Hello from Kelly (and the Rest of my Clan!)

Add one dog, two kids and three part-time jobs and you have the formula for our life.

Hello to all of you! My name is Kelly Gump and I will be blogging here on TweenBeat. I am the  mother of two boys who are 5 and 7. I was shocked to think of them as tweens but I have been told they are no longer cuddlebugs and I need to move on!

This is our second time living in Eastern NC. I am the wife of an active duty Marine so this is house No. 4 in eight years of marriage (not unlike many of you, I’m sure). Our oldest child was born here and our youngest in Georgia. I am originally from Ohio and I hope to get back there one day. In my pre-mom life, I attended Ohio State (Go Bucks!) where I earned a my undergrad degree in zoology. I went on to earn a masters degree in education and then headed into the classroom. My first teaching job was in Jones County and I loved every minute of it.

I decided to stay home once we had our first child and I also love that (really..I do), but I sort of cheated and had some work on the side to keep me sane.  I was lucky enough to work part-time from home as an online teacher and this year I have enjoyed working part time at St. Anne’s Day School where the boys are students.

Every day, it seems, I am surprised by something else from the boys. They really are not little guys anymore, but they are certainly not big guys either. We had our ups and downs when my oldest started kindergarten, my youngest has to be THE pickiest eater on the planet and while they boys are best friends…they fight…..alot.  Throw in one dog, three part-time jobs, several very long deployments and you pretty much have our life.  I am excited to share my stories with you and to hear some of yours. Here we go………..