa with something good to laugh about.

3. Erika- She has allowed me to vent and just get so upset about what someone has done to be lately. She has also helped me to move on and see I am better than that.

4. Shayley- She has been backing me so much lately. Everything that I have said I am going to do or say to someone, she has given me a reason to not do it, but still says I will stick behind you no matter what.

5. My parents- I have been calling loads and loads lately. Mostly because I don't know who I am anymore. I mean I know I am Sarah, but I am missing things.

6. Stephanie- She has just been someone for me to always talk to you.

I just want to tell all of you thank you so much for being there for me lately. If I did not have you right now, I would be totally lost. Things in my life have been so up in the air and crazy. You all have been there for me and I love you all for it.

Masters Course

So I know last summer, I am sure I told everyone that I was doing my masters' online. I have started again. And if you can believe it, I am getting a 98%. I am completely shocked about it. This class is so much fun and I am learning so much. There are so many things I have gained from it and I can't wait to share it with everyone I work with.

My Week

I have to say this was a great week at school. Things in my personal life were not going so well. Let's just say I knew it but was not ready to face it and finally on Thursday I had too. I am currently single and I am okay with that right now. I still love him, but you have to do what is good for everyone. But back to my week at school. So my students had to take their reading and math assessment for the end of the 3rd quarter. I was a little scared for this because I did so well last time. I was afarid I would not do the same this time. I actually did better this time. My lowest score for math was a 79% and my lowest score for reading was an 82% , that means all of my students passed this quarter test. I was so happy that we had an ice cream party on Thursday. The deserved it.

Every friday, my students are tested for dibels and they are making great gains. Well this week, I moved all their yo-yos and I could not believe my eyes. I had to go next door and get Mrs. Mills to show her. I wanted to cry. These kids came in low and I was scared, but we have worked so hard this year. I have to thank the reading lab for their hard work and all of my parents and students for their hard work. They have busted their butts this year. Here is a picture of the yo-yos.

Flowers and New Hair

Well since I got flowers I had to share. These are from Colorado and then when I cam back I dyed the hair and cut it differently. Just thought I would share.

Colorado Trip

So I went to Colorado and it was great! We had loads of fun and I really enjoyed meeting all of Dan's family. I also enjoyed spending time with my man. He made me feel really special. So here are the highlights!!

Highlight 1

Landing in Colorado and getting to see my man! We both were really tired, but finally seeing him and getting to hold his hand, was the greatest part for me.

Highlight 2

Going to dinner for our Valentine's date. It was so sweet. We got dressed up, he sat right by me, he opened the door for me. He even made out with me. I just felt really special. Plus we got to talk about things and really just being with each other.

Highlight 3

Going to the movies with some of his family and then getting a dozen pink roses later. It was so sweet. He sent me to get something at the store, and he found the flowers. And when he gave them to me, I was so shocked and happy. That was the first time any guy had gotten me flowers. I flew with them all the way home. We also totally made out in the store too.

There are many highlights of the trip but these are the ones that I loved a lot. I have pictures of my flowers and some of us, but they are on the camera and I am lazy to get them off. The trip was great and his family was wonderful to me. I can't wait for another trip.

Field Trip

On Wednesday we took the second grade class to Las Vegas. We went to the Natural History Museum. It was loads of fun. I fell asleep on the way back and my kids were well behaved!