Wedding Showers Weekend

This past weekend we had the opportunity to take a trip out to Cleveland for two Wedding Showers on Saturday.  We were blessed to have Mrs. Duffy and Heather, Ryan's sister, put one together for us at the church where his father is the pastor.  The second one was at the church that we will be attending when we move out there after the wedding, was put together by a dear friend, Susan.  I was able to meet many brothers and sisters in Christ that I look forward to serving alongside with in the upcoming year.

Some of you may be reading this and are wondering, "Why Cleveland?"  Well, Ryan will be taking on an internship under Pastor Green at Cedar Hill Baptist Church as well as working with his brother, Paul, with carpentry.  I am beyond excited to be a part of Cedar Hill and the Gospel-centered ministries that come with it.  As for me, I was told this weekend of a Kindergarten and First Grade teaching position that is open in the Christian school not too far from where we plan on making our home.  I will find out in the next couple weeks and will be sending my papers that way.  This is such an answer to prayer!  I was not expecting to be able to have my own classroom, especially so quickly!  Please pray for me as I am preparing for this position if the school administration so chooses that they would like me to join their team.

This weekend we will be going to my home for the first time since Christmas vacation.  And I am ready to be home.  I have a lot planned, such as breakfast with mom, first dress fitting, and wedding meetings galore.  I am excited to do some crafts and begin to prepare for the wedding that is in just 74 short days.  But first, graduation...

-soon to be Mrs. Duffy

Quotables

I am currently Student Teaching in a public school in Kindergarten and I am absolutely loving it!  One thing that I love is the phrases that some of the students come up with.  Here are some that I was able to record, just from today:

"If I'm going to tell my mom about something that happened in school,

what am I going to do? 

Tell her the (summary)." - Miss Harris

"Summer Christmas!" - Little Man

"Is it almost snack time?

Because my ear hurts." - Little Man

"What makes lava hot?" - Miss Harris

"Hot sauce and hot dogs!" - Little Men

"That homework was really cheap from the store!" - Little Man

(meaning it was really easy, so we should do more)

"How do I know that this shape is a rectangle?" - Miss Harris

"Because our Cheetos told us!" - Little Ladies

"What do you think is going to grow from this seed?" - Miss Harris

"A butterfly!" - Little Lady

"What other plants grow from under the ground?" - Miss Harris

"Frogs!" - Little Lady

"How come you are coming in so late?" - Miss Harris
"I was having a sleep over." - Little Man
(He means that he overslept.)

I'm sure there will be plenty more sayings that I will love to requote! I have such a fun bunch of Smarties!

*names are not given for the safety of the children.

- Soon-to-Be Mrs. Duffy

The Little Details

I am currently in the middle of my two student teaching placements with an extra day to recuperate.  I took the day to come to a decision on some little details.  One of those was the table numbers that I am absolutely in love with!  Ryan and I traveled to South Africa together on a missions tried at the beginning of our relationship.  So when I stumbled upon these on Pinterest, I had to make them for the wedding!

This is the original photograph that I found on Pinterest.

How I recreated these table numbers:

1. Found a template of Africa on Google.

2. Turned the template of Africa by changing the color to blue 

and the outline to "Pencil Sketch" under Artistic Effects on Word.

3. Downloaded the Return to Sender font.

(a. Click on "Download" in the top right hand corner.

b. Open the folder.

c. Click "install".

d. Open a Word document and find your new font under the font names!)

4. Typed out "TABLE" and the number.

5. Adjusted the Africa Template until it fit perfectly around the words.

6. Cut out each shape, leaving enough space to see the outline of Africa.

These took me a couple of hours to make only because I wanted them to look just 

like the ones that I found and I did it all independently.

~ soon-to-be Mrs. Duffy