So it has been a while.......
Here is what has happened in the last month and a half!!!!
I have been hired on at Ballinger Elementary!!! I am super excited and sad at the same time. I know I am going to love it but I am sad to leave my friends and kids at Robert Lee. I will be teaching 4th grade reading and writing. I am use to teaching math but I am ready for the new challenge. I am cutting my drive in half and there is a sonic, wal-mart and the turn row on my way home. Can't get much better than that!!!!
We celebrated our 1st anniversery on the 6th and were planning a trip to junction on the 16th, however on the 12th Nathan had an accident that sent us to the ER. He was working on the front porch(which looks amazing!!) and he had a cutting blade on his grinder. Come to find out the blade was to big for the grinder and he did not have the safty gaurd on (he threw it away when he bought the grinder). Needless to say it got too hot and blew up. He cut the second, third, and fourth fingers on his left had. The third and fourth fingers just needed stitches. The second finger was cut to the bone and was broke in 4 places. He also cut the tendend(sp?). The doctor told us that it is the most complex tendend in the human body. He had surgery on the 15th. Everything went well. The stiches are off now and he has to go to finger therapy 3 days a week for 3 weeks so he can bend his finger again. So the moral of the story is......DO NOT throw away the safty gaurd and just because your uncle uses that type of blade all the time DOES NOT mean nothing will ever happen!!!!
We are still praying for a baby. We have been to several check ups and they say everything looks good. If we are not successful in a couple of months they are going to do some dye thing. Knowing that God is in control gives us such an amazing peace about the whole thing. God is Good...All the time!!!
Our niece Sarah will be here in a few weeks. Shawn and Jamie are getting very excited!!!
Jamie and Justin found out that they will be having another little girl in Nov. Poor Cade will still be that only boy on the Matthiesen side. Brad and Angie are expecting in Jan. so maybe they will have a boy!!
Joe and Lacy are still busy with their little girls. Harlee is very involved with horses already and Jacey's busy personality keeps them on their toes.
Jaxon keeps Dusty and Heather on the go. He is so very smart and wants to know how everything works!!!
Mom and Dad are good and loving every minute of being Omi and Pop!!
Sam is in Houston working at a Veterans' hospital for the summer. He says some days are really hard but is getting to know some really neat people!!!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Inspiring Words!!!
I absolutly LOVE this song. I listen to KLOVE all the time. It is an amazing radio station that seems to play the right song at the right time.
As I was driving to school this morning, I was feeling kind of down. I am so ready to be a mom and to feel that unending bond and love between a mother and her child. I was trying to hold back tears when this song came on. The words have so much meaning. God is so so so very awesome and there is no doubt in my mind that our prayers will be answered one day!!!
Be thankful you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to.
What Faith Can Do
Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it’s more than you can take
But you're stronger, stronger than you know
Don’t you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard
Impossible is not a word
It’s just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody’s scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It’ll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That’s what faith can do)
When the world says you can’t
It’ll tell you that you can!
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise
As I was driving to school this morning, I was feeling kind of down. I am so ready to be a mom and to feel that unending bond and love between a mother and her child. I was trying to hold back tears when this song came on. The words have so much meaning. God is so so so very awesome and there is no doubt in my mind that our prayers will be answered one day!!!
Be thankful you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to.
What Faith Can Do
Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it’s more than you can take
But you're stronger, stronger than you know
Don’t you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard
Impossible is not a word
It’s just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody’s scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It’ll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That’s what faith can do)
When the world says you can’t
It’ll tell you that you can!
I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Emilee Sr. 2010
Emilee and her family are great friends of mine and we had a blast taking her senior pictures. From stealing fake flower, crawling on the street and having the cops called on us, tromping in some farmers wheat field to walking aross an old bridge that had a DANGER DO NOT WALK ON BRIDGE sign. It was all worth it!!! She is a GORGEOUS girl and I can't wait to see what her future holds. Hope you enjoy
Friday, April 23, 2010
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be!!!
As I approach the end of my 6th year of teaching and our 1st year of marriage, I can't help but reflect on this saying.
This is long and I hope I do not bore you toooooo much.....
Let's start with my 6 years of teaching. WOW!!! I really can't believe it has been that long. I started in Lubbock teaching 4 year olds. This was a difficult year, I had a principal that basically told my that I chose the wrong profession. She was so mean and last I heard she was forced to retire. I loved going to school at Tech and I learned so much about myself while I was there but in my heart I knew I needed to start a new journey. As God would have it, I got hired on as a 1st grade teacher in Elgin, Tx.(a town 20 min east of Austin). I really enjoyed living there (I had an amazing little rent house) and I was teaching with several girls my age. I thought to myself, "I could stay here for a while". The next school year came around and I wanted to try my hand at Kindergarten. AMAZING!!! It was such a wonderful year! The kids were just wonderful and I became so so attached.
In the mean time 4 hours away in Olfen Tx, my nieces and nephew were being born. I hated to miss out on so much but I was happy with my professional life. I would be lying if I told you I didn't get lonely. I wanted to find love and I wanted to be closer to my family.
This brings me to one wonderful night when I had no idea I was about to meet my future husband. I went out with my fabulous friend Lindsey Baer now Lindsey Dalrymple. We were just going to have a girls night, just relax and NOT think about boys!!! We are sitting in one of the many bars in Austin and in walks in Blake Schwertner and Nathan Glass.
Let's back track for just a second.....I have known of Nathan and Blake my whole life and have always thought Nathan was sooooooooooooo good looking. However, he had always had a girlfriend.
Back to that night......We said our hellos and introduced them to Lindsey and I asked Nathan where his girlfriend was. He said he didn't have one and boy did I get a rush. Being a girls night, we said our good byes,not before I gave my phone # to Blake (not for reasons you think), it was because he lived in New Braunfels(sp) and he wanted to go float the river. Let me try to make this shorter. Nathan ended up calling me and we saw each other again at Christmas Eve mass in Olfen.
Side note.......my Dad said when he saw Nathan look at me and smile he had a feeling something big was about to happen AWWWWW!!
Ok back to my long story, sorry, we kept in touch and with all my nieces and nephew being born, baptisms, birthdays, i was putting a lot of miles on my Jeep going back and forth from Olfen to Elgin. I didn't mind because I loved seeing Nathan too. Then, as God had planned, one of Nathan's friends from Miles was getting married to a girl from...... wait for it..........Elgin. Several people came in. My house was packed!!! We all had a blast. As they were driving away that Sunday, I called my mom and told her I was moving home at the end of the year and that I had met "the one"
I moved home with no job and very sad that I had given up my wonderful job as a kinder teacher. I found a job in Robert Lee at the last minute and although it started off rough, it has become a part of me. I love love love it here. I never saw myself teaching 4th and 5th graders but as God would have it, here I am!!!
However, the drive is so long and our gas bill is off the charts. With Nathan's job change our budget is a little tighter. A job opportunity has opened in Ballinger, which will cut my drive in half. I guess we will see what God has planned.
Nathan is still farming for the mean time. Poor thing does not know what he wants to be when he grows up. It is just so hard to find farm land around here. We are staying positive and putting it in God's hand.
Now for our love story......
Nathan and I will celebrate one year on June 6th. And what a year it has been!!!! I am writing this with tears of happiness in my eyes.
Here it goes......
In our first year, we have learned to love each other in a whole new way. It can be challenging at times but we always find ourselves quick to forgive and ask for forgiveness. We try not to take any moment for granted and remember to thank God for the AMAZING gift He has given us every chance we get.
We have had some times where we were very thankful to have God on our side. We lost our two dogs that we grew to love so much. It is crazy that you get so attached to animals. We now have a new dog Gretta, our little daschaund. She is just great!!
We have also learned that getting pregnant is so much harder than we thought. We wanted a honeymoon baby and have been trying ever since. However, God has other plans and we are totally ok with it. It does get really hard sometimes because not only are Shawn and Jamie having a baby, my sister and Justin are going to have their
3rd in November. We are so very excited and happy for them, but being human we can't help but get a little jealous and wonder why. But like I said before, God has His own timeline and we continue to pray for a baby and patience.
There is no doubt in my mind that I am exactly where I am suppose to be!!!!
We are excited to see what God has written for us.
Anyway, I think I have rambled on enough.....
God Bless you all ALWAYS!!!
This is long and I hope I do not bore you toooooo much.....
Let's start with my 6 years of teaching. WOW!!! I really can't believe it has been that long. I started in Lubbock teaching 4 year olds. This was a difficult year, I had a principal that basically told my that I chose the wrong profession. She was so mean and last I heard she was forced to retire. I loved going to school at Tech and I learned so much about myself while I was there but in my heart I knew I needed to start a new journey. As God would have it, I got hired on as a 1st grade teacher in Elgin, Tx.(a town 20 min east of Austin). I really enjoyed living there (I had an amazing little rent house) and I was teaching with several girls my age. I thought to myself, "I could stay here for a while". The next school year came around and I wanted to try my hand at Kindergarten. AMAZING!!! It was such a wonderful year! The kids were just wonderful and I became so so attached.
In the mean time 4 hours away in Olfen Tx, my nieces and nephew were being born. I hated to miss out on so much but I was happy with my professional life. I would be lying if I told you I didn't get lonely. I wanted to find love and I wanted to be closer to my family.
This brings me to one wonderful night when I had no idea I was about to meet my future husband. I went out with my fabulous friend Lindsey Baer now Lindsey Dalrymple. We were just going to have a girls night, just relax and NOT think about boys!!! We are sitting in one of the many bars in Austin and in walks in Blake Schwertner and Nathan Glass.
Let's back track for just a second.....I have known of Nathan and Blake my whole life and have always thought Nathan was sooooooooooooo good looking. However, he had always had a girlfriend.
Back to that night......We said our hellos and introduced them to Lindsey and I asked Nathan where his girlfriend was. He said he didn't have one and boy did I get a rush. Being a girls night, we said our good byes,not before I gave my phone # to Blake (not for reasons you think), it was because he lived in New Braunfels(sp) and he wanted to go float the river. Let me try to make this shorter. Nathan ended up calling me and we saw each other again at Christmas Eve mass in Olfen.
Side note.......my Dad said when he saw Nathan look at me and smile he had a feeling something big was about to happen AWWWWW!!
Ok back to my long story, sorry, we kept in touch and with all my nieces and nephew being born, baptisms, birthdays, i was putting a lot of miles on my Jeep going back and forth from Olfen to Elgin. I didn't mind because I loved seeing Nathan too. Then, as God had planned, one of Nathan's friends from Miles was getting married to a girl from...... wait for it..........Elgin. Several people came in. My house was packed!!! We all had a blast. As they were driving away that Sunday, I called my mom and told her I was moving home at the end of the year and that I had met "the one"
I moved home with no job and very sad that I had given up my wonderful job as a kinder teacher. I found a job in Robert Lee at the last minute and although it started off rough, it has become a part of me. I love love love it here. I never saw myself teaching 4th and 5th graders but as God would have it, here I am!!!
However, the drive is so long and our gas bill is off the charts. With Nathan's job change our budget is a little tighter. A job opportunity has opened in Ballinger, which will cut my drive in half. I guess we will see what God has planned.
Nathan is still farming for the mean time. Poor thing does not know what he wants to be when he grows up. It is just so hard to find farm land around here. We are staying positive and putting it in God's hand.
Now for our love story......
Nathan and I will celebrate one year on June 6th. And what a year it has been!!!! I am writing this with tears of happiness in my eyes.
Here it goes......
In our first year, we have learned to love each other in a whole new way. It can be challenging at times but we always find ourselves quick to forgive and ask for forgiveness. We try not to take any moment for granted and remember to thank God for the AMAZING gift He has given us every chance we get.
We have had some times where we were very thankful to have God on our side. We lost our two dogs that we grew to love so much. It is crazy that you get so attached to animals. We now have a new dog Gretta, our little daschaund. She is just great!!
We have also learned that getting pregnant is so much harder than we thought. We wanted a honeymoon baby and have been trying ever since. However, God has other plans and we are totally ok with it. It does get really hard sometimes because not only are Shawn and Jamie having a baby, my sister and Justin are going to have their
3rd in November. We are so very excited and happy for them, but being human we can't help but get a little jealous and wonder why. But like I said before, God has His own timeline and we continue to pray for a baby and patience.
There is no doubt in my mind that I am exactly where I am suppose to be!!!!
We are excited to see what God has written for us.
Anyway, I think I have rambled on enough.....
God Bless you all ALWAYS!!!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Picture This!!!
I love taking pictures. It is what I do to relax. Hope you enjoy!! There are more on my facebook, and I have TONS on my computer that I edit all the time that I hope to add one day!!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Burned Biscuits......
I am not very good at reading forwards but every once in a while a have some extra time to read one. This is an amazing little story with some wonderful advice. I hope you enjoy!!!
"When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every
now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made
breakfast after a long, hard day at work.
On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and
extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that
biscuit and eat every bite!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom
apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what
he said: "Honey, I love burned biscuits."
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he
really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said,
"Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And
besides - a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"
Life is full of imperfect things.....and imperfect people. I'm not the
best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just
like everyone else. But what I've learned over the years is that learning
to accept each others faults - and choosing to celebrate each others
differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy,
growing, and lasting relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God.
Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a
relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!
We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the
base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or
friendship!
"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep it in
your own."
God Bless You..... Now, and Always....
"When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every
now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made
breakfast after a long, hard day at work.
On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and
extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that
biscuit and eat every bite!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom
apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what
he said: "Honey, I love burned biscuits."
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he
really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said,
"Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And
besides - a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"
Life is full of imperfect things.....and imperfect people. I'm not the
best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just
like everyone else. But what I've learned over the years is that learning
to accept each others faults - and choosing to celebrate each others
differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy,
growing, and lasting relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God.
Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a
relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!
We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the
base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or
friendship!
"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep it in
your own."
God Bless You..... Now, and Always....
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