That seems crazy! And then again, when I look back through the past handful of posts, it seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened since my last REAL post in September of 2012.
At that time I was working on celebrating my one year anniversary for graduating from nursing school. Now, almost three years have come and gone since I walked across that stage. I've been a labor and delivery nurse, a nursery nurse, a postpartum nurse, an OR nurse, a middle school nurse, a psychiatric nurse, a nurse to my family, neighbors and friends. I've loved it. Hated it. Cried about it. Laughed over it. And now, I'm a highly educated, licensed RN, stay-at-home Mom. And it's by far my favorite job yet!
In September of last year, we started our adventures in homeschool. Gracie was 11 and entering her first year of Middle school. Autumn was 8 and moving into 3rd grade. We have had only great experiences with the public school system in our hometown. We definitely didn't feel that we were running from anything. Mike and I had been praying about home educating since before Gracie ever started Kindergarten. We felt confident that the timing was right and began to pursue it in early 2013. We haven't once looked back. As great as public school was for us, homeschool is better. Our first year has officially drawn to a close and we are all ready for a summer break, but eagerly looking forward to what year two will look like!
We passed the two year mark in our house back in April. That seems crazy, but the measurement marks on the closet door tell the tale. The girls have grown a combined 7 inches since the first night we slept here. Gracie is decidedly taller than me now...sigh. She still has several inches to go before she passes her Daddy, but if she doesn't stop soon, she'll be patting both of us on the head. Grin. Autumn started her horseback riding lessons this year, something she has spent all of her life dreaming of. Her pal's name is Phillip and he's as gentle as this Momma could've hoped for. She's in pure heaven when she's in the saddle.
Mike continues to serve as the Worship Pastor for Community Life Church, a church plant he helped launch almost three years ago. Being a lead worshiper really is his calling and passion. He had to take on a part time job last Fall to supplement income and so he's a very busy man. I'm so thankful for his selflessness when it comes to providing everything our family needs.
It's really impossible to give you a thorough recap of our lives over the past two years. So much to pack in and remember. Seasons really do come and go. For our family, this blog has recounted so many of those seasons for us. Because I'm old now, and not computer savvy, I have the dilemma of trying to figure out how to get the old blog to conform to the new need. To keep my sanity and to protect my testimony ha, I've decided the easier thing is to just start a new one!! So that's what I'm gonna do. You can't stop me.
This one will remain. Just in case you wanna take a stroll down memory lane with us sometime. And I will have a link to the new one here for you to grab as well. Also, the new blog will have a link to this old classic. I hope you have as much fun as we do walking along the path...
Old Blog: mikeandcatrina.blogspot.com
New Blog: amikeandcatrinastory.blogspot.com
