28 September 2009
Janna and Daniel
The same weekend as Ofest, Janna and Daniel, good friends from Willamette got married up at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. Janna lived on the same floor as Carlie her freshman year and then they were roommates in the yellow house during their junior year, right before we got married....so Dan was always around and really hit it off with Janna and Ellen (Carlie's other roommate).
We hadn't seen Janna and Daniel since graduation, so it was great sharing their big day with them! It was such an intimate, beautiful, classy wedding! It is so great to see good friends get married and be so happy together. As you can see from the photos, they were nothing but smiles all night!
Oktoberfest 5K
In case you haven't heard....Oktoberfest is HUGE in Mt. Angel!! Nearly the whole community participates on Ofest weekend. The school district had half days so the students could help out at all the booths, meanwhile us teachers got to have a long lunch, sampling all the delicious food and of course "quick" inservice meetings. On Saturday, I dragged Marla and David to the 5k race. It was so much fun, despite the pouring rain, being sick and exhausted from our 1st two weeks as 1yr teachers!
Dan was a sports photographer for the day....
09 September 2009
We're surviving!
Just to give a little update...we are enjoying our new busy lives!
Dan is into week 2'ish of his BFA program. He loves loves loves art, but is not so excited about the 1+hr commute to Portland on public transportation. But we're toughing it out until we absolutely need (and can reasonably afford...) a new car.
I love my job. I don't know how long that will last, but I'll take what I can get. Even though I left school around 5pm yesterday and today and it's only the 1st days of school, I thought to myself, "wow, i love my job, that was a really fun day." Don't get me wrong, it is an incredible amount of work. But I basically get to hang out with hilarious kids all day, chat with them, do cool science activities and be in charge - who wouldn't love that?
We hope all of you are enjoying the change into fall!!
