Nikki's World

2009-12-27T12:16:00.000-08:00

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The best Christmas Card Ever

2009-12-18T07:28:00.000-08:00

Today one of my students walked into my classroom. She was carrying a note in her hand. She said "Ms. Hirschi, I couldnt buy anything so i just made you a card." This is what the card said (word for word):

"Violets are Red, Roses are blue, no one whanted our class but im glad it was you!"

You have to understand, this class has had 3 different teachers this year.

I love my class! Teaching is the best job ever

I Love to See the Temple, I went there Yesterday

2009-12-13T10:32:00.000-08:00

I went through the temple yesterday, December 12, 2009

I have always wanted to go through the temple. Yesterday the time finally came. I cannot express how wonderful it actually was. I dont care who you are or what you say, you can never be enoughly prepared to go through the temple. It was the most amazing experience of my life. I loved it so much. I couldnt stop crying, my heart was so full. The temple is such a peaceful place and life truly makes more sense.

My mom, Debbie, was my escort. It was so wonderful to have her there. I am so thankful for my family, I believe I have been blessed with the most amazing parents in the world. I was so thankful that I was able to share this sweet experience with them. I was also so happy that stephen was there with me. He is such an amazing person and I cannot wait to go back next saturday to be Sealed to him forever.

Yesterday was the absolute best day of my life so far.

Life is good and its getting better everyday

2009-12-11T06:30:00.000-08:00

I go through the temple tomorrow. I get married next saturday!!! I can hardly wait.

I talked to my friend this morning who is getting married today. I am so excited for her! Its hard to comprehend that life really does go by so fast. I miss my younger days but I know my older days have so much more in store. Stephen makes me so happy and I'm excited for our future together!

Life is good

p.s

My class rocks. Fifth grade has been a blast. I got my first christmas gift from a student yesterday, she gave me a horse shoe with a green bow on it. It was adorable. We also are going on a "field trip" today three miles away. haha. We are going to Princess and the Frog! Yahoo!!! FYI: We are reading "Loser" by Jerry Spinelli as a class, I encourage you to read this fun kid novel. It will seriously rock your little world, I laugh my head off at it.

Tis the Season

2009-11-27T08:28:00.000-08:00

Teaching 5th grade has seriously rocked my world. I love teaching and making creative lesson plans that my students remember! I love laughing with the kids and acting my crazy stupid self. It is hard, dont get me wrong, kids fight, swear, mouth off, are rude to eachother, and some talk WAY to much! But I love it. This is what I have been working towards my entire school years, and it has been well worth it.
Thanksgiving Sucked. I have had the stupid flu! So while the family was feasting and playing games, I was in bed throwing up. So I didnt get a Thanksgiving this year, which is probably a good thing because I have a dress I need to fit into!
I love the Christmas season. I love sitting by the wood fire place to watch the sparkling tree. That has always been one of my favorite things during the holidays! I have so much to be thankful for and during the Chirstmas season I get to spend time with the people I love most. I am so excited to be married to Stephen, the wedding is coming up super fast and I am thrilled!

Wonderful Day

2009-11-13T17:13:00.000-08:00

Today was my last day student teaching. I was so sad! before lunch my cooperating teacher and the class through me a surprise party! I walked into the classroom and everyone said "surprise" haha it was so cute!
I sat in a chair up front and my cooperating teacher handed me a huge cake that said "We love you Miss Hirschi!" Then every single student gave me a hug and gave me something special. many students gave me cards and I loved that! Other students gave me some things for my new classroom, I got a lot of Hershey candy bars, I got christmas decorations. I GOT A TON OF STUFF! it was so fun. i couldnt control my emotions, i was crying like a baby. I am going to miss this 3rd grade. They are so lovable! Some students in class were crying and that made me cry even more. I had a wonderful experience. I really am going to miss them all!
I am "trying" to study for the praxis test but i just cant get myself to study for very long, im worn out. I take that tomorrow and then I head back to Neola. I start my new job, teaching 5th grade on Monday.
Life is good.

2009-11-11T16:18:00.000-08:00

This acutally happend a while ago. I dont know why but every single time I watch this, it just cracks me up!

I got the job!

2009-11-06T11:15:00.000-08:00

I interviewed this morning at the roosevelt middle school for a 5th grade postion.
I got the job!!! I get a new computer, insurance, etc. Im so excited!!! I start november 23rd. This is my first real job and I can hardly wait! There are 30 students in the class, an awesome 5th grade team (i met them all today). Yep, life is good. Real good.

The New Mrs. Hirschi

2009-10-11T16:22:00.000-07:00

My brother, Kenny, got married in the Salt Lake Temple to Megan on October 10, 2009. It was a wonderful day! I could see how much they love eachother, especially when they first walked out of the doors of the temple after being sealed for time and all eternity. Kenny looked very sharp in his brown tux, and megan looked gorgeous in her wedding dress! What a cute couple, I am so happy for them! I love My wonderful family! Again I was able to recognize just how much I really do appreciate and love my family. It was so great to be surrounded with so many people who I care so much about, while celebrating the temple marriage of kenny and megan. I also was so excited for my wedding, coming up in January! I love stephen so much and im so lucky I found such a great guy who will take me to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity. Life is so great! I couldnt be more blessed!

Congrats Kenny & Megan! I love you both!

The Prospective Teacher

2009-09-21T17:50:00.000-07:00

*A UVU professor showed me this and I think it is so true!

After being interviewed by the school administration, the prospective teacher said: 'Let me see if I've got this right. 'You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning. 'You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self esteem and personal pride. 'You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how to register to vote, balance a checkbook, and apply for a job. 'You want me to check their heads for lice, recognize signs of antisocial behavior, and make sure that they all pass the final exams. 'You also want me to provide them with an equal education regardless of their handicaps, and communicate regularly with their parents in English, Spanish or any other language, by letter, telephone, newsletter, and report card. 'You want me to do all this with a piece of chalk, a blackboard, a bulletin board, a few books, a big smile, and a starting salary that qualifies me for food stamps. 'You want me to do all this and then you tell me. . . I CAN'T PRAY? That is the job teachers are expected to do!

That Horrible smell

2009-09-20T17:58:00.000-07:00

As I got into my Jeep today, I noticed there was a very gross gross gross smell. I almost threw up. Well as I was driving I was looking everywhere trying to find what in the world was making my jeep smell so horrible.
I drove with the windows down.
When I got out, I went to the back to get some bags out, and I noticed a MOUSE in my JEEP in the very back! I instantly started screaming and sweating bullets because if there is anything I hate in this world, it would be mice. If there is anything that I hate more in this world than mice, it would be a dead mouse in the back of my jeep!
So I ran into my apartment and told my heroic roomie, Lisa, and she went and got it out of my jeep. Thanks to Lisa, I can sleep tonight.
P.S dont judge me, I am a clean car keeper, im a Interior Car Detailer for cryin out loud! Why in the world did that stupid mouse want in my Jeep???? If I ever find out that it was a dirty trickster who put that dead mouse in my car, some one is going the right way for a smack bottom!

Someday my prince will come....He came!

2009-09-14T16:24:00.000-07:00

September 11, 2009 Stephen got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. Of course, I cried a ton and my emotions were taking over I couldnt really talk, But of course, I said YES!

Our Story:

Stephen and I both attended the same high school but I never really hung out with him. It wasnt until after he graduated that we finally started to hang out with eachother. Stephen and I have a mutual friend, Leisa, and she is the one who convinced stephen to ask me out on a date. This happened October 2007 .

Well, after that date I decided that stephen was an awesome guy. I had so much fun with him. We continued to hang out with eachother and we would talk every single night. He left on his mission May 9th 2007.

I graduated high school that following month and I left for college! I wrote stephen his entire mission.

ANYWAYS! Stephen returned home from serving in Russia, with honor.

We have been dating ever since and on september 11, 2009 he proposed.

The proposal (in a nutshell):

Stephen took me to remember the maine park, up dry fork canyon. It is a gorgeous park!

We ate dinner and then we went for a walk up the park. We got to an area with a bunch of trees and that is when it happened, he got down on his knee. I instantly was over flowing with happiness, i couldnt speak! Tears rolled down my cheek, it was the happiest moment of my life.

I love stephen so much and I cant wait to be his eternal companion!

We are getting married the first week of January 2010 in the vernal temple.

Another Reason why I love Neola

2009-09-01T15:09:00.001-07:00

GRANDMAS HOUSE

Who can keep a serious face while dressed this hot?? not us!

Everyone Loves to Gather at my Grandmas house!

I love Neola!

There better be Flippin' Gold at the end of the Rainbow

2009-08-20T16:58:00.000-07:00

This is probably gonna be my last entry

for a while because it all goes Down Hill from here.

1- College classes three times a week ON TOP of

STUDENT TEACHING 8 hours a day

2- Study Study Study for the

Praxis Test

(A major test I have to pass to graduate)

3- Put together my Senior Project

(another huge part of graduation)

Thats all......

That all the things that are causing me

to BREAK OUT like a mad woman!

Whats "great" about college is it doesnt matter what I have

done in the past, If I fail now, its over!

It all comes down to this last semester.

Student teaching, grades in college classes, praxis test, and my senior project.

Why do I have to go through so much

stress

just so I can teach kids their addition facts!?

Alright, Im just a lil stressed right now..and lonely :( I know that it will be worth it in the end, right? I just hope I make it out alive! YAY! I cant wait to officially be Miss Hirschi teaching my very own class! That my friends, is what keeps me goin.

You can call me Miss Hirschi

2009-08-19T18:22:00.001-07:00

Tonight I went to Back To School Night and met all the students I will be student teaching this year!
The School I am Student Teaching At...Its super nice! Obviously

Welcome to Third grade!!!

Me admiring this gorgeous school!

Tomorrow Is the first day of school! Wish me Luck!

Just Because

2009-08-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

Today Stephen Surprised me with some gorgeous flowers! He knows how much I love Green so of course the flowers were green!He is so sweet...13 Green Roses! So gorgeous!

We're Goin to Jackson, Why dontcha comb your hair

2009-07-27T07:36:00.000-07:00

This is what I did at family camp:
My sister is over 4-H mentoring and she had to help with family camp in jackson hole. My family along with my grandma and my moms sisters family, all went to this camp. We had fun! We went river rafting down the snake river, site seeing at yellowstone, hung out in Jackson Hole, and much more. Good times.
BarJ
Dinner and a show! Good food, good show, good company!

Grand Teton
Old Faithful. Blew me away, literally.
Our New Friend We Met in Jackson Hole.
Family Camp!
Water volleyball. We kicked Their Trash.
*The highlight of the trip was river rafting down the snake river! It had more rapids on this river and THEY WERE HUGE RAPIDS than I have ever experienced before. SO much fun!

Room Makeover

2009-07-07T13:14:00.000-07:00

Out with the old....
Danny helping me take out my old wood bed along with all the other junk!

In with the new....
New black bed from RC Willey with black night stand! Along with fresh painted walls. I did one wall green and all the other walls a light cream color.

*Black and Green is the best color combo ever. My room is now green and black instead of green and purple!*

I forgot to tell you about Hector

2009-04-05T07:42:00.000-07:00

Let me tell you about a dude named Hector.

So the story goes like this. I sat down on my seat on the plane and a man came and sat right next to me. I noticed that he didnt speak hardly any English, so I got my book out and wrote "Hola, como esta?" (I dont even know if that is correct spanish) he chuckled and then we started talking. We talked for 5 hours on the plane, it made the plane ride go by so fast. Come to find out, Hector has been in Japan for 12 years working and he was on his way home to Peru. He was very interesting and he cracked me up because he would say "oh nikki nikki nikki" when i didnt understand what he was saying. Anyways, it was alot of fun and we exchanged email addresses and he has been emailing me, in spanish! hahah so i have to get it translated, but he is a very nice dude. I love peruvians!
Peru was so wonderful and i have a billion pictures, but this is a funny picture! This is Elder Hirschi In the mens Bathroom. (No i didnt take this picture, Elder Nemelka took it)
HAHA! if you cant laugh at this, then get the heck out!

My Trip to Peru

2009-03-30T14:49:00.000-07:00

South America

is by far the most gorgeous place I have ever been to in my entire life. Not only was the scenery absolutely amazing, the people there are sooo sweet! I fell in love with the little kids This little boy is 7 years old and Kenny (elder hirschi) Baptized his family. We were able to see kenny confirm two people in church and it was an amazing experience.
Machupicchu was SO GORGEOUS! I cant explain how pretty it was. We hiked up the mountain, kenny is pointing to what mountain we will hike, and i thought i was going to die, it was straight up all the way and very steep,
after much stuggling to get to the top, we arrived at the top with an outstanding view that i cannot explain. .
It was such a wonderful trip, i wish i could post all 379 pictures that i took in peru but that would take too much time of mine and too much time of yours to look through them all. But I will say that the people are beautiful and friendly, the scenery is un real it is that gorgeous! Machupicchu was beyond anything i have ever seen before, no wonder it is one of the 7 wonders of the world! It was great to see kenny again and bring him back home. I enjoyed visiting with some of the many people he baptized, places hes been, food he has enjoyed, and the great culture that he has been a part of for the last 2 years. It was the best trip ever and something I will always remember! Thanks mom and dad :)