My Birthday

Well turning 27 is quit depressing. It's ok laugh like everyone else did at work when I told them the same thing. It means you are no longer in your mid 20's, or even just your 20's, you are now in your LATE 20's, which means almost 30! My 21yo friend at work asks me where I "went out" to for my Bday. And I thought "oh thats right, "going out". Am I still expected to do that?!?!" Well, my "going out" consisted of going to a fancy Italian restaraunt with my husband. Wild and crazy night!-In bed by 10. A part of me feels I should be somewhere else at this time in my life, but when I really look at where I am, it's actually exactly where I chose to be, for the most part. In fact, Iv'e grown more than I ever thought I would by now. But being 27 and not having a house, kids, and getting ready to leave my stable job makes me feel like I'm running out of time. Which is a funny concept-running out of time. Most healthy people live until well past there 70's. So that gives me over 40yrs before Ive "run out of time" and even then i'm running out of time to do what? Well, have a family and a house and a stable life..... To have a "stable" life for 40+yrs sounds like a long unexciting time. So, the way I see it, before I get to my stable conventional years (which I do look very forward to) I might as well build a strong foundation to live on for 40 yrs. Get the education and job I want, have the experiences I want, and learn a few life lessons to teach my kids. Plus if I was so worried about my place amongst those around me, I would end up living their life not mine. So onward! :)

Adam's cousins came to town that weekend before my bday and we got our segway on!

Segways are acutally more fun than I thought they would be! We rode around for an hour or so and then went to lunch downtown.

This is Chris with baby Ryann, Emma (Adam's cousin) and Adam. We had a good time that weekend with them and Adam's other cousins, Chris and Sonja and their kids. They came from Susanville and Sacramento. We went to the Cocounut Bowl which is like a giant play land. Mini golf, go-karts, foozeball, a ball pit, bowling, etc. Good weekend.

A few days ago Adam made a bunch of cream soda, were excited to see how it tastes. The Rootbeer he made a few weeks ago didn't carbonate right :( But the beer he made 6months ago is apparently good according to the local brew master guy :)

I joined a womens group that meets at the church at 10am on Tuesdays. We are reading a book called Fearless by Max Lucado. At 10am on Tuesday morning I didnt know what I would find (maybe Maurie, hahaha- thats a nerdy joke.....Tuesdays with Maurie.....its a book) anyway, Adam said I would fit right in cause it was probably gonna be a bunch of old quilting ladies. Well, Adam was wrong, it was mostly stay at home moms in there 30's-40's. This week was our first meeting (or my first mtg with them) and it was great. I really enjoyed sitting in a room with 8 or so women who have a completley different perspective on life than me! very exciting. They all had kids of varying ages, a few had jobs outside the home, one actually said she was "bored" with her life. For once in my life I wanted to actually just sit and listen to them, without telling them about me! Sometimes its nice to not have school on my mind, and all my friends are work friends so we just talk about work all the time. This is like my own little lady world, haha!

This weeks takehome: "Fear, at its center, is a perceived loss of control. When life spins wildly, we grab for a component of life we can manage: our diet, the tidiness of a house, the armrest of a plane, or, in many cases people."

This coming week: In Spokane to interview with Gonzaga, and all over WA visiting friends and sisters! Adam in Portland at the Nines, ooooooo. Baseball games start in March!

December/New Years Stuff

Our Christmas was very wonderful, and spoiled. I got the Oral B toothbrush Ive always wanted and a LG sound bar for my rockin out I do around the house. I got many other great gifts including PJ's, sewing stuff, earrings.... Adam got a lot of baseball stuff- a new bat, bag, penny loafers.....

The aftermath

These are my "genuine sheepskin Uggs". They came in a box with only chinese writing, came in a color that must be a limited never-before seen edition (no not the color I picked), and only cost a little less than regular price! I got these online on black friday as part of my Chrismtas gifts, clearly they are fake. This was a tragic experience. Luckily my bank is investigating the company (who refused to give me info to send the item back and said they would charge me 50% of the items cost if I returned it). Good news is I found someone who wanted them! Fake and all- my friends 13yo daughter loves them!

Ice skating downtown

This pic is for my mom- as she likes to make fun little treats like this. A friend brought these into work. So cute! A chocolate covered cherry, hershey kiss, almond slivers, on a half oreo!

Ace and the wild horses again!

We got real close this time, it was fun!

Way up top hes scouting the rabbits!

New Years Eve I worked but after we went to my friend Leslies house for "Italian Fondue"! She had skillets full of hot butter/garlic/anchovies then a ton of diced meat and veggies to skewer and cook in the sauce. There was beef, duck, chicken, oysters, chucker, shrimp, calamari, elk..... pretty neat. We rang in the new year with Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest, nothing too fancy, but fun.

On new years day Adam wasnt suppose to work but then this apt burned up and he spent the rest of the day working :( Bad way to start the new year for the poor guy who lived here

This was the culprit.
Then today, Jan 2nd, Again Adam works half the day because a sewer got clogged in the parking lot and was leaking all over!

Our "houseguest" that was staying with us finally moved out and I got my sewing room back! So I started a new project today! Also Gonzaga offered me an interview so I am making my plans to fly to Spokane the end of this month! With school coming up the fun-trains gonna slow down as we prepare for college life once again :)happy and :( sad

My work Christmas Party

Every year we have an amazing Christmas party at work. This was one of the games we played. We grabbed two of the Docs (one of which was our friend Nizar so it made it even funnier) and they put on this pajama suit and Night shift vs. Days- had to stuff as many balloons as possible in the PJs. Whoever had the most wins!

Dr. Parker had what we called a "hemorroid" hahaha. He didnt even know it!

Some of the girls at work!

And of course dancing. Everyone at work loves to dance!

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas!

I was kinda mad she was in my lunch box.....but had to take a picture first

Adam started his coaching at Sparks High School! He is the assistant varsity coach with a friend of ours who is the head coach. I'm so excited for him and considering he wore this all day after their 8AM practice, I think he is too! He said it will be a rough year, only one returning starter and I guess the school is in a low-income area where the kids have little access to baseball before they get to high school. Last year though, the friend of ours whose the head coach had an excellent season and got coach of the year! Go Railroaders!

We got a little crazy with lights...they line our entire hallway!

-Oh and never blogged about my last minute trip to Salt Lake City. I applied to Westminster in SLC for my masters in anesthesia and they called on halloween and asked me to be there on the 3rd for an interview! So I caught a train and went. It was perfect my dad was coincidently there and I had an awesome time hanging out with him and my grandparents. Nothing to do for three days but the interview. It was nice. the interview went really well, I still have 2 other schools I applied to OHSU and Gonzaga. Westminster offered me acceptance which is a great blessing- I just pray for guidance with the other schools, as they are closer to home and at this time, seem more practical.

Halloween and Thanksgiving

For Halloween Adam was a hillbilly and I was Wonder Woman

We decorated our car for trunk-or-treating at the church. Everyone is to have a game for the kids to play and of course, hillbilly Adam's was a shooting game. It turned out really well. We taped pictures of the pasters to each bottle that was to be shot- the kids loved it!

Adam's been working with the childrens ministry, I think he really enjoys it!

Trans Syberian Ochestra!

Very cool, everything I thought it would be! It's just like a Christmas rock concert!

We walked out of the Arena and it was snowing! Perfect! ( And perfect for the fires that had been burning up parts of Reno that day)

THANKSGIVING

My WHOLE family did a turkey trot Thanksgiving morning! I loved it. Adam ran the whole 5k, and although he doesnt say much about it, I'm very proud and I think he is too- this being his first 5k. It was cold, but the rain had ceased for the 2 or so hours we were there. I was so happy all this was done as a family- not one person was missing :)

Adam and I with my sister Jenny, Brett, Tyson, Blake, Cade and Adalyn. Waiten for the "Go"

Plenty of Carb and Protein replacement afterward!





We spent the rest of the day hanging out, watching football and chatting....it was great!

Adalyn and Haley- the oldest and the youngest of the grandkids.

This is Harrison checking out the dinosaur quilt I had just made him for his Birthday.

Adam was a jungle-gym for all the boys!

My mom put together a Thanksgiving craft for all the kids. "Turkey-Oreos"

Luke with his "Turkey-Oreo"

Tyson, Adalyn, Jaclyn, and Luke.

It was a great Thanksgiving vacation with my family! Adam also got to see his friend Jason and I my friends Brittany and Terra.

Pumpkin Carving

We decided it would be fun to shoot pumpkins..... And it was! We had a .40 glock, 2 .22's, 7mm, 12guage, M1, 20guage, and a few others, I just don't really know what I'm talking about :) I just shoot them! One of the .22's though was an old pump action. Adam traded with a friend and we now own it. It's really fun to shoot.

Going in......

Going out! Ouch!!!
Our version of carving pumpkins

Not bad :)

Apple Hill

The weekend I was in Sacrament for Women of faith, Adam made a last minute decision to meet me there saturday after the convention and drive to Apple Hill for the night. Apple Hill is an area in Northern California that is known for it's farms, produce and winery's. The town most notably connected to it is Placerville. This is where we stayed that night. Placerville is only about an hour drive from Sacramento. When we first got there, Adam suprised me by arriving to a bed and breakfast that we would be staying in that night. Iv'e always said I wanted to stay in a bed and breakfast! We pulled up and there was a little girl running around with only a diaper on and the man who owned the bed and breakfast was chasing her, he greeted us at the door- it was awesome!

Placerville from the hill by our B&B. The hill is scattered with old victorian homes

The front of our B&B

It had such funky fun decorations. I guess the owners were theatre majors

This is our cute little room

In the morning we were made apple struessel french toast and ate in the dining room. I could totally spend a week or so at a B&B. The concept is so fun!

We walked the short distance to "downtown" literally a street full of shops maybe 2 football feilds long. We soon discovered they had just started a wine and art festival- so we joined! We had a good time and afterwards ate dinner at a fancy cafe.

The next day was all Apple Hill

A quant little winery we visited

At another winery overlooking a valley

This was at one of the produce farms.

Along with a million kinds of apples and other fruits there was lots of fun craft stations. Adam bought and designed me 3 rings made from old buttons!