A Year Later....

Well looks like it is time for my annual once-a-year blog post....yikes, has it already been a year!? Time flies when you are having fun.

Ok so year at a glance:

Fall &Winter 2013

Rachel - I was offered a Teaching Assistant position in the Kinesiology Department.  Saying bye to working with my good pals Mallory and Liz was a tough decision, but it turned out to be a great opportunity and a good challenge for me to overcome. Teaching is seriously terrifying.  When I agreed to take the position I had no clue what I was getting myself into!  I have a whole new respect for teachers that is for sure.  It is not easy to keep those dang kids entertained and try to fit some knowledge into their noggins at the same time! I taught Walking and Jogging for Health and Fitness and Diversity in American Sports.  Fall semester was rough, I would learn the material the day before then have to create a lesson plan and turn around and teach it the next day.  I most definitely learned more than the students did.  Not to mention creating quizzes, exams, assignments, and grading!  I learned a lot of cool things that worked, and some utter fails....mostly my jokes. It's cool, at least I think I'm funny. Spring semester was thankfully much easier since it was the second time around. On the other side of it, I can say I'm glad I did it.  It really really stretched me to step outside of my box and I think I grew a lot from it.

 Davies Hall (Kinesiology Building)

Chris - he had a big fall as well.  Him and his buddy John mastered the bacon log...

Filled with cream cheese, jalapenos, more cheese, sausage, and candied walnuts.  

He also went all out for my birthday and helped coordinate a surprise visit from my mom and got me a gorgeous antique hutch.

 

Aaaand he got super into hunting...and even killed a deer! Woopwoop

We: Went on hikes, got snowed in, and celebrated New Years Eve with our Supper Club.

Spring/Summer 2014

I competed in the Crossfit Open with my garage gym

And we had a Deadlift & Bacon themed birthday party for Chris!

We camped and went rock climbing with our good buddies Nick and Mallory Sellers

   

I traveled to Arizona with Mallory to represent the non-profit group we are members in (Women's Intersport Network of Southern Illinois) at the Clinton Global Initiative University Conference

Hannah Goode and I planned a surprise birthday for Liz

And then the Month of May happened......