A New Chapter

A fellow North Park Early Childhood Education major of mine has me hooked on her blog!  I didn't know Rachel super well outside of class at NPU, but stumbled upon her blog about a year ago through Facebook.  She posts simple updates on life with her two sons, updating a home, being a wife, recipes, faith and style.  I found myself really appreciating how she portrays her life and her faith and longing for a similar outlet.  I am beginning a new chapter of life as a mom and while I'm loving that role I want to make sure that I don't lose other aspects of life that I love.  Therefore, I'm going to see how this whole blogging thing works again and focus on a specific part of my life each day.  

Paul and I have been working our way through Dave Ramsey's seven steps to financial peace for the last year and it has become a really important and steadying part of our relationship.  We don't fight over money and instead are controlling it!  On Mondays, I hope to share our story and tips on budgeting and taking control of the money that God has blessed us with.

I love Pinterest and creating in general.  On Tuesdays, I'd like to share something that I've created with you.  This will keep me focused on this aspect of my life, even when life gets crazy!  Creating something relaxes me and excites me at the same time!  Pinterest will keep me full of ideas I'm sure!

A central part of my life is my faith, but I often let being too busy become an excuse to let my relationship with Christ fall to the wayside.  I hope that each Wednesday I can share a scripture that I'm wrestling with or a new song that I've discovered!  I have some new bands to check out that will be at CHIC (a conference for high school students) this summer!

Thursdays will combine my new found role as "mom" with my role as "teacher".  I love young children and being a part of their lives.  They are always surprising me and I'm sure having a child of my own will bring a whole new perspective to my early childhood studies!

Lastly, I have lost a love of photography over the last few years, but I have a cute new subject to help me work on my skills.  On Fridays, I may just share a picture or two from the week or share a new tip that I've learned about photography.  I hope this will force me to begin to understand my camera more and how to successfully take awesome pictures.  I love capturing memories and want to be able to capture special moments in Sven's life.

So, here's to seeing where this takes me and if I can continue to find joy in these areas of my life!