Two Years in a Nutshell

Not long after my last post I made a decision to stop blogging.  I decided I was sharing too much online and becoming too personal.  But as I've looked over previous posts, I realize how much I enjoy having a record of life events and happenings.  Little things that don't always stay in memories.  Thus, I have decided to give blogging a try once more, but to keep things light, and less personal.

So, since fall 2011 what's new?

Tad and I moved from our condo to a beautiful house about a mile away.  We have a big backyard for Valencia, lots of space for us and kids, fantastic neighbors, and I can still walk to work, though it takes me twice as long.

I'm working at the same school, and still love it.  This year I am also at the middle school one day a week.  I don't exactly love it, but I'm trying to enjoy having new experiences.  I am a fully licensed, certified SLP and a permanent district employee.  Like I said, very happy with my job.

My grandma passed away in early 2012, which was absolutely devastating for our family.  We grieved together and have come to a new normal.  My grandpa moved into a Christian retirement community and is happy as a clam there.  My other grandma has recently moved from Nevada to a retirement home in Seattle near my aunt.

Tad and I have done quite a bit of traveling including a trip to visit his grandparents in St Louis, our 1st anniversary in New England, a couple trips of to the PNW to visit family and friends, and a trip to Colorado to visit friends.  We are in the beginning stages of planning an international trip, either to Spain or Japan.

I was elected as CCLVI secretary in Louisville in 2012 and have enjoyed serving in that position for thae last couple years.  I do not plan to run for re-election this summer.

Tad and I changed churches to one closer to home and joined a home group.  We'It's been a blessing having friends in our local area.

And that pretty much sums it up.  Life is going well, God has bestowed many blessings on us.

4 Years and Counting

Today marks4 years that Tad and I have been together, and i couldn't be more thrilled that this anniversary, we're finally living in the same city!

Unfortunately Tad is working today, so we celebrated last night. Over the last couple weeks I had been trying to talk about ideas for things to do to celebrate. After about a week of Tad not really seeming to want to talk about it, I asked and he informed me that we had plans, and they were a surprise. He sure loves surprising me!

We went for pizza at Round Table. The pizza we shared was called the Bacon Dome, and was really good. It had bacon, sausage (which I picked off of mine), ham, tomatoes, and green onions. Here it is



After dinner we went back to Tad's place and exchanged gifts. I got him a rice cooker, since he makes it so often. It will come in handy both for orange chicken nights as well as sushi nights. His gift for me was the movie Cats and Dogs, which we watched, while eating mocchi.

It was a fun simple night, but the best part was getting to spend some time together just for the purpose of enjoying each other's company. I'm hoping tonight that he gets off at regular time so we can hang out a little bit more :)