My first day!

It was just like the first day of school. I was anxious all night and couldn't sleep right. I was giddy all morning getting ready and then nervous as I pulled up.
It wasn't that bad.
The first few hours were extremely boring. I watched two hours of video about burgluary, bomb threats, the security system, safety, natural disasters, etc.
The next hour I spent watching a teller behind the line. She was very helpful at showing me things and giving me tips for when I will be working alone. Then I was moved for the last hour to watch the two drive thru tellers. Their system was a tad different but they were a lot of fun to chat with and get to know. The ladies in the bank all seem like a lot of fun and I'm excited to get to know them all.

Teagan did great at the sitters. He just woke up when I showed up. I'm so proud of how good he is getting. Gavin is with Aunt Loretta today. My mom went to DC with Gavin and Austin and Retta and Joe meet them there. He was supposed to come home this weekend but my dad ruined our plans. So he may be staying an extra week if he is wanting to. I miss him a ton, but I want him to have fun. He'll be in school soon enough so for him to relax with his cousin and not worry about his brother bothering him is OK for a little longer.
So I'll see how tomorrow goes!
I was wanting to go to the library but I am a bit worn out. Joel has PT tonight so I may just go when he goes back to work. Ehh, we'll see...

First day of work tomorrow!

Well I applied and got a part time teller position with a bank. It was such an adventure doing the phone interview to the panel interview and then going in and meeting everyone I'll be working with. Tomorrow I start my training. Mostly I believe I'll be watching a video. I have a great sitter for the boys until school starts. She will be begininng her in-home childcare then and she doesn't know if she'll have spots open. So in about a month I'll be on the look out for a new sitter. Gavin will be in school so he should be fine. The bank hours work perfectly for when he is in school. They are M-Thur 9-4, Fri 9-6 and Sat 9-1. I'll be working almost every Saturday, hopefully Joel won't be working Saturday mornings. If I work until closing, I would just need a sitter for Gavin for an hour or so until I get home. I'm hoping to find a teenager or a SAHM in the neighborhood so he can ride the bus home. But I'm super excited to have a permenant job again. I haven't had one since 2003 and those were teenager jobs. I feel so grown up!
I also love that I won't be working late evenings. I was worried about getting a job before and not being able to sign Gavin up for sports. But with this type of schedule I don't think we'll have a problem making practices or games.

They have given me my first two week schedule and I am working 4 days a week. I hope it stays this way. 4 days a week is great. Oh and the pay is more than I was expecting so I feel so much more confident.
I'll be back tomorrow afternoon to update on my first day.

More of July 4th 2009

More photos of my beautiful family!

July 4th 2009

For July 4th we went up to MD to visit my family. We had a blast for the 4 days we were there.

I'm going to share the photos I got of my nieces and nephews!
By the way, my camera charger was at my sister's house. :D So she gave it to me when we came up to visit. YAY!

This is Ethan and Elise. They are my younger sister's babies. Ethan turned 4 in Febuaray and Elise turned 3 in May.

This is Lance and Weslee. They are my brother's boys. Lance will be 7 in November and Weslee turned 3 in April.

Austin is the oldest. He is my big sister's son. He just graduated from Elementary school and will be going to middle next year! He'll be 12 in Feburary.

Ok, now some more random pics from the day.

And a few of my guys.

I have plenty more pictures but it's a pain to post so many on here. Maybe tomorrow I'll throw some more out there. They are all such cuties.