Test scores are in!!

The face of one "Highly Qualified" in Theatre Arts!!

A few Saturdays ago, at 7:30 am I was standing outside of a high school here in Austin, in the cold, anxiously awaiting my K-12 Theatre Arts state teaching exam. Out of the crowd of people that joined me, there were only 3 of us there for Theatre. (Nice to know there are a few of us out there :)
After attempting to study to the best of my ability, I determined the only possible way multiple choice questions could test me on my knowledge would be to ask an assortment of random tidbits of information. I was right. Some were easy, some were a little tricky, and one or two I'd never even heard of. But, in the end, I only missed a few AND, I answered every question right that tested me on "theatre education" - which I think makes me Super Duper Qualified to educate thank you very much ;) PS. For those of you unfamiliar with teaching lingo- Highly Qualified or "HQ" for short is the official term for being certified in a subject. "Super Duper" is my own personal addition :)

I still have my 8-12 Math exam to take, so keep me in your prayers as I exercise the other side of my brain over these next weeks...

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support, this is such an encouragement and is incredibly exciting!!

1000 Days, 1000 Gifts from God

1000 Days Married...and they said we wouldn't last, hehe ;)
It's hard to believe it's been 1000 days! In some ways it feels like yesterday we were first introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Josef Varga. Funny thing is, we found out through a text message sent from our beloved Coco (aka my mom). We happened to be in San Antonio enjoying family, friends, and funnel cakes - hence the rodeo pic...yee haw!

We can already see how we have grown so much, and I can honestly say that I fall in love with Josef more and more every day. Daily we both choose to love each other with our words and actions, and we make the effort to learn more and more about how to serve each other better. We don't claim to be perfect at it, especially when we're tired or one of us is hungry (I'll admit it's me ;) but that motivates us to wake up and try again tomorrow. It's impossible to describe all that has happened in our marriage journey so far, but to sum it up - God's strength is perfect and His grace is sufficient. He provides, He blesses, He heals, and most importantly, He loves us more than we could ever love each other. All glory to Him for carrying us to day 1000 and day 1001, 1002, 1003...and so on :)

Varga Valentines

It occured to us Sunday afternoon that we had always been in College Station on February 14th, so this year was a first for us. Though we loved our years in Aggieland, we both agree this has been the best Valentine's yet! We started the day early with our first Sunday volunteering on the technical team for our church. Setting up the stage, running cables, and operating the light board...ah, feels like home :) We then ventured out to the Long Center for Ballet Austin's production of La Sylphide. Before picking up Italian take-out (our Valentine's tradition) we explored Austin a little more by taking a drive down S. Congress - probably the heart of the "weird city" we call home ;)

Enjoying the breeze and incredible views from the Long Center

In our seats waiting for the ballet to start!

A Valentine's kiss for Mr. Varga :*

Beautiful downtown Austin

Happy Valentine's Day!