Singing a Joyfull song

To say that I love my job would be an understatement. I will rewind and explain. I live just 2 blocks away from an elementary school who has a ton of amazing women working at. ( not joking... they are AMAZING) 

I wasn't planning on working until I was done with school...

 but plans change. 

Over half (12 credits exactly) of my classes were dropped due to not enough students. that means that I would only be taking 3 classes, and staying at home... not to excited.

A few days later I get a call from a friend that works at Aspen( the school) saying that there is a position as an IA in math and reading and I should apply for it. I did, and 2 days later I had an interview. It went amazing, they loved me, and I loved them. best interview that I have  EVER had. 

turns out I didn't get the job. 

I was crushed, and confused because it went so great! but I just tried not to stress too much and look around elsewhere.

2 weeks later the same friend calls me. Saying that the principal was wondering if I was still interested in a job.

 If so I should come in for an interview. 

This was a little different. 

I would be working with a little girl who was 6 years old, who had a massive brain surgery (removed the entire right side of her brain due to uncontrollable seizures) and she was going back to school and they needed someone to work with her, be with her, and help her catch up. 

I was nervous, like really nervous. I had NO experience with brain injuries, let alone seizures. But I went in, again the interview went great. I got a call a few hours later and was offered the job. It was very apparent that God had kept this job for me, and that I was suppose to do it. 

I go and meet this sweet girl, and her family the next day and I fall in love with her. 

She is a gem. 

She had blonde curly wiry hair.

the cutest crooked smile anyone has ever seen.

weighs a whopping 35 pounds(guessing)

and melts my heart.

Before I got the job I was talking to some women about the job I would be interviewing for, and was explaining to a lady who I would be working with, and what I would be doing.

 She said to me "I have been praying for a Christian person to work with her. And your name is Christian. God is funny like that". 

I have been with sweet Brianna since January.

I think that this would be the closest to loving a child as much as my own.  

Every day I am with her from 8-12.

I love my job, I see joy daily. 

I see barriers being broken that people never expected her to do.

I see a fireball of a girl.

I see a loving girl. 

I see why God loves her so much.

.daily.

I am so blessed by her, her mom, and her family. I am praying daily for this sweet family. 

I am challenged, stretched, and getting so much out of it. God is good, and faithful. I believe that he will do great things with sweet Bri. 

baby ducklings

SO currently I have ducks. and chickens, and maybe honeybees. My husband and I started with just a few chicks, now 32 chickens later ( I know right) we have 6 adorable ducks. 

So we also have a dog, he is a golden retriever, and is precious we adopted his when he was 7 and his name is Cash. 

Cash can be a big baby, he is a softy, can get a little sassy to puppies, but doesn't care about chickens at all ( he just stares at them) and was a little freaked out by the ducks.

For the first few days the little ducks were staying in our house because they were so young and we decided to let them wander a little. So we put down a towel spread out our legs and let them explore. 

And they found Cash. I think that they thought Cash (a boy) was their mommy. 

They all rushed him at once and started picking at his tail, and climbing on him. Cash just sat there taking it looking and Brandon like "dad I dont know what to do"...

He got a little freaked out and stuck his head in the corner when they all ran at him at once. It was adorable. melted my heart.

Well turns out that Cash now thinks that he is their mommy too. The baby ducks are now outside in a little protector thing but they are outside. 

So today we let the little guys run around.

Cash was very curious and started sticking his nose in their little house.

About 10 minutes later I look out side to see a baby duck sticking out of his mouth and him trotting around.

I immediately start yelling for Brandon and yelling at Cash. He just gently sets the little guy down and the duck just waddles away. I pick up this adorable little duck covered in Cash spit and hold him inspecting for any sign on injury, and there wasn't any.

I am sure Cash thinks that he is their mom, and this little guy must have sat down and Cash though he would help him out.

 and take him for a little ride, ans show him around the yard.

 After that I was watching him like a hawk.

 What Cash does when he thinks something is his baby is he digs a hole and buries it. 

Luckily he didn't do this. 

What he WAS doing was laying out side of their little warm cozy house and stickin his nose in their then getting his paw and pulling them out and giving them a ride.

It's safe to say the babies will be safely in their cage until Cash can no longer carry them. It was the cutest saddest, most adorable thing I have ever seen.

We have a mini farm in our backyard, and get to see the circle of life on a regular basis. Semi terrifying. 

raining ash

I have been told many times that I need to write down all of these funny stories that happened during the wedding so that I wont forget them. It blows my mind that today I have been married for 10 months. wowwza.  I will start out with a story. I will be writing these very randomly.

So my mom was here in Los Alamos and had come out a week before the wedding. She was a great help- we butt heads... but I think that it was because things were so stressful that she was my person. That sounds weird but whenever things get super stressful with life my mom and I have had the tendency to argue. Its like no matter what I say or do, I know she loves me, and will still love me once I am done throwing a temper tantrum. and that is true for the crazy wedding week. We were calm( umm ya right) for the most part  but the biggest thing I remember is that we were having a couples shower down and Nanas house and the fire had started a few hours before hand. This was when everything was whishy washy. We weren't sure what was going to happen. We are there hanging out with our friends and family( brandon gets pushed in the pool by Shawn Amburgey)
 and it is raining ash.
 raining ash.
 yes raining ash.
at this point I know whats about to happen...pure chaos is waiting to erupt. Brandon pulls me aside and sits me down. He very calmly says that we are going to have to change our wedding site, we will most likely have to evacuate, but its okay. because we will be married, and I have a right to cry. So thats what I did. I sat with my fiancee and just cried. Cried over the wedding that I thought i was getting gipped out of, cried out of fear, and cried out of sadness. Once that was done I pulled my crap together. We got in the car Brandon said very seriously (as we are driving watching people frantically get gas and watching flames over the mountain top) that we will need to pack up quickly he will get gas in the car and to meet back at the house. So thats what we did. With Brandon my mom and I were pretty calm, but when it was just my mom and I we were freaking out. Packin like mad men, semi yelling out of fear, and trying to get thing of importance. (this is hard to do when EVERYTHING is in boxes, I have been living out of a suitcase and Tims house (Brandons dad) and dont know where anything is)).
Thank you Jesus my mom grabbed my dress.
 as in my wedding dress.
 That was the 1st thing she grabbed.
 whew.
 Then we went back to our house and sat on the floor listening to the radio waiting for the evacuation to be announced. Now I dont know how many people have been through some sort of natural diaster, or a fire, or flood, but this was seriously scary. I had never experienced something like this. we were forced to pack anything we cared about in a car and had to be willing to walk away from everything else. Because there was a pretty good chance that it would all burn down.
chaos
chaos chaos
but Jesus provided. I got the wedding of my dreams because I married the man of my dreams.
Forget decoration.
]I got him. and I will thank God for that stupid fire.
 I was able to see that decorations didn't matter.
God put Brandon and I together.
and that is something to rejoice over.