Today was the 2011 Belhaven Graudation. It was interesting watching graduation from the other side of the stage. I have sat through several graduations in the past few years, but never from that point of view. Though it might have worked better if I could hear what was going on, there were acoustic problems that needed to be fixed. However, I did enjoy watching my students finish their last step in becoming college graduates and ready to move on to bigger and better things.
In other news... Luke just got a job at Seattle Drip, which is apparently a Christian run coffee shop (I didn't know that part before) and he will be starting next week working at the one in the Baptist Hospital which is great since it's right next to school and not out of the way by any means. He'll be able to work full time over the summer and they can work around his class schedule when they start up again in the fall.
Now it is time to finish playing a game, and then get some sleep I think.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
1st year complete
Monday was the last day of classes for this academic year. It seems strange to say that I've already worked at Belhaven University for a full school year but I have. It has been full of many wonderful memories and fond moments with students... along with of course the normal frustrations that come along with any job, especially in the theatrical world. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. Luke and I have both loved our year here, me with teaching and working as TD, and Luke while taking classes. In some ways it feels like we've been here longer than a year, and in others it feels like we just moved here yesterday.
This summer should hold some exciting things... our church (Calvary Chapel Jackson) just got disc golf Frisbees for our youth group, so we are going to be having a cookout soon to break them in and have fellowship time with their families. Aside from youth group activities I will be running the summer theatre camp that is held here at Belhaven, which I'm really looking forward to. Some of our college students teach the classes and I'll be coordinating the whole event, should be fun!
As we take some time to relax from the end of the school year and gear up for the summer, it is a nice to get work done around the house and to reflect on all that God has blessed us with.
This summer should hold some exciting things... our church (Calvary Chapel Jackson) just got disc golf Frisbees for our youth group, so we are going to be having a cookout soon to break them in and have fellowship time with their families. Aside from youth group activities I will be running the summer theatre camp that is held here at Belhaven, which I'm really looking forward to. Some of our college students teach the classes and I'll be coordinating the whole event, should be fun!
As we take some time to relax from the end of the school year and gear up for the summer, it is a nice to get work done around the house and to reflect on all that God has blessed us with.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tired
As the semester is drawing to the close I'm coming to realize that I think that my body just needs at least a few weeks of down time. Of being at home, not having to go into work if I don't need to, not having to answer questions, and just time to rejuvenate. As part of that I have decided to start selling some things on Etsy, because I find crocheting relaxing, and because it may actually make some extra money. If you are interested in anything I might be making my page it www.etsy.com/shop/BecksCrafts , I don't have anything listed yet, but I'm in the process of getting a few things up. For now I will mostly be doing things that can be used around the house that are smaller and fast to make up. I may start adding other things, like sweaters, shrugs, shawls and more... we shall see how it goes.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Coming to a close
So there are only two weeks left to the Spring 2011 semester! I'm not sure where the time went. It's hard to believe that I've already been working for a full school year, and that we moved here almost a full year ago. School is going well for Luke, he has alot of things to finish in the next two weeks however.
The Belhaven Theatre department is having their first ever Theatre Festival that will be running for these next two weeks. Events to include shows done by Rich Swingle and McNair Wilson, two of our guest performers. This is new but will hopefully be something that will happen every year at the end of the spring semester. It gives our students a chance to experiment with new and different forms of theatre. There will be a kids theatre performance... which will actually be puppet work, and interactive games actually for kids, and many other fun things going on! If you are in the area you should come check it out. You can see the full schedule of events at http://blogs.belhaven.edu/theatre/festival/ which is on our theatre blog website.
This weekend was full of fun activites... The ladies at my church had a surprise party for Monika's birthday on Saturday evening, and then this morning we surprised our pastors wife Aprille with a baby shower / birthday party at church to go along with the potluck. Both surprises were a success and alot of fun.
Our plants are starting to come up in our garden, and I now need to get our beans in the ground. I've been completely enjoying the warmer weather that we have been having and am looking forward to the summer again.
Also on Saturday I was able to spend the morning with a couple of my students thrift store shopping... which was a tun of fun. I got 4 dresses and a shirt, and spent very little. And it was just fun to hang out doing something outside of school for a few hours.
Now I think my living room floor is dry and it's time for me to finish mopping the rest of our hard wood floors. I hope everyone else has a wonderful blessed Lords Day of rest.
The Belhaven Theatre department is having their first ever Theatre Festival that will be running for these next two weeks. Events to include shows done by Rich Swingle and McNair Wilson, two of our guest performers. This is new but will hopefully be something that will happen every year at the end of the spring semester. It gives our students a chance to experiment with new and different forms of theatre. There will be a kids theatre performance... which will actually be puppet work, and interactive games actually for kids, and many other fun things going on! If you are in the area you should come check it out. You can see the full schedule of events at http://blogs.belhaven.edu/theatre/festival/ which is on our theatre blog website.
This weekend was full of fun activites... The ladies at my church had a surprise party for Monika's birthday on Saturday evening, and then this morning we surprised our pastors wife Aprille with a baby shower / birthday party at church to go along with the potluck. Both surprises were a success and alot of fun.
Our plants are starting to come up in our garden, and I now need to get our beans in the ground. I've been completely enjoying the warmer weather that we have been having and am looking forward to the summer again.
Also on Saturday I was able to spend the morning with a couple of my students thrift store shopping... which was a tun of fun. I got 4 dresses and a shirt, and spent very little. And it was just fun to hang out doing something outside of school for a few hours.
Now I think my living room floor is dry and it's time for me to finish mopping the rest of our hard wood floors. I hope everyone else has a wonderful blessed Lords Day of rest.
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