The catch up version

Welcome to the world of the Smith's! We got married on November 19, 2011! This year brought a whole lot of firsts!! Not only is this our first year of marriage but it was also my first year as a speical education teacher!! These two things have one thing in common, neither of them was the perfect picture I had in my head! I learned real quick Cinderella ruined me and college was a waste of my time ha! No but really it has been an interesting year so far! When it comes to being a first year teacher I learned just about everything I learned in college was thrown out the window when I got my own classroom. All the perfect lessons and made up games and centers were a fantasy when it came to the real world! To this day I have never taught a perfect lesson (Great ones yes! But a perfect one no!) I teach special education which brings on a whole new set of challenges! My students kept me on my toes and never gave me a dull day but I loved each one of them and wouldn't have it any other way! Some of my funniest moments are giving a spelling test as an imaginary friend and listening to a child say he pooped his pants except (there was no poop it was imaginary poop). In marriage some of my best first year memories so far were me catching the microwave on fire, my husband eating the top layer of our wedding cake because he did not know he wasn't supposed too( I had no idea he had been eating it until about a month ago), having our first Christmas as a married couple together, and our awesome honeymoon in Aspen. While 2011 was such a great year for both of us getting engaged, me graduating college, and us getting married, 2012 has most definitely came with its challenges and tested our faith. We faced problems this year we never expected and still have a long way to go! Through it all we have learned how to be each others best friend, how to keep going when giving up would be so much easier, and even in the very short time we have been married the importance of in good times and bad. Not everyday is perfect and neither are we but at the end of the day even if we can't stand to look at each other we love each other with all we have! I can't wait to see what else is in store for us :)