And The Chaos Begins...

Well...the first night of class is behind me and it does seem managable. (I might have to come back and read my own blog later to remind myself of this) The professor is awesome, and she has a Special Educaton background too! I've already signed up for my first powerpoint presentation and it really doesn't seem too difficult! I am feeling much calmner than I was during the first ten minutes of class while ALL the books for ONE class were being passed out! (see below photo :) ) Now I know I am a worrier...but even my friend turned around and said "So...ya wanna just get outta here now?" We ended up getting out 40 minutes early so I was home by 7:40! Yay! And to top it all off my amazing husband had a wonderful dinner ready for us to enjoy together! Ben's subbing has REALLY picked up...the 5:50 am phone calls are in full swing! We are praying they continue because so far most of the phone calls have come on the mornings he already has jobs. It must be this weird cold/flu thing going around...the kids at school are dropping like flies! I had a total of 13 first graders today (after sending one home with a fever!). So far Ben and I have bothed stayed healthy!! With a somewhat busy weekend coming up we hope to stay that way!

On a side note...I found these pictures of our fish out in our pond. Ben must have taken these pictures last week...ya know before the neighborhood racoon came for the third time to dine from our pond!!! It's really sad...these were fun to have around...Landen had just bought new "duckies" to float in the water!

Maybe we'll replentish the pond after the freezing months are over! I am loving this Fall weather...it is my favorite season...bring on the hot drinks and cold nights!

Our New Blog...

Okay I decided that since life is so busy...and we never do get to see our friends and family as much as we'd like... I would start a blog to keep everyone up to date on the many changings and happenings of our life! So hopefully I will at least find time to keep it up to date and enjoyable for our friends and family living out of state (or even just across the county) to read up on our lives! Oh the things I find time to do on Saturdays huh?!



So for our first update on life...I am officially going back to school! Not exactly when I thought I would be going back for my masters but God has opened some doors that have allowed it to happen and to happen smoothly! I officially start my first class on Tuesday after work! I will only go to an actual class once a week on Tuesday nights for three hours...it will make for a long day but in the end it will all be worth it! That's what Ben keeps reminding me of! (By the end I should have my professionl certification, a third endorcement, and my masters, and of corse a pay increase!) Ben has already started lining up the sub jobs for the school year! Boy are we back into the swing of things...and we are hitting the ground running! We are both looking forward to being back into the schools and working with great kids...we truly feel like this is our mission field in life!