Settling in to a routine

Life has begun to settle into a bit of a routine. Gone are the days of sleeping in. Early, early, early rising has been the usual start of our days. Zach is working at CPS in Greenville - where he's been since May. [Sidenote: CPS does not stand for Child Protective Services...it's Crop Production Services. :) ] He usually stops in and sees a few farmers before going in to the office for a little bit. This time of year he is trying to establish relationships with farmers in the surrounding area and encourage them to purchase their seed and fertilizer from CPS. During the summer, he drove around and inspected fields to check for bug infestations or diseases. Hence the title: "Crop Consultant." He took plant tissue samples and soil samples to send in to the lab to help identify the causes and then based on his inspection and those results would recommend a solution to get rid of the problem. Throughout the winter his position will shift to more of a sales position since things don't grow up here in the Michigan winters. Of course he would rather be home managing the family farm, driving tractors, and fixing things and that's the long term hope but for now this job is good - just the fact that he has a job is good. God is good. All the time.

In other news, we think we have found a home church! It's called Crossroads Bible Church and it's literally 1 mile from our apartment. Right now it meets in a school because they don't have a building yet but they preach the gospel, they preach the Bible, and discipleship relationships are constantly formed.  It's a lot like our church back in East Lansing (Riverview) which has been kinda nice because we miss it so much. 

Elementary school has been going good for me. I love, love, love my first graders and my CT is AWESOME! She is a Christian and grew up in Haiti as a missionary kid. She loves the Lord and is really skilled at teaching. I think I'm going to learn a lot from her. The kids are hilarious and they say & write hilarious things EVERY DAY. One of my favorites was when we told a boy to "sound out" the word favorite because he didn't know how to spell it and he wrote the word "fart." E.G. "My fart color is blue." Ha ha. My other favorite day is when a kid puked in the trash can right in front of the whole class while I was reading a book. The best of all was probably when I got to see our class monarch caterpillar change into a chrysalis right before my very eyes! It was awesome!

Well, it's getting late and tomorrow is our first "date night" as husband and wife. We're going to the circus. :)

Playing Catch Up

Graduation? Check.

Wedding? Check.

Honeymoon? Check.

Moved in? Check.

Back to work and starting student teaching? Double Check.

What a summer it has been. Here's a few photos to catch you up. Wedding photos to come.

Sarah's Graduation from MSU's College of Education

Degree: Elementary Education, Specialization: English and Spanish

Zach's Graduation from MSU's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Degree: Agribusiness Management

Rehearsal

Rehearsal Dinner at the Farm

Me and my bridesmaids