Our year in review...

January: 

• Brittney started student teaching in 1st grade.....
• Chad was busy busy with work as a salesman....
• We traveled back to MT and got stranded in a snow storm....oh the adventures that we embark on, geesh.
• Brittney's still at the YMCA
• January was pretty low key as most of our months are.  We enjoy doing things but are so busy it seems that we never have time for the excitement in life.

 

February:

• Not too much to report for February either....
• Chad was still longing for softball....
• Brittney for warmer weather....
• Brittney was gearing up for the big Praxis tests....
• Chad still has the same salesman job, perfect job for him....
• Brittney's still working at the YMCA..dreaded weekends....

 

March:

• Brittney took the Praxis test, had to wait a month to find out if she passed....
• Brittney finished up student teaching in 1st grade and moved over to Kindergarten...learned she doesn't get along with EVERYONE and had a new placement within a day!
• Chad had an eventuful week of salesman meetings followed by bowling...
• We headed back to Glendive for the porkchop dinner.....
• Had to say goodbye to Gma Fay, she headed down to warmer weather and to be near her kiddos!
•  Chad and Brittney, still in the same jobs.....

 

April:

•  Chad has been waiting and waiting and waiting to play softball...
• We started walking in the new parking lot...park...nightly when Brittney wasn't working
• Brittney started looking for summer work since the Y wasn't going to give her FT hours....
• Chad was given an amazing opportunity...and only a weekend to think about it!...
• Brittney passed her Praxis tests! woop!  and finished student teaching....
• Brittney also had surgery to remove her birthmark for medical reasons.....
• Chad was offered a new job! well, new position.  Assistant Manager of a NW Tire store....

• Minot here we come!

• With the news of the move Brittney, lovingly, stayed up until the wee hours of the night to fill out her first offical application for a teaching position.  The deadline was only a day or two away from our final decision so she had to get it done and faxed in.....she was exhausted the next day....poor kindergartners.....

 

May:

• Brittney graduated from the University of Mary.....
• We moved Chad up to Minot to start work.....
• Brittney stayed a few days to help get the new place ready....the whole place needed a nice fresh coat of paint!
• Brittney stayed in Bismarck for a few more weeks to get the apartment packed up and finish up some odds and ends with school.....
• Middle of May we moved completely to Minot!
• Chad loves his new job! 
• Brittney is currently unemployed....

 June:

• Brittney, still unemployed...spends a week in Bismarck taking a graduate class.....
• Tough times are hard, but we are working though things slowly.....
• Chad plays softball in the McQuade tournament! 
• Chad isn't able to play weekly on the softball team, but he takes what he can get....

 

July:

• Chad lives off of corndogs and pizza....
• Brittney spends 3 weeks in Bismarck taking 2 graduate classes.....
• Road trip to Billings for our friends' wedding!
• Chad played in the Miller Light Softball Tournament in Dickinson.....
• Chad is still loving his job....
• Brittney has been applying for every education job under the sun!  Had a few phone interviews as she was in Bismarck and the jobs were in Minot....

•  Brittney also finished up her graduate classes and has her Title 1 Reading and Math Credentials now....

August:

• Brittney is still unemployed....
• Our neighbor gave us the remaining concert tickets she had! Brittney and Heidi went to Sugarland at the ND State Fair......
• Chad played in the State softball tournament in Bismarck.....he really became the tournament guy....
• Brittney has a few interviews....
• AND FINALLY Brittney is hired last minute for Minot Public Schools teaching Kindergarten......WOOP WOOP! 
• We set up Brittney's classroom in a weekend!

 

September:

• Lesson planning has consumed Brittney's life....and our living room....
• Chad loves his job and he's been getting busier and busier....
• Chad is anxious about flying......
• Chad golfed in the Medora tournament with Brittney's dad again this year....

 

October:

• Lesson planning is still consuming Brittney's life...and our living room..but she wouldn't have it any other way.....
•  We ventured to a golf course in Burlington and Brittney drove the cart while Chad golfed 9..... 
• We also ventured to the Minot pumpkin patch......nothing too exciting....
• Chad ventures to Vegas for WORK..... It was his first time flying and going to Vegas....He had a blast from what he tells me......

November:

• Really? November already? My how the time flies...
• We spent Thanksgiving day in Minot and headed to Glendive on Friday to hang out with the families.
• Not much else to report for November....
• Work is still consuming Brittney's life and the living room and....
• Chad's been doing a monthly shop night for his crew.....

 

December:

It's been a year to remember and life has been falling into place with lots of bumps and bruises to prove it.  
December is the same as the past few months, we've been busier than ever before!

We stayed in Minot for Christmas as Chad was scheduled to work.  We had a coworker of his come over on Christmas day and hang out and eat with us, very low key and fun.  

Brittney's on break from work right now, and Chad's at work =)  However, a good portion of her break will be spent in the classroom reorganizing and gearing up for the next few months.

We hope that you have had a marvelous year and we look forward to catching up with you and yours in 2011!
I may have missed some events but this is just a quick recap into the life of the Hoff's the past year.....