Sealing and Blessing: Sarah

Last Saturday (May 23rd) Andrew & I were finally able to have our daughter sealed to us in the Provo Temple. (For those of you that don't know what 'sealing' means. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints we believe in Eternal Families-we believe that our families will be with us forever, even after we die. The sealing is an ordinance performed for families so they can become Eternal.)

The night before we went to Jolene's dress store; I pulled down every white dress in her size that I could find. We placed them all in front of her and let her pick. Her choice was the fluffiest dress of all. (I will try my best to get pictures later, we lost our camera.) She chose a dress with a lace top, three white fabric roses adorn the waist, the skirt has layers of lace as well as a netting overlay, ribbon bow for the back. When she first tried it on she twirled and said, "Oh, I pretty. I cute."

We arrived at the temple around 10:30 a.m. We have been singing "I love to see the Temple" every night for awhile and driving her past the temple and talking about it. Saturday morning we were walking up the Provo Temple sidewalk, Sarah said, "I see Temple. What's in there?" We told her that we were going inside and Grandma was going to help her and mommy and daddy were going to dress in white. We entered and Sarah went with Grandma Hardy to the youth center, where all children wait before sealed. (I already started crying.) We finished filling out the family group record sheet-putting Sarah as our daughter, providing the adoption records.

When Sarah walked into the sealing room and stared at all the family and friends in the room. It was a very sweet experience.

Afterward we had a luncheon with tacos and watermelon and other yummy treats.

Sunday family came to our ward for Sarah's baby blessing. They placed a chair at the front for Sarah to sit in, she was very quiet and was blessed by daddy. Andrew was rather nervous through the entire blessing, but did it!

(Again...our camera was missing...hopefully someone will send me the electronic copies!) :) It was wonderful to have so much family there, thank you everyone!

Science Teacher

Science Teacher

Oquirrh Hills Middle: Home of the Eagle

A week ago I was invited to interview at Oquirrh Hills Middle School. (I have interviewed so many times that I really feel like there's nothing a school can ask that I haven't heard.)

I entered Oquirrh Hills to sounds of the band practicing a classical piece. Turned the corner to the front office and saw a .25 cent candy machine filled with one of my favorites-mini jawbreakers. I introduced myself and sat down. My friends Kaitlin & Tiffany picked out black slacks, a white collared shirt, a light orange sweater vest and matching necklace for me to wear. The bell rang for students to move from class to class.

While sitting and watching the students meander the hallways a student spoke who sounded exactly like one of my favorite students from Diamond Fork Junior- Michael & David. I remembered the day after Science Olympiad when they entered my classroom singing, "Grovel, grovel, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl..." (from Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat- the current play at the school.)

"Thankyou Mrs. Rosenvall!" they then held up the medals they had been awarded from Science Olympiad!!! (Kudos go to the kids, they did the work! Amazing feat for their first year attending though!) That memory made me grin from ear-to-ear... I entered the interview still grinning, excited and calm. I had a lot of fun answering the questions. I was still surprised that they offered me the job 32 mins later! After much prayer by Andrew and I, we both felt that I should accept the position. We checked Andrew's school schedule, discovered that nearly all his classes are scheduled for night-lucky for manufacturing courses.

I called the school back and accepted the teaching position.

I am the newest Science Teacher for Oquirrh Hills Middle School! I will be teaching Earth Systems (9th) & Integrated Science (8th). Andrew rented the Praxis test guide for me to study! I'll be taking the General Science Praxis July 25th! (Kassi will know what I mean by Praxis Exam-basically a test for teachers to make certain that they qualify to teach a subject.) Thank you Kassi for writing a letter of recommendation for me!-I needed one more to accept the job.

Today I had some business to complete in SLC. In between meeting time I drove to the Jordan School District office and turned in copies of my teaching license, drivers license, SSC, application etc... Then drove over to my school to see if I could observe the students/teachers/classes. Luckily I arrived right during Ms. Byerline's prep, she gave me the grand tour! I met all the science teachers, some english, history, aides, copy center people, librarians... I had a tour of the stockroom and all the lovely chemicals I get to play with, fossils of ammonites/trilobites, beakers, microscopes, videos, textbooks, they even have a FIRE ORGAN!!! Woo HOO!

(Above: Fire Organ, basically a metal pipe with holes, two speakers are placed at both ends and music is played, you run propane through the pipe and light the holes-like you would a camping stove. The flames dance to oscillations from the music.)

Finally I was able to see my new classroom! It's in a newer section of the school but hasn't really been used for anything other than storage. My room is equipped with sinks and plugs for burners, storage cabinets line the back and side wall, large windows look east to the Mountains, technology equipped too! Yea! (You cannot tell that I'm really excited can you!)

Afterwards I had about 3 hours to kill...so I meandered back over to Jordan Commons and watched Star Trek in the IMAX Theater. It's AWESOME!!!!! :) I LOVED IT!!! (I refuse to recommend it, because I generally try not to recommend any PG-13 movies.) It was cleaner than I expected, and I probably won't own it, but overall a very good Star Trek movie!

The Days are Packed

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