5k champ.

David ran in a 5k last week with some Booster fellas.
They pretty much dominated the competition. David got 2nd place in his age group. So proud of him! His giraffe-legs really help.

we've moved!

After living and learning with the sweet Baker family for almost a year, we are on our own!

We have had so much fun getting into our new apartment! We live near a really fun shopping/dining area. It's kind of like a downtown-ish feel. Kind of. Here are some pics! We do not have all of our furniture and stuff yet...it's coming from Dothan in early June thanks to David and Mrs Kim!

our living room. it's lonely now.

our lovely kitchen.

praise the Lord.

I will be teaching some sweet second graders next year!
I am so blessed because I am at a great school with some great women. I am so looking foward to having my own classroom.
I will be sad to leave my very special class this year. I will not be one of their teachers any more but I will still get to enjoy their presence.

 "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord..." ps. 127:3

life comes to a screeching halt.

We have been crazy busy the past couple of months- weddings, showers, apartment shopping, etc. Well, last Thursday like came to a screeching halt with my ACL surgery. Yuck.
I have never had any operation before (besides wisdom teeth, which don't count). But all of that changed. I had to have reconstructive surgery on my ACL. I was off of work for a week and a half, which sounds great but was SO boring! I don't do well with not being busy. I like to be on the go and have things to do. So when my day-to-day life became me laying in bed hooked up to a machine that constantly bends my leg for me, I didn't do well. Borderline depression.
Another fact is that my body will react in the strangest way to any medicine. It happens. Trust me.
I found out that I am semi-allergic to pain meds. Awesome.
I swell way more than the average person. Cool.
BUT, despite all of the negative, I made it! Over a week after the surgery, I am feeling pretty good.
I am able to walk around, go out places, hang out with friends. I do have to wear a leg-immobilizing brace which makes me walk pretty hilariously. Oh well. I get that cool thing for 2 more weeks.
I start back to work tomorrow which is fun. Never thought I'd be so ready to get back to work!

I do have to say that we have such incredible friends here in the lone star state. Our friends in our small group have supplied dinner for us almost every night since the surgery. What a blessing that was to receive dinner and good fellowship. Community is such a neat blessing.

"Come and hear, all who fear God, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul" ps. 66:16

wedding season.

this past weekend david and i went to charleston, sc for a beautiful wedding. two of our best friends from auburn united in marriage. it was so exciting. charleston is just the most beautiful place. if you've never been, you should go. the only bad thing we found were some mysterious, biting bugs.
the whole weekend was just so great. the rehearsal dinner overlooking the harbor. the church they were married in is the oldest church in charleston. just everything was so perfect.
the irony in it all...they have the same name! yes, cory and corey. "i cory, take you corey..." couldn't help but chuckle a tad.
another great part was seeing our dear friends from auburn. we love these people. they know us so well and vice versa. cant believe we're back in dallas and now looking foward to ACL surgery. yuck.
GOOD news! I am going to be a second grade teacher next year! i absolutely cannot wait! i love my school and the people there. God is so good and takes care of His children.

busy busy.

David and I have been so busy lately. It's insane. But we can't complain too much at all because the things that we have been "busy" are things like: going to the beach, getting a new apartment, planning our hawaii trip, etc.
We went to the beach for spring break (the joys of teaching and having a hubby that works in schools). One of the many reasons that we love Booster is because we went on spring break with two couples that we know through Booster. Now how many people can say that about a job! It was so much fun despite the cold and wind. "Thumper" was the game of choice. It's a fun card game that will make you sweat.
We are also getting a new apartment! We are super excited and ready to get things going. I have the big surgery for my ACL on April 15 and we move in beginning of May. It's going to be an eventful time, no doubt.

I have realized that I have really been slacking off on the blog. Since I know so many people read this, (ha, just kidding...hi mom) I'm going to try to be better about updating.  Here are some pictures of our recent trips.

We have been studying money and it's role in our relationship with Christ in our small group Bible study. Allow me to share some scripture that is powerful.

"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours." 1 Chronicles 29:11-12

"You may say to yourself, 'My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.' But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which He swore to your forefathers, as it is today." 
Deuteronomy 8:17-18

the winds are changing.

We have experienced a lot in the last couple of weeks. The weather in the air is changing which just makes my heart sing. I love the spring and all of the promises it seems to hold.
So I had a little fall on our ski trip in December and hurt my knee. I tried to ignore the pain and "tough it out" for a while then finally went to the doc in February. Well we found out that I tore my ACL. No good. I thought "no big deal...I'll just have the surgery in July after we go on our trip to Hawaii. The sweet doctor had other plans. I am having surgery on my knee in April. As much of a whirlwind as this has been, I have been very content in the Lord. That's not to say that I haven't freaked out and broken down...I have. But that only happens when I let satan tempt me with fear and worry, both of which are not from the Lord. The Lord is my Healer and Comfort. He will see me through this just like everything else.
We have been having some really great times out here in Dallas recently. David and I are growing in our individual relationships with our Savior so then in turn, we grow together.
In one week we will be on the beach in Florida. Man, the perks of teaching and Booster. Love it and so thankful for it!
"Praise the Lord, O my soul, with all that is in me, Praise His Holy Name!"