Chicago

Jeremy and I headed to Chicago this weekend for some quality time together! I originally planned on going to Chicago for my roommate Carissa's baby shower. Jeremy and I then decided it would be fun for us to both go and spend the night downtown. I attended Carissa's shower on Saturday, and then we headed in to Chicago Saturday afternoon.

We stayed at the River Hotel, right on Michigan Avenue.

Our first stop was the Billy Goat Tavern. We both enjoyed a beer and hoped to have some fries, but were told "No fries, just chips" :) so we finished our beer and headed to Pizzeria Uno for an appetizer, pizza and a few more drinks. The pizza was AWESOME! After dinner we went to a piano bar called "Howl at the Moon" we were shocked by the $10 cover, but were pleased with the entertainment and atmosphere.

It was a great weekend in the city, we had so much fun! Although we were happy to get home to Ellie and Owen!

Graduation

It is official...I'm a Master Teacher! :) Not sure about that, but I did graduate with my Masters in Collaborative Education this past weekend!

It was a long two years, with a few bumps in the road (bed rest, NICU, etc) but I made it! I feel very accomplished and proud of my end project. This past summer we started writing our thesis as our final requirement for graduation. My thesis was: The Effects of Self Monitoring Academic Goals of 6th Grade Level I Students in order to Improve Academic Achievement, (mouth full). Throughout the process of writing my thesis I was pushed to the limit many times, cried a few times, and wanted to give up once :), but I'm very proud of my end project and happy to say I did it!

Here are a few pics of the ceremony:



Joel speaking on behalf of our class



Receiving my "Hood" and degree

 



 

The whole fam came to celebrate

My mom and dad came to help celebrate and took us out to dinner. I also bought a Kindle with money from my generous family, something not expected at all!