A Christmas Miracle

It's still unbelievable even though it's almost over. My entire family was at my new home for Christmas and saw my new classroom and new puppy. It couldn't have been sweeter or more amazing. I could have had a little more sleep though. :)

My parents and Evan left for Wisconsin this morning. On the way back Mom found out she has another traveling job just outside of LA...where Kyle is living right now. God is truly blessing us!

Bryan and Kyle are hanging around the rest of the week so we get to spend New Year's together! That'll be exciting!

The house is still a wreck. I tried to keep up with the chaos and surrendered yesterday. So instead my Mom stepped in and made a large breakfast (to finish off eggs we didn't eat) and cleaned my kitchen, dishes, and a few other random things that were on my list to do that just didn't get done. So, I can walk into my kitchen right now and it looks nice! What a blessing!

The rest of my Christmas break I'm hoping to just relax and enjoy it! I have a few things from school to do, which reminds me....I haven't shared with my bloggers that I'm being recommended to the Board of our school district for the Kindergarten position! It's not officially done yet, but when they meet I'll be a real teacher! Wow, I can't believe that all my hard work, years of school and training has brought me to the moment I've dreamed of. Being a teacher! I'm so excited, yet still nervous! I have so much to still learn!!

Also next week I have new student registration at the local community college. I have to take an Arkansas History course to be a certified teacher in Arkansas. I was excited and I still am a little, but I can see how this is going to be a balancing act. It's only one night a week and a hybrid class so half of it I can do online at home. But that still takes time out of my day that I could be adjusting and investing into my husband, class, or others. Well, I just trust God knows what he's doing and will give me the strength to get through the next five months. I'm already planning my vacation this summer. :)

Have a great rest of the holidays!

SURPRISE!

So my husband pulled a surprise on me this week. We didn't have the best weekend, I don't even remember what all the tension was about. Probably something silly and petty. Anyways, he asked me on a date in the middle of the week...Tuesday night to be exact. Nice surprise! (Side note: he does have Wednesday off so I think there was a second motive there)

He turns it into this mysterious date that he's not telling me what we're going to do. I asked what I needed to bring and the response was nothing. He did however prepare two bottles of hot chocolate for the road. Hm. There truly aren't that many things to do in West Memphis and as we're driving I notice we aren't headed toward the bridge. So my mind is scrambling trying to figure out why he packed hot chocolate, I'm only wearing a sweat shirt, and we're staying in town.

Only minutes later we reach our destination. A park. Not just any park though. A beautifully decorated park. The trees have Christmas lights all over them. The water tower and gate was lite up too. Oh it was beautiful. They had Christmas music playing softly to add another touch.

Not only that but when we drove around the corner it was crowded. When I say crowded, I mean like Martin, Tennessee crowded. A side street covered with people is uncommon. 10 - 20 cars within a block and it's not rush hour, is uncommon. Guess what we found. The West Memphis Christmas Parade! Oh it made me so happy. He didn't even plan that part. :) So we watched the second half of the parade, nothing special and no candy might I add. And after that took a walk in the park.

It was such a simple night, but made my week. Just having the chance to spend time with Matt, giving each other undivided attention outside of the house is very refreshing.

Oh and I have to add that although I had a million questions running through my mind, I didn't ask them. I love small surprises like this and Matt hates giving them, so I wasn't going to ruin one of the few chances I would get at this.

Have a wonderful weekend! Mine will be full of preparing for the next school week and watching three of my beloved niece/nephews.