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| I just moved into this office last week, so I'm still getting settled {those shelves need some work & I need a printer stand :} but I'm super excited about my new space. |
- I quit my job at the hospital in Des Moines {after nearly 10 years!} to take a position as the Finance Director for the little city we now live in. It's so different from my former job, but I am learning SO much and it feels so good to use my brain in a different way! The job change with 100% a God thing. I had heard about the opening, but when I finally sat down to apply {on a Sunday} it had closed the Friday before. I let it go assuming it wasn't meant to be. Fast forward about 10 weeks, I woke up out of a dead sleep super early one Sunday morning and was hit with the urge to check on the job {I had never done and/or experienced this before}. Low and behold, the position had been opened back up for applications. I applied and although it's been a stretch position {I haven't done actual accounting since college 10 years ago} I got the job. It's like God knew I needed to be closer to home {I get to drop the kids off for school each morning -- I hadn't ever been able to do that before!} great benefits, not too, flexibility, autonomy, etc. It's just been such a blessing. So I quit my job the beginning of February, took a trip of our lifetime to the British Virgin Islands with friends, and started my new job the very end of February. Whew, the rest will be shorter--I promise! :)
- We traveled to Colorado as a family, South Carolina {the kids and I}, and road tripped to St. Louis, Tulsa, and Kansas City. I think my sweet MIL has spent more weekends with our Lola girl than we have! sigh. Speaking of Lola, she turned 2! She's such a good pup and is officially out of her kennel {except post lake when she's all wet from swimming}.
- Cullyn's photo from 2015 went viral. He came home from his cousin's house and said, 'Mama, do you know I was fame today?' It was pretty adorable!
- I started running again. I've had this goal to run a marathon for so long and I just can't get it out of my head! It's been on my Bucket List for years and I just can't shake it. Now that the kids are older {and the previously owners of our house left us a --crappy, but working-- treadmill} I decided this is the year. If all goes as planned, I will be able to cross this off the bucket list by the end of October. {please throw up some prayers if you feel inclined!}
- I stepped away from photography. It was a hard chose, but was necessary. It's just hard to step away from something you've been building for so long. With Adam's new job he's home less, so I'm just not able to dedicate the time it needs right now. I will shoot my last wedding in September and close that chapter...for now. I'm hoping this decision will also allow me to start taking photos of my own children again! :)
- Not only has school started, but alllll the other things have as well. Taekwondo {Cullyn} and gymnastics {Jordyn} both started this week. Piano, for both, will start next week and Clover Kids {4H} and church group will start next month.
- Summer was so good to us! {I documented a lot of our bucket list on Instagram} but I'm super excited for fall! I would say I'm ready for things to slow down, but I know better! :) This weekend alone we have a going away party, a 90th Birthday for Grandma-Great, Adam's band is playing at the local street dance, I have a long run, church, I'm hosting a bridal shower with my MIL, SIL, and niece for another one of my nieces, my parents both have birthdays, we're having a family day at my BIL & SIL's house, and an outdoor movie night. That's all in 2.5 days, so I'm hoping Monday involves decorating the house for fall, soup on the stove, some football with the windows open {the weather here is so good right now!}, and a family movie night in the theater room to prepare us for the rest of the week!
PS...I got a tattoo last night!! :)
