The Adults of the House 2011

May 2011--on a mini-vacation/family retreat

October--I guess these were our costumes!

Our 5 year Anniversary Picture--Always fun to share!

Hauling in our perfect Christmas tree!

Pausing for a picture while we worked on the Christmas tree

The adults of our house have been keeping pretty busy too!  My honey still works at the school, as the network administrator, and still enjoys it.  He also is the Cubmaster for our son's Scout troop, works with Youth at church, and is a Shepherd at church.  He doesn't complain about sharing his room like the girls do.  (I sometimes complain about having to share, though--he's messy!)  I love my honey, and this year we celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary!  We're still building memories and dreaming about the future together.  We have also been happy to find a reliable young lady to help us with childcare so we can build some date-nights back into our lives!!

I have recently re-activated my nursing license, and have been finding opportunities to slowly ease my way back into the nursing world after 10 years out.  I am serving as a substitute school nurse for the school district my kiddos attend and my honey works for.  I also decided to sign up as a substitute teacher, and got a certificate to do that.  I've found another group of people to work for as well, offering school health screenings.  I have been keeping busy, but not too busy, and have enjoyed re-entering the professional world and discovering that I still have assessment skills and haven't completely forgotten how to be a nurse!  Our youngest is still at home, so I'm not ready to go back to work full-time yet, so the subbing works well for us right now.  The youngest has enjoyed having some days with friends at the places we've arranged for childcare too, so it has worked out pretty well!  It is still an adjustment, and I never know what my week might hold, but it still works, and is teaching me more about being flexible!!

God has blessed us, guided us and renewed us in so many ways during 2011, and we pray His Presence is clear in your lives as well!