It was a tie!

My new niece Juliette Amelia arrived the same day that Harry Potter #7 Part 2 came out! She's so super adorable, of course. :) Joel, Barbara and I booked it out of town to go see our new niece the same day she was born (Friday the 15th)... and Barbara sweet talked the security at the hospital into letting us all go up together even though it was after visiting hours. :D

I got to see friends from college last weekend and it was so fun! We got to swim, chat and get a tan/burn because it was warm that day as summer should be. :p

Soon Joel and I are off for Seattle via the Light Rail to go have lunch at PF Changs and walk around Seattle. The Light Rail is awesome and PF Changs has amazing Chinese food. :D

I took an unintential hiatus

I have another brother-in-law. From that I learned strapless dresses suck. I plan on never wearing one again. :p The wedding and reception were lovely and quite fun. :)

Joel and I celebrated our two year anniversary by going to Long Beach. It was super fun to walk the boardwalk and the beach. I love the beach. :)

I end my 6 months as an aid in the 4-5 preschool class the end of next month. Then we will see if God thinks it's time for me to get a different job of my very own. Also the end of next month brings me to the end of my year long commitment at Mars Hill in their childrens ministry. Then we can attend Christ Church on a regular basis which will be amazing.

Laura will have her baby anytime now! It's very exciting to get another niece. :)

And the count down is over

We finally paid off our car so Hercules is officially ours. :) Booya!

There is also the count down till Valerie's wedding. May 21st is coming soon! I have yet to find nude colored shoes that will work for me and I only have 5 weeks left! Eek!

I accepted a 6 month aid position in the 4-5 yr old preschool room at GRCDC. It ends August 31st. There are many children that need special attention so we're constantly on our toes. It will be an interesting time. And we'll see how many times I'll get sick. The count is already at 2 times since March 1st. *sigh*

Then we wait until Laura & Cahnen's little girl arrives in July! Right about the same time the last Harry Potter movie comes out. We'll see how well baby girl times it. ;)

December was busy

We went to Tempe and Scottsdale to visit Joel's family and it was so great! It was not sunny or warm though. I was greatly disappointed. It was so fun to spend time with his grandparents, sister, nieces, aunt and cousin. :) We saw movies, had really good food, saw the nieces perform in their Christmas concert, and got to look at lots of pictures. I found out Joel is the spitting image of his Grandpa Dean.

After 5 fun filled days in Arizona we flew home and drove to Yakima to see my family for Christmas. All the cousins were there for the first time in at least 6 years. It was great to see everyone. :)

I started a long term sub job at GRCDC in the 3 year old preschool room the first week of this month. I'm not sure how long it will last but I love the hours (which are the same as JOel's)- 7:30am-4:00pm. I have fun coworkers so it's been such a blessing.