Ummm... Hi!

Wow! So my pregnant friend Whitnee got me to log into blogspot for the first time in over 2 years. (Congrats Whit!) So much has happened that I don't even know where to begin. Who even knows who will actually read this....haha. So the short version is that I am in my 4th year of teaching kindergarten and so far this year has been a good one. Steve is working as a manager at Rosa's now and will hopefully take over as the GM in the next couple of months. Noah is a freshman and still playing in the band. He is a great tuba player! Sydney is 7 years old and almost finished with the
1st grade. She plays soccer and is a very good goalie! Hayley turned 2 in January and it shows. She is very expressive and doesn't hold anything back. "Little Booger"
(as my co-workers affectionally call it) is doing good. Yes, we are pregnant!!! This will be baby #4 for Steve and #3 for me. After this, we are DONE!!! We are sitting at 14ish weeks and finally out of the second trimester. We should be finding out the sex of this baby the week of Steve's birthday! Double the celebration! Once I get some pictures off my phone I will load something more recent than 2010. :)

Time to get it started again!

Well... I know it has been a loooong time since I blogged, but I have been busy. The first year of teaching went really well. I can honestly say that I think this is really what I was meant to do. Looking back at my last blog, I can say that I was pregnant and didn't know it yet. In fact, I think I had a doctor's appointment that day for just a yearly check-up. Crazy how time flies. I have a lot of friends who have recently had babies, or are fixing to have a baby and to them I want to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Steve has since left Cheddar's and is onto bigger and better things. I am very proud of him and I can honestly say we are so happy with the time we are now able to spend together. It is no longer a tag-team family.

Noah is going to be in 8th grade in a couple of months and I am so proud of him for his accomplishments this last school year. He made excellent grades and really worked hard. He will be the ONLY tuba player in the GMS band next year and I know he will be wonderful!

Sydney is 5 years old going on 15. She has a mind and an attitude all her own. She will be starting Kindergarten in the Fall and is extremely excited about it. She is a very smart child and picks up on everything that is said. I have to really watch what we talk about in front of her, especially if I don't want it to be repeated at an inoportune time. :)

Our newest addition is Miss Hayley Madison. She was born on January 14, 2010. She was 8 lbs. 2 0z. at birth. She has brought an even more overwhelming amount of joy into our lives and we can't imagine our family without her. She has a sweet smile and a giggle that will melt your heart. Now at 5 months old she is weighing 17+ lbs and is developing her personality more everyday.

After some very scary news about family members, I will say that I praise God for all of the blessings he has given me.

I will try very hard to keep up with the posting this time. :)

I hope everyone is having a great summer!!!!

Almost Spring Break

My goodness how time flies. It is almost Spring Break and I can't believe that I have been teaching for 2 whole months. I now have 22 little darlings in my class and it feels as if the walls are getting closer together at every minute of the day. I love my campus and my fellow Kindergarten teachers! They are very supportive and I am blessed to have been placed where I am. Steve and I will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary in May and I can hardly believe that it has been that long. Noah is almost 12 and I can still remember his 3rd birthday. I am ready to start looking for a new house, but I am afraid to put my house on the market with all the economic stuff going on right now. I think I am going to grow my hair out because it is time for a different look. I hate growing my hair out, but I want to so I guess I will just deal. I know all this is really random...I am a random kind of person. :)

My new job!

So I think that the majority of the people that read this know that I got a Kindergarten job at Goliad Elementary. I started Monday and felt totally overwhelmed. I am very lucky to have such a great support system. MY mom, sister, aunt, Allison and my kids helped during the holidays to make it what it is today! I can't even begin to thank them enough! I love being able to teach and see them get excited over the simplest things. I feel compeletely blessed to have been offered the job and to be placed in a school where my "team" is so wonderful. My students have been very "active" the last two days and I have gotten close to pulling my hair out, but I don't regret a single minute of it. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. I will update as much as I can muster the energy for. :)

Adjusting to the "Real World"

I can't believe that I am a college graduate. Yesterday morning I got up and got ready as usual. I made it to the Junell Center without being emotional or really feeling anything out of the ordinary. It wasn't until we lined up and began walking out to the concourse that I felt any different about what was about to take place. The nerves then reared its head and I just knew I wasn't going to make it through the ceremony without some tears. Well, I did. I made it all the way to the end without crying. It wasn't until I saw Sydney standing at the top of the stairs crying cause she was "so happy to me." I will never forget that moment. There was one gift that cannot ever be replaced and that was...My principal from Fort Concho where I student taught, along with my co-operating teacher brought a bus load of kids from the school on a Saturday to graduation. They sat on the front row in their Spirit shirts and cheered wildly when I walked the stage. It was such an amazing feeling. All in all it was an amazing day and I will never forget it. My family hosted a fabulous graduation lunch with some great food and a beautiful cake to match my graduation announcements. I just want to say a huge THANK YOU to my husband for supporting me through this very LOOOONG journey and I know that he is my biggest fan.

Growing up and getting a job...

I can't believe that in 5 days I will be graduating and I will be entering a new world as a college graduate. I began the job hunting process back in October because I like to get a jump on things. It paid off. I am going to be the new Kindergarten teacher at Goliad starting January 5th. YAY ME!

My goodness...its almost Christmas!

I can't believe that Thanksgiving has past and it is only 3 weeks and a couple of days until Christmas. Do you know what this means?

(1) I have one week left to student teach.
(2) I GRADUATE IN 13 DAYS!!!!
(3) I have to put it in gear to get Sydney's birthday gifts AND finish Christmas shopping.

I love this time of year. Fires in the fireplace...the smell of evergreen and cinnamon....and spending time with family. WOW! This year really has flown. Sydney will be 4 on the 20th and I really am in denial. She is really starting to blossom into a girl and not a toddler. She says things sometimes that really makes me laugh. My favorite is when she has gotten into trouble for something and I tell her that I am disappointed in her. She comes to me like 30 seconds later and says, "are you happy to me?" It is the cutest thing in the world, I can't help but say of course. I hope I get a job, but if I don't I will sub and make the best of it until I do. I know that this was a lot of jumbled thoughts, but I have so many things running through my mind it just feels good to get them out!