Just for Dad : )

After skyping with my parents and being guilted for the fact that I never blog anymore, my excuse that I have nothing to blog about didn't really stand, since I do have an update! JEREMY GOT THE JOB!

He is officially going to be teaching 6th grade Math & Science at Buist Academy for Advanced Studies in downtown Charleston. We could not be more excited and thankful for this new opportunity. I already know that this coming school year will be a hundred times better than his last one. Kids have to test in order to get into this school and are actually there to learn, so the disciplinarian problems shouldn't be as bad. And I think just the fact that they are an "advanced studies" school says a lot about their reputation. 

 We will still be able to attend our church and I will still be able to work at the daycare! YAY! We are looking to move, since Jeremy has to be at school at 7:30 in the morning and we are about 40 minutes away. Traffic in the mornings can be a little crazy so we would like to be somewhere right in the middle for both of us. We went "shopping" this past weekend and think we have found our new home. The rent is cheaper than what we are paying now, although water is not included, but the VERY nice lady told us that if we wait until a bit closer to when we want to move (end of August) then the price should be even lower than what it is now, so we are going to wait and keep calling until it's just perfect! : ) Thank you all for your prayers and support through it all. I could not be prouder of Jeremy and his incredible attitude through the past couple of months. As hard as it was for me and us, I know it was 10x harder inside of him. 

Praise the Lord! 

We are so excited for our new adventure!!!

Other fun facts about our life right now:

- Jeremy's car is fixed. Huge blessing right there. This girl I work with babysits for the owner of a transmission shop. Long story short, he basically gave us a 50% discount on the price which meant he pretty much made no profit. He said, "sometimes you just have to help people". Everyone go to Holt's Transmission Service in Summerville, SC! : )

- I've been working like crazy! Now that summer has started i've been working about 3 doubles a week. Thankfully, still loving my job! I love my room the most, the infants, but have been working shifts in some of the other rooms as well.

- We will be going to NY in less than 2 weeks! We are very much looking forward to a vacation from this sauna we live in! It has been in the 90's lately, feeling like the 100's and raining constantly! 

- I have been bit by the crafty bug lately, so I have decided it's time to stop procrastinating with the dating/wedding scrapbooks! I finished our dating one, minus some details and am working on our wedding one now! Determined to get them done before we go to NY! I think I will add our first year of marriage to our dating book since it's not that full. As Jeremy said, it's because we didn't date that long! LOL I can't believe in a little over a month it will be our one year anniversary!!! Time sure flies when you're having fun! : ) 

Have a great week everybody!!!

Schoooooooool's OUT, for, the summer!

 

 Jeremy is finally done with his first year of teaching! What a relief, for him and for me! It was a long and trying year, especially these last few months after finding out that he wouldn't be there next year. Some days it was hard to find the motivation to actually go to work and care about what he did that day! I am so proud of him for finishing it out with a bang and never giving up on the kids that he taught. I know, whether on the surface or deep down, each one of them learned something from him this year. A few weeks ago we chaperoned the 8th grade prom and although we were ignored by all of the staff, it was so fun to see all of the kids come up and say hello to him : ) 

So, where are we at now?

Jeremy has had 4 interviews so far, has one today, one tomorrow and one that hasn't been set up yet. Two of the schools that he has interviewed with so far have let him know that they have gone in a different direction, but the one we really want is still an option, hopefully! And ultimately, the one the Lord has for us, is still out there. As I said from the very beginning, I have no doubts that we will have a teaching job come August, I am just not sure where it will be. That part can be scary some days. 

Other than that things are going well here. Summer is officially in full bloom and we are dying! LOL It's only 10am and Jeremy just took the trash out, which he regretted. We always thought being here last August that we knew what the worst was like, but I'm pretty sure we are about to have 3 months of it, versus one. Oh well - thank God for the ocean!!! I am still loving my job and have been able to pick up some extra hours here and there. I couldn't ask for better coworkers and bosses, although they really just all feel more like friends! Church is still a huge blessing to us along with our church family and all of the friends we have been able to make there. Jeremy is looking forward to his summer off. Enjoying the gym, video games and naps : ) He is really hoping that he will find out what August holds for him soon so that he can spend this time planning for it. We are also looking forward to getting up to NY in July for a nice two week visit. I think summer there will be a relief from summer here! It will have been 7 months since we have seen everyone but our parents. That's too long! 

Well, I guess that's about it for now. Since Jeremy had to hand in his work computer and our computer is still not letting me upload pictures to blogger (I don't even know how it's still running!), I have to use my phone to upload pictures now LOL But I will try to be better at getting blog posts done. There just hasn't been that much going on lately : ) 

Have a good rest of the week everyone!!!