nothing new...

just thought i would let you know. we do the same thing all the time (work, school/homework for Brandon) and when we do get a day free of those responsibilities (aka Saturday), we usually sit around in our pajamas and try our best to soak up the relaxation :)
so my lack of blogging is because it's wierd to take a picture of us on the couch in order to have something to post. actually, hey, i just got an idea...i'll post a picture of something I've been working on while brandon reads:

i've been re-teaching myself how to knit so this is a scarf i'm making. i know--it's not that exciting but it's all i've got for you tonight. it's better than no post, right? :)
so that's it. my job has been going great. Brandon's classes are in full swing. he is in his 3rd to last semester and is really ready to be done.
yesterday morning we watched "the three amigos". it was excellent.

new job!

ok, i tried to post this yesterday but the blogger site hated me and i lost what i had. soooo here i go again. hopefully it works this time.

i have officially finished the first two weeks of my new job! it's been going really well. i took some pictures of the girls on friday and thought i would introduce them to you :)

this is Olivia. She's 14 months old and is super sweet. she "jibber jabbers" all the time and loves to put on all the coats that are on the coat hangers--at one time:)




this is Ella. she's 3 1/2 and is a very smart little girl. She will be my challenge but right now her favorite thing to do is color and be really really loud :)

New Blog

Ok, people. I have made a new link on the right to a nanny blog. All I can say is that if you have had experience as a nanny/babysitter/mom or even if you appreciate good humor, you will love this blog:) it's one of my new favorites and am enjoying all the stories.

oh, my first 2 days of work have gone really good!

Happy New Year!

Don't fret, people! Our month long hiatus is over and (semi)regular posts will resume! I know you're all jumping for joy now. try and contain yourselves long enough to read how the end of 2008 was and what we've been up to. :) joking of course.

well, lets see, the last time I posted it was snowing. Guess what, snowing again! We actually missed the big, city-halting snow while we were in Colorado enjoying the sunshine. I think Portland got 1-2 FEET of snow. That's pretty amazing for us here. All I can say is thanks goodness for a garage so Brandon doesn't have to scrape the car in the morning:)

We left for vacation on December 18th which was also my last day nannying for Sam :( It's always hard to stop working with a family and to not see the kids regularly, but fortunately for me Sam's family has already asked me to come back for a reoccuring date night:) Anyways, back to vacation. We spent the first 6 days (until Christmas day at 1pm) with my family in Monument and the next 6 days with Brandon's family in Denver. It was a great time of eating, relaxing, friends, games, eating, serving, and eating.
Here we are with my family on Christmas Eve serving dinner at the Rescue Mission.

Here are the boys competing in the annual gingerbread house competition.

We don't really have any good pictures from Brandon's parent's house. His dad is a super photographer so we are going to wait and steal some of his:)

We were able to see some of Brandon's old friends from the college days.One of the couples,Phil and Anna, brought their 3 day old baby...yay!

And we were able to carpool and spend a little extra time with our friends, Landon and Hannah. We love their company. It's so refreshing to be around people who know you and share your heart.

I also got to spend an entire day with my best friends from high school. We are all in different states now (WA, OR, CO, and PA) but are just as close now as we were then. They are amazing girls and it's so fun to see how we've all grown in the last 8 or so years.
SARAH--can i have pictures from Tuesday?? Please??:)

Well, that was our vaca in a nutshell. Now we are back home and about to jump into another semester. We spent this weekend de-Christmasing our house, de-cluttering our storage, re-caulking our bathtub, and doing some New Year cleaning. I start my new job tomorrow. Brandon starts classes tomorrow. More updates on how those are going later. And things are back in full-swing!
I hope everyone who is reading had a FANTASTIC holidays and experienced Christ to the fullest as you celebrated his birth.
HAPPY 2009 EVERYONE!!!