Life remains constant......

Hey guys!! Well I haven't posted in a while....I did become Zumba certified!! So I am now a Zumba fitness instructor! I love it!! I love to make people feel good about themselves and shake their booty all at the same time! I am currently teaching at Mitchell Elementary filling in a maternity leave. I have been there since January and it has been so much fun! I love it there so much!! I am still patiently waiting for God to open a door for me. I think he has made me more humble about being a teacher and provided these opportunities for me to grow as a teacher!! Please continue to send me your prayers! I am waiting and hoping on new opportunities coming up hopefully.....Thanks so much for reading my blog!!

Life Lately around here......

So most of you know I am now working with migrant families at East Coast Migrant Head Start Project! I love it so much, just not the paperwork!! It is a very mental exhausting job but I love the kids so much!! I have some great families and they are all so sweet and loving!! Still trying to find that teaching job for me! Just frustrated but I finally realized that God is preparing the perfect place for me to go and I have to be patient! Still in Boaz and still married lol!! That's all that counts.....Tim's brother got married this past weekend so we spent time in Savannah, GA. I also got to go and see Bruno Mars in concert in Nashville, TN. It was phenomenal....I cant even put it into words how great it was. Just wanted to update you guys today.....oh and I may be a new Zumba teacher soon!! So trying to go get certified and who knows that might lead to something too!!!

Our Cruise!

Okay guys...most of you have seen my album from our cruise...so I will just go through our itinerary for the week and go day by day. So we left Friday morning, found a hotel about 2 hours away from Ft. Lauderdale to crash for the night. Woke up Saturday, got breakfast, drove to Ft. Lauderdale, got through security no problems and boarded the boat. Independence of the Seas was very nice and Royal Carribean had some of the greatest staff I have ever met!! We had such a fabulous time. We got aquainted with the boat, ate some dinner, and just walked around. The first 2 days were on the seas so we swam, ate, rock climbed, and just hung out and found activities to participate in on the boat. We participated in 70s trivia and went to a disco party they had at the Promenade which is where all the shops are located. First port of call was St. Maarten. It was nice and we did shopping for a bit and then decided to walk where we found this guy who hooked us up with a taxi ride to view the whole island and the best food I have ate in a while!!! Only downfall no sweet tea on our trip :( But thankfully we had Diet Coke and Coke products. So the next port of call was St. Kitts. It was beautiful!! We did a tour around the island and shopped..not much to do there....I did get my ring fixed! They replaced the diamonds for me, but last night one of them fell out again....oh well! We will eventually get me another set! Anyways, next port of call was our shortest in Puerto Rico. We went to the fort they have there where war took place and walked through the city. Not really much there either. Last port of call was Haiti! It was the most beautiful beach and thats what we did all day was lay on the beach, eat, and nap! I felt bad for the Haitian people because they really are poor and try there best to sell their goods just to feed their families at night. We bought some beautiful things and had an overall wonderful experience. Tim's brother Brian proposed on our first formal night which was Monday I believe and it was soo sweet so I wont be the only girl in the family anymore :) I loved formal nights and getting dressed up! The best part was being on the ship with the greatest people besides my family!!! I enjoyed every moment!! We went to the ice show which was awesome, we participated in karaoke(okay well Tim did anyways), we participated in The Quest (just had to have been there) which was a scavenger hunt for adults inside the theater!! I had an awesome trip and glad to be back to my pups Rudy! Best part is Tim won a poker tournament on the boat and we got a free cruise in December!!!!! YAY!!! Thanks for reading....hopefully things will go good this summer for us...and I will be an aunt soon!!

2013 is here!!

Hey guys! I haven't written at all in a long time for the new year. 2013 has been great so far! I have been booked solid for subbing and for new schools too!! I have been added at Attalla Elementary and West End Elementary so it is going great...and of course I am still with Gadsden City that I love!! Well, Tim has officially started his morning show as of today!! So listen to 99.3 for Gadsden or 92.7 for Oxford...him and Scott do such a great job and I am happy for them!! I am patiently waiting and supporting him like any good wife would do. I have decided that I am just going to have to bite the bullet and go back and take classes to renew my certification but it will be okay because eventually it will pay off! I just hope I have the money to go back somehow!! That is the only thing that worries me! We set sail next Friday for our cruise!!! We were given a cruise for Christmas as a present from Tim's family!! I am excited...we will be visiting St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Puerto Rico, and Haiti for 8 days!! Cannot believe Spring Break is almost here!!! And my nephew is almost here!! I am SOOOO EXCITED to be an aunt in my family!!! Dallas is such a blessing to us and I hope that eventually I can get a job and become a mom too!! Kinda a scary thought though!!! Anyways....my sister has moved back from Mobile and everything seems like it is falling into place!! Life is going great right now...no complaints!!!

Auntie Ree!!!

Well...it is now official...I am going to be an aunt on my mom's bday April 7, 2013!!! I am sooo excited....I didn't have to work so mom and I took a quick trip down to Mobile and took my sister back and got to go to her 3d sonogram and find out the gender of the baby....okay I was set on Mallory...but I got a boy and I am going to love him to death!!! It was such an awesome experience...and seeing it today made me want a baby so bad! But I know that the timing is not right as of yet, but if God decided for Tim and I to become parents we would be ready!!! I am sooo glad I get to share the news with everyone...congrats to the proud parents!!! Hannah & Charlie Johnson!!!

In God I Trust!!!

Wow!! What a day already! Woke up this morning to some great comments on a simple picture I put on my facebook with Wizard of Oz which is my fav movie in the world about the scarecrow being a Democrat because he was talking with no brain!! Well, I am a conservative Christian person. I do not go down the ballot all Republican or all Democrat. I vote on people as what they "say" they will do for me and what they believe in. I truly believe to let people live the way they want to because I am not the ultimate judge of the world, but I do believe I am supposed to help people see the right path to go and live! Jesus is the Savior of my life! I cannot believe if everyday I went through life with no purpose what I would do. How can people believe after they die that is it? What are we here for then anyways then??? I do not know how people cannot believe that there is a God who created us and put us into place. OMGoodness have you ever just sat and watched a video of the human body??? OMGoodness how complex it is...even conceiving a child...holy mackrel!!! It is a miracle to bring a child into this world, and there are still some that are not as lucky to have children! I just feel so empowered today to stand up for my maker!! I am lucky to be married to a Christian husband who shares the same views as I! I am going to sit and pray and study today to see if I can truly stand up and be a witness to people. I do not know my Bible like my husband and that is my fault for not really studying like I should during my life, but that is because it was never forced on me! I chose to follow God on my own and so glad I did!! I have been battling lately inside of me about my salvation. I feel the devil trying to trick me and tell me that God wouldn't save someone like me that sins daily...but then I remember and feel God's hand upon me and know that he is my Savior...I know he died on the cross for ME! Saved ME! Loves ME!!! How powerful is that!!!! I feel horrible that I have not been putting him first, but being here at home lately I have had this time to focus on my life and my meaning of being here!! I want to commit more to my church  and my Savior!! I am sorry to the ones out there that I have failed!! I trust in God 100% and should not be ashamed to shout that to the world!!  Thank you God for saving my soul! For sending your son to die for me! I do not know if I had a son I could honestly sacrifice him for this rude crude world we live in! I cannot imagine you having to sit at the throne of heaven and watch your people destroy what you created!! In God I trust!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you and that will never be enough!!

On another note.....about my occupation-teaching! I loooove being a teacher! It is the greatest feeling to teach children and to know that you are the source behind it. I vote for people that I believe will help not only our education "system" but be beneficial to our children and communities! I try and research every candidate I can find! I do believe in voting for yourself, not what your family does or friends or even church members, but yourself! I love teaching and to not have a teaching job is very humbling. I have had time to think about how I want to be a teacher! How I want my class to go, what I want to teach them, and how I would want my own child to be treated!! Okay, so I am not in a classroom I get it! It is definitely different when you are in there....no one else just you and those kids and that feeling hits that you are the responsibility for their learning, actions, behaviors, etc.... I love that feeling! I love being the one that child goes home to at night and tells their parents about what they learned and how Mrs. Sutton loves them and cares for them just like their own parents/guardians. I know sometimes my posts on Facebook seem like I bash teachers and the education system, but that is not true at all!! I respect all teachers and educational personnel, but not all teachers are those that want to make a difference! There are teachers out there all over the world that want those summers off, Christmas off, Thanksgiving off, etc.....and count down the days until their vacations instead of worrying about that one more day that could make a difference to that child that has struggled all year to spell CAT! I feel that God has a place for me soon in a classroom. Where? I don't know, but I am going to trust in him on this! Maybe it's in a Christian school where I would love to teach kids about Christ and things of this world that help us get through daily life! I am sooo glad to see that there are new teachers getting hired and believing in what I believe in because I was there with them in that class at JSU where they taught us to believe in children and give them your all!!! Not all that you have left! Children are so precious and I am seeing that more and more everyday! As a future parent (not any time soon), I am scared to raise a child in today's society. How can you be sure your kid is where they say they are? How do you prevent them from being in a car wreck? How do you let go? I now see what my parents were so worried about and still are! My parents care for me more and more everyday! They have always worried about my well being, job, safety, etc... I am glad I have parents that care about me because I do not know where I would be! Love the people you are around more everyday and show it! You never know when they will leave this Earth! Thank you for all the teachers, professors, mentors, and leaders in my life!! I would not be where I am today if it was not for you! I have had some great people in my life and I believe that they are going to be a huge part of my future forever!!!! Thank you to the teachers out there that take that extra step everyday to ensure that your classroom is the safe learning environment needed for all kids!!!

Okay....so I am done with my rant for today! Thanks for reading this blog! You do not know how much it means to me for people to support me with the same beliefs that they have! I do not like not getting along with people and have always just grinned and nodded when things are being said, but I feel that God wants me to speak up more and maybe my gift is going to be way more than I know!!

With Christ's love,
Heather :) 

Going with the flow

So it is that time again for school to start back soon......and I still do not have my own classroom. I have began filling my paperwork for subbing!! I am trying to stay optimistic, but it is truly hard!! Wow, a lot has happened since I wrote last! I forgot I had this blog and needed to update it! I quit my job to start back subbing full-time! My best friend Kaci had her baby which was an awesome experience. It is really weird to know that she has her own baby now! That one day she will be dressing up her little girl to go to prom, dances, dates, etc.... It was very real holding her and knowing that we aren't in high school anymore! I celebrated my 2nd wedding anniversary which was awesome with a trip to Gatlinburg!! Dollywood was the best because Tim had never been!! I am really hoping things start looking up for me, but I cannot complain because God has tremendously blessed Tim and therefore in return blesses us! I cannot wait to see what the near future holds for us but I know it is going to be bright :)