Christmas Miracle

So...I have my own little Christmas miracle to share.


My genius big bro, Ryan, got ALL of my pictures back that Caleb deleted!!! Thanks, Ry!
Pics to come later :)

December

Hi everyone! I had a bunch of pictures to upload today such as my Thanksgiving turkey, my new haircut, Polar Express pictures from school....however, my husband (accidentally) deleted ALL OF THEM! Oh well, I guess we still love you Cal!
So instead of pictures, I will just have to tell you a little of what we've been up to this month.
First, I chopped my hair off! I was so tired of it so I decided to cut probably between 8 and 10 inches of it off recently. It a really cute 'do...the only down side is I pretty much have to straighten it for it to look good. It is not a cute style for curly hair. Straightening isn't so bad because I have been straightening it so much that it's not really curling anymore! I know...none of us knew that would ever happen!
In my last post, I told you that I was in charge of the turkey for the Bruner Thanksgiving. I must pat myself on the back here a bit, because it was pretty delicious! Thanks to mom for helping out! It was so good that I will be cooking another one this week for Christmas! Let's hope I can repeat that performance. Also, not only was it my first time cooking a turkey it was Cal's first time carving one (which he said wasn't too hard because with my awesome cooking skills it just "fell" right off the bone!) I've decided that cooking a turkey isn't too bad, I just wish I had a house big enough to house Thanksgiving. Transporting it is probably the most difficult part! Maybe next year....

I have been really busy with school lately. We had our "Polar Express Day" on Friday. It was a lot of fun & the best part was I got to wear PJ's to school all day! Then we watched the movie in the high school auditorium on the big screen...it was like being at the movies! The kids had a good time and it was well worth all of the preparation. Now I'm off for two weeks which I plan to spend getting healthy! We have both been sick with awful coughs so I am hoping that some time off will get us healthy soon.

So...like I said I don't really have any pictures to upload, but here is one of my new haircut I had on my phone. It's not the best picture of me...but you can see the new look! Merry Christmas, bloggers!

Lately

So...clearly I have been quite the blog slacker lately. We have been so busy lately with weddings, parties, showers, etc. that I cannot find the time to blog. We had our last wedding of the year last weekend. Our best friends Kathryn & Brandon got married. Caleb was a groomsmen & I was the MOH. It was a busy few months leading up to this wedding but it was so much fun to be a part of B & K's big day. Here are some pictures of the weekend...

These two pictures are actually from Kat's Halloween bachelorette party. She was an 80's bride & we were 80's bridesmaids!

In all the madness, I did not get a pic of me & Kat on the day of the wedding but here we are at the rehearsal!

Me & Caleb at the reception.
My toast.
Photo courtesy of Candice Haase (garden rose photography)

AND FINALLY...Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Beck :)

In other news, Caleb is working for Beau Mitchell Construction & joined the Carpenters Union. He's not too thrilled about this but we are grateful for a job. Tomorrow, I will be cooking the turkey for our Bruner Thanksgiving. I will let you know how this goes! Happy Turkey Day to everyone!

Kindergarten

So it's been awhile since I have posted, because I have been SO busy lately. About a week before school started, my principal told me that I would need to change to Kindergarten for the year. I was very proud of myself & took the news very well (probably because no matter what he told me I just had a feeling that I would have to change) until he told me that I would have to change classrooms. My old first grade room was completely finished and ready to start school. So on top of teaching Jumpstart everyday until school began I have to move classrooms and prepare to teach a new grade level. For those of you not in the education field that = a big deal.
So...now I am a K teacher at least for the time being. I didn't think that it would be as big of an adjustment as it has been. Those kids are LITTLE! I'm am amazed at the difference a year makes.
I had every intention of posting some pictures of my new classroom, but forgot my camera at school...but be prepared it has a pretty sweet little treehouse/hut. :)

In other news, Caleb is still working in Lafayette. They told him he could work at least through October. I am just really praying he finds something else because he hates this job. He is trying to be positive and enjoy it as much as possible; so he keeps telling himself "At least I have a job, at least I have a job."

So that's what is going on with the Bruners...sorry our life is not too exciting :)

P.S. Yesterday Caleb and I were at church and the kids were up front before he went down for kid's church and a man was talking to the kids about cereal (he later related it to making good choices). The man asked the kid about where you find different kinds of cereal & he was asking about the cereal on the very top shelf at the grocery (ya' know the healthy, grainy stuff) and this boy answers "Uh, organic!" and was absolutely disgusted. Apparently this boy is only fed organic cereal and does not enjoy it. Caleb & I were laughing hysterically. It just reminded me a little bit of my own childhood & that ridiculous peanut butter we used to eat. :)

Mr. and Mrs. Hohenberger

My Bf since elementary school got married over the weekend. Lauren was beautiful & the day was amazing. Best wishes to the newlyweds. Here are some pics from the weekend.

Bruner-mobile

As I told you in the post Our First Insurance Claim, I was involved in an accident a few weeks (okay a month!) back. The insurance has been a total mess and we will be switching as soon as this claim is resolved. However, there has been something good about the whole situation...MY NEW CAR! It's a bit of an upgrade from Sally Sunfire, but it gives us plenty of room to grow (don't get any ideas people!) and we will be driving it until the wheels fall off! Caleb & I bought it on Wednesday. Caleb was trying to put it off until tomorrow (b/c we all know how much he LOVES to spend money...okay so I'm just as bad) but yesterday, I conviced him enough was enough and we just needed to do it...kind of like pulling off a bandaid. I was glad we went then because (drum roll, please)

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CALEB HAS A JOB STARTING TOMORROW!

It's a temporary position at Westbread LLC until Sept. but there is the possibility that it could become a permanent position after that. So please be in prayer that he enjoys it and come September something will work out. The only down side is it's a bit of a drive. It's in Lafayette, outside Lafayette actually, so today it took him a little over an hour to get there today. But I think he is just be glad to be getting out of the house and doing something. I am glad because I go back to work the 27th and was really concerned with him sitting at home by himself all day thinking about not having a job while I went to work.

Anyway, here are some pics of the new vehicle. Oh...it pretty much has everything you could ever want/need in a vehicle...it even has an air compressor in the back! Now I'll just have to learn to air up a tire! :)

One Year

Caleb and I celebrated our one year anniversary yesterday. We didn't have any big plans because he had a bachelor party for one of his friends all weekend and I was at the lake with some friends as well. We took about a 4 hour nap and ate dinner and a year old cake then went for a bike ride and watched a movie! The cake wasn't as bad as I was expecting however, neither of us finished our slice and we threw out the rest. :)

Our year old cake!