Oh Me, Oh My, Where Has the Time Gone?

Well, I started this blog some time ago to keep friends and family updated on our life happenings and adventures....I posted twice and our life went on a CRAZY and BUSY adventure and well, needless to say, the blog, while thought about often, went untouched. My end of the year resolution is to improve in this area! Since I now have some free time on my hands, I will post a few updates from the past few months....

Biggest Change of All: New Career! After much prayer, thought, consideration, testing, and hoping, I started a new career in August. I left the crazy world of corporate event planning and decided to become a teacher....a middle school teacher at that!! And I love it! I am working in a school that focuses on training kids for careers in public safety. I teach 6th grade and grade and thoroughly enjoy it! However, while learning this new profession, working on lesson plans, grading, parent conferences, etc., I now FULLY understand why teachers have the summer off!! This takes up ALOT of time. AND to top it off, I am enrolled in school again. Needless to say, this is my excuse for not posting anything in months....I spend a great deal of time on the computer, but not for personal reasons anymore! (More to come in future posts about my new job....)

PSA....Home of the Phoenix....HOORAH!!

Something Fun: Another fun thing that this fall contained for the Dennistouns was Matt's softball season. He joined a church league and was provided the chance to release some of his competitiveness again! Every Saturday evening we headed out to the field and he got to play, while his adoring wife cheered from the stands. When it came down to it...their team ended up winning their league championship...it was a lot of fun and we are looking forward to the next season!

The winning team!

The champ with his number one fan!

Other Exciting News: My little brother graduated from nursing school! After many years of HARD work, endless hours of studying, some crazy stories from clinicals, and a great study group, he graduated as an RN! We are very proud of his accomplishment! Now we are praying for a good job to follow!

Nick, RN, with his study group

Other Updates and Fun Events From the Past Several Months:
- Finally got to see Dave Matthews Band with our good friends Josh and Adri!
- Attended the National Youth Workers Convention....which is sentimental because it is where Matt and I got engaged!
- Celebrated the Mom's birthday with a delicious dinner at North Woods Inn....a old time family favorite!
- Enjoyed the fruits of our labor in the form of a blossoming vegetable garden!
- Made our first attempt at painting by tackling the bathroom...and I think it looks pretty good! Now, I just need to finish the baseboards...and yes, it's been a few moths since I re-visited that as well, another Christmas Break "To-Do!"

Well, I think that covers the major highlights of the last few months! In all honesty, life has been fairly boring! I sit on the couch and grade, lesson plan, and do homework, while my faithful husband makes sure that things like dinner and laundry are taken care of so I don't have to worry about anything else! I truly appreciate him and can't wait till my credential program is over so I can go back to being a more domestic wife!