Weekend Fun!

We had a nice weekend, partly because we had a lot of fun plans, and partly because the weather was BEAUTIFUL! We get extra excited about the weather because there is such a short window of time before it gets really hot! Jeff filed the 10 Q at work on Thursday and completed another quarter of a lot of working over time. He was relieved and actually didn't have to work as late as in the past. Thursday night, he brought me flowers as an early 1 year anniversary present. So SWEET!! He wanted me to be able to enjoy them since we won't be home for our actual anniversary! He also surprised me by taking me to the new Habashi restaurant near our house. It was a lot of fun, but I didn't have my camera. :( Jeff got Friday off and spent time resting and going to the neighborhood pool, while I worked. That night we went to the opera to see Billy Budd.

Saturday we spent the day grocery shopping and cooking for a get together we had at our house Saturday night. Two couple friends from church came over for Brisket, potato salad, coleslaw, deviled eggs, and strawberry short cake. Jeff and I were new at cooking most of these menu items, but with the expert help of our moms, we did it! Jeff did a great job on the brisket, it was very tender!

We went to Sunday School this morning and then worked extended session with the 2 1/2
and newly 3 year old class. This was our first Sunday of a program where we will be serving once every 6 weeks. The kids were precious and so much fun!! Jeff was a hit! Why is it that all men have to do is show up and kids have an instant buddy?! At one point I looked over and all the boys in the class were huddled around Jeff listening to him read a book. We had a blast and can't wait for the next time!

After church we took left overs from last night to my parent's house for lunch. We wanted them to get to test out our experimental menu. We visited and celebrated Mother's Day with them.

Enjoy the pictures and I will try not to wait so long before another update!

Wonderful Weekend!

We had a wonderful weekend!! The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed several fun activities! Jeff will be working late again starting tomorrow, so we shared some quality time together this weekend.

On Friday night, we met up with some people that were friends of a friend for dinner. Everyone was really nice and we met several new couples. On Saturday night we went to the wedding of one of the couples in our Monday Night Bible Study, Jen and Jeff. It was a very sweet ceremony and I actually got Jeff on the dance floor quite a bit...my Jeff, not the groom...that could be confusing!

Today we had a full day. After church we attended a graduation ceremony for The Quest Men's Fraternity. Jeff has been going to the study on Sunday evenings since September and worked hard to create a "Manhood Plan." He received a certificate and a nice marble remembrance stone.

Here is a picture of him with a couple of the guys from his table group:

And with his proud wife:


After the graduation, we went downtown for an Aeros hockey game. I bought Jeff tickets for his birthday and it turned out to be a great game to go to because it was the last regular season game and they qualified for the playoffs!
During the game:

The Aeros won in a shoot out and here is the final score board...Go AEROS!!!

Walking with the Dinosaurs!

So, lately there has been posting of pictures, but no dialogue. I'm sorry about that. I've been doing my best to get something up. I have added a slide show of the show we saw last night at the Toyota Center, Walking with the Dinosaurs! We were one of few couples without kids, but who cares!?! We had a blast! It told the history of dinosaurs, at least scientists rendition. They had huge robotic dinosaurs and some were even costumes with people in them. It was amazing! They had a "scare room" for kids that got scared and I almost had to send Jeff there a couple of times. Anyway, it was a great time!
In other news, some of you know that Jeff and I are "political junkies." We went to our Senatorial District convention last weekend and I got elected as a delegate and Jeff and alternate delegate to the State Convention held in Houston in June. At the convention we were invited to a coffee with one of the local candidates for DA. We went yesterday morning and ended up on the 10 PM news on Channel 11! I know, we're famous! Don't be jealous! Keep an eye out for us!

Rodeo and Easter

March Birthday Fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEFF!

It is my wonderful husband of 10 months 34th birthday!! I wanted to take a moment to tell you how proud I am to be your wife and how much I love and respect you! I look forward to celebrating!

Busy, Busy!

Sorry for the delay in posting. We have been very busy lately. Jeff finished working his 80 hour work weeks for year end at the end of February and we are enjoying seeing each more again. I interviewed for a different position at DePelchin a couple weeks ago (see professional Becca pics). I am hoping to get this position because the focus is more therapeutic than case management. I am burnt out, make that fried on case management right now. I also think getting out of foster care would be a good move for me. This job would also allow me to begin pursuing a LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), which takes two years. Please, pray that God would open this door for me and my career.

Last weekend we hosted a couple's shower with two other couples (Wendy and Jonathan and Lee and Ella) for our dear friends, Erik and Amy. We know these couple's from the Singles Ministry at Church and now we are all in the same Newlywed or Close Sunday School Class. Amy and Erik will be married Easter Weekend. The pictures of the shower are on the slide show as well. The "shrine" was pictures of them we gave as party favors, but it kind of does look like a shrine. We also played a game where Erik had to pick Amy's hand out from all the other choices while blind folded. He figured out our trick of trying to fool him with a guy's hand!

The last pictures in the slide show are of our new favorite thing, Super Suppers! We have had two of the meals now and are sold! They are pre-prepared, but not yet cooked entries that take less time to make because the prep. work is done! Not bad for $10.50 for 3-4 servings. YAY for making life easier and reducing marital discord! Check out their website: http://www.supersuppers.com/. Another plug for them...at my location on Woodway the lady was "super" nice and also there was Christian music playing.

We are going to post pictures soon of this weekend. We are on "Sabbatical". So far, I love it. We slept in, grilled out, and are hanging at the house. We are also graduating from our Sunday School Class, the NWC class this Sunday :( We will post all these things soon. Stay tuned!