I am a busy girl! Our church's Search Committee is in the last phases of interviews, so we are VERY close to selecting a candidate. I am so happy, and so ready for this to be done. I will be happy to have my evenings back, especially because Ethan is back on his regular shift.

My biggest news is that I got a gig teaching at Wiggles and Giggles in Connecticut! I am thrilled about this opportunity! It's a big store with a huge variety of supplies so I will have tons of fun designing pages to teach there. Plus so far they've been very flexible which I like also.

I am finally getting moving on scrapping some of our camping pictures. We camped as a family for the first time this July with the Bartholomews, and then we went just the three of us again this October. We had a blast both times. Ethan and I especially enjoyed the serenity of camping at a state forest. Esme had a loved being out of doors and making campfires and sleeping all cuddled up in our tent. We plan to open one of the state forests this April too.

Just a couple pics from Esme's first day of school - so far she is loving it. Her teacher is very nice and she has a new friend that she loves - she holds her hand every day during story time.