Love is in the air...

...or so they think! My sixth graders are all struck with loving feelings for one another as of late. I have had the privilege of hearing about every single crush and "couple" for the last few weeks, and I must say, it is highly amusing. I learn of a new interest each day and I can't do anything but just laugh to myself and try to remember how I felt in sixth grade when I had my first "boyfriend". Our extensive relationship consisted of a 15 second phone call in which he asked me to be his girlfriend and I accepted, followed by a few games of kickball where I only spoke directly to him maybe twice. Oh, young love. It's so underrated. ;) I did have one of my girls tell me tonight that one of the sixth grade "couples" are already talking about what sort of wedding cake they might have. Oh, dear. I told them that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard, because really, it was.

I also had the distinct pleasure of attending the band concert tonight. They are extremely talented musicians... I was very impressed. It was also fun for me to spend some time with my kids outside of the "school" atmosphere. Really, they are incredible people. I am looking forward to seeing how they grow up. They are a great group-- incredibly sensitive and compassionate and just a good group of friends. I am so proud of them; they've already grown a lot since the beginning of the year. I also have a great group of women to work with as well; they are so encouragingly and we laugh constantly. And on a wonderful note, my Dana is pregnant! She's due in July and I am so, so, so excited for her and Corey! I am pulling for a girl and so are they... so that's good. :) Now that she's pregnant, I have baby fever a little bit more than I did... but just a little, so don't worry, Mom! :)

On a totally different note, we have finally found a church here that we are loving. It's a small Baptist church, but it's only a minute away from our house and we love the people and the teaching. It's so refreshing to be at a church with people who love Jesus with their lives and love each other for who they are, despite their weaknesses. It reminds me of a small HPBC, and appropriately enough, it is also HPBC! :) We have met some wonderful people there and are being fed by amazing teaching. We are blessed!

We have a big weekend ahead of us with Tyler's work Christmas party tomorrow and then a day together on Saturday. We are going to go out to dinner on Saturday and then go and see one of my students in a play, so I am very much looking forward to that. I need a good weekend after the long week I had. Christmas is SO close! :)