School's In Session

School is officially back in session! I'm not exactly sure where the summer went, but it sure flew by! We have only had two days of school, but I'm hopeful I have another great group of kids. Aside from all the craziness, I always enjoy the start of a new year. Everyone is fresh and excited to be there (for the most part). Not only that, but now that I'm starting my 4th year of teaching (wow, time flies), I feel a lot better about my own abilities and what I should expect. Mason is also getting ready to start school again. This will be the beginning of his third year and he is getting close to that halfway point, which is great! He will definitely make a fabulous teacher someday!

Other than that we have been staying busy, as always! My best friend Lindsey got married at the beginning of this month so we traveled up to Western Iowa for all the festivities. It was a beautiful wedding and it was wonderful getting to see everyone again.

She sure made a stunning bride! I didn't get a great picture of her handsome husband, but he looked great as well! : ) Speaking of weddings, my cousin Abby is getting married today! We definitely wish we could be there, but I'm sure that she and her groom Matt will have a fabulous day!!

We do have a little piece of not-so-great news...remember the car accident we had a couple weeks before our wedding? Well, because another person was involved, Mason had to go to court. They actually ended up setting another date for court because Mason's attorney didn't care for the judge he was supposed to have. But, the attorney said that even though we probably wouldn't have to pay a ticket or have it put on his record, that Mason may have to have two years of unsupervised probation. It's pretty frustrating, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

He's also been on the job search for quite awhile too, and so far, we haven't heard back from anywhere. But, we did hear a little piece of information the other day that does sound slightly promising regarding a possible job opportunity. I don't want to say too much in case it doesn't pan out, but please keep us in your prayers that it will work out! Every little bit can help!!

We are also pretty excited because we will be traveling up to Iowa again mid-September for my cousin Amy's wedding! Since JJ (my brother) is helping to coach football again this year at Dunkerton, we are going to drive up a little early because homecoming happens to fall that same weekend. We always look forward to visiting Dunkerton and everyone there, of course!! The following weekend we are heading down to Branson to spend some time there. As far as we know, Mason's mom and step-dad will also be coming with us, so we are really looking forward to it. While we are down there, aside from visiting the strip and Silver Dollar City, Mason and I will be running a 5K! The money will be going toward the cancer foundation. I haven't ran a 5K since college so I'm pretty excited! We were doing a great job of running everyday, but I started getting shin splints so I had to back off a little. They've finally gotten better so I need to get back into the swing of things so I don't die while running! : )

Well, I better get some cleaning done around here. It kind of looks like a tornado hit...have a fabulous weekend everyone!