christmas break bulleted blog

*went to contemporary service at church this morning, and it was pretty good, i love singing the more contemporary/"camp" type songs, i don't know if it's because of the "camp" aspect of it, or if it's because they are "newer" or what, but i love singing them. we went with drew's family, including his "sister" jenny and her 2 oldest boys, samuel and jonathan and we all sat together, at one point some taller people came and sat infront of us, so the boys couldn't see the screens to read the words so samuel, the younger of the two boys cam and tried to stand next to me but still couldn't see, so i asked him if he wanted to stand in my chair right next to me, and i could here him singing and it was one of the best things. hearing a little boy-about 4 years old, singing in church, and not just singing to make his mom happy-but he was reading the words and singing them--ahh the joys of little people singing and being happy in church.


*drew and i got the first set of our "fine silverware" or whatever you call it, off of our registry, we also got a cake platter/dome thing that we put on there-his brother and sister-in-law got it for us, we also got a cake pan with lid from his sister that has "from the goldsby family" i guess engraved in it, anyways, i really like it and it will come in handy! we also got to get out all the china that we are getting from drew's side and got to look at it and i still love it as much as i did when we first pulled it out of a box. the draw back is that it's only a place setting for 8. so drew and i looked up the pattern on the internet and tried to find some replacement pieces and we did, so i think that's going to go on a "wish list" for presents from close family.

*this is a picture of it...

*drew and i are planning on heading back to jackson tomorrow around lunch time. we have agreed to help josh with the new years eve lock in at henderson, so we are going to head back so i can get stuff squared away before the lack of sleep lock in that will happen this week.

*i will start student teaching within the next few weeks and it's somewhat intimidating. i don't really know what to expect, i don't know what grade or what teacher, i don't know the students or what exactly i will be expected to do and that's what is so intimidating...so if you think about it--send up some prayers for me please.

safe travels for those traveling home after the holidays, and prayers for newlywed couples, and prayers for those who will be celebrating new years eve-don't be dumb ;)