24 June 2010

21 June 2010

Mr. Sam

Here are a few of my brother Sam. I swear he is 7 feet tall now. Not even 17 yet. Graduated from High School too - early. There was some sweet warm light at our family BBQ today and I made Sam pose it up for a few to practice with the lighting. A few pictures actually turned out nice - I love the warm sunshine. Maybe it's a bit much for some, but I dig it. :)



13 May 2010

Summertime for Dan!

We miss this:


Today was Dan's LAST day of school for his BFA program! I am so proud of him! Year 1 is down and now he has nothing but painting and drawing to look forward to. We don't know what his grades are yet, but he probably got all A's again! I love my husband!

List are easier than trying to write a narrative:
**I am husband-less for at least a week while Dan is in EP visiting his grandpa and family. I'm going to be sooooo bored without him, but I'm so glad he has time to be with his family. Both of our family's have been having a lot of health issues lately.
**Life for me has been the most hectic. Most days I'm not sure how I make it. I've been real good about complaining about it too. :) That's probably not so great, but I am basically burnt out. 5 more weeks....I can handle it.
**Prom went SWELL.
**Track season has been AMAZING!! The whole team has done great, but I am especially proud of my hurdlers. I could brag about them forever. Most of you have already heard all about it. :) Unfortunately we've been pretty sick and injured the last two weeks, so districts tomorrow might be a struggle. But I'm confident my hurdlers will dominate and make it to the state meet next week! :)
**We've mostly decided to stay in our apartment again. We've too busy to even look for house, despite being mentally, financially and emotionally ready to buy a house. Oh well...we love Wilsonville and our apartment is pretty nice, so we'll stick it out another year and save.
** A new car is on our list of summer purchases!! Poor Dan has had it rough all year with his commute. Any recommendations on new cheap, efficient cars would be appreciated!
** I will most likely be in EP for half of June/July as I take care of my Nana. She has to have knee replacement surgery and I get to take care of her! I'm actually looking forward to spending some time with her and relaxing. I'll also be taking book recommendations as I plan to do lots of reading!
** Today I worked out...for the first time in 3 months. I even tried to hurdle...it was ridiculous and awful but wonderful at the same time. How did I forget that working out is a stress-reliever? No wonder I've been a mess the past 3 months!!
** I'm nearly done teaching: I can't believe this was 1 year ago. I've almost survived my first year at JFK. I'm ready to be done, but I'm already thinking about how I'm going to teach next year. I should totally get paid more for this....

**Check out Dan's art blog (link on the sidebar) if you haven't already. He has some more recent school projects up. I'm biased, but I think it's amazing!

21 April 2010

04 April 2010

so busy it's ridiculous

i frequently think about blogging...and that is about as far as i get.

we've been beyond busy. sometimes i work 14 hrs days. who does that? most americans i think....

spring break was great. maybe i'll get time to post pictures....probably not until i have more free time...in june!

one day dan will make a website with his all his artwork - he's getting so good! i love it. i'm proud of him.

Okay, so i uploaded just a few pictures from our spring break trip!





Sorry for the random blog...but that is all I've got in me! :P

11 February 2010

A trouble of a week



What a week or two it has been for us here! We're mostly convinced that someone is out to get us. Most of the time we are very aware and grateful for our blessings, but lately it has been somewhat of a struggle. As a whole, things are going well for us. Dan of course is doing well in school and I love my school and my students. Yet here are just a FEW of the very annoying things that have happened to us lately:

- The coast guard sent us a letter saying we owed them $2,000 and we only had 4 days to figure out why and how to pay it before we go to collections. With not enough time to figure it out, we've had to pay it and hope things get figured out and we'll get the money back. So frustrating...

- After weeks of talking about his love for scooters and all things alternative transportation....Dan had a scooter accident in Portland that ended up with us at the ER until midnight Monday night, no dinner, my high heels on for 18hrs and 5 stitches in Dan's heel. We only got 3 hrs of sleep that night...

- On Monday night it took me 2 hrs to find Dan in Beaverton, while he almost bled to death at the train station. I felt so incredibly bad that he had to wait outside, bleeding and cold. :( I got ridiculously lost and now I am for sure going to get an iPhone with GPS....

- My c key fell off my keyboard...I don't know what to do.

- Monday was an awful teaching day (along with all the other awfulness with Dan and his scooter)

There are other things, but those are the biggies right now. We are trying our hardest to be positive and notice all the good things.
- For one, Dan is doing amazing in school. His drawings keep getting better and better. We are hoping to take more pictures of his work so we can post it on our blog.
- I'm in Seattle right now, going to a 3 day conference, but it is kind of like a break from school and work. Free hotel and food!
- My school district kindly decided to give all the teachers a 1% increase in their pay because they ended up with a little bit more $$$$. This is absolutely unheard of in school districts, so I am so blessed to be working in Mt.Angel. I do love it there!