Rough Start of the Year

We rang in the new year with friends and family hoping for a great new year with less stress and a new job! The days flew by and we learned our "Red Scare" (the escape) needed to be fixed asap and it was going to be a hefty amount of money. God has blessed us financially this past year and we had money stashed away for this particular reason.

On the job front, as most of you know I was overlooked for the job position and did not recieve it. Thank you for all your prayers.

We were able to have some fun two weekends ago by going to the great up north with some friends. We went skiing, ice fishing, and sledding. It was a great weekend to get to know some old friends better and meet new friends!

To finish off the great weekend we came home to the other car having issues of its own, and needed the battery connectors replaced. Luckily for us and with a blessing from God it was not a hefty price to get it fixed, and we even got cookies from the mechanic! They were quite yummy!

To say the least we are very blessed to having a house over our head, food on the table, cars that are working, and Scott having an awesome job were he continues to excel at! Till next time...

Happy New Year!

With the new year upon us we pray that it brings everyone blessings and great joy. We also pray that it brings me a new job. The phone interview went well and I should hear back from them next week sometime. We had a lot of fun with everyone over Christmas and look forward to seeing everyone this weekend again! Love you all!

Merrry Christmas To All.........

Have a very Merry Christmas! Scott and I cannot wait to have everyone over for a nice cozy Christmas Eve and family fun Christmas Day!

Just a little update the management position has suddenly become available for the YMCA pool, and I have applied. I ask for your prayers that God give wisdom to the people making the decisions and they make the right choice! (hopefully they pick me!) That is all for now...

Happy Birthday Mom!

This weekend we spent some time with the family celebrating mom's birthday! Amazingly she is 29 again!

The whole family (with a few missing)

Caramal Apples and More Pumpkins!

This last week we spent some time with friends having a great fall night. We made hot apple cider, caramal apples, and carved pumpkins. These are the caramal apples before all the caramal and candy slipped off of them.

Before and after the carving took place!

Up North

Scott and I escaped to the great northwoods this last weekend to visit his Nana and Grandpa. We enjoyed the colorful view and went to pumpkinfest. We enjoyed good food and lots of relaxation, after a few stressful weeks of work.

October Up Date

As I was reading Krystin and Kyle's blog she made me feel guilty about not being a regular poster so here is what is happening lately...

Scott learned a new machine at work and will eventually have to teach he whole lab how to work it. He has also started attending Facilitator Excellence meetings. He is the only lab tech attending, everyone else is in management. I am very proud of him! He has also been keeping up with his training for the EMT work he does.

I have been keeping busy with the many different jobs I have. Swimming lessons are going well. The YMCA is getting a little stressful so please pray for me to have a great attitude about everything. There is a month left of swimming and the girls are starting to feel the effects of school and sports. The first weekend of October I made a trip down to Cincinnatti with Noelle to visit Stephanie. We played dominos, picked pumpkins at a pumpkin farm, carved them, went to Jungle Jims, a large grocery store with food from countries around the world, and saw a comedian at the comedy club.

At the pumpkin farm on the hay ride

Stephanie's, Mine, and Noelle's

The largest soup can ever! (In Jungle Jims)