The Windy City

A teammate and I were asked to attend an educator's conference in Chicago, IL in March. We are just a little excited to say the least! We booked our room today after school and have been touring the city on Google maps ever since. I went to Chicago seven years ago and loved it! I'm excited to show my friend some of the places I visited while I was there. Here is a pic from the hotel we will be staying in...

Teaching definitely has its perks! :)

Later ~Megan

Bonding

Here is a picture I found on the computer from when we were in Nashville over Christmas Break. I love and miss them every day!

Well, you see...here's the thing

I'm not sure where exactly the time has gone from August 2012 until now, but here I sit, in our living room, blogging for the first time since September. Since becoming a 7th grade teacher, time has flown by! There were many nights when I thought to update the blog but my exhaustion would win and I would fall into bed instead. Once I sit down and start updating you on everything I enjoy doing it, but it's sitting down and actually starting it is the hard part. There's no way I can sit here and update you on everything that has happened since September 2012. So instead, I'll start the first post of 2013 like this...

Slone and I are happy and ready to take some leaps of faith this year. He just turned 28 in October and I'll be 27 in 15 days. We have talked about starting a family and may possibly shoot for that next year, unless the Lord has something else in mind which wouldn't surprise me. For now, he is going to finish his last year of college and I am going to focus on being the best teacher I can be for my 98 students. This Christmas break has been so refreshing and I'm excited to get back to see them next week.

I am going to try to stay more up-to-date on the blog this year. I will leave today's post with a reflection of what 2012 looked like for us, all thanks to the Lord who has blessed us abundantly.

1. I accepted my first teaching job
2. Slone got a promotion and raise
3. I met my second nephew, Braylon
4. We both got new cars (new to us, but used)
5. Slone met his second baby brother in Minnesota
6. We had a much needed family gathering on Slone's side for Thanksgiving
7. I made it into the Fort Worth Star Telegram for Academic Night at our school
8. Slone started working part-time in the youth ministry at our church
9. Slone also started working part-time in our newest service at church
10. We celebrated 5 years of marriage!!

Until next time,
Megan

Visit to good ole' Rocky Top

My family will probably disown me for the title to this post but oh well :)

I went home last month to see my awesome family before starting my new career. It was a great break and refresher before starting a new job. The first night I got in I met my second nephew, Braylon. He is such a doll but funny enough, looks nothing like his blonde hair, blue-eyed big brother. And he is so chunky!! I love me some chunky babies and could have cuddled him all night long.

*On another note, it was pretty awesome that me and Reagan matched that night without planning it. I had come straight from work and we were both wearing purple shirts*

We also met dad for dinner at Casa Fiesta. Great dinner after a long day's work and plane ride home. 

It's been a long day and that's all I've got for tonight. I'll post day 2 from the trip tomorrow :)

Last day at Texas Power

I started working at Texas Power the year that I moved to Texas, which was 2006. It's hard to believe that I've already lived here for 6 years! Texas Power became a second family to me and it was bittersweet to leave. I was excited to be venturing out into the teaching world after working hard in school for a degree and certification, but sad to leave those that I had built relationships with. It's always hard going somewhere new and having to meet new people all over again! Over the course of working at Texas Power I had 4 managers, all of which had different management styles and all of which I respected deeply. The last two were Marty and Jeana and they supported my desire to become a teacher from the moment I met them. They were always cheerleaders for me and pushed me to work for my dream. I will always remember their support during my last 6 months at Texas Power while I student taught and went to and from work for training and classes at UTA.

The company signed a really sweet going away card for me. This one made me laugh the most. Only Slone would think up such a thing :)