time flies by...

Well, I can't believe how fast this year has gone...in less than 2 months Ryan and I will have been married for a year already. It has been awesome so far! I feel that we are exactly were God wants us right now...although I do not care to live in Illinois the rest of my life. It's such a fun journey waiting on God to lead us and guide us through every stage of life. I would love to be able to live closer to family, but the tough part is if we live closer to my family...it's far from Ryan's family and the same the other way around. Family is such an important part of both of our lives and it would be great to live close to both families!

Here at school we counted up the number of school days until summer and we only have 28 days left...that's nuts! This school year has gone by pretty fast when I think about it, but sometimes I feel that it doesn't go fast enough. Well, as of right now, I'm signed up to teach summer school, as long as my classes fill up (which hopefully they will) ...so technically my summer won't start until July 8th.

Is it just me...or does time go much faster the older you get?

Weekend with Family!

So, this weekend I got to hang out with my aunt Karen, uncle Don, and cousin's Janelle and Michelle. Janelle was here at Great Lake doing Navy bootcamp. She just graduated on Friday, way to go Janelle!! The family came in for the graduation, so it has been nice getting to see them! Yesterday we had a late breakfast at Elly's...yummy...that place is so good!!! Then, we were going to go to the city but because Janelle had an 8 o'clock curfew we decided against it, instead we toured the 'wonderful' Gurnee Mills, that place is so packed...and honestly I don't think it is all that it is cracked up to be! The most important thing was getting to spend time with family! After that we ended up at McCarthy's for dinner...yummy yummy!

Today, the family went into Chicago, and Ryan and I went to church! When I got home from church I felt like I hit a wall (like nobody's business). I was chatting with my friend Michelle on facebook chat...and I was seriously falling asleep...it was CRAZY...so I decided to take a little nap. After about an hour nap on the SofaSak, Ryan suggested I go to sleep upstairs in bed...so I did....oh my goodness...it ended up being a 4 1/2 hour nap....longest nap in a LONG time. I musta really been exhausted. Well, hopefully I can wake up for school tomorrow!

I found my new addiction, Facebook top 5's...it's pretty sad how many I did today...they tend to be a little addictive...seriously. Well, I'm super proud of myself because I remembered to make another post! It helps to make your blog a bookmark on your toolbar!!! Well, I'm gonna go find something to do...maybe I should go read my Bible...I need to get better at that!

Tata for now!

2 days in a row!!!!

So, this is officially a record!! Two blogs back to back! Well, today is Friday, and boy have I ever been more happy for a Friday to come! The week seemed to go by kinda fast, all except for today.

We took the kids out to the big playground!!! You would think that would be exciting...but we had 2 potty accidents...oh boy! At least it was a nice sunny day today!

I went to Portillo's for dinner with Ryan, my Aunt Karen, Uncle Don, and cousin's Michelle and Janelle. Janelle just graduated today from Navy bootcamp. It was nice to get to see her! I look forward to getting to spend some time tomorrow with the family checking out the sight of Chicago!!! Hopefully I'll have some pictures and stories to post....but for now, I'm super tired!

P.J. Day at school!

Today was P.J. Day at school...so much fun! You would think that when the staff is given the chance to wear pj's or comfy clothes that most would jump at the offer...but surprisingly there were many people who didn't. This is my proof that I went to work in pj's. Although I wore pj's, I did shower this morning and put on clean ones...just for clarification....haha!

Well, yesterday was Ryan's birthday, he's 24 now. I wish I could say that he had the best birthday of his life, but that is just not the case this year. Since he is going to grad school, he had 3 presentations to prepare for this week, and two of them were today. So, his birthday was pretty much spent putting the final touches to his presentations. We did, however, cook a pork shoulder roast and made pulled pork sandwiches which was pretty tasty!

His dream present would have been a puppy, but since we cannot have a puppy where we live (nor do we really have the money for one), we watched Marley & Me instead. It was such a cute movie...I really enjoyed it.

Tonight is youth group...and afterwards my aunt, uncle, and cousin are coming in from Washington to spend the weekend with us. My cousin Janelle, is graduating from Navy bootcamp tomorrow, so they came for the graduation! I wish I could go to the graduation, but since it is during the day I can't because I have to work. I do look forward to visiting and hanging out this weekend with them.

Let's see if I can actually keep up with this blog thing...I'm trying...I also am trying to use my Twitter more. Facebook is a piece of cake for me...it's almost like it's an IV....I'm on it all the time....it's almost sad.

Well, until next time!

This one is for Erica...

So, I have been really bad about writing in my blog...I always forget that I have it. So, as a start to a new year I'm gonna try and update it at least once a week.

So you might ask, what has happened since August 2008 (which was my last post)...well actually a lot has happened. Ryan and I went to Washington for my brother's wedding. It was a ton of fun, I still have yet to get pictures from it though.

After that, well I started teaching again, it's crazy to think that half the year is over already, time goes by so fast. I love the teachers I work with, but man sometimes those kindergarteners really get to me...lol.

For Thanksgiving we spent it with The Hirts, a wonderful family at church (for the second year in a row). We had so much fun with them. This was Ryan and my first Thanksgiving as a married couple, it was really fun. I definitely have a lot to be thankful for. God has truly blessed me with a wonderful husband.

Well, Christmas came and went really fast. We spent it in Minnesota with Ryan's family. We definitely had a great time with family. I missed not being with my family for Christmas, but we were able to Skype with them and still open presents together, which was so much fun! Technology really can help make families feel closer.

After Christmas we came back home and relaxed. I was able to catch up with some good friends! I went down to see Erica and the kids...boy it is seriously crazy how much time has gone by since I've seen them. I also got to spend some time with Andrea and Kristen...it's is great to have girlfriends!!!

Well, New Year's was quite interesting. Ryan and I decided we would host a get together with some friends from small group at our place to bring in the New Year. We all got together and began playing games waiting for midnight. We had the tv on and watched the Times Square ball drop...then (NO JOKE) the electricity went out no more than 3 minutes later. It was crazy. Ryan said, "just imagine if this would have happened in Y2K...people would have totally been freaking out". So, I had to go and gather up all the candles I could find in my house...thank goodness I had bought a few. So the electricity was still out at 11:45...so we figured we'd bring in the New Year by candlelight. Brennan brought champagne so we all got glasses and ran upstairs to the Atomic Clock and did the countdown...it was the first New Year's I spent not watching tv...it was one New Year I will remember.

So, as I sit here writing, I am enjoying my last day before going back to school...Tomorrow is the day! 2008 was a great year and I am looking forward to 2009 being even better!!! I must go now because I really need to get to bed so I can be rested for tomorrow!

My first post

I'm new to this whole blogging thing, but I thought it would be a fun way to keep up to date with people about what's going on in my life.

Well, I'm about to start school on Monday...it will be pretty interesting going back and being called Mrs. Johnson...especially after all the teachers and students knew me as Ms. Lincoln last year. I am very excited to be getting a new group of students.