Just cuz I've missed it. . .

Here are a few not so great shots but I've missed taking photos so much I didn't care. . . :)

Moved in and Freaking out

So I moved in to my new place about 2.5 weeks ago. I haven't done laundry yet, my mom just brought me a ton of dishes and I have ones to wash from yesterday. And to top it all off I had a not so great day at school. My one first grader is a HANDFUL!!! Even the runaway boy was better than him today so it was interesting to say the least. And so what am I doing instead of what I should be doing. . . oh yeah, I'm blogging. I'm not the brightest one sometimes. But anyway I need to kick myself in the butt and get moving before I break down in tears. Thanks.

Please vote. . .

. . . for my friends photo. He asked for some support so I'm going to try and help him out a little. Just click on the link below and then click rate my photo. I will probably enter some photos as well later once I can get myself into a new place so I can register with that address. Thanks muchly!


http://picture.com/display.asp?ID=7993328

An update about housing

So my roommate and I found out that Conneaut, OH and Erie, PA are a bit further apart than we realized in the beginning and we will now be living on our own in our respective cities. I'm looking for a place in Erie right now. I have 4 appointments Friday to see apartments, most are in downtown on W 8th and W 9th Streets. My parents aren't exactly thrilled with the idea of me living downtown but, it's what I can afford. I also have friends that live pretty close to there so it won't be quite as bad either to get adjusted. I'm hoping though to move in by next Monday or Tuesday (if possible!) I know. . . I'm crazy right? I think so but it's just crazy because I start work in less than two weeks! Please keep me in your prayers friends!

I GOTS A JOB!!!

I am writing this note to let you know that I HAVE A JOB at Community Country Day School. I'm so excited. God definitely had His hand all over this one. I found out that this school does really awesome things, check out their website www.communitycountrydayschool.com. Anyway, they interviewed me on Wednesday and apparently it was a toss up between me and someone else. On Saturday I went to the garage sale my cooperating teacher was having and I got somethings. Then. . . the people that interviewed me went to the garage sale. They got to talking to my cooperating teacher and around 12:30 pm I was offered the job. Talk about divine intervention.

So I start August 19, 2008 and I'll be teaching a combined 1-3. I still need to find a place to live though so if you know of any places please let me know. Anyway, Liz and I are hoping to find a place in Girard to live in together. We are really hoping to find something soon and move in as soon as possible so please be praying about that!!! Thanks so much everyone for your prayers already. God really answers our prayers and blesses us abundantly.

Backyard Campfire

So dad found this fire ring, but didn't tell us and we thought he was going insane when he went and bought hot dogs and marshmallows to roast in the backyard. . . like all we have is sand from where the pool was. Then we went outside and found this. I really like the pictures without the flash but it's so hard to get them at night to turn out well.

I like the angle on this one!

Kristin insists on catching her marshmallows on fire. . . but won't blow them out. Dad was taking forever to blow this one out.

I like this picture of the ashes.

Tyler's Photos

"the tracker"

"Birdie Wordie"

"Cute and Cuddley"

"Sun Bathing"

"Shadow Tag"

Ryan's Photos

"Peek-A-Boo"

"Robin in the Hood"

"Slide Chaser"

"Aunt Amanda Drawing"

"Ty's New Friend"

Bug Boys Photos. . .

Each of my nephews wanted to take some pictures using my camera yesterday. These are the results for Colton."Bumblebee""My Brother"

"The Robin"

"The Shadow"
Look to the left and you can see the bug on the piece of wood. Also he was trying to take shadows in this picture.

"The Bug on the Slide"

Our 2 mile walk. . .

These are some of the things we saw:

Friendly Chicken. . . Some sheep,

Ducks. . . and geese. . . and dogs. . .

and. . . HERSHEY BAR. . . their goat. . .This is one of two homesteads in Center.

Eating this thing that looked like a candy cane. . . I love Ryan in this one.