First Day of School

Today was the first day of the 2008-2009 school year, and it went well for us both. We had a half-day, so that made it even better. We're not yet used to getting up that much earlier after sleeping in all summer, but that'll come along.

I'm teaching language arts this year, which I believe I wrote before, but I'm just so happy to be doing so, I had to write it again! I taught math last year, but my degree is in Language & Literature, so this is right up my alley. Language Arts is double-blocked in our school this year, so we'll have 105 minutes with the kids, which is what we'll need to cover everything we have to cover. The great thing is, the language arts classes are very small (18-20 students), so we'll be able to do a lot with those small classes. Our sixth grade are a great group of kids, and we have a number of new teachers at our school who all seem great, so I really think it's going to be a great year. Lisa moved up from seventh grade to eighth grade at her school, so she could stay with her students that she had last year. They hired two new special education teachers, and they are both really nice, according to Lisa.

We had our first garage sale over the last two Saturdays, and did pretty well. We cleared out a lot of stuff and made some good money, and took the rest of what didn't sell out to Goodwill. I'll blog more about our plans with that money, since that's a whole separate - and huge - story.

I'm sorry we haven't blogged much over the last few weeks. There's not a lot new going on, so I suppose I could have blogged and told you all that. Everything's going well, though. We had our hottest day of the year last week, where it hit a little over 100 degrees. It's cooled off considerably, though, so now it's comfortable.

That's about all that's new on this front. We hope all of our friends are doing well, and we thank you for your continued prayers. We love you all!