Back To School!!!

After 15 years of going to school non-stop and taking a 2 year break, I have decided to go back to school. I will be going to summer school and probably more in the fall before applying to nursing school soon after. I realized with the economy right now, it is hard to find a good job even with the bachelors I have now. Not to say I don't have a good job now (which I do) and I really enjoy it but I really want to pursue my career in working with obese children. I am so excited to begin this new journey. I will keep everyone posted as things move along further.
I noticed I have not blogged in a while so I figured I should probably do so. Kyle and I are still waiting to hear about the transfer to the Dalles. It would be a big move and exciting adventure for us so we will see what happeneds with that. My grandpa has recently had a stroke and is still in the hospital trying to recover from it. He has encountered a few bumps along the way but we are hoping he will be able to get back to his normal self again.
I will try to keep up with how we are doing more often. I hope everyone is doing well.

Happy Valentine's Day!

This year for Valentines Day we were able to actually spend the day together since I am not working wierd hours and weekends anymore which is great. We slept in then went and had lunch with my parents and my aunt which was nice since we had not spent much time with my parents lately and we don't see my aunt very often at all. We then did some shopping and hung out at home for a while decideing what we wanted to do. After calling a ton of places to get a reservation we decided to go down to 23rd and have dinner and then walk around and check out the shops and I was able to take some pictures which I had wanted to do for a long time. We then went back home and around 8:30 we decided to go to a new hotel by the airport and stay the night. It was such a cool place. We had a few drinks at the bar,walked around the grounds at the hotel and were able to spend the night together, sleep in and have Sunday together as well. Later that afternoon I took a nap and then we went to dinner with Kyle's family and played cards and watched the All-Star game in which the west won. Yeah!!!

All in all it was a great weekend to be together. It made me realize how thankful I am for the time we have together and how much I love my husband. It will be a year and a half on the 19th so the weekend was also a celebration for that too. We may have some hard times once in a while but we have learned to grow stronger in our marriage from those. Kyle is such a wonderful husband and I could not ask for anyone better.

Catching Up

I know I have not posted in a while but there is not much going on with us right now besides work so for most people it might be a touch boring. We are finally done with the snow and ice in our area so we are back to work and to our normal lives without having to worry about how to get somewhere or what games we are going to be playing while stuck inside with nothing to do or no place to go. Speaking of games, Circuit City is going out of business so Kyle and I wanted to check it out the other day and wound up getting Guitar Hero and some stuff for my Dad and for my PSP. It was a pretty good sale and I have to say that we have had so much fun with it so far. (It is one PS3 game that I know how to play).
We have been attending Blazer games as usual and enjoy them so matter what the outcome is even though they have been doing pretty well for the most part. After tonight's game they should be back to normal with their full squad (besides Martell Webster but we are not sure when he is coming back).
We are still working towards getting back in our own place which we have been looking forward too for quite some time. We will post about it as soon as we know of course. I will have to post some more pictures of our lives recently (especially since I have my new camera which I love). Hope all is well with everyone.

Car Brake In!!!

Today was just one of those days in which we needed to get out of our house since we have been pretty much snowed in for a week. I have not worked in over a week because of the weather so it seems like an eternity. Anyways, we decided to try and drive to the gym which was a sucess and it was nice to get out. We had a nice workout and decided since we were out we wanted to get some dinner and enjoy it while we can. We ate at Baja Fresh and when we came out our car had been broken into on the passenger side right where I sit. My yoga bag (which I take everytime I go to the gym whether it was for yoga class or not) was gone. In it was my keys,cell phone,ipod and my yoga mat of course which I had just gotten about a month ago. The window is smashed and there is glass all over the passenger side of the car. We have spent the last hour or so looking for quotes and how to get a new cell phone without having to pay an arm and a leg. I just thought I would share my frustration and for some reason it makes me feel better. Nice holiday time hugh?

Snowed In with my new Camera!!!

I know as long as I have lived here we have never had a snow day like this (or a snow week I should say). Last week it started to snow on Sunday and I didn't get to go to work all week since the weather was mild and we didn't have any of our patients coming in. That means I was stuck here at home with nothing to do but watch TLC and go to the gym, which I did only 3 times. Anyway, it is now the next Sunday and I have been off work for 10 days or so and I really miss work. With the looks of things now, I will not be going all week until things get better especially since my car is stuck in a foot plus of snow and ice. We missed the Hill Family Christmas today and it was hard not going. We will make it up by staying over at my parents on Christmas Eve to spend more time with the family we missed.
For my Christmas gift for probably the rest of my life I got a Nikon D60 camera which I have wanted for a long time and didn't think I would be able to get until it finally went on big time sale at Costco and we picked it up on Friday night. Thank goodness we did it then because as soon as Saturday morning hit, there was snow covering the streets and we could not go anywhere which means we are really snowed in!!! I have been taking a lot of pics with it though so I figured I would post some of my favorites.

Christmas Tree

Yesterday we were able to spend the morning and early afternoon up on the mountain with some of our closest friends the Morris'. We left around 9am and stopped and the famous "Joe's Doughnuts" in Sandy which I have not done for a long time. We headed up towards Mt.Hood and took a route Kyle and I had never seen which was really nice to see even though it would have been nicer if there was not as much fog. We drove towards the top of the hill, parked and walked around to find the perfect trees to cut down. We do not have our own place again yet so we didn't get a tree (they got two). I was able to take a few great pics of the kids as well as a few group shots which we have not had in a while. We had a great time with them (we always do). I will post the pics when I get home tonight or tomorrow sometime.

Cannon Beach Weekend

This past weekend Kyle and I were able to spend the weekend away in Cannon Beach. It was so nice to get away and be ourselves in one of our favorite places to go: the beach. He surprised me one night when I got home from work and told me we were going to be staying at the Surf sands Resort which was absolutely beautiful. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. I wish I would have gotten more of the beautiful sunset. It was perfect. I didn't want to leave at all but reality was about to hit us Monday (going back to work) so we didn't want to leave there to late. I will go back there again for sure.