Environmental Interventions

Sooo.... I have never done anything like this. But in my SPED 310 class, we had to make a video on environmental interventions for students with Autism. Anyway... I came up with our video idea, created it on iMovie and published it to youtube! (all part of the assignment). Anyway. I was kinda proud of myself. Enjoy!

Favorite Snack

Bryce and I both LOVE pickles. So I thought I would share with him my favorite childhood snack, which consists of sliced pickles, thinly sliced cheese, and wheat thins. Then you just make a little stack of all three items, and eat it! This was a snack that I always looked forward to eating after school as a kid. Kinda funny... but we both LOVE it! If you try it, look out. It is addicting!!!

A Badger Weekend!

Soo... One of the first weeks of church, I met a girl named Karlee Moore in Relief Society. Bryce and I thought Karlee and her husband, Kyle, seemed pretty cool, so we invited them over to our apartment for General Conference. When we were hanging out at conference, we found out that Karlee actually worked at Badger Creek this past summer as a counselor. Something cool about working at Badger Creek is that you get to come back whenever you want to with your family for the rest of your life! SOOOOO... Karlee and I decided we would take Kyle and Bryce to Badger Creek for a night. We stayed in a yurt up there. It was way fun!

We built a fire and had hotdogs for dinner....

... and s'mores for dessert:)

In the morning, we had some fun on the Wild Woosey!

Bryce and I did pretty well!

Then we played on the rope swing at Proudy's Landing

This is Kyle!

This is Karlee!

Me!

Bryce!

We all made it over!

Badger Creek holds some of my favorite life memories... I'm excited to continue to create fun memories there throughout the rest of my life!

A Day in a Wheel Chair

So.... today I spent 5 hours in a wheel chair for a simulation assignment in my SPED 310 class (Exceptional Students). I have to say it was one of the most physically challenging things I have done in a LONG time. There were certain requirements we had to meet, including the following:

• use an elevator.
• get a drink from a drinking fountain.
• open a door by yourself.
• use the restroom.
• go up and down a hill.
• get in and out of a car.
• do not tell anyone it was a simulation.

First of all, using a restroom with a wheel chair was SUPER difficult. It took me 30 minutes to get everything figured out. Getting from the chair to the toilet is one thing... but then you realize your pants are still on....and you have zero capability of using your legs. Anyway. I'm pretty sure that was the longest and most stressful restroom experience I have ever had.

Second. Trying to open a door just made me feel like an idiot. The door closed on me 3 times before I was able to enter. WAY EMBARRASSING.

Third. I have never had a better arm work out in my life than when I had to roll myself up the hills on the BYU-Idaho campus. I had to take TONS of breaks, and it literally took me 15 minutes to get somewhere that normally takes me 5 minutes. And I was trying so hard! And going down the hill was super scary! It took me forever to realize that there are actually are hand breaks on the chair, and I didn't have to sacrifice my fingers in order to slow down haha.

Anyway. My experience was very eye-opening. I still can't believe how hard it was! I still have a few other simulations to do before the semester ends. One is I have to wear a mask that gives me a visual impairment, another is that I have to fake a speech impediment all day..... we will see how those go!

True....

These are a couple pictures I found on facebook that made me laugh, and I thought I would share :)

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and #2:

Pumpkin Palooza!!!!

Bryce and I had a fun FHE tonight... we carved our first halloween pumpkins as a married couple! (while watching the movie Enchanted :) Since I am sick, Bryce made me dinner and made the night relaxing and special for me:)

I LOVE MY HUBBY!!!

Funny Email from my Dad :):)

Family (except Kim - because I don't know her home e-mail address),

I may have told you that on my MSN home page a few weeks ago - under the Facebook logo - I received a message that said "You have no friends".

I may have recently gained a boring friend or two, because my page now says "Your friends haven't done anything new lately".

Maybe things are looking up!

Dad

Boise Team Awesome!!!

SOOO... it's another fall semester at BYU-Idaho... which means another Temple to Temple Relay!!! Basically it is just a relay race where a team runs from the Rexburg Temple to the Idaho Falls Temple. It is 33.something miles... AND A TON OF FUN!!!! I decided to be a captain this year, and I put together a team of friends from Boise (me, Bryce, Kenton, Brittany, Rebekah, Nancy, Ted (nancy's bro) and Spencer (Rebekah's bro)) Anyway. It was awesome!

And so it begins.... Pre-race photo!

Just a quick snapshot!

Me... totally kickin that girl's trash! (7.2 miles :)

Bryce finishing strong! (6.75 miles :)

And we all made it there alive and happy!!!! What a good lookin' team!