Hard work pays off

I had mostly disappeared from the blogging world.  I don't think I so much felt I was too busy, it was more I felt other people were too busy to read blogs anymore (I still do, occassionally).  Maybe I should just take up a yearly report being that it has been over a year since I last posted anything.  I had a friendly little reminder from a dear friend that the one year mark was quickly approaching and now it has come and gone ALL too quickly.  (I actually wrote this the beginning of October...and I was waiting to add pictures before I posted it.  What happened to November?!?!)

So the BIG news as of lately has marked quite a change for our family.  Talmage got a new job!  He is the new Assistant Principal at Escalon High School. 

All of the HARD work is finally going to pay off.  I am so proud of him.  I have been AMAZED at his dedication and job well done to get his administrative credential and work towards his Masters.  He is 1 class and a thesis away from his Masters which he would have completed in May but with a new job it will probably be pushed back a semester.  It has definitely been a long and busy process.  Winter semester (January-May) he had class three nights a week to complete 14 credits.  When I was in college, 14 units seemed to be what I aimed for but that was before I was married and had kids.  So to complete 14 units while being a husband, father, full time high school teacher, coach, volunteer scouter, stake young men's counselor, AND manage to get a 4.0 (a 4.0 since he started his graduate work, by the way)...I couldn't be more proud.  I know it must have been hard but I never heard Talmage complain.  There were times that I was tired for him but he would continue to persevere and get the work done.  Now a new job.  New responsibilites.  A new cell phone/smart phone that actually gets service in our house (that was pretty exciting...i'm jealous of the bar code scanner and couponing abilities he has with it...oh well).  A new office.  A new amount of paperwork.  A new look on the discipline of kids...not the fun part.  Talmage does well at anything he puts his mind to.  He was a FANTASTIC teacher and for that, he will be missed.  But I think he will have such a positive influence on the students at EHS.  He truly cares about them and wants them to succeed. 

I'm so proud of him!