And I have another job!!!

I am officially a personal trainer at the largest chain of gyms here in Columbia! I'll be working here in the mornings, and then nanny 2 afternoons a week, so it really works out great with my schedule. To be honest, I'm a little scared about being a personal trainer... it is something that will really take me out of my comfort zone, at first at least. But, health is something I am so passionate about, and now I can directly apply everything I learned in my exercise science education to real life! And that is so very exciting to me! YAY!!

I HAVE A JOB!!!!!!!!

That's right!

I interviewed for a part-time nanny position last weekend. It's for an adorable 19 month old boy, and I was able to play with him for about half an hour after the interview and we had a really good time! His mom said they had more interviews this weekend, but she ended up calling yesterday to go ahead and offer the position because, "well, we just really love you and we'd love for you to work with Kingston!". I was super excited, but let her know that I had a couple more interviews today and asked if it was alright if I got back to her. I went to my interviews today (personal training and office support) and the office support position was offered to me, but just didn't seem like anything I'd enjoy at all. It's a lot of double checking written records and contacting different programs all the time. And the pay isn't near as good!

So, after a lot of praying and thinking and discussing with Brad, I went ahead and accepted the nanny position. I just absolutely love working with kids, and I can still do personal training on the side if that door opens up for me.

Thanks to all of you for all your prayers... God is so good and His provision is so perfect!

Our New Home

We are finally settled in, and are loving our new apartment!!! We had our first overnight guests last weekend. Johnie and Dee came down Saturday night and after a delicious breakfast of cinammon rolls from the Corner Cafe, we (that is, Dee and I) really put them (that is, Johnie and Brad) to work. They got busy hanging up pictures and installing shelving and reinforcing our chairs and hooking up and hiding TV cables... everything looks so great!! Thanks Johnie and Dee for coming down and for all your help!!



















We are having our next guests this weekend: Jason and Leslie are coming up to visit us and are staying the night Friday. It'll be so nice to see Springfield friends again!

sunny afternoon on campus...

Friday was beautiful... 60s and sunny. We thought it would be the perfect time to get better acquainted with large and beautiful campus we will be calling home for the next two years. So we headed out the door with our new MU t-shirts (thanks Johnie and Dee!) and our camera in hand!

Brad's program is housed in a brand new, state-of-the-art building that is pretty awesome:


Here's my building. Enough said. :)


We love how beautiful the campus is... most of the buildings are really old and interesting!




The classic MU picture:

the first supper...

Well, we finally made it to Columbia, and with much appreciated help, all of our things made it into our new apartment! We really love our new place- everything about it- and feel so incredibly blessed to be able to live here!

After an afternoon and evening of unpacking and settling in, I think you can start to see a bit of progress. Thankfully we have a few days to work on it before Brad starts orientation.

I'm still searching for a job, so if you would remember that in your prayers I would be very very thankful. Hopefully I'll have some good news to post about it here soon! It will be such a relief when I get one, and I know that I'll handle the move so much better once I have a set routine in place... right now I don't know when my classes are or when/if I work so then it's hard to plan when I'm going to work out and spend my time with God and with Brad... and that kinda stresses me out! But I know that I just have to trust in the Lord and let Him grow me and teach me during all this.

Here is a pic of us eating our first meal at our new place (while surrounded by boxes, of course!): leftover BWW boneless wings and leftover chili! Thanks Johnie and Dee!! We still haven't made a big grocery run yet so it was so nice to not have to worry about dinner!!


Hopefully we'll have some good pics of the apartment soon!

New Year's Eve and Going Away Party