New Year's Resolution

Ok so it's been like 8 months since I've posted on this thing. My name is Stephanie Beetge and I am a slacker. There, I've admitted it. Please don't hate me. Here are some pictures of some cute kids (who just happen to be my nephews and niece) to make up for my laziness:
Christmas morning

My little Brody-bro!

And the cutest baby niece EVER!

Look at those cheeks!!!

Ok, back to business. Since it is a new year and all, I've decided to make some New Year's Resolution. Brace yourself, there are a lot of them:

New Year's Resolution #1: 52 pinterest projects, one a week.
New Year's Resolution #2: Actually update my blogs...yes, that's plural, I have more than one that I NEVER use.
New Year's Resolution #3: *Cliche Alert* Lose 10 pounds.
New Year's Resolution #4: Finish remodeling my house.
New Year's Resolution #5: Spend more time in daily prayer. *Edit* Spend more time in the WORD.
New Year's Resolution #6: Run at least two 5ks and a 10k, and if I'm really feeling good maybe a half marathon.


I tell you all of this to say I am well on my way. I have already signed up for a 5K in February. I'm almost done remodeling the main part of my house (the goal is to do one house project every weekend). I have done 2 pinterest projects (posts on those are coming soon). I have started training again for the 5K (that's where the weight loss thing comes into play), and I'm trying to buy healthier foods. I've started a new blog called iwannabeaSAHM.wordpress.com and I've actually posted to it! (SAHM stands for stay at home mom. I don't want to be a mom quite yet, but someday I'd like to be a mom and when I am one I'd like to stay home with my kiddos). Spending more time in daily prayer and in the Word have been my saving grace lately. I don't think I would have made it through the past few weeks without it. Let me fill you in on what has happened in the past few months.

I got a job teaching! I have been teaching 4th grade writing and absolutely loving it...until December. In December we took our STAAR simulation test (STAAR is the standardized test we have to take in the state of Texas). Needless to say I was not thrilled with my kids scores. I felt like such a failure. This class in general did not do so hot on all of their simulations, so everyone told me not to take it personally and not get upset. But how can I not take it personally? So I've been in constant prayer ever since. I feel like I am doing everything I can to get my kids where they need to be and all I can do after that is pray that they do well come March 26th (the day they take the actual test).

In other news...we bought a house!!! Pictures will be posted once New Year's Resolution #4 is complete (or at least almost complete). We have remodeled so much already and have big plans for the future in this house. We didn't want to buy a starter home, we wanted something we can live in as long as the Lord has us here in Amarillo. We love it and it's already becoming our home.

Since this summer, Roelof has been begging to get Lucy a playmate. I told him we would get her a playmate as soon as we bought a house. Well, he did not forget those words and somehow we ended up with not just one extra puppy but TWO. 3, yes count them, 3 dogs now call us Mommy and Daddy. *sigh* But they were just so cute we could not resist. Meet Oliver:

Silly puppy...

And Ricky:

Fell asleep by his food...we don't call him Hoover for nothing!

He's actually much bigger than that now (almost as big as Lucy!). Speaking of Lucy...

Isn't she cute!!!

I don't want to make this an epic post, so I am going to leave it there for now. I will be posting my 52 pinterest projects here and on my SAHM blog as well, so check them out if you want to be a cool kid!