tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13481475020566353082024-03-13T11:37:49.653-07:00Life on the Married SideAmber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-30332251565148033022011-01-01T15:24:00.003-07:002011-01-01T15:35:42.221-07:00Ringing in the New YearWell it's been a long time since I posted. Things have been very busy but going really great. <br /><br />Here are some highlights from 2010:<br /><br />- Finished my first year of teaching! (hardest but one of the greatest things I've done!) <br />- Received my contract for another year at my same amazing school- seriously so blessed<br />- lost 50 pounds (gained some of that back but spending the next several weeks getting it all off again- definitely learned the struggle of the holidays with weight loss- haha we won't make that mistake again and we learned a lot but we don't want to continue to Yo Yo in our weight so we are taking this seriously now that we see how quickly it can come back)<br />- Celebrated 2 years of marriage- going on 3 years now! <br />- one of my best friends in the entire world had a beautiful baby girl<br />- another beautiful best friend got married!<br />- really clicked in our young married's small group and have found such joy in those friendships<br />- started my 2nd year of teaching and loving every day of it (ok well not always everyday but I definitely love what I do and know I was made to teach!) <br />- went on our first cruise (already planning our next one!!) <br />- Jeremiah is heading into his 5th year at Palm Valley Church and we bought a building and it's been a huge blessing to move forward and have our own space<br />- adopted 2 adorable wonderful kittens <br />- bought a new house closer to town and LOVE it to pieces<br />-struggled with my time with God and He continued to convict me to work actively on my relationship with Him and ready for 2011 and God to show up big! <br />- coached a middle school sport and loved the bonding time with my fellow coach and girls! <br />- and so many other little details that could fill pages and pages<br /><br />2011 is going to be great... I pray God blesses us, stretches us, challenges us, and continues to provide so that we can bless others. <br /><br />Bring it on 2011! :)Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-37699081331999819072010-07-27T11:28:00.003-07:002010-07-27T11:44:31.899-07:00Finished!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KnEhYMrYnLy5cUHHv9CurwHg1odx5Vy8WHEqDxqCuO2ff3u5meUXaxbKnrz7BTfu1ntl20D0SZ2bJWr66ay2Exqhz74t2DYxV2dqt1c7L9al9UZucwIwmi9YmGxvSTzumLod4DAcoZ1D/s1600/39057_10150234871485626_861880625_13828924_7483412_n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KnEhYMrYnLy5cUHHv9CurwHg1odx5Vy8WHEqDxqCuO2ff3u5meUXaxbKnrz7BTfu1ntl20D0SZ2bJWr66ay2Exqhz74t2DYxV2dqt1c7L9al9UZucwIwmi9YmGxvSTzumLod4DAcoZ1D/s320/39057_10150234871485626_861880625_13828924_7483412_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498658437745496626" /></a><br /><br /><br />Well both Jeremiah and I have finished our last round of HCG and are so proud of the results. We never cheated, never diverged and did it by the book and it has paid off! We don't plan on doing any more rounds of it- just maintaining a healthy lifestyle with food and exercise to keep our current weight and even lose a little bit more on our own. <br /><br />Jeremiah is officially down about 70 pounds!!<br /><br />I am officially down about 50 pounds!!<br /><br /> It has been such a great journey doing it on our own with HCG. We know that HCG is not a miracle diet and that we can gain it all back in a few weeks if we go back to our old lifestyle. We have learned so much during this process- SO much about food and realizing that food is really 90% of the weight loss battle. We look at ingredients now more than nutritional facts (while those are important- we now don't really want to be eating something a low 100 calories but with sugar as the first ingredient). We just look more closely about what is in our food... we eat a lot more fresh foods and organic foods when possible. We haven't had any processed food in 10 weeks and it's amazing how I haven't felt sick or anything all summer (which usually happens when I am done with school or preparing for school) and it's great! <br /><br />We are so thankful that we did this being so young, before we have kids- so we can help our kids develop healthy eating habits. We know we will have our weekly treats or "free" meals where we can eat a few things that we wouldn't eat on a regular basis and we love that we can see those as a "treat" now and not our normal foods. <br /><br />I'm stoked to go back to school 50 pounds lighter with so much energy. <br /><br />We are officially doing our 2nd half marathon in February and excited to smoke our old time being so much lighter. Training starts in a few weeks. :) <br /><br />God has blessed this time in our lives and we pray we have the discipline to keep it up!!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-67798591913214597602010-06-16T08:57:00.002-07:002010-06-16T09:05:10.232-07:00Summer 2010Well so far this summer has been fabulous!! I have been super busy but it's been nice to just be busy with life and not life AND work/school haha. Our diet is coming to an end (well the super strict part) and we are both so thrilled. I'm down about 30 from when we started a few weeks ago, Jeremiah is down 40. Its been great. We are going to do 1 more 3 weeks cycle of it to get down our last 15-20 pounds and then maintaining it for hte long hall begins. <br /><br />I am going to Idaho for 4 days to see one of my best friends get married and stand by her on this special day! Its so great to watch my friends go through this phase of their life now that Jeremiah and I aren't really considered "newlyweds" anymore (even tho many people would disagree haha). <br /><br />Jeremiah and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary and celebrating with a 7 day cruise in the Caribbean (SO THRILLED!!!) and so many people around us are having babies (including my best friend Lauren and I SO wish I could be there when baby Emily comes!) and it makes me want to have some of our own- so instead of going that route yet- we are getting kittens! I LOVE cats and I'm excited to have them in our house soon. Babies will, Lord willing, be in a few years- we are enjoying this time to just focus on each other and have a little bit extra money to splurge haha. <br /><br />I'm enjoying summer- only about 5-6 weeks left and my second year will be so much easier than my first (in the sense of planning and having things to go off of!) There will be challenges ahead, joys to come and many things to look forward to!! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0E2EC9Ah1f96COr5rLvxL0kfWcxbe_UCBw6sRF4YjrDWSpuluElcyl4rlL8quN-JAK0vPdTuCltKu7Pw_XykC35hCUgg_Lu5zjdXcntbhpcJziKDxsFWc6hSqL3v9aeab85PVsGhdQdI/s1600/DSCN0536.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0E2EC9Ah1f96COr5rLvxL0kfWcxbe_UCBw6sRF4YjrDWSpuluElcyl4rlL8quN-JAK0vPdTuCltKu7Pw_XykC35hCUgg_Lu5zjdXcntbhpcJziKDxsFWc6hSqL3v9aeab85PVsGhdQdI/s320/DSCN0536.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483403010783208258" /></a>Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-89864348283032299182010-05-29T13:04:00.002-07:002010-05-29T13:11:40.682-07:006 weeks is over- maintenance period begins!Well 42 days has come and gone and we did it!! We successfully completed 6 weeks of hcg and we are so pleased with the results. 6 weeks, 26.5 pounds for me and 37 pounds for Jeremiah (nuts!) <br /><br />It was REALLY hard at times but the scale and fit of our clothes was worth it all. We both still have about 20 pounds to go for our goal weight but to get this close to our goal weight is just wonderful! Jeremiah is the smallest he has been... well... in almost 10 years! He looks and feels great! I am putting on clothes (special dresses or few things I kept) from high school! A whole new wardrobe has to be purchased but it's SO worth it! <br /><br />There were MANY times we wanted to quit, cheat or just felt discouraged. We were thankful we didn't and had people around us to encourage us! <br /><br />We are now on a 3 week maintenance period. Still no sugars or starches but we go from 500 calories a day to 1500 calories! (sounds like SO much food after eating so little) but we don't have drops anymore and can have dairy, salad dressing, oils, all veggie's and fruits up to our allowed caloric limit. So wonderful! I had egg casserole and bacon this morning, melba toast with laughing cow spreadable cheese, a huge salad with cheese and dressing and turkey hot dog with chilli for lunch! So low in calories all those foods but SO delicious after a very limited menu before). <br /><br />Our cruise is in 4 weeks so we are hoping to lose as much as we can by then and spend the rest of the summer getting down those last 20 pounds. Back to the gym this week (so excited) and much more going on in our lives! <br /><br />Glad the hard part is now over!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-79425913355972225902010-05-16T09:47:00.002-07:002010-05-16T09:59:40.744-07:00Week 4- only 2 weeks left!I can't believe we have been doing this diet for a month- NO cheats! <br /><br />My body actually feels really good to not have had ANY sugars, oils, butters, white starches! So crazy - I remember the first week and I just thought I would never be able to do this- now it's 2nd nature! <br /><br />While I do miss a lot of my favorite foods, I know that eventually I will be able to eat everything (in super moderation and being more conscious of what I'm putting in my mouth). <br /><br />I had a revelation the other day because I weight myself at night (dumb idea haha) and I was 3 pounds heavier than I was that morning- now i know that your weight fluctuates during the day but 3 pounds! How was I going to lose 3 pounds just by sleeping. .. The next morning I had lost 4 pounds *which was a pound less than the morning before) and I got to thinking that by putting healthy food in my body all day, over night my body used that food ALL up- there was no excess food, fats, junk, to figure out what to do with- my body utilized every ounce of food and then I lost weight. <br /><br />It was a huge breakthrough in thinking that if I help my body out by eating what it needs, I will get the results I was looking for. <br /><br />2 weeks from today I will be able to have salad dressing, dairies, some oils and all the rest of the fruits and veges and just counting calories closely. <br /><br /><br />As of today I have lost 19.5 pounds!! (I am SO close to the 20 pound mark and so excited!!) We have 6 weeks until our cruise and my goal is 3 pounds a week until then to get failry close to my goal weight :)<br /><br />Jeremiah, oh gotta love guys, has lost 27 pounds!! He has another 20 to lose until his goal weight and it's encouraging to see an average of 5-7 pounds of weight loss a week! <br /><br />I just really desire to feel confident- I don't have a goal pant size really or a certain number that I feel would make me "happy" i just want to be confident and have my body reflect the energy, athleticism and personality I know I have but that might have been hidden by my weight. <br /><br />Pics to come eventually :) Thanks for all your support!!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-91622376261256818482010-05-01T16:18:00.002-07:002010-05-01T16:26:12.449-07:00Week 2 and going strong!Well we are finished with the 2nd week of our new eating plan. <br /><br />Great results and feeling good. Don't really feel hungry anymore, tons of energy and sleeping really well!! <br /><br />We are on day 15 and I am down 12 POUNDS!! It's so awesome. I am starting to feel it and see it a bit. I think next week once we are closer to the 20 pound mark, it will be more obvious. It's been hard when the scale says the number is loser but I don't see it in the mirror or feel it in my clothes. Today I started feeling it in my clothes :) <br /><br />Jeremiah has lost 16 pounds!!! He is doing really well and starting to feel it and see it more. It's been hard for him with the limited choices on food but we know it's only temporary and we will get all our food choices back again (just in moderation and smaller portions). We know this is a life change but we are ready for it. Getting ready in a few years for starting a family, we want to make sure we have a habit of a healthy lifestyle so we don't have to figure that out while starting our family. :)<br /><br />We booked our cruise to the Caribbean last week- more motivation! We are both hoping to lose around 30 pound (Jeremiah probably more!) and we will be so confident on this trip and really enjoy ourselves. God has provided free plane tickets, cheap cruise price and the time off!<br /><br />We are so thankful and blessed!! Stay tuned for week 3 results!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-5634806628452482152010-04-24T15:09:00.003-07:002010-04-24T15:15:28.145-07:00Been a while- lots to catch up on!Well it's hard to believe but in 4 weeks I will be done with my 1st year of full time teaching!! How did this year pass by so fast?????<br /><br />I'm happy to say that I've been offered a full time contract for next year and I signed that puppy so fast!! <br />I'm so thrilled to be back at Country Place next year and be with my students again. It will be a blast- and a lot easier now that I don't have to come up with ALL my lesson plans again, just recycle many old ones :) <br /><br />This summer is going to be great! Middle school summer camp, going to Idaho for one of my best friend's weddings!!! And a mystery vacation for Jeremiah and. While we have money saved, vacation fund set, full time jobs for next year and a few weeks off, we are going to go somewhere this summer. We are hoping somewhere tropical, a Bahama cruise, or Hawaii or something. We know that in the next few years when we start our family we won't have that luxury as much with extra funds, time, etc. So we are wanting to do this now!<br /><br />Another big thing we are doing is the HCG diet. We have had many friends do and successfully complete this diet and we are thrilled to have finished our first week on it! <br /><br />Basically we take these hormone drops and can only eat 500 calories a day! I know I know... it sounds crazy but the drops allow our body to go after the fat cells (rather than muscle sells that normally would happen on that low cal of a diet) and they suppress the bad hunger, although we are still pretty hungry. <br /><br />So far in the past 5-6 days I have lost 6 pounds and Jeremiah has lost 8 pounds. (Darn boys and losing more weight!) <br /><br /><br />I will be posting each week our progress and we are hoping to be down 30ish pounds by the 1st week of June and then reward ourselves with a 'beachy' vacation and be proud of our bodies!! Then we go up to a 1500 calorie diet and exercise and if we keep with that, we will maintain and lose even some more weight. <br /><br />I'm excited to rely on God for this because it's hard not to cheat!! I want to eat EVERYTHING haha but I know the reward will be worth it!!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-5217250097795005222009-10-17T18:48:00.002-07:002009-10-17T19:25:00.990-07:00New changesWell several weeks ago Jeremiah and I found out just how low the housing market had sunk out in the west valley. We LOVE our home, but when the house across the street (which is MUCH bigger than ours) is cheaper than our house- it made us think. Because of our situation, we qualified for a nice loan with a really great interest rate. So... we began looking... <br /><br />I fell in love with a house... the only major difference was an extra bedroom and bath and a little bit bigger kitchen/family room.<br /><br />Our only obstacle... finding a renter (because we would lose money on our house at this point). So we looked around- a few prospects fell through and we prayed hard! Jeremiah and my last prayer about it was "Lord, give us a CLEAR direction." The next day, our last prospect for a renter (a renter that we knew/ church family that we trusted) fell through and the only house we really liked was sold! After every house we looked at, we came back home and we just said "wow, we really have an amazing house." <br />I (along with many amazing ppl) have spent so long decorating, painting, improving this house... after our CLEAR direction was shown- we decided... why not spent the money we had been saving on improving our current house- to make it something even more lovable. So... that is what we did! <br /><br />Nothing in our house was new. Every furniture piece and appliance was used either from family/friends or off craigslist. We decided to get a new sectional, coffee table 2 more sitting chairs. This changed our living room from seating 2-3, to seating 9! Then we decided to landscape our backyard. It has been nothing but weeds and dirt since the house was built. We are now totally changing everything! A huge new patio, flag stone seating area/planter, fire pit, rock, trees, bbq, flowers, patio furniture- the works! ALso redoing the front yard with a new rock and plants. We realized that spending a lot of our savings on a down payment of a new house with no new furniture was not as appealing as spending just a little bit of our savings on improving our house now. <br /><br />I am excited to really make our house an entertainment house. Lots of places to sit, fire pit to entertain, patio to sit on and seating galore! <br /><br />Pictures to come soon. The backyard is in the works (will be done totally in about 2-3 weeks!) and we just need 1 more end table to complete our living room. I am excited at this decision- still knowing that a bigger house will be in our future (once kiddos come) and the market rises just a tad :) <br /><br />God has blessed us IMMENSELY and brought people in our path to help us to get out of previous debt and be very secure in our marriage financially. I just pray that we continue to use our money to bless God. We believe that even allowing our house to be more of a place of fellowship through more space to bring people in, is a small way to praise Him through His money in another way. <br /><br />Can't wait to show everyone the results of it all!!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-46172657505728685892009-09-19T13:19:00.003-07:002009-09-19T13:38:05.074-07:00Another month and no blog... here it goes!I can't believe it's been a month since I blogged. In 1 1/2 weeks, I will be 25% of the way done with my first year of teaching. <br /><br />WHAT!?!?!? Can that be true!?!? <br /><br />My schedule is nuts at this school because I have not repeated a lesson in 8 weeks... so I have done a year's worth of lesson plans in 8 weeks and now in 2 weeks I finally get to just repeat almost everything I did the past 8 weeks. SOOO EXCITED! <br /><br />This year so far has been absolutely incredible. I have had my really hard days where I got up at 5:30 (everyday haha) and just cried on the way to work thinking "is this what I am supposed to be doing" and almost everyday after my first class is over... I have a renewed spring in my step thinking "yes! yes it is!!" <br /><br />I am so attached to all 250 kids I have right now. in 2 weeks i get a new batch of 250 kids... I hope my heart melts for all of them just the same. I have 5 year olds who don't know how to sit on their bottom or tie their shoe and a few hours later I have 13 year olds who are dealing with more issues at home and with their self image than I could ever imagine. It is a challenge but to see their faces light up with joy in my class can never ever out weigh the hard days. <br /><br />My prayer has been to uplift those hard students (and man do I have some hard hard hard students) and encourage the great students at the same time! God constantly reminds me that there is more to each of these students than what I see. I have students in foster care, students who were abused, students whose parents are both in jail, students who have to work on the weekends to help provide for their families, students who have great lives and spirits, students who are spoiled, students who care so much about the adults around them and students who have been burned by so many adults that they aren't sure if you are for real... It's so much to deal with sometimes but man is it a great position to be in! So much influence!! <br /><br />I have my first "concert" on Friday and I am sooooo proud of my students. My junior high students are doing STOMP (learning rhythm and putting together a performance with random household instruments). Last week right before we started learning the routine they said "Mrs. Hann- we aren't going to be good. This is going to look so bad!" and I promised them "If you work hard, I will NEVER let you embarrass yourself or look bad." On Friday they finished learning half of their routine and they all had the biggest smiles on their face. One of my rough kids came up to me and said "High five Mrs. Hann! This is going to rock!" It just made me want to cry. They aren't becoming amazing musicians, doing ground breaking things- but they are growing in their confidence and trusting another adult in their life not to disappoint them! <br /><br />I am so so so so so blessed. To have an amazing husband, a great ministry and home church and the most amazing job. <br /><br />My students always ask "Why don't you have kids Mrs. Hann- you're married so you should have kids (haha so funny)" and I told one of my classes "Well I have all of you guys- that's enough kids for me right now" haha. They all said "oh we are like your kids!!" Gosh even typing about them right now makes my heart melt! <br /><br />I am excited to take a week break on the first week of October to rest and recoup from this crazy quarter! Many more successes and praises to come!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-3076810312011640592009-08-15T17:18:00.002-07:002009-08-15T17:29:33.991-07:00Busy BusyFINALLY UPDATING :) <br /><br />It is a good thought to know that I have enough free time right now to finally update my blog. <br /><br />These past 3 weeks have been ridiculous. <br /><br />I have officially been a teacher for 2 weeks now :) and I... LOVE IT!!!!!!! <br /><br />It is the greatest reward, the hardest thing I've ever done and so worth every tear, laugh, penny, loss of sleep.... worth it all! <br /><br />I had a great first day of teaching. I actually had my admin come in and observe (my first day- yikes!) and they announced at staff meeting how impressed they were with me- it was a nice feeling... but..<br /><br />day 2 came haha<br /><br />I cried on day 2 and 3- I didn't think i could do it anymore (sounds weird but true). I knew the first week would be hard but finding out that I had a class full of kinders who didn't speak English, who had specials needs but weren't tested yet, 32 5th graders who also had language barriers and 7th/8th graders who I wasn't sure would enjoy the "elective" they chose to be in my class. <br /><br />Monday came of week 2- and I spent SO long on lesson plans, making it work well- and it paid off! Week 2 was great (had its struggles) but I pushed forward and got so many great rewards this week. I love giving the teachers a prep during my class, I love encouraging teachers by telling them growth I see in their class, and I love meeting my coworkers and making friendships. <br /><br />Being a believer in my work place has been difficult, not because I can't share with the students (because I believe the love and acceptance I show to the students will speak so much louder than most things) but with my coworkers. A lot of them have asked me to hang out with them and I have been invited to a junior high teachers party next week (which I think J and I will stop by at- just to make an appearance because I do enjoy those teachers a lot) but a lot of their "hanging out" is not something that I do because it usually involves alcohol. So I am hoping that this party next week, will be ok, that I can still enjoy myself and not make a big deal about not drinking. I want them to respect me and be able to speak into their lives through that respect (not through condemnation). <br /><br />I am optimistic about this year- I know it will be hard but I am keeping my head above the water and truly can say I am happy! <br />(not to mention we have 2 paychecks! Let the saving begin!!) <br /><br />That's the scoop. Check out my class pics on my facebook :) Until next time.... :)Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-69205868713646180732009-07-20T20:12:00.002-07:002009-07-20T20:41:42.117-07:00So many emotions...With only 2 weeks left until my first day of teaching, emotions ran high today. <br /><br />I got into my classroom today and was completely overwhelmed... <br /><br />I went to begin decorating and because another teacher (the band teacher) is using my classroom for the last hour of the day, a lot of the stuff in the class was hers and there was SOO much stuff in the back storage room that overwhelmed me... I just felt as thought there was so much that with the little time I have with the students that I couldn't possibly handle it all. <br /><br />I think any first year teacher feels this way... but it wasn't until today when it all became real did I really emotionally crack. I am a confident person and in my abilities as an educator and musician... but I am no longer under another teacher (whether my college professors, observing with other teachers, or my cooperating teacher from student teaching)... I AM IT and that scares the heck out of me. <br /><br />When I went in to get a tour of the school last week, it shocked me how much the admin valued me. The assistant principal said to me "Amber, right after you finished your interview, we unanimously decided that you would be hired- even before we finished all the rest of the interviews." He said, "The other school that you interview for, one of their admin was at our school after you did the interview there and they asked us who we wanted to hire and I told them, Amber Hann, and they said 'darn! we so wanted her!" <br /><br />Not trying to seem overly confident, but it was a GREAT reminder and assurance that they had faith in me even before I set foot in my classroom. <br /><br />Well this morning after I had my break-down, Jeremiah tried his best to comfort and I love him for standing by me even when I doubt myself... I needed to get a stapler from the front office and at the EXACT moment that I walked into the work room, the principal of my school (who I had not met yet) ran into me and introduced himself and pulled the AP aside to talk with me also. <br /><br />I was not crying at this point but I mentioned that I was a bit overwhelmed but that I had so many great ideas and want to do lots of programming and little concerts and they both just smiled and got so excited. <br /><br />I live for programs (haha thats what I've done and been apart of since grade school) and it's my passion. So I am excited to show the school and community that this school deserves to see their students perform musically... They just want me to have a very well run classroom (management wise) and to see the results of my students' music through programs. I CAN DO THAT! :) <br /><br />I am not praying enough... I need to... only God can hold me during the hard days, only He can give me total confidence in the abilities HE has given me... I can do this...<br /><br />I have lots of work to do this week with lesson plans (I realized that I don't need to have all my 900 lesson plans for the year done by next week... haha I just need 50 or so... no big deal :) <br /><br />well time to go to bed. Headed to the dr. tomorrow b/c I need to find out why the heck I am getting UTIs at least once a month. it's painful and it's moved to my kidneys (so my back is killing me!) I hope they can do some tests or something and find out! <br /><br />Well pics of my class to come soon! It's a work in progress!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-23625262879572010372009-07-08T09:53:00.002-07:002009-07-08T10:00:42.279-07:00Wicked!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkllD4wAwennRQLlvpirpkOffSCIuSm2_BKs8q0Uy3pYXMIRQ1ETqgGzQ4fxE-5AI_uoXfQk6NK8ojA1RM3KiPH7h8yVySULgG-Z4-HOXm7wlTrlWwJZV3zHOE2Bq1CNt1uK91eWKzu3m/s1600-h/wicked_img.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkllD4wAwennRQLlvpirpkOffSCIuSm2_BKs8q0Uy3pYXMIRQ1ETqgGzQ4fxE-5AI_uoXfQk6NK8ojA1RM3KiPH7h8yVySULgG-Z4-HOXm7wlTrlWwJZV3zHOE2Bq1CNt1uK91eWKzu3m/s320/wicked_img.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356135273106673794" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am sooo excited about going to Wicked tonight! I had that soundtrack memorized right when it came out 6 years ago! My girlfriends and I would sing "Popular" while driving in the car! Such a cute, great, AMAZING musical. If you haven't heard any of the music, go to Youtube or something and listen! It is great! <br /><br />Jeremiah has never seen it and my parents have a friend who could get great seats for free- so as an anniversary present they got us tickets to go with our family. We love musicals- our favorite part about Disneyland i the Aladdin musical they have (at Cali Adventure- it's like an hour long- go check it out!)<br /><br />Anyway.. all that to say- we are going to get all dressed up, head to dinner with the fam and then have our minds amazed! <br /><br />Pictures soon!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-4400816335796615002009-06-20T13:19:00.015-07:002009-06-20T15:32:13.965-07:00No longer newlyweds!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxw_mfjSXSCvS6p6ciMje7CSi434LO5zEGz3IDF2IvXmk6UGT-uXO7hbcAfkOhEClHMSAV_pELD0dgLea-mqAF4z0ovekNInIZsMe2TDmHnnFIZyS9pDgnhHm9uDQUqOcx_8qOssHljLe/s1600-h/A+and+J-8348+comp.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxw_mfjSXSCvS6p6ciMje7CSi434LO5zEGz3IDF2IvXmk6UGT-uXO7hbcAfkOhEClHMSAV_pELD0dgLea-mqAF4z0ovekNInIZsMe2TDmHnnFIZyS9pDgnhHm9uDQUqOcx_8qOssHljLe/s320/A+and+J-8348+comp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349514965879551298" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6SYs7WU9KFQzl-Gp0kcYi39KmBgDEpfQFmtGuIICeJl0Y073Xun-6tXhNspgzxy-1tVK9jQyESDj-IO3ilF-brHT20xvTX4cZyIB0ggmexPFYMGRiJQs8yLWGm6fEX81PfAFztlR1eIG/s1600-h/A+and+J-8891.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6SYs7WU9KFQzl-Gp0kcYi39KmBgDEpfQFmtGuIICeJl0Y073Xun-6tXhNspgzxy-1tVK9jQyESDj-IO3ilF-brHT20xvTX4cZyIB0ggmexPFYMGRiJQs8yLWGm6fEX81PfAFztlR1eIG/s320/A+and+J-8891.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349536599259927746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrcB-cSDneuEce5UY8vSj2ohyjUVe0SKQ1xE3XEyxQsC7Vq0nY-nzd2xQ-h3JnQr9BY-AqKwjp1FGM3wdemjhkEmPLgGKwwIDgxMXJFQiotlF9ZzcYgI5g-y-yciI6BqYwYYJrEpMFXNq/s1600-h/A+and+J-8880.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrcB-cSDneuEce5UY8vSj2ohyjUVe0SKQ1xE3XEyxQsC7Vq0nY-nzd2xQ-h3JnQr9BY-AqKwjp1FGM3wdemjhkEmPLgGKwwIDgxMXJFQiotlF9ZzcYgI5g-y-yciI6BqYwYYJrEpMFXNq/s320/A+and+J-8880.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349536590944867842" /></a><br /><br />Well today marks our 1 year anniversary! I can't believe it came and went so fast! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXFhYfM_yYcOVqDQHVU5UMR1aRCX1c3ju4-ZqN5fx6gHE0FgIT5Vz3uZ8Iph5WXi4sSLwkU2eD6y9DF5r03z80v_OrUWv8qca54UoEV3jUDCByWgtGU7NfCC1ueF9zvEJLsegyT25DGyC/s1600-h/A+and+J-8832.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXFhYfM_yYcOVqDQHVU5UMR1aRCX1c3ju4-ZqN5fx6gHE0FgIT5Vz3uZ8Iph5WXi4sSLwkU2eD6y9DF5r03z80v_OrUWv8qca54UoEV3jUDCByWgtGU7NfCC1ueF9zvEJLsegyT25DGyC/s320/A+and+J-8832.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349524031691941538" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSlL7vLHVali-A_pOn8AwHm2fWO6AZriN7HTPbqScIAD7D3Wt8__xiP7imQzfL5mL4_Adfr70mVjCJ5A0hBISF-nY2xEsfoXYLxRHxhlYsivxzPp0Oy-ItQjAwkG7-lcU_4DVOd8Kw16i/s1600-h/A+and+J-8739.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSlL7vLHVali-A_pOn8AwHm2fWO6AZriN7HTPbqScIAD7D3Wt8__xiP7imQzfL5mL4_Adfr70mVjCJ5A0hBISF-nY2xEsfoXYLxRHxhlYsivxzPp0Oy-ItQjAwkG7-lcU_4DVOd8Kw16i/s320/A+and+J-8739.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349522767274428082" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbNgvMkU9HQpiuzBT8VeKYxZnCAFj6xZ0f1AqgLA2CZbiRTQiMmnjTIzepwNDijo_ebilvPfCinaycqF0PWyae2cgI9tTQY326leQbRnLquzqc0C_WN5PP2jbBT2IsJJJnwcUOWrQ9MP3/s1600-h/A+and+J-8601.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbNgvMkU9HQpiuzBT8VeKYxZnCAFj6xZ0f1AqgLA2CZbiRTQiMmnjTIzepwNDijo_ebilvPfCinaycqF0PWyae2cgI9tTQY326leQbRnLquzqc0C_WN5PP2jbBT2IsJJJnwcUOWrQ9MP3/s320/A+and+J-8601.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349516902214640338" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIOyyXeYZDerHftygZPV9eRzyiYmcRVhmu3wS8LnTvCOJ7zzAJ0C-BnTLSaFa7PCUKD7ASSjreJi4ktoCZhpr4H1l4m2tPzF9iTD-vjFQjSUBFmxNWavrdcQVgg1Fx94bAhw2gJZ2qSrW/s1600-h/A+and+J-8592.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIOyyXeYZDerHftygZPV9eRzyiYmcRVhmu3wS8LnTvCOJ7zzAJ0C-BnTLSaFa7PCUKD7ASSjreJi4ktoCZhpr4H1l4m2tPzF9iTD-vjFQjSUBFmxNWavrdcQVgg1Fx94bAhw2gJZ2qSrW/s320/A+and+J-8592.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349516892813315666" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvddIEB9lAc-9jb6zWbFHZ1ote9WohadM61S_96-pz7mgW-bAacauVgIf-WREI4NW0H-yvyyh3MCiNZ5c4ZNsEElEhuVhd4BDxcBDugckoo4cNvgFH3TR9YSGY-xWheJePOeKIaMRVMYK/s1600-h/A+and+J-8477.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvddIEB9lAc-9jb6zWbFHZ1ote9WohadM61S_96-pz7mgW-bAacauVgIf-WREI4NW0H-yvyyh3MCiNZ5c4ZNsEElEhuVhd4BDxcBDugckoo4cNvgFH3TR9YSGY-xWheJePOeKIaMRVMYK/s320/A+and+J-8477.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349516004745632450" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GjBF8UvFQp8AkdSsyawX80u5H3WxWZrdZ0AHMrtOqTT2064m6uy1N80iC8xT7mVT0NYvVrgQeYYkWUW4enSE_3ZTZknoXvFCK90XxMXhufCaJVH2GQVt0Ghs1_gCe-U2tSVCTGpvj2al/s1600-h/AandJ-8268.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GjBF8UvFQp8AkdSsyawX80u5H3WxWZrdZ0AHMrtOqTT2064m6uy1N80iC8xT7mVT0NYvVrgQeYYkWUW4enSE_3ZTZknoXvFCK90XxMXhufCaJVH2GQVt0Ghs1_gCe-U2tSVCTGpvj2al/s320/AandJ-8268.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349516888915365698" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFl5Pv8mWLTasNclqQwDULtWPNTM-_epKuQYpPcHUdYStJZaMFPm_IRrEdNKAnMzjFFkaQA-b5EMaMeZGM5AX7HS6JlQeypfJ0B7JPMx29k53jv_5GTEi9bj9gO7t_jSR1V-83uBIU4Dch/s1600-h/A+and+J-8529.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFl5Pv8mWLTasNclqQwDULtWPNTM-_epKuQYpPcHUdYStJZaMFPm_IRrEdNKAnMzjFFkaQA-b5EMaMeZGM5AX7HS6JlQeypfJ0B7JPMx29k53jv_5GTEi9bj9gO7t_jSR1V-83uBIU4Dch/s320/A+and+J-8529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349516010667054050" /></a><br /><br /><br />That day was such a blessing! Our family, friends, people around us to encourage us. Today Jeremiah surprised me with a DVD of our wedding day and reception. We have had the tapes sitting in our office area for a year and I guess he took them several weeks ago and converted them to DVD and made a whole movie out of it. It was incredible!! <br /><br />So many things have happened since June 20, 2008... <br /><br />an amazing honeymoon- <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFzu_pfoi80zyds19_Nse-0_TN0g51b_RcVc0ti_-g4a9xcPDolt-nAZC4pT3OF_kSchyQm3l-BvSjLcw0rcrio17ujJFvNZF-sIS_y0osIC_xyeOb0ZHtg3aKhcvyeVXkLSKztz-krcb/s1600-h/n861880625_3538677_621.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFzu_pfoi80zyds19_Nse-0_TN0g51b_RcVc0ti_-g4a9xcPDolt-nAZC4pT3OF_kSchyQm3l-BvSjLcw0rcrio17ujJFvNZF-sIS_y0osIC_xyeOb0ZHtg3aKhcvyeVXkLSKztz-krcb/s320/n861880625_3538677_621.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349526514854077794" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcagPB8-Bosb4Q5VlWP-j6eYeVvTU183Gl63Def-PTF-I3cadWmbyLNkWcLbmFm_UahxBeGOQCbf75QtlAXMdcESmv6UVG8X9VxMvwiJulM19C8vA5HlcZWbnBRo5h8aQDa4c-_H_3U8y/s1600-h/n861880625_3538480_8901.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VnWn7k2SyrGXr3Tic9ycMFLrhBSIre3j0bHmY7uMXHut1ZZlWMqe2VV5Ii2WiLP1OOt16VoLOkYj7ErfpjaZirKF-MA1PVDRfQgh3vaxDeXnky6SjZ5WVVt9R6dh5yKhBK1LDGbO9Czm/s320/IMGP5629.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349535336057151954" /></a><br /><br />Long hard road of school, student teaching and... GRADUATION<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00Rhc_nyk4RhuDHNl26geRTEAZmnzk8V7koHaSLj_PH0g8Kg3LKYltWCE1X0grXB24SG7H-ELTwcUlWsG5MWTm_2pUHl8dUvKxEKitZU1QJ4kPf70W9EDFXqxY4v2UgPzsxiBP2vL-mX6/s1600-h/IMGP5696.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00Rhc_nyk4RhuDHNl26geRTEAZmnzk8V7koHaSLj_PH0g8Kg3LKYltWCE1X0grXB24SG7H-ELTwcUlWsG5MWTm_2pUHl8dUvKxEKitZU1QJ4kPf70W9EDFXqxY4v2UgPzsxiBP2vL-mX6/s320/IMGP5696.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349535804122962082" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWcjOGZLNsHbMQboBWl-k1gX0s8C3Ku8ANu2fCizWQBgIRYc_L7Bba6HV-S8M0GqQ3oGJss0akxrdit7mxv1l0q_l7kgo1e3knZ6WqhjHyt_xmZmYz05sNmG0fzX1RkNzxjF9exKUGelk/s1600-h/IMGP5689.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWcjOGZLNsHbMQboBWl-k1gX0s8C3Ku8ANu2fCizWQBgIRYc_L7Bba6HV-S8M0GqQ3oGJss0akxrdit7mxv1l0q_l7kgo1e3knZ6WqhjHyt_xmZmYz05sNmG0fzX1RkNzxjF9exKUGelk/s320/IMGP5689.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349535798506267842" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This year has been wedded bliss (no pun intended). Jeremiah has treated me like a queen, he is so special to me. <br /><br />We have worked so hard this year on our marriage. Working through struggles, fights, differences, time restraints, money issues, and God came through every time in the end. I doubted so many times, God revealed Himself each and every step of the way. <br /><br />Jeremiah, to my wonderful husband and best friend,<br /><br />You have showed me how God calls a man to lead his family. You have loved me more than I could have ever imagined. You fight for me, protect me, cuddle with me, kiss me, care about my feelings and pray for me. You have given our relationship up to Christ and He is blessing us. Thank you for reminding me daily that I am worth the love that God gives and that you give to me because of Him. I pray that we grow even more in love each day, week, month and year and that we look to God for each decision in our life. I cannot wait until the year of our marriage that we can grow our family with children and new adventures. I can't wait for another year and what amazing ways God will show up in our lives. I pray that our ministry is a reflection of our marriage and that our love is a total reflection of our relationship with God. I love you Jeremiah Richard Hann, with all of my heart. One year... 100 years... I will always love you. You are my best friend and my biggest supporter- thank you. <br /><br />With all the love I have, <br /><br />Your wifeAmber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-61232406737792509792009-06-16T09:45:00.003-07:002009-06-16T10:06:06.852-07:00Real WorldThe closer and closer July comes, the more nervous I get that I am actually going to get my own classroom... Everything is up to me (for the most part). I have always been so confident in my abilities but now that I am accountable to myself basically (no professors, no cooperating teacher to fall back on... just me). I stayed up late last night just thinking (worrying haha) about if I can do it. <br /><br />This Thursday I go and sign my new teacher hiring paperwork to make it official. I get all my information on my salary (still unreal!), benefits, schedule and new teacher orientation (at least there will be other people in my situation. I hope that once we get back from vacation I can finally see my classroom, find out what resources and curriculum I have and get down to work with lesson plans, choir music and many ideas! I am so grateful that my mom works for a city choir so I have TONS of music at my disposal and I have so many music teacher friends who will be of great help and support. I am the only music teacher at my school (minus the band teacher who travels to a few schools) so unlike a regular classroom teacher, I don't have a team of people that are teaching the same thing, going through the same thing, so that's the hard part about being a specials teacher, you are basically it. <br /><br />I know that first year teaching is "survival year" but that scares me to think that I just need to "survive." I'm sure it will be tough, rewarding, eye opening and a blessing. I just want to get ahead of myself with the 3 weeks I have before meetings start to get at least lesson plans started... I can't wait to decorate my classroom, figure out my classroom rules and meet the over 850 kids that I will need to learn their names, faces, personality, etc. <br /><br />I am most nervous about my colleagues and making "friends." haha it's like high school again (making friends haha). I tend to be an introvert when I'm in new situations (not in my classroom but around people my own age or older). I don't want to isolate myself but I know it will take time for me to open up and meet others... I just pray God gives me confidence, humility and wisdom. I will definitely have to rely on God moreso than I ever thought this next year. I can't do this on my own... I can do anything with Him though! :) <br /><br />This is my beautiful new home for the next year :) This school is SOOO beautiful, I can't even imagine what my classroom will look like!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0m8-gvnPKSwc4eVVMokujzKAL9MxpzYSfojClUrAu0AatEVx3yduhA65TgZDpYQMUxIPIWW7hNdMy4WO9qCqvvRRDhiQQQWDCyKG7dmwUi7sAU9dE4GDkbfC8IvecxnwLFQxQQsDTylj/s1600-h/FRONT_EL3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0m8-gvnPKSwc4eVVMokujzKAL9MxpzYSfojClUrAu0AatEVx3yduhA65TgZDpYQMUxIPIWW7hNdMy4WO9qCqvvRRDhiQQQWDCyKG7dmwUi7sAU9dE4GDkbfC8IvecxnwLFQxQQsDTylj/s320/FRONT_EL3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347972686785310290" /></a>Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-28859301121706953362009-06-09T10:16:00.002-07:002009-06-09T10:26:30.732-07:00ThoughtsSometimes I look back at my life and wonder why God has blessed me so much... honestly. It scares me to think that I have not gone through much heartache or pain in my life. I have been disappointed, heart broken, felt alone and many other "hard" times but sometimes I think, "when does the really hard stuff come... and am I ready for it?" <br /><br />I see the extreme pain that people are going through, so much even this week. I know God will prepare me for it when it does hit but have I lived such an innocent life so far that when real true pain hits- will I run straight to God and know that I am ok?<br /><br />So many people have been in my mind the past couple of days, some of them people I don't even really know. But I think, God must know they are ready for something this BIG- does God want me to dive deeper in His Word, draw closer to Him, pray like mad and prepare myself for tragedy that is inevitable?? YES- I don't think I take that serious enough. <br /><br />I have not experienced loss like most people have (death or abandonment), I have not experienced physical pain hardly at all (haha child birth might be the first way I break myself into that haha), and have had little disappointment in my life. What is the first big thing that will come into my life and am I too naive to think that it can happen at any point. I feel almost like knocking on wood as I write this post (God forbid something does happen). <br /><br />Can anyone else relate? I am so blessed and yet humbled to think that God in His infinite wisdom knows when I will be ready and will walk with me through anything. Do I take His sovereign plans seriously enough to do something about it?Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-52197530286418886912009-06-06T13:49:00.002-07:002009-06-06T13:54:17.015-07:00God and Junior HighHave you ever just watched junior high students who like each other? (or remember the days...?) <br /><br />You spent all your time thinking about them, talking about them, writing about them... but rarely any time actually TALKING to them. <br /><br />I watch these relationships play out every week (seeing as though my job and ministry revolve around teenagers) and was compelled to think that that is what my relationship with God is like sometimes. <br /><br />I tend to think about God a lot, write about Him in blogs, status, etc., and talk about Him a lot to students, parents, others etc. <br /><br />But I was convicted to think how often to I actually talk TO God. Not as much as the others I'm afraid. <br /><br />It was a big awakening to think that I think it's silly for younger students to like someone so much, think about them so much- but not EVER ACTUALLY talk to them. <br /><br />Am I like that?? Too often... yes.Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-16866147233582848042009-06-04T09:32:00.002-07:002009-06-04T09:39:02.484-07:00Vacation UpdateI am so excited that we decided to go out on a limb and use priceline for our vacation in 2 weeks. <br /><br />There was one set back but other than that - it was perfect!! <br /><br />We bid on 4 & 3 1/2 star hotels and got some amazing deals. We are spending 1 night in Hollywood and we bid $60 and got the hotel Marriott in Downtown Los Angeles :) It's beautiful! The set back- they charge you to park (and you have to valet park) -boo. So we are going to try and park somewhere close and walk, but we'll see. <br /><br />We next bid on hotels in San Diego and that was a bit harder, but we ended up getting another Marriott hotel really close to Sea World but again we got hit with a parking fee (I think we will have an easier time finding a place to park in San Diego but downtown LA might be harder). <br /><br />Needless to say when we averaged our hotel rates at $70 a night for amazing hotels! Heck even if we have to pay the parking fee, it still makes the quality TONS cheaper than the normal price. <br /><br />We are so excited to find great deals for this vacation and spend less money than we thought :) <br /><br />We did our research for priceline and got lots of tips and it definitely paid off :) Give it a try sometimes!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-70228813878762581072009-06-02T12:42:00.003-07:002009-06-02T12:57:10.374-07:00Vacation!This is for you Lauren! <br /><br />Well this summer were had many different ideas for vacation... we were not sure what this year would hold with my job situation so we planned on using some tax return money to get annual passes to Disneyland. This would ensure that no matter how type money continued to be that we would have a sure-fire vacation for the next year. <br /><br />Well since the job offer at Country Place Elementary- we had been thinking of a less expensive summer trip since we want to save up to go to New York next summer (our favorite place ever!) <br /><br />So my cousin told me about a deal that Costco has for a Southern California pass (it is on sale this summer). So we have decided we are going to get this pass which will give us a 3 day park hopper to Dland, 1 day to Sea World, 1 day to the San Diego Zoo and 1 day to Universal Studios!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CcsqkTSiZgDS5c9c78rJogIVeH9gmRC0cDq8SMe7lYTH5Rr7G6w78JAqGq5u27CXaQPqbIolTbPYOsJhYDK1zi6bcQN_1IV-56wl9D9r1PF5k6GonWNgESjyCmBLc12NLDu_WZWMDlk7/s1600-h/tkt_left.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CcsqkTSiZgDS5c9c78rJogIVeH9gmRC0cDq8SMe7lYTH5Rr7G6w78JAqGq5u27CXaQPqbIolTbPYOsJhYDK1zi6bcQN_1IV-56wl9D9r1PF5k6GonWNgESjyCmBLc12NLDu_WZWMDlk7/s320/tkt_left.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342821546234709906" /></a><br /><br />Jeremiah has never been to San Diego or Universal Studios so we thought it would be so much fun to spend some time in Dland then spent the rest of the time in San Diego and LA. Gives us more of an adventure and will be fun to go a few places Jeremiah has never been. So now we have to make a few hotel arrangements (Pastor Greg might come in handy with his Priceline/Hotwire intelligence!) and might not be able to go hit up Saddleback but will definitely go to some church that weekend either in LA/Anaheim or San Diego (always fun to check out other churches and youth groups on our weekends off). <br /><br />So that is our plan this summer. That gives us about a week to wind down, be together and get away and then I will jump straight into my classroom, meetings and ready for the school year. <br /><br />For now I am relaxing, cleaning, meeting up with some girl friends I haven't seen in a while and getting lots of SLEEP!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-13699594281567723402009-05-30T13:22:00.002-07:002009-05-30T13:52:26.597-07:00Junior High CampWell this week was the most incredible experience of our ministry life so far. <br /><br />Last summer we had camp, but as I have said before, I just did not put any heart into it (seeing as though our wedding was the same week and I had laryngitis- haha crazy time). <br /><br />This year we dove head first into planning camp, praying for the students and preparing ourselves for what God was going to do- but I NEVER thought God would work in these students' lives as much as He did. <br /> <br />Some setbacks happened a few weeks before camp which discouraged us but we were determined to make this about the students and not dwell on things that were no longer in our control. There are several things we wanted to do differently but God had a different plan and I knew He was testing our trust in Him. I could feel Him saying "Will you trust me if I take this away? What about if you don't have this anymore? What if this happens?" and each step of the way Jeremiah and I said "Whatever happens, we can handle it with God." <br /><br />We started off not thinking we would have enough kids signed up (we had to pay for a minimum of 100 kids- whether they signed up or not, that was our contract with the camp. As of 2 months ago we only had about 50 kids signed up- that was soo scary thinking we would lose that much money- we don't expect to make money off of camp but we definitely did not want to owe tons of money. The day we left for camp we took 119 people with us to camp! That was a miracle by God, we gave out many scholarships to kids that would not have been able to go and we even had to add another cabin of boys because so many students signed up. It was INCREDIBLE!<br /><br />I got SUPER sick last week and was not able to help as much as I could, but I pushed through it and God really gave Jeremiah extra strength and energy to be able to take care of me and get camp in order. Miraculously, I was over my sickness the exact day we left for camp. God never ceases to amaze me. <br /><br />The camp was amazing, students were eager to hear from God's Word, to make new friends and play some awesome games! Jeremiah, for the first time I believe in his time at PVC, really became the face of the jr. high ministry and he was so excited to feel and be seen as their pastor and not the worship leader or the helper. It was amazing to see him come full circle, grow in his confidence and really let God use him and to see the students embrace him. <br /><br />Our students are going through some amazingly hard things in life, they were hungry for answers, questions about life, my small group of girls asked hours worth of questions about the Bible and questions about God- I was blown away by the questions and discussion we had and the other mentors said they had the same. <br /><br />We had about 20 students raise their hand that they accepted Christ for the first time and a majority of the students took Pastor Greg's challenge on the last night to stand up and live their life for Christ. The whole camp was called Fl!P- all about flipping their lives from what the world teaches to what God teaches. I cried on the last night, watching the students tune in to Greg's message and really challenge themselves. I am so proud of our junior highers and our leaders. <br /><br />Junior high ministry is one of the least rewarding in the sense that they usually take and take and take from what we give, and we rarely see thanks in return. This past week I was moved to tears in thinking that this is the exact ministry God has called Jeremiah and I to and that we are rewarded in seeing life change from the students and are encouraged that they are becoming prepared to go to high school. I am so thankful that we have people supporting us either through prayer or being apart of the junior high ministry. God has called some amazing volunteers to join us and we are so thankful for people who have a heart for junior highers- without them, we don't know where we would be!<br /><br />We are home now, after Sunday at 12:30 we will get to settle down, have a date night and get ready for our vacation in a few weeks! This summer is going to be great!!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-44269454038029592002009-05-23T15:46:00.003-07:002009-05-23T16:04:26.280-07:00One Heck of Summer So FarWell it's been 2 weeks since I graduated and it has been SO eventful (great and horrible at the same time). <br /><br />After graduation, I knew I had 2 weeks of "free" time before jr. high camp madness, but I never expected those 2 weeks to be totally full from the start. <br /><br />I had a day with Jeremiah, just to ourselves, and Tuesday was the most uneventful day of the 2 weeks. Wednesday I went back to the school I student taught at and helped with the talent show and whatnot and Thursday the madness began. Thursday I had a zillion things to do after graduation, thank you cards, organizing things around the house and Friday morning I got the best call ever... "Hello Mrs. Hann, I am calling to schedule an interview with you for Country Place Elementary School for the music teacher position." <br /><br />I just about panicked and called Jeremiah and my family... haha didn't even have a job, but just an interview freaked me out! So I started looking up interview tips and questions and whatnot. Saturday was the Phoenix Children's Chorus alumni concert so I got to see some old friends and loved watching Jeremiah play bass. <br /><br />Sunday came around and I got another phone call.. "Hello Mrs. Hawn (haha), this is the future principal for Littleton Elementary School and I would like to schedule an interview with you for the music teacher position at our school." <br />WHAT!?!? This was unreal! <br /><br />I got super sick on Sunday but sucked it up on Monday for my interview, I felt very confident in the interview but there were 4 other people interviewing. I get a call on Tuesday evening "Hello Mrs. Hann, this is Mr. Matera from Country Place Elementary and I would like to recommend you for hire to Human Resources for the general music/choir position at Country Place." (I ALMOST SCREAMED!) <br /><br />Well after much counsel, I decided to go on the second interview I had on Wednesday, got a call Wednesday evening saying "Hello, Mrs. Hann (she figured out how to say it correctly) I would like to recommend you for hire to HR for the music position at Littleton." OH GEEZ. <br /><br />So long story short- I felt more pulled towards Country Place and their direction for the music program (while Littleton was a great, warm environment). I accepted the position at Country Place. <br /><br />So this week amidst a great sickness (severe UTI and a viral infection in my stomach), I leave for camp on Monday, and a week from this Monday I go down to the Department of Education and get my teaching certificate and soon after go down to the district to sign my contract :) <br /><br /><br />I am soooooo nervous to actually be a teacher, alone, on my own- my OWN classroom. I already subscribed to a music teacher's magazine that I LOVE and have several things I want to get for my classroom. YAY my dream has finally come true and thinking about actually having a FULL TIME pay check is unreal!<br /><br /><br />thank you for all of your support, encouragement- next year will be but I know I have great people around me to help! :)Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-87842713861995350312009-05-10T16:35:00.003-07:002009-05-10T16:57:33.588-07:00College Graduate!Well the day came and went... college came and went and now I'm a college graduate. It hasn't really sunk in that school could officially be over for me. While I would love one day to get my Masters and maybe even Doctrine (I have big dreams haha), I also know that I could be done with schooling. <br /><br />I am in a period of waiting right now. I am not nervous about it, anxious, upset... anything like that... I am relaxed, curious and kinda interested to see what God will do with an open plate. I have put my application, resume and whatnot into several districts, I get my certification within 2 weeks and then let God work in whatever area He wants me to be in. I pray that is full time teaching music somewhere. <br /><br />Graduation was incredible, a very good ending to a long, great 4 years. During college I learned to be independent, I grew closer to my family, I met some of the most incredible people in my life, some of my best friends, made my relationship with Christ my OWN, dove into the Word, met my best friend of all times, married my best friend, got our own house, finished school, lived off of 1 salary for 6 months, taught 926 kids and learned most of their names, and now.... it's done. <br /><br />I am so blessed and ready for the summer to recharge and spend time with people I have not spent time with in a long while! <br /><br />Enjoy these pics from the day :) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRh_RAEy-8x6w0LuDQz63byrU-Ru8LxnG7uncGv0fEn-Zh4yp7Hskt_1xJ-rZAWxfUlrGNSZyhyphenhyphenlpRyvwAniyY6u539q9ywDdrb_ayPGKIML2CLfj_AOmj3jQr15mBk1oKX1vs4cwGzMY/s1600-h/IMGP5696.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRh_RAEy-8x6w0LuDQz63byrU-Ru8LxnG7uncGv0fEn-Zh4yp7Hskt_1xJ-rZAWxfUlrGNSZyhyphenhyphenlpRyvwAniyY6u539q9ywDdrb_ayPGKIML2CLfj_AOmj3jQr15mBk1oKX1vs4cwGzMY/s320/IMGP5696.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334346310845004402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxPxYJCQ9dh_ImvN6BfreDiuHBDi8-U69Yx1HMGxk7A8NXkBs4lChedyqSFdrQKLJVfkJWiRtSU7W3MrO8DqMFLU_5-zHQkW-znXSMEa6P1AK7rqq7b7s3sWaZmSySGHuZ9CoQYm30nei/s1600-h/IMGP5703.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxPxYJCQ9dh_ImvN6BfreDiuHBDi8-U69Yx1HMGxk7A8NXkBs4lChedyqSFdrQKLJVfkJWiRtSU7W3MrO8DqMFLU_5-zHQkW-znXSMEa6P1AK7rqq7b7s3sWaZmSySGHuZ9CoQYm30nei/s320/IMGP5703.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334346310683209906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76YaHUNpY1goHkp9HWJ-NpGjJL2Z0eKAplrc746Eb-M9BkviICVn5258JC6zwp4Yn-GzuwG7ld7YkD8SOUlLClZGCd2n_rNgbeie2cLgf3IMV1b_fTE1EYeY_FVjIVCMhSmq-yK-hsww2/s1600-h/IMGP5694.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76YaHUNpY1goHkp9HWJ-NpGjJL2Z0eKAplrc746Eb-M9BkviICVn5258JC6zwp4Yn-GzuwG7ld7YkD8SOUlLClZGCd2n_rNgbeie2cLgf3IMV1b_fTE1EYeY_FVjIVCMhSmq-yK-hsww2/s320/IMGP5694.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334346306132596338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithVnB_JNCRJ4oLXtXkYjRv5x05Pu-KuJ7haFFNzCA-DFJ2F5TpaIKR5YPT7rcoY-wE4ueUyRe_yvv4Xbs_va4N971pfjcoL2i8JTnc5XLTjR-q4g4KQW4HCafvEH6v4kTEDwCgNvxD5QY/s1600-h/IMGP5690.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithVnB_JNCRJ4oLXtXkYjRv5x05Pu-KuJ7haFFNzCA-DFJ2F5TpaIKR5YPT7rcoY-wE4ueUyRe_yvv4Xbs_va4N971pfjcoL2i8JTnc5XLTjR-q4g4KQW4HCafvEH6v4kTEDwCgNvxD5QY/s320/IMGP5690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334346302084635474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_ZKIdAq_a7ufy67IN5cXPzSl2JKm9pc_fcrL44nawis5bax2Mkttm0PEIQD-CI3IFeOLVYZBn1YaxCfO5mAnQnC4vXEKbDYS78UTotUx7mewYDgnQmxSyzyQHdiFYAePOMQ09E8MZJLC/s1600-h/IMGP5689.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_ZKIdAq_a7ufy67IN5cXPzSl2JKm9pc_fcrL44nawis5bax2Mkttm0PEIQD-CI3IFeOLVYZBn1YaxCfO5mAnQnC4vXEKbDYS78UTotUx7mewYDgnQmxSyzyQHdiFYAePOMQ09E8MZJLC/s320/IMGP5689.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334346301062834482" /></a>Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-35292855762387943702009-05-05T19:25:00.002-07:002009-05-05T19:32:04.072-07:00Weigh in!Well we didn't post our weigh in last week but in the past 2 weeks I have lost another...<br /><br />3 Pounds!! <br /><br />J has lost another 5.5 pounds!!!<br /><br />So I am down almost 13 pounds <br /><br />Jeremiah is down almost 17 pounds!! <br /><br /><br />HOW EXCITING! It is a slower process then I originally thought but worth it thinking by the end of the summer we could be at our goal weight as long as we stick to it!! :) <br /><br />The eating is becoming so much easier (sometimes we cheat more often than we planned on- little snacks here and there)<br /><br />We boosted up our work out with weights and cardio and today we did our workout class tonight and we OWNED that class! We didn't have to stop at all really ( and it was a new lady filling in and she was TOUGH)- 10 minutes of straight cardio and then 5 minutes of weights- no stopping. <br /><br />I feel incredible, I have so much more energy and a great confidence about myself. I usually start something like this and don't make it longer than a week or so, but with Jeremiah pushing me, encouraging me and seeing results in himself, we are unstoppable! <br /><br /><br />Tonight is whole wheat chicken enchiladas for dinner- the recipe is great if you want (kind of a cheat night for us but we LOVE them and love that we don't waste calories anymore, we don't live to eat, we eat to live and it has changed our marriage and our friendship). <br /><br />Thanks to everyone supporting us and those of you who have jumped on the band wagon and doing it along with us- GOOD LUCK!! YOU CAN DO IT!!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-59617657882708027672009-05-02T16:14:00.002-07:002009-05-02T16:18:48.110-07:00Question for you!Well now that I have this summer to unwind a bit... (this year has been more than eventful- marriage, buying a house, last semester of school driving 90 miles a day, working at 3am, student teaching 40 hours a week with no pay, passing my AEPAs and as of next week- graduating). I have junior high camp in a few weeks, and our vacation in June. Other than that I am planning on teaching voice, looking for a teaching position and catching up on life!<br /><br />My question to you is:<br /><br />What do you do to relax, unwind, refuel... what fills you back up?? I'd love to hear your thoughts and encourage others to take that time! :)Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-66241366917226724972009-04-28T20:17:00.002-07:002009-04-28T20:31:22.057-07:00No obstacles to becoming a certified teacher now :)I thought that life couldn't get any better, a great student teaching experience, Jeremiah and I making it 7 months with only 1 income (pastor's income haha), having an amazing year of marriage coming up and excited for summer, but....<br /><br />seeing my test scores with the word: PASSED: next to them- beat it all. I have worked SOOO hard for 4 years, pushing through hard classes, tough teachers, struggling and succeeding in voice lessons (hardest part), working for the school, and growing as a woman and it all came down to these 2 tests...<br /><br />It didn't matter how hard I worked, if I graduated without passing these tests, I didn't have much of a chance of landing a job next year. <br /><br />I wanted to go into this job market with all odds my favor (not the excuse of not being qualified enough) and I am excited for whatever God has for me, even if that is subbing for the next several months. I am going to dive into serving and volunteer work, spending time with my family, doing everything I can to get as much time with J as possible and many more things. This summer is going to be bliss. Summer camp, week vacation with J, and many new adventures. <br /><br />God is so good. He is always good. At the Catalyst conference I had many thoughts in my head of how to apply everything and step up as a leader. God's HUGE, resounding take-away point was.... Prayer. Prayer for Jeremiah, for our ministry, for those around me. It has been transforming. I am reading 'Power of the Praying Wife" and it is just incredible to be able to serve Jeremiah in that way that I never thought about, honestly. It has opened up a new season of our marriage (yes yes, only been married less than a year but so great to have "seasons" already haha). <br /><br />I am so blessed. This week is filled with family for Jeremiah's birthday, work outs and a fun surprise date I have planned for J on Sunday :) <br />Next week...<br /><br />GRADUATION!!!!!!Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348147502056635308.post-29036685550669270282009-04-21T19:20:00.002-07:002009-04-21T19:21:17.070-07:00Week 3 weigh in!This week was hard- less workouts and harder with food<br /><br />but...<br /><br />I lost about 2.5 pounds! <br /><br /><br />J lost...<br /><br />3.5 pounds!! :) <br /><br /><br />Cali this week with the church so we are bringing good snacks and gonna work hard to stick with our new food types :) <br /><br /><br />Stay tuned for next week :)Amber Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207016980580138135noreply@blogger.com2