Well 5 months have flown by and now it has almost been one year since our big move to Bham. I guess I will do one long blog post to catch up for the last 5 months. I have to start with Christmas. I can sum up in Christmas with one word, blessed. We were blessed beyond measure. After being unemployed and living off of one income (which I never thought we could do), I didn't see how in the world that we would be able to do the whole gift thing and make it to Florida to visit family. God made a way, he's always providing. After visiting family and seeing the joy on my children's faces as they enjoyed the holiday season, I came home to worry about finding a job once again. I went through a round of interviews (one was 5 hours long) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I just knew that this was the job for me! They were almost finished with their process when I received an email from the principal at JCIB (Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School). I had interviewed there back in November for their IB Coordinator position(basically an assistant principal) to find out that it was going to be difficult to get my leadership certification in Alabama (long story) and I didn't get the job. In this email the principal said she remembered me from my previous interview and she suggested that I apply for a teaching position that was available at JCIB. I agreed and within 2 hours after the interview I received a phone call from the principal offering me the position. Ok, now I had to choose between UAB and JCIB! I had been praying through out the week that I would have wisdom, and God made it really easy. On February 3rd, on our way to watch Bama beat the Gators at a gymnastics competition, I accepted the teaching position and it was well worth the wait! The school is ranked the 6th best high school in the Nation, with a long record of being in the top 10 including #1! The staff and students are amazing! I am teaching AP US History and AP/IB Psychology. Psychology is a new subject for me, but it so so much fun. I've actually pondered going back to school again one day for psychology. Enough about me! Zac has really enjoyed playing baseball this year, he has improved so much! He has been a terrific left-fielder and he hit a double yesterday with 2 RBIs! Gracie is continuing on with gymnastics to level 4. She has her round-off back handspring, her front tuck, and some other cool flip I forgot the name of. Wyatt has been attending "Daddy's Day Care," we are thinking that he will go part-time to pre-school either in the fall or next spring. He still has two more years before kindergarten. Wyatt is definitely our little clown, he's so funny! Wes has been working really hard in the yard, and he's still a natural at FedEx. :)
