p.s. to previous post

That is Brendan asleep while Carter and I opened his bday presents. We could not wake him up! We'll probably never let him forget that. ;)

Happy 5th Birthday Brendan....and Merry Christmas too!

Hi all! Here is another set of pictures for you to enjoy! These are Christmas with my Dad, Sue, Keith and Amanda as well as the first half of Brendan's 5th birthday in which he was spoiled by Grandparents! ;) Jon got his present before he went back up to Springs. The first pic is his birthday pic I took that morning, he looks so big it's hard to believe! We even went to check out a school the other night to decide on where he'll go for Kindergarten. I'm so excited for that but I know I'll be teary too. And for those of you who don't know the boys also got to feed the chickens at Dad and Sue's and collect eggs. So that's what the pics outside are, one of them being chickens in the chicken coop. I have copies of the first two for all of you grandparents, so remind me when you see me. And Dad, Sue, Mom and Vic....I will get them to you hopefully in Feb. I am thinking about making a short trip down with the boys so I can pick up cookies from Amanda as well as drop off clothes I have for Kristen and hopefully I'll get to see her new little baby too. I'm crossing my fingers! So I will let you know when it gets closer. Enjoy, there are a lot of pics and I will get the other half of his bday up in the next couple days! Have a good evening!

An Interview!!!!

Hello everyone!

Please send Dave your positive thoughts and prayers on Tuesday the 20th at 9:30 am. That's when he has his first interview since November and it's for a Personal Banker position with Well's Fargo. He got a call from them this morning for that and so he is excited of course. And it keeps us very hopefull since he finally got another interview. That's really all I have for you right now, of course we will keep you updated and let you know how it goes! Thanks so much for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. We Love You all!

P.S. Okay so I do have a bit more....

Dave just got off the phone with someone who does business with First National Bank and he heard that they might be looking for an underwriter soon. Dave is going to call Heidi (his former boss) tomorrow to see if there is a chance he could get an interview to get his former job as underwriter again. He could call her right now but he needs to process the information and get used to the thought that he could possibly get the same job back that he left in Jan. of 2005 before he became an insurance agent with Northwestern Mutual. It is sort of weird to think that could happen but he is open to it and the good thing is that we already know what benefits he would get. So again, we'll let you know ASAP! Thanks for thinking of us!

First set of Christmas pics! Sorry no birthday pics for Dave and I though.

Well, here are the first batch of pictures we have for Christmas. We don't have any from our birthday game night we had with friends because even with good intentions I totally spaced the camera. These are Christmas morning with the boys when they woke up and then with Mel and Joyce after brunch. I amazingly, was awake and up before Brendan. I could not believe it, we actually had to wake him up! And Shadow had fun too, she got some new catnip for her mouse toy. Hope you enjoy and I'll get another batch up later today or tomorrow.

Pictures coming soon, promise!

Okay, so we haven't put anything up for a while. My pure laziness. And now I'm tired so I will put some pictures up that we have from Christmas and Brendan's birthday tomorrow. Sorry about the slacking. I've been getting the house back to normal, cleaning and organizing. Dave is still on the job hunt. He actually got a call from Wells Fargo and did a phone interview with them. They told him that now that he's done that he'll just have to wait and hopefully get a call from a local branch that is interested in him. That's the first of any sort of contact from anyone since November, so that's encouraging! Anyway, better get to bed so I have enough energy to get more things crossed off on my to do list. Be back tomorrow with the pics!

Fun with Carter!

Hi everyone! Sorry we haven't posted lately. We haven't had any news about the job hunt. Hopefully after the first of the year, if not sooner, we'll get lots of offers. Anyway, I was going through some of our old pictures and videos and thought I'd share. Especially some of the videos I have gotten of the kiddos on our camera that you have not been able to see. I hope you enjoy this, it's one of my favorites! Carter was about 8 months in this. Sorry, it's kinda small. I'll put some more up later.

Call Me Clark Griswold, sort of!

For those of you who don't know, I like to refer to myself as Mr. Griswold when Christmas comes around even though I don't cover every inch of my home with lights like he does! I don't know exactly why or when I started becoming adamant about putting a good display outside our home every Christmas but I have and will continue to do so as long as I possibly can and have a home to do so. If there's a year I don't, then find out what's wrong. You can count on me adding more when we finally have a house. Enjoy our lights, I hope they bring a bit of joy to your day!