so here i sit, three days snowed in, bored out of my mind, eager to get out of this place! yea, you heard me, three snow days! can you believe it! sure, the first day was great! who doesn't enjoy a day off once and while, but three?! the fact that these will have to be made up in may just doesn't sit well with me. uh.....and it's not like i have accomplished very much while i have been away.
i did however clean my room, dig my car out, write our family christmas letter, watch season one of the big bang theory and season 2 of how i met your mother, figure out that my washed ipod had been resurrected, and do 5 loads of laundry. score!
preschool has been going pretty smoothly these past couple of weeks since thanksgiving season was upon us. i haven't had very many problems, except sick kids. :(
we have been really working hard on shapes for the past two weeks. and this is going to sound silly, but it is so wonderful to see these kids understand something that i am teaching them! i know, it's what teachers are supposed to do, but to see them comprehend something that i have been pouring into them is fascinating. i feel like a kid a christmas. actually, scratch that, i feel like it's christmas when it happens. i still become giddy at christmastime.
i suppose i should sign off and maybe get my student's gifts wrapped. don't tell them, but i got them all scarves and my mom embroidered their names on them. i hope they like it!
have a good day everyone and be safe if you are on the losing end of this wintery weather like me! and here's to at least two days of school this week!
[this is the family christmas letter that i wrote this year. enjoy!]
Greetings Family and Friends!
Merry Christmas! Can you believe that 2009 is coming to an end? It has been a year of blessings, challenges, and change for the Becker household and ever so faithfully God has brought us through it all. So, without further ado, sit back with a cup of hot cocoa in your hand, snuggle up under a warm blanket and enjoy catching up with us!
Russ is still hard at work at the power plant in Palo. Tammy continues to work for Linn-Mar high school as an associate and does part time respite work. And yes, she still tackles the occasional sewing/quilting project while Russ fixes sewing machines. This year, Tammy and Russ expanded their garden at the house, so they were very busy with it all summer. They also moved Elizabeth and Emily around the Midwest a few times, more on that soon. J In recent news, they have officially become members of New Covenant Bible Church, which, in their own words “we love it a lot.”
Elizabeth is currently living in Omaha, and no, she has not, and will not, become a Husker fan. She moved there in July after she accepted a teaching position for Council Bluffs Schools. She teaches preschool, and she isn’t quite sure if it’s keeping her sane or driving her insane. She always has entertaining stories to share, that’s for sure.
Emily is holding down central Iowa living in Des Moines. She is part hair stylist at Bombshell Betty’s, part Return/Exchange Associate at Hot Topic, part make-up artist for Hey Cupcake Photography, and part local superhero by night (except not that last part). She does stay pretty busy though. She has also taken in a cat that she has affectionately named Wednesday.
Leanne is the only remaining child left in that pleasant dome house in Toddville, that is, if you don’t count the dogs and cats. She is a senior at Linn-Mar High school and eager to graduate. She attends the youth group at New Covenant Bible Church where she has met many new friends. In her spare time she loves reading vampire love stories, in light of the recent teen infatuation with the Twilight series, and listening to music. We all wish her luck and guidance as this chapter in her life comes to an end.
Well, that’s 2009 for you here in the Becker household. We hope this letter finds you doing well this holiday season. From our house to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas and bright New Year!
-The Becker Family
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