Exciting Times...

The last couple weeks have been much like the previous weeks. Daniel is still enjoying his job and is hoping to go back to school at Lipscomb in the fall to start taking classes toward his admittance into the masters of Accounting program there. Vanderbilt is awesome because they will pay for 70% of one class per semester and he only needs a couple more to get admitted into the master's program. He thinks he would prefer to get his masters from Lipscomb because they have a part-time program (as opposed to Vanderbilt's full-time one) so that he would be able to continue to work while in school. Lipscomb's program only requires two years (as opposed to Vanderbilt's one year), so the time difference would not make a huge difference.

I've been continuing in my search for both summer and fall employment and while I have not heard back from any schools just yet, I have been able to find summer work, so I am happy to not have to stay at home all day doing nothing. I've also talked with a lot of teachers from church who have indicated that it is normal for schools to not start interviewing until the end of July, so I'm trying not to get antsy just yet, but it is hard!

Since I checked in last, Daniel and I have been able to explore the city a little bit more. We went to a puppet show at the downtown library with Scott, Chelsea and Jackie. We also got to visit with the Rilings (Dave, Ramona, and Lindsay). They are all doing well and we had an enjoyable evening with them. More recently, we got to see one of the girls from church perform at Chick Singer Night. Her name is Jaclyn Brown and she is both a singer and songwriter. We really enjoyed being able to go and hear good music and it was really cool to be able to see someone we knew performing.

For the fourth, we went to Chelsea's sister's house in Mount Juliet, about 30 min away from our house. We hung out by the pool, cooked out (in the rain), talked, and watched fireworks in their neighborhood. I think the firework show was the biggest one that I have ever seen and it was really cool because we were so close to it.

We're still really enjoying it here. We have officially placed membership at Brentwood church of Christ and we have jumped right in and are building great relationships with the people there.

All in all, we're still very happy and thankful to God for everything He has provided us with.

Me and Alyson at church girls night out

Emily and Jacqueline at church girls night out

Alyson and Tiffany at church girls night out
Daniel and Coco (she's getting super big) Daniel's slight black eye from Coco
Coco after her bathChelsea attempting to teach Coco to speak

Alyson and Jacqueline at out apt.

Playing the gameChick Singer Night at the French QuarterOur friend Jaclyn Brown singingThe Chicks at Chick Singer NightOut frontThe girls making fun of Daniel's winking problemCoco on the fourthMount JulietNana's cone since she had to have her toe amputated :(The rain disturbed our cook out :(rescuing the seasoning from the rainCrazy Chelsea :)Hiding from the rainThe GirlsThe GuysMushy Picture!!Me and JacquelineCoco needed a cone so she wouldn't chew anything while we were gone :)
She also has a funny and unlady-like way of sitting

This was on our drive home from Mt. Juliet and it was POURING outside

LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!