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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Busy! Busy!

Whew! We have both been so busy since the last time I wrote. This semester has been incredibly intense for me. I'm functioning on LOTS of coffee and 10hrs of sleep a week due to the amount of lesson planning I have to do along with regular class and work. Tyson has been working ungodly hours himself. When he's not at the PD, he's picked up extra jobs on his days off, or in between shifts. We're building character people! :) Also, Tyson just finished decoy school. With a few bites and bruises, he brought home some very useful information he could use when working with bite dogs. He had so much fun, and everyday he came home with the biggest smile on his face. He was so excited to tell me all of the neat new things that he had learned, as well as I was excited to hear about his day. I saw some video of the training and it's AMAZING what these dogs can do. They are so smart! I can't wait to get our new little one! Otherwise, Tyson has been working hard in the police world.

Speaking of our new little one, the breeder posted a new photo of our litter up on his website. Their eyes are open! YAY! They are so cute. He also has a video up of the litter that was born a couple of weeks before ours. It is so cute. If you log on to http://www.masonsmalinois.com/ and click on the PUPPIES link, you can see photos of our litter which is litter E. You can even check out the video of the litter D to see some malinois puppies in action! SO ADORABLE!

As far as the wedding, I'm dreaming up wedding colors, dresses, stationary, etc! There's not much that is new except that I'm trying to organize my thoughts which has been pretty hard to do lately due to my student teaching/internship stuff.

On that note! I LOVE THIS STUDENT TEACHING THING! I'm not OFFICIALLY labeled a FULL TIME student teacher, but I'm in the first part of it, and I LOVE IT! Every day when I go to meet with my mentor teacher and my class, I'm so excited to get ready to teach. The children are responding to me very well, and it's exciting! I love that I'm getting thrown in, and getting full hands on experience. Thank goodness for all of this training or I would be a lost teacher when I graduate. I just recently worked with two fourth graders on writing books, and we had an Author's Celebration. I got to meet their parents and they were wonderful! They were so appreciative of the fact that I worked one on one with their children to get them to write better. The children LOVED the celebration, and I loved it because it gave me a sense of accomplishment. I successfully taught the writing process! Woo hoo! Below are some pictures of the event. Being a teacher is definitely a HARD, but rewarding job...............and that I'm learning....
My two students and me:

The fourth grade class we worked with:

THEY WERE SO PROUD OF THOSE BOOKS! :)

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Exciting News!



Tyson and I have some very exciting news!

On February 11, 2008 our baby boy puppy was born!

We are so ecstatic. As some of you know, Tyson and I have put down a deposit for a male Belgian Malinois so Tyson can start training to become a K9 Unit. This has been something Tyson has been wanting to do for a while, and we're dog lovers, so, why not?!?! As of right now, Humble PD doesn't have a K9 Unit, but, in ABOUT three years, Tyson is hoping the the new chief will want one. So, for early preparation, Tyson will be working with a bite and narcotics trainer to train our puppy to be a bite and narcotics dog. This is so Tyson and our puppy are trained, ready to go, and get started. I am very excited!

We already have one dog, which is a Bichon Frise, name Precious..............and yes........I named her that. It will be very interesting to see how they both interact and play with each other. This is going to be so much fun!

Below, I'm going to post the website for the breeder we are getting our puppy from for those of you interested in learning what this bite and narcotics dog training is all about. Also, I'm posting the first picture of the new puppies that were just born. Our little boy is in there somewhere, so, ENJOY!

http://www.masonsmalinois.com/

OUR PUPPY IS IN THERE SOMEWHERE!

Friday, February 8, 2008

The Start of the Wedding Planning

Okay! So now to the details! Tyson and I are so excited to have finally set a wedding date after a year and a half engagement.

The wedding will be Saturday, March 28, 2009.

It is the best feeling to have the date and place already selected. The main part is taken care of, so now to the little stuff. The place we selected to do the ceremony and reception is at Heather's Glen in Conroe, TX. Tyson's mom told us to list out five things each that were important to us for our wedding, and this place included everything we both wanted for a price we can handle.

Here is the website for the place we're getting married at if anyone wants to check it out:

http://www.heathersglen.com/

Also, I have created a knot.com webpage that gives a little more details of the ceremony and reception if anyone would like to check it out:

http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/ReanninManger&TysonSutton

Otherwise, that is all for now. Tyson and I will keep you all posted about what's occurring. Keep an eye out for some save the date cards in the middle of this year! I'm EXTREMELY excited to get some engagement photos taken!