Hmm…

I really don’t have a lot to say.  I’ve been here everyday, doing the same thing…watching my daily shows…doing my daily things.  I’ve been putting items up on ebay…but so far nothing has sold.  I’ve applied to several new jobs, but haven’t had any hits. 

Last night it did snow about 3 inches. 

Oh wait…something a little more exciting…Louie and I are heading to Mt. Baker this weekend for a ski trip with the Walters and friends.  But…on the sad note, I will be missing the birth of the twin girls, which are getting induced tonight at midnight. 

So…thats about it.  Hopefully I will have more exciting things to talk about when our road trip/ski trip, and the birth of the girls happen all this weekend.

Ebay and Bentley

For the last few weeks, Bentley has refused to go anywhere near the couches, a spot that he used to occupy 80% of his time. We believe that the couch was somewhat connected with the fact that his toenail got ripped off, and he was scared. Finally...a breakthrough today! Bentley has found comfort back in the couch!




I am also slowly starting to sell some things on ebay. I got this Madame Alexander Doll from granny's house back when we were having the garage sales. I knew this doll was a collector's item, because granny used to buy them for me when I was little. I probably have about 20 of them in my dad's basement. I decided to give this doll a shot on ebay to see how it does...but...there are like 4 others the exact same. I also have some precious moments...and well..whatever else you can think of to sell. This should occupy some time while I look and wait for jobs.

25 Years of Food, Fun and Friends

This past weekend, Louie and I joined in on the 25th year of the Elkin’s retreat at Priest Lake.  My family, as well as around 7 other families have been going up to Elkin’s resort since I was one year old.  It is a grand time of 23 or so people sharing one cabin, eating too much, and playing lots of games.  It was fun to share the experience with Louie, and let him meet all those people who helped raise me!

Here are some photos:

Everyone who was up at Elkins this year.  This is actually a small group.  Think of all these people in one cabin.

Brad eating cupcakes…I think Kim and Mary made something like 90 cupcakes.

 

 

Drinking…Kim maybe having a little too much…and I had to capture the nun having her traditional wine coolers!

 

The reading, knitting, and games are always happening!

Sunday, we all went out for a ski on the lake.  It is rare the the lake is frozen, so it was fun! 

 

I came back fat and happy. I love this weekend away!

Gonzaga Girls Basketball Game

Last night Louie and I had a night out in Spokane. I picked him up from work at 4 o'clock, and then drove to Europa Restaurant for a little dinner of calzones and a hot drink!

Then we headed out to the girls gonzaga game at the Mccarthy center. Lets just say that the girls games are not as exciting as the guys games are. Louie and I had fun during the game pointing out several players and "commenting" about them. We decided to leave at halftime so we could make it home for the guys game at 8 pm and survivor! I miss the old players of survivor from last season.



Frozen peas...mmmmm...It is really good. A couple nights ago Louie and I made chicken enchiladas for dinner. I realized that we did not have anything to go with the enchiladas...so I decided to break into my childhood tradition of eating frozen peas. They were sooooo good! It is just like eating soft ice cubes in a way. Anyways...don't knock it until you try it!



My days seem to be busy. I have my little tradition of watching the Today Show, while my dad comes over and takes Bentley for a long walk. Then I normally run errands...and play on the computer until Louie makes it home. The days seems really short! Amazing how that works.

Happy Valentines day! Louie and I are headed to Elkins Resort (the 25th year of going for our family) for the weekend. Should have lots of pictures to share after the weekend!

Calfornia for the 3rd time in 3 months.

This past long weekend was spent in California for an interview with Orbital on Vandenburg Air Force Base. I believe the interview went well...and I won't know until the beginning of March if I got the job.

I drove up to Morro Bay to spend the rest of the weekend with my brother and his wifey Danielle. Friday night we had a bbq with the whole gang, and had a great time!

Brent had to work both Saturday and Sunday...so I only got to see him that one night. Saturday morning Danielle, Adam, Heather and I went to Cayucos, to watch the big surf competition. The waves were HUGE! Here are some shots from the competition.


Danielle and Heather on the pier.

Cool Shot of a surfer coming from outside of the barrel.

This surfer is gone!

Danielle said this is Eric, who would probably win the surf competition
Catching a wave

woo hoo! Go blondie!

This kid has nice form

All the little duckies lined in a row

Jumping off the pier so he doesn't have to break surf

Surveying the scene

And GONE!

The BIG wave, where they had to jet ski the surfers in.
He caught a nice one!

Saturday, we also hiked in Los Osos up this hill for an amazing view of Morro Bay. It worked my big butt, which was good!



Saturday night, we met up with Shelly and the gang at Mr. Ricks in Avila for some reggae fun and dancing! It was fun to be with the girls on a night out! We stayed with Shelly in Shell Beach for the night.

Sunday we went to a fun little breakfast place in Pismo Beach, walked the beach and downtown...and then I had to sadly drive back to Santa Barbara to catch a plane home. It is COLD here!!!

A Weekend with the Walters

T's little going out outfit

The little chipmunk
ooo pretty braids!
Grumpy wants to go home from the park







I spent from Wednesday Night until Last night with the wonderful Walters family! Taryn and I had one-on-one time on Thursday, while both mommy and daddy had to work. We took three naps, went to Wal-Mart, colored, went to the park to play and had lots of fun reading books! She was very easy to hang with throughout the day and I would do it again in a heartbeat!

Taryn LOVES to color! It became an addiction. Sometimes she would just sit at the table and stare because she threw all the markers and paper on the floor. We were both a little sick, and staring was ok.

Friday, Rob, Taryn and I hung out at the house. I took T to go get slurpees and for a walk. She became addicted to her apple bottoms jacket and pink tutu, and wouldn’t leave the house without them.

Saturday, Kyla, Rob and I headed into Seattle, where we partied the night away with all of Kyla’s friends! It was a late birthday bash for me, and it was really fun! We spent the night in Seattle. (Pictures can be seen on facebook). Sunday, Kyla and I were on the search for the perfect interviewing outfit. We tried on a lot of clothes, but never really found the one. Overall…a great weekend!

(windows live writer and our internet don't work...so this post was done a week ago...and i am just now getting it to work...hence the pictures are not organized...just needed to get it done!)