One Crazy Year

A year ago I finished my first year of teaching. A year ago Jeff found out his company was doing away with his job and he moved him to second shift. Then in Sept he was laid off completely, proving to me that no one is safe in their job! He became a stay-at-home dad. In November we had to move out of our rental because the owner sold it. In December Jeff started a new job in Wichita (a good job) thank you God and Josie started at my private school in the pre-pre-school (such a blessing to have her close by). In January Jeff was flown out to Colorado Springs to have a third interview for a job he really wanted. In February he got it and by March 1st he was in Colorado permanently. March-May was tough balancing teaching, coaching soccer, coaching competitive cheer, getting a new coach ready to take over my school cheer team and being a good mom to a crazy brand new three-year-old. Joise and I missed Jeff but we sure had a great time just us, those months. I got to watch a 7th grader step up and help me out with Joise more than I could have imaged, what would I have done with out her. She is greatly missed!! Josie spent some amazing time with her Wichita grandparents. We had so much fun during the time we had together, now I know how important time with her is. Last week we said goodbye to all kinds of people, it was hard and sad. Things here in Wichita were good, and easy. Now we are moving our stuff to Colorado Springs ready to be there for a while, a long while I hope! I don't have a job, not a single job and that gives me panic attacks. I like to work, but I have decide I will NOT even look at full-time jobs for an entire year. I have a few coaching jobs in the works so we will see how that pans out. Right now I am looking froward to a summer of fun with Josie, my mom and my little bro who will go off to college next year. We are planning on living with my parents (oh man, I left for college never looked back and now here I am 30 and living with my parents) we are planning on gutting it, turning it into our own and buying it from them in a year or two, freeing them up to retire, travel, whatever. Should be interesting. I tear up when I think about my students, my soccer girls, my cheerleaders but I get so excited to think I will get to teach Josie so much next year and for the first time make my family my number on priority! Thank you God for providing for us what and when you do!

Saing Goodbye

I'm used to it, I moved 13 times in my first 18 years of life. This time is been the hardest. I have a job I love (ok 3 jobs I love) friends, family and over 100 kids in my life who are like my own. An 8th grader told this to his mom who then emailed it to me, and suddenly it feels ok to say goodbye to Wichita for now.

I feel like God brought Mrs. Jackson to Wichita and into my life to get me involved in cheerleading, the only positve thing to get me though a negitive year. Now I need to let God take her to Colorado to help someone else!

I am so honored that someone at only 14 years-old can say that about me! You don't always get to see that what you have done makes a difference. I am very blessed to see it this time.

So onto new things, people and plans God has for me and my family.

Old Town Wichita, Our Part of Town

We live in loft in down town Wichita and this evening Josie and I took a walk. I brought the camera and she has a blast posing! I'm not photographer and my camera is not top notch but we had so much fun together. We will miss Wichita!

This is the fire escape at our loft, their is a guy who lives below us who is always out on his paito playing gutiar and singing. Josie loves to go out and dance along!