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stealing away for a few minutes to recap this incredible week...

monday: the day teachers went back to school. i was still at home, a little bummed, and mentally preparing myself to become a sub.

tuesday: abby's birthday! i was hoping that if i did get a teaching job that it wouldn't get in the way of me meeting my first niece at the hospital! right before we left, my phone rings. it's the department head of walton high school (widely regarded as the best high school in georgia, the closest high school to our wonderful church, and has young life!). my interview is scheduled for 3 o'clock. it's the only interview i got all summer.

hospital pics...abby is perfect and it was such a gift to be there.

i go to the interview, it's with the department head, the assistant principal, and the principal. we talk for about 45 minutes, the leave the room for 30 seconds, and come back and offer me the job!! i get a tour of the school while they set things up with hr. unbelievable.

wednesday: i go to county math teacher training and sign my contract.

thursday: start off the day with freshman orientation. i see a bunch of johnson ferry kids and hug them and awkwardly tell them to call me mrs. mac/macdonald when we're in the buiding. run around all over the school to the point of blisters.

friday: another day of meetings, running around, and pretending to be organized.

after some early morning jazzercise, i spent most of my day at school and am finally feeling a little more settled. i'm a floating teacher and i'm pretty proud of my highly organized cart...a big thank you to my cooperating teacher back in the day for teaching me all her systems!

school starts monday and i have at least one johnson ferry kid in each of my classes...so thrilled to be at this school and work with these wonderful teachers (they have gone above and beyond to help me) and teach these amazing students. thank you thank you thank you for thinking of me, praying for me, encouraging me, and believing in me. God answered every single part of every single prayer, and i'm humbled and grateful to be living out this awesome adventure he has planned for me!

beach life

 (7/23) the post camp cold...never fails

 (7/24) garage door number two!!

 (7/25) getting ready to go to amelia island! amazing beach!

 (7/26) fiesta at the beach with our friends in our octagonal house

 (7/27) friends + beautiful beach

 brooke!

 (7/28) we squeezed 10 people into the house

 (7/29) the octagon!

 (7/30) sleepy girl is happy to be home!

(7/31) korie's last sunday at jf!

i can't believe august starts tomorrow!! this summer has been such a gift, i have loved every minute of fun with the amazing people in my life, i am so blessed.

camp life

 (7/12) sweet white muzzle

 (7/13) PW's stuffed shells, SO good!

 (7/14) harry potter madness with some middle school friends!

 (7/15) this cracks me up! and yes, ricky gave me permission to post this

 (7/16) thrilled to go to the braves game. not so thrilled to get his picture taken.

 (7/17) our buddy murdock hung out for a week!

(7/18) student life camp! some sweet girls that were in my camp group

 (7/19) more camp, this girl is sarcastic and awesome

 (7/20) getting ready for rec!

 (7/21) love these girls!

 (7/22) third summer of fun with my friend korie!

 my small group & friends!

i'll try to get a few more posts in before my computer dies completely, but it's only a matter of time! and did you know that apple is no longer making macbooks? sad day! but i refuse to go back to pc, so when i have an income again it will be a macbook air or a macbook pro...any opinions?

and by the way, still no word on when i will have an income again. i have a meeting to sign up to sub in a few weeks, so the back-up plan is in place! here's hoping a school will call me this week!

summer living

 (7/1) an average summer night around here, go braves! (still a royal at heart, but it's nice to cheer for a team with a winning record)

 (7/2) two of my favorite guys working on the garage

 one door in, one more to go!

 (7/3) it took two days to get everything set up correctly thanks to our old rotten wood

 (7/4) BBQ at the Mac's, our nephew Chris is not into my project. it was weird to not be on a lake for the 4th, and the fireworks got rained out, but still good to be with the fam!

 (7/5) organizing a billion old pictures...mostly drill team and YL pics from high school, great memories to look through

 (7/6) bananas past their prime = banana nut bread. still counts as fruit, right?

 (7/7) painting the nasty old yellowish trim using the bower method. no tape necessary thanks to my awesome short handled paintbrush. if you saw my fb last week you saw that hunter took a nap against the wet paint. he still has a little on his fur but once the paint dried on the trim, his fur rubbed right off.

 (7/8) still working on the perfect homemade pizza crust, this one had problems

 (7/9) my girl with a HUGE stick (probably 5 feet long), her dream come true

 (7/10) best buddies? i love penny's paws in this one, and of course the look on hunter's face

(7/11) penny checking out the basil

i'm gearing up for middle school camp next week!! while it can't be compared to young life camp (what can?!), they do a great job with FUN and teaching kids about what it means to follow Christ. we have Bible study in place of "cabin time" and the groups are co-ed, which is a great idea since they're in middle school and focus so easily...actually last year it was great because my group was really open and willing to really share with each other. the year before? it would have been better if i just let the boys play basketball, they were just trying their hardest to not take anything seriously and were a huge distraction for the girls in my group. so if you're the praying type, i would love your prayers that my group can get over the distractions that come with being co-ed middle schoolers (seriously worst idea ever) and that their walls will come down and they will realize just how loved they really are. a bunch of the girls in my small group are going, i can't wait to spend the week with them!!

but before we go to camp, we'll be spending thursday watching ALL the harry potter movies before we hit up the midnight premiere! can't wait to see the last movie, but can't believe it will be over! there will be tears.

june recap volume dos

after a great reunion in myrtle beach, i got to drive halfway across the country with libs and ruff and spend a few days in kc...so good for my soul! then it was back to ATL and mandy was here early the next morning, such a treat! summer is the best!

 (6/18) the driving cross country iphone pic

 (6/19) the bergman's new dog gabby, so cute!

(6/20) funniest game of "things" i will probably ever participate in

 (6/21) just hanging out with ceci, nbd

 and dinner and froyo with the chmielewskis!

 (6/22) sytycd with the besties after some jose peps...i could get used to that!

 life as it should be in the bram fam basement

 (6/23) ok joe's and  sheridan's caramel pretzel crunch before i catch my flight

 (6/24) a fun lazy day with mandy and of course monopoly deal

 (6/25) mandy + penny = truluv4ever

 always up for a cheesy photo shoot

 jarrod took this one...jealous of his skills!

 (6/26) so good to be back at jf!

 they love their croakies (i actually spelled that right the first time, thanks google for the confirmation!)

 (6/28) watching high school musical at our small group sleepover! i technically missed the 27th and didn't take any pictures while i was in charleston for 16 hours, i'm a loser.

 (6/29) back to normal life and the dog pics

 (6/30) hunter loves the sun