tomorrow is supposed to be warm...

Well, Matt’s first week of student teaching was kind of low key. It iced, then it snowed and Matt has gone to school, but there hasn’t been any children, so he’s used the time to get acquainted with where they are at in their courses.

The ice and snow looked absolutely beautiful out at our house. I love how everything glistens in the daylight.

I got an unexpected day off of work, and also from school on Wed. I used that day to due some much needed cleaning on the bedroom. Basically things had gotten way out of hand and it seemed my closet got sick and threw up clothes all over floor. During the project I have come to the conclusion that I have WAY too many clothes. I thinned things out a bit, but I really need to part with quite a bit more. But the room is now clean and relaxing.

Matt and I don’t have big weekend plans. We are going to begin our exciting weekend off by going to the library this evening, studying and working on the shop (Matt’s old store) on Saturday, and watching the super bowl and recharging our batteries for the week on Sunday.

ugg! (describing my mood, not my foot wear)

Matt is now a graduate student! I don’t fully understand the logistics of it all, but I know that he is now classified as a Graduate student at Murray State, and he will be getting graduate hours for his course work this semester. We are all very excited.

There’s really not a lot of other news going on at our house. I’m still working away at my last few credit hours of law school and beginning the application to the bar process. I only have two exams left in order to graduate. One exam is the first of February and the other is the last of April. Matt will be beginning his student teaching in a few days.

The Silvey’s are working away. Trying to make progress towards the goals we’ve set. At Some points it’s more overwhelming than others, but hey... at least its almost over. Right?!?!

Back to the Grind

Well the Silvey’s are back in school (and not exactly thrilled, but we’re almost there).

2009 is going to be a big year for us. Matt is doing his student teaching this semester and he’ll be all qualified for his teaching license. Which means that Matt could be in a classroom next Fall.

I’ll graduate in Ohhh… 136 days and counting and take the bar exam the last days of July. Then I’ll anxiously await the results that come out in October. So hopefully by Christmas next year I’ll be a licensed attorney, and possibly have a few clients.

We are both really ready to get closer to our family goals. We are both also pretty tired of being students, but we know that the end is in our sights. The light at the end of the tunnel isn’t quite as dim as it was.

The kiddos made it back to Texas safely, and again were very well behaved during another very long confinement (12 hours in the car). We really enjoyed their visit, and I’m pretty sure after the good behavior that they could behave just as well on a plane by themselves.

The last Saturday that they were here we played “army” for well over an hour in the woods behind my parents’ house. It was a ton of fun. Matt and I found out real quick that my youngest nephew easily cracks under our interrogation tactics (tickling) once captured. After one or two tickles from Uncle Matt he was, “ready to tell [us] anything.” He was willing to give up the secret location of their hide out and where his partner could be found.

This is a picture of my nephews from the birthday cake evening.

And my niece patiently awaiting a piece of cake.

2009! Really? Already?

Matt and I rung in the New Year with 11, 9 and 7 year old kids. Since my niece and nephews are still here to enjoy, we watched Space Chimps and Wall-E.

We had a really good time with the kiddos and enjoyed the time we spent with them.

Matt and I had a good 2008. It was a constructive year for the Silvey’s. It really was. And we look forward to seeing that work pay off in 2009.

Happy New Year Everyone and Best Wishes for 2009!