All Moved In!! Almost ...

Taylor is finally back from Houston!! He finished his 5-week training with Teach for America on Friday and now we are both in Dallas for good! The move in process actually started a week ago when Taylor got to come up to Dallas before his last week in Houston. We moved all of our stuff in on Saturday and then Taylor had to head back to Houston on Sunday. Even though it was a crazy weekend, we did squeeze in time to make some homemade cookies on Saturday night, which made us feel right at home. I was left in a new apartment full of boxes with no bed and no furniture. Luckily, we bought some new couches and a mattress that got delivered Monday afternoon, so I only had to sleep on the floor for one night.

Taylor had a great last week in Houston as he finished up teaching his summer school class. He taught 11th grade chemistry at Madison High School in Houston and loved his class. It was made up of students that had previously failed chemistry and had to retake it during the summer. They started off by taking a pretest the first day and averaged a 24.9%. On Tuesday Taylor, or "Mr. Wilson" as they know him, administered the final exam, and they averaged an 85%! Mr. Wilson's test scores were the highest average in the entire school and I am very proud of him :).

We've also had a chance to start attending our new branch, the Oak Cliff 3rd Branch. It's relatively small but we have been so welcomed. The people are very nice and we have already been invited over for dinner twice. We are looking forward to being a part of the community for the next 2 years.

This week will be crazy while we try to get everything together for our apartment and life in Dallas. It's amazing how much you need to do when you move to a new city and state! Taylor will start first year teacher training next week and can't wait to start teaching at Sunset High.

Now that we are settled our blogging should be more consistent, we're thinking every Sunday. Life in Dallas will be an exciting adventure!