I have zero to complain about.
A few hours after I wrote my last blog, Chris interviewed for and was hired as a fourth grade teacher at an elementary school in Caldwell. The two and a half additional years of school and hard work paid off. I am so proud of him. We got the call while on our anniversary date, and it was one of the happiest moments we've had in a long time.
We now have three different school districts and their varying schedules in our household. Kadee Joy now attends my school. We didn't start her there last year. I'll admit that I was nervous about having my (sometimes stubborn) daughter in my own classroom. And since I am the music teacher, I would have her as one of my students no matter what grade she was in. But she really, really wanted to go to my school, and so I open enrolled her. I cannot begin to say what a positive change this has been for our relationship. We get so much mommy/daughter alone time before and after school, and it is always so fun to catch a glimpse of each other in the hallway. The discipline problems in my own classroom that I had worried about are non-existent, and she always cheers when I am her "specials" class for the day.
Andrew and Jeffy are now both attending the developmental preschool. I cannot begin to say how blessed we have been by their teacher. She is compassionate, loving, and so patient with our boys. It is not difficult to send them into her caring classroom. Jeffy came home from his first day explaining a need using complete sentences. "I wanna eat. I'n hungwy. I need some food!" Andrew has seemed very happy to be "going bye bye?" every morning, and both boys love getting to go back to the daycare they started last fall. It is a very loving daycare, and you can tell how good the staff there are by how comfortable my boys are in going each morning.
Chris has been tackling the challenges every first year teacher meets with professionalism and hard work. He goes in early to prepare and seeks out the advice of veteran teachers, and is just striving to be excellent in this God-given job...He makes me so proud! Thank you, Lord, for your provision in our lives!
Love INC is still going well, although it's definitely a time of transition. We didn't know how we were going to pay our first six weeks of daycare since Chris doesn't get paid till the end of September...and then a dear, close relative sent us a check that covered that bill and more...thank you, if you are reading this! God has been so, so faithful in providing for our every need and so much more. The hours I spent worrying were, of course, for nothing since God's plan was so much better than my own.
My own job is going well, and I can't help but think how blessed I am to be able to wake up each morning and fulfill God's calling on my life as a music teacher in a public school. I get to lead the school in dances every morning, and then teach every single child in the school through and about music. I LOVE MY JOB...and know how fortunate I am not just to have a job, but to wake up each morning looking forward to what I get to do. Thank you Lord for bringing me to this place, to these people, and to a time in our lives where we can sit back (at least for a few minutes) and remember that His plan is SO much better than ours.
A few hours after I wrote my last blog, Chris interviewed for and was hired as a fourth grade teacher at an elementary school in Caldwell. The two and a half additional years of school and hard work paid off. I am so proud of him. We got the call while on our anniversary date, and it was one of the happiest moments we've had in a long time.
We now have three different school districts and their varying schedules in our household. Kadee Joy now attends my school. We didn't start her there last year. I'll admit that I was nervous about having my (sometimes stubborn) daughter in my own classroom. And since I am the music teacher, I would have her as one of my students no matter what grade she was in. But she really, really wanted to go to my school, and so I open enrolled her. I cannot begin to say what a positive change this has been for our relationship. We get so much mommy/daughter alone time before and after school, and it is always so fun to catch a glimpse of each other in the hallway. The discipline problems in my own classroom that I had worried about are non-existent, and she always cheers when I am her "specials" class for the day.
Andrew and Jeffy are now both attending the developmental preschool. I cannot begin to say how blessed we have been by their teacher. She is compassionate, loving, and so patient with our boys. It is not difficult to send them into her caring classroom. Jeffy came home from his first day explaining a need using complete sentences. "I wanna eat. I'n hungwy. I need some food!" Andrew has seemed very happy to be "going bye bye?" every morning, and both boys love getting to go back to the daycare they started last fall. It is a very loving daycare, and you can tell how good the staff there are by how comfortable my boys are in going each morning.
Chris has been tackling the challenges every first year teacher meets with professionalism and hard work. He goes in early to prepare and seeks out the advice of veteran teachers, and is just striving to be excellent in this God-given job...He makes me so proud! Thank you, Lord, for your provision in our lives!
Love INC is still going well, although it's definitely a time of transition. We didn't know how we were going to pay our first six weeks of daycare since Chris doesn't get paid till the end of September...and then a dear, close relative sent us a check that covered that bill and more...thank you, if you are reading this! God has been so, so faithful in providing for our every need and so much more. The hours I spent worrying were, of course, for nothing since God's plan was so much better than my own.
My own job is going well, and I can't help but think how blessed I am to be able to wake up each morning and fulfill God's calling on my life as a music teacher in a public school. I get to lead the school in dances every morning, and then teach every single child in the school through and about music. I LOVE MY JOB...and know how fortunate I am not just to have a job, but to wake up each morning looking forward to what I get to do. Thank you Lord for bringing me to this place, to these people, and to a time in our lives where we can sit back (at least for a few minutes) and remember that His plan is SO much better than ours.
