Blog Hoppin: Day 1

Today was our first day back at work - teachers and open house. Whew! What a whirlwind of a day.  I'm thankful to be home and blogging a bit, and doing a fantasy football draft while watching some Bachelor in Paradise.  It was a great first day back and to meet all my little firsties - I think I already remember all their names!

We have the rest of the week filled with meetings and PD and somewhere in there we're suppose to fit planning of the first week.  Wish me luck!

I'm linking up with Blog Hoppin for their Teacher Week!

Number One

Ryan and I grew up together when we were little - we went to the same church, same youth group, he was just a few years older than me and definitely in the cool crowd.  We never actually were really close friends until he moved away to college, and then in his final year of high school we got closer.  I started crushing when I was a junior and it's all kind of a high school sweetheart news from there. 

This was actually one of the first pictures we took together when we first started officially dating.  Mind you, our courting (if you want to call it that) process took 3 or so months. I was pretty preoccupied by softball at the time and Ryan had just moved back home from college for the summer.  Mind you, after we started dating I knew pretty quickly that he was the one I'd spend the rest of my life with.  Took some convincing on his part, but we're 3 years in and I think I'll keep him.  I'm so thankful that I really devoted and gave our relationship over to Christ so that we could grow apart first, and then came together at just the right time.

Number Two

I played softball my WHOLE life.  My dad was a coach for almost my whole years of softball playing as well.  I started as a 6 year old in tee-ball and never missed a summer after that. My dad was a pitching coach, but he always told my sister and I to make sure we tried every position before we committed.  My sister ended up being a first basemen and didn't end up enjoying softball as much as I did, but I followed my pops and became a pitcher.  I loved it when I did it.  Lots of pressure, lots of excitement, it was great.  Sometimes I miss those days.

Number Three

I knew I wanted to be a teacher since I was in the 2nd grade.  I even knew I wanted to teach first grade.  I shifted and even argued with God for long hours when I was in middle and high school because I knew of the commitment that I'd be putting on my life by being a teacher.  We were in North Carolina when I felt the true calling again and had to stop arguing with God.  Never changed my mind after that - committed to a Elementary Education degree my first year as a freshman and never strayed from it.  I love going to work everyday and know it's exactly where I'm suppose to be.

Number Four

I have been to Fiji!  The first time I went out of the country was in college with Ryan and we went to Mexico.  Ryan planned the honeymoon and surprised me the day we left for it.  All I knew was that it was tropical - and he let it slip in the hotel room that we were going to Fiji.  

 We took a 10 hour plane ride ( and it was horrible) from LA.  Sleeping in a plane sitting up is not ideal. When we arrived it Fiji it was the next morning - but we basically skipped a day with the timezones. But once we got there it was so beautiful.  The water was crystal clear and our resort had a coral reef all around it.  We snorkeled almost every single day. I'd go back in a heartbeat.  It was the most romantic and relaxing time on the beach.  And it was super warm so even better. :)

Number Five

I'm actually a pretty shy person at first.  In high school I had quite a few friends but in college I started to realize how more introverted I was.  so, I'm way more of a close friend type of person.  Once I really open up to people I really start to trust them, and it's really hard for me to not become quite good friends with them.  I stick my neck out for a lot of people.  I have 3 really close girl friends, and consider myself to have 2 best guy friends - number on including the hubs.

Link up with the people over at Blog Hoppin or each day the rest of the week to learn more about each other! Here's to 2015!