2018


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In February I joined Usborne Books & More as a consultant. I honestly never thought direct sales was for me, but I have loved every minute of this adventure. I even promoted to Team Leader in August! I have doubled my kids' library, met tons of friends, grown out of my comfort zone in so many neat ways, and helped my family earn quite a bit of "extra cash" -- aka Mexico trip this spring break ;)



I read (and listened to) many books in 2018! I deleted all social media apps from my phone (except for Facebook) during Advent-- and I think I'll leave them off. Instead of aimlessly browsing Instagram, then Facebook, then Twitter, then Snapchat, and then starting over... I now pick up a book! Or play with my kids! Or do the chore I was procrastinating :)




In June, Scott and I traveled to St. Louis for a long-weekend trip to attend a wedding. We went kid-free and it was a glorious time exploring pizza places, City Museum, and Budweiser.

I continued Jazzercising (an average of 4.3x a week) for a total of 225 classes in 2018!


We took many trips to our neighborhood park!




I started my new job as a 7th & 8th grade Reading teacher! I forgot how time consuming planning new curriculum is... but the kids and staff are great!

In May, I finally graduated with my masters in Literacy from UNO-- only took 3.5 years ;) 



Luke turned 4! He is obsessed with Legos and superheroes.  


Norah turned 2. She loves donuts, unicorns, babies, and books!

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