For Father's Day 2011, we went mini golfing and went out to a steak dinner, MM. LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU MATT!!
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!
For Father's Day 2011, we went mini golfing and went out to a steak dinner, MM. LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU MATT!!
May the 4th Be with you!
Not being a Star Wars fan, but being married to one, HAPPY STAR WARS DAY.
And in honor of this day, may the 4th be with you!
We camped out for Star Wars, Episode 2 in May 2002 with our friends Damon & Meg just a few months before we were married.
And in honor of this day, may the 4th be with you!
We camped out for Star Wars, Episode 2 in May 2002 with our friends Damon & Meg just a few months before we were married.
Blue Moon Highlights!
It's been so long since we've sat down and thought through what's going on in our life. And maybe that's because for the last year or so, we have not had any big changes. In february marks one year we've been in our 1st house. We love it! In one year, we've made so many changes. I've proud of matt for improving and fixing so many things in our house. This is his first time with a lot of those things but he's pushing forward and learning like crazy. Just in the last few months, he has installed a screen door, fertilized the lawn, hung a mirror and a fan, fixed the sprinklers and so much more. We are trying to settle into things slowly so we don't regret where we've hung anything or decorating a certain way. We love owning a home. We are having fun calculating and thinking through our different spaces and figure out how to best use them. It's been a blast. We've painted the interior of the house-- yellow sunshine. Matt has a dojo workout space; I have a Mom Cave craft room. We are loving being home owners!
We are so thankful for our lives here. Sometimes there are so many blessings, we can't keep up. For instance, we were actually gifted the opportunity to take our girls to Disney over Christmas! We'd been wanting to, but hadn't been able to free money to do it. So getting a gift to take the girls was such a delight. Because of another generous gift, we were actually able to take the girls a second time. Matt & I are holding the same jobs we've had for awhile now. I continue working at our church as the director of creativity & communication. Matt is on-air and working as the promotions director at the radio station. We've both been picking up a little freelancing as well. And Matt's rockshow, Level 6, is now playing across the country in several cities-- including minneapolis!
We are thankful for family who has traveled to visit us over the years we've lived here. Just in one year's span we've had my mom, matt's mom, matt's sister, my sister... my mom and sister just visited again and now matt's sisters are coming very shortly! We haven't been able to visit as often as we would like, so we are very grateful family has made the effort to visit us!
But speaking of not visiting as often as we'd like, Matt & I have focused on budgeting a bit the last half year. We are taking more control of the daily, weekly & monthly flow of our money. We were never big spenders. We were always good at not spending money and being sort of intuitive with when we needed to take it easy, but we never really had a budget. But, having a budget has been so freeing. We know how much we can spend on each category every month. There's no longer guess work involved. and the beauty of it is that we now have goals and other things we are saving for. So now, we are planning to visit our families 1-2 times a year. We actually have a plan in place so we can do this instead of watching the years roll by and never being able to afford it on our own. I'm proud of us!!
We are very much looking forward to this summer. We are planning our first purposed trip to see family. Really want to plan in some fun days while we're there and really think through it. Matt is also returning to Comiccon and bringing a friend with him this time around. Our friend is going to help Matt build an epic shade off the back of the house, too! Stoked for that. After summer is over, I get to look forward to turning 30... and this August, we celebrate our 9 year anniversary.
Speaking of our anniversary, Matt & I having been having fun planning our 10-year anniversary celebration for next year! We rented a castle, booked one of our favorite artists all in California's central coast & wine country. It's still 1 1/2 years off, but we're getting organized now and hoping some out of town friends and family come. Save the date cards are being sent out the next few weeks!
All for now. I hope to do better again about reflecting on life on a somewhat regular basis!
We are so thankful for our lives here. Sometimes there are so many blessings, we can't keep up. For instance, we were actually gifted the opportunity to take our girls to Disney over Christmas! We'd been wanting to, but hadn't been able to free money to do it. So getting a gift to take the girls was such a delight. Because of another generous gift, we were actually able to take the girls a second time. Matt & I are holding the same jobs we've had for awhile now. I continue working at our church as the director of creativity & communication. Matt is on-air and working as the promotions director at the radio station. We've both been picking up a little freelancing as well. And Matt's rockshow, Level 6, is now playing across the country in several cities-- including minneapolis!
We are thankful for family who has traveled to visit us over the years we've lived here. Just in one year's span we've had my mom, matt's mom, matt's sister, my sister... my mom and sister just visited again and now matt's sisters are coming very shortly! We haven't been able to visit as often as we would like, so we are very grateful family has made the effort to visit us!
But speaking of not visiting as often as we'd like, Matt & I have focused on budgeting a bit the last half year. We are taking more control of the daily, weekly & monthly flow of our money. We were never big spenders. We were always good at not spending money and being sort of intuitive with when we needed to take it easy, but we never really had a budget. But, having a budget has been so freeing. We know how much we can spend on each category every month. There's no longer guess work involved. and the beauty of it is that we now have goals and other things we are saving for. So now, we are planning to visit our families 1-2 times a year. We actually have a plan in place so we can do this instead of watching the years roll by and never being able to afford it on our own. I'm proud of us!!
We are very much looking forward to this summer. We are planning our first purposed trip to see family. Really want to plan in some fun days while we're there and really think through it. Matt is also returning to Comiccon and bringing a friend with him this time around. Our friend is going to help Matt build an epic shade off the back of the house, too! Stoked for that. After summer is over, I get to look forward to turning 30... and this August, we celebrate our 9 year anniversary.
Speaking of our anniversary, Matt & I having been having fun planning our 10-year anniversary celebration for next year! We rented a castle, booked one of our favorite artists all in California's central coast & wine country. It's still 1 1/2 years off, but we're getting organized now and hoping some out of town friends and family come. Save the date cards are being sent out the next few weeks!
All for now. I hope to do better again about reflecting on life on a somewhat regular basis!
Getting Ready to Celebrate 10 Years
Forever Yours Berry Save The Date
Unique save the date cards and magnets by Shutterfly.
View the entire collection of cards.
The Week of Broken Teeth
On New Years Eve, the girls were jumping on the bed with me. Zoe kept standing on me and then letting herself fall down. I was trying to do research for work, and would try to keep them in check as I was working (sometimes it's difficult being a work-at-home mom!). I should've drawn them to a stop because what happened next sucked! Zoe fell off the bed- and this kind of thing happens all the time- but this time fell staight on her front teeth!!
Oooh it was a mess. Lots of tears & blood. Lots of fear on my part.
We called the emergency dentist who suggested we have her in on Monday to make sure there was no permanent damage. Monday was 3 days away!! Zoe adapted quite well despite her injury. Mostly it was her parents who lacked adaptation.
Her appointment went off well. The dentist said her teeth may even heal themselves! The alternative is that they will fall out early, but she was optimistic.
But get this-- the morning of zoe's appointment I was getting Sophia up and saw her smile looked funny. Her two top front teeth were chipped! Falls & trips happen regularly with young ones and i have no idea when this happened.
What an interesting week. I'm thinking we'll laugh about this in the future.
Oooh it was a mess. Lots of tears & blood. Lots of fear on my part.
We called the emergency dentist who suggested we have her in on Monday to make sure there was no permanent damage. Monday was 3 days away!! Zoe adapted quite well despite her injury. Mostly it was her parents who lacked adaptation.
Her appointment went off well. The dentist said her teeth may even heal themselves! The alternative is that they will fall out early, but she was optimistic.
But get this-- the morning of zoe's appointment I was getting Sophia up and saw her smile looked funny. Her two top front teeth were chipped! Falls & trips happen regularly with young ones and i have no idea when this happened.
What an interesting week. I'm thinking we'll laugh about this in the future.
Winter
I have been thinking about winter this week. It's been pouring here all week, which I love. I like to pretend that it's blizzarding. Seems like people here don't know what to do with the rain, they are used to sunshine. It's a hard life here in the winter :) Anyways, I enjoyed these winter-themed videos. Even though it's not what it looks like here now, I remember the snowy days fondly. The snow is so peaceful. and sometimes, it was a nice excuse to be trapped inside your house. It slowed life down. And when the snow subsided, it was an adventure digging you & your car out. Good times. Happy winter, world!
Enjoy the videos & also here's an epic rap song called "Snow Day."
Enjoy the videos & also here's an epic rap song called "Snow Day."
They GROW So FAST!!!
Oh my!! Look at the difference between our pumpkin patch pictures from this year & last-- especially in Sophia.
The left one is '09 & the right is '10! Sophia is 6 months in the left picture and 18 months in the right. Zoe is 4 1/2 on the left & 5 1/2 on the right.
They GROW so fast!
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