LAST POST

Since I'm going out to Colorado LT again, I will be posting all of my posts on that blog. The URL is...

http://rachelatestespark.blogspot.com/

This is it

Me in front of the Alma Mater statue


This is it. This is the last day...or two...of my college life. That means this will be the last post on my blog probably. How sad. I made it through college. I defeated the University of Illinois. I remember being so excited to be done with taking classes....but now, I wish I could press pause. I don't feel ready. I'm going to Colorado this summer to be apart of the GCM Leadership Training Program.....and then I move to Texas to follow where Jesus is leading me. I am so scared. This place, Champaign, has become my home. I guess now is the time for me to grieve what I am losing here, my life in Champaign. But in grieving, I am honoring everything that has happened in my life while being here. I came down here August 2005 an 18 year old young girl...and I leave May 2009 a 21-year old adult. I am a completely different girl from when I came to college and I am sooo thankful for that.



Sarah and I



Jumping!!!

i have two nieces!

So I have two nieces now! Jenna Elizabeth Ahrens was born March 7th, she is Jared and Yvonne's daughter. And just a few days ago, Grace Catherine Ahrens was born April 22nd, she is Matt and Anne's daughter. There are now....10 people in the John Ahrens family. Here are pictures....



Jenna Elizabeth




Grace Catherine

my nephew is an awesome dancer!

Last weekend I was hanging out with my brother and sister-in-law, and around my nephew's bedtime he got super excited and started dancing away and busting out new moves he learned. Check it out...

It's been tooo lonnnngggg

It's been very long since I have blogged...what have I been up to? Student teaching! I posted some pictures of my students from my student teaching placement at Urbana Middle School. I am student teaching now at Centennial High School which is providing me with a very different experience! Being at the high school has been very challenging, but definitely a great learning experience. Here are pictures....



1st Hour Honors Algebra




4th Hour Algebra Connections




5th Hour Connected Math




6th Hour Honors Algebra




7th Hour Connected Math




Me with my team! To the left of myself in the green is my cooperating teacher!

time for change

i got a haircut!

before thanksgiving break

it's been a while since i have posted to this thing. this week my roommate, Karissa, from this summer at LT came to visit me. She arrived Sunday night on a Greyhound bus, and she's staying until late Thursday morning when her, I, and our friend Christy are all beginning our Trek down to College Station TX. it's been awesome having Karissa here to hang out and catch up. Here are some pictures of what we have been up to!



Karissa on the Quad with the Union in the background



Karissa and I in front of my (almost) Alma Mater statue



A bunch of us girls went to Custard Cup!

Trick or Treat!

So this past Monday, I was in the kitchen with Roxanne, my roommate, and I said "we should totally go trick or treating this friday and get white sheets, cut holes in them, and dress up as ghosts!" so we did...it was mainly Roxanne and I trick or treating, but other came along too. We had a blast! I think people really thought we were little kids too!



and yes, we looked ridiculous, and yes, i am wearing a pair of fake nasty teeth

Photo Shoot

Sarah, Bekah, and I went out with our friend Alan, an awesome photographer, and took a few shots...