Busy!!!

With the start of a new school year, Sarah has her hands full with planning, getting to know new students, and preparing for the day-to-day responsibilities of a teacher.  On top of that, she's in a new school district this year! She's made the jump to Williamson County - a move that puts her much closer to home!  She works with a great staff, and she is starting to feel like a part of the school.   Go Hornets!

New sport alert - Sarah's the assistant volleyball coach at her school, so she's spent a lot of time in the gym learning the ins and outs of volleyball.  The season is well underway, and her team recently placed 2nd in the Mule Town Volleyball Classic!  Coaching volleyball has made the beginning of this school year busier than usual, but she's enjoying the new challenge.

Kevin has been settling in more at work - his department even took a fun afternoon off and went to Nashville Shores for some waterpark fun.

This weekend Kevin went to Louisville to help his brother and family move in to their recently purchased house.  He got to spend some quality time with our 3 nephews!!!  We were excited for him to spend some extra time with his family, and we know that they appreciated the extra set of muscles for the move!  hehe

This year we have been focusing on our finances.  We took Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University through our church, and we have begun to put those ideas into practice.  So far, we have a "baby emergency fund," and we're working on paying off the car!  We've committed to paying off the car by the end of 2010, so we've still got a little ways to go.  If we stick to our budget and make this a priority, we should meet this goal.

It is interesting how little attention we were paying to our finances.  We were blowing way too much money on "dumb stuff" that we didn't need.  Now that we are actually budgeting and watching where every dollar goes, it's amazing how much more we are able to do with our money.

Tis the season for ... Weddings!

Our good friends Kyle and Joy Baker got married at the end of August - it was so great to see them enter the wonderful world of marriage!  (We were a little jealous to hear that they made a stop at Disney World on their honeymoon!)

In a few weeks, Sarah's cousin Corey will be getting married (finally! hehe) to his lovely fiancé Marcia!  We'll be traveling to IL for the weekend to see them tie the knot.  Yes!!!

Then to round out the fall weddings, Sarah's cousin Nash will be getting married!  Kevin's boss is getting married on the same day as Nash.  Sarah will be going to Indiana to see Nash's wedding, and Kevin will be staying in Nashville to attend his boss' wedding.

When all is said and done, we'll have attended 5 weddings in 2010!  How awesome is that! :)