Update on Us

On June 22, Tom and I celebrated 5 years of marriage. For our special day, we decided to stay home and cook together. We made a new dish that ended up being really good!! Our menu consisted of Italian style biscuits, Parmesan asparagus, Grilled Chicken with Blueberry chutney and for dessert Cream puffs with chocolate and strawberries.
We've both been keeping busy with my teaching and working at Younkers and Tom with classes. Actually believe it or not, this week he is taking his mid-terms already. The summer is going by too fast for me. Other than work and school, we have been able to schedule in a few fun things. We were able to meet up with Tom's mom, dad, Lynette, and Carrie and her husband Jon in Chicago to celebrate the 4th of July. It has been a family tradition since Tom was in jr. high or high school. We had a great time and got some good photos. We were also able to meet the new edition to Jon and Carrie's family--Boo, their dog. And Tom was able to grill on his dad's brand new grill. It was really nice. We also got the chance to play the Wii made by nintendo. It was great fun. We even got a picture of Tom's mom bowling. I couldn't believe how sore I was after bowling a few games. It was great to be with family.

Summer Session

It has been great to have Tom home again. He started his summer classes last week and those will go until august. Things are going well and I can't believe that we're almost done with the first year of school. It is amazing how fast life flies by. I have great news! I now have 7 students total!!! The Lord is slowly bringing them my way through contacts I have made at the local piano group I meet with during the school year.

Tom's last week...

Hurrah! Tom will be done with his first round of clinicals on Thursday this week. I am throughly excited that he will be done and back home all the time instead of just on the weekends. Of course, he will be beginning his summer classes on Monday. So, not too much of a break for him.
I am doing pretty well. It looks like I'll be getting quite a few hours at work for the next two weeks. And that is always nice since I'm only short hour (which means that I can work anywhere from 1-39 hrs in any given week, but I can only have 1000 hrs per year.) I am also starting a new adult student tomorrow and that is pretty exciting. So, all together that makes 3 students thus far. I'm hoping to get around 20 students by this fall, but I'll be happy with whatever the Lord brings my way.