Weekend Intensives

This weekend I had a weekend class at Avila. They call them "weekend intensives." They go from 6:00-10:00 on Friday nights and 8:30-5:00 on Saturdays. Last night it went normally and she let us out about 45 minutes early, which I was thankful for. We were expecting some snow, so she told us that she would not be cancelling class on Saturday, EVEN IF it snowed. This morning we woke up to about 4 inches of snow on the ground and roads! David drove me to class and she let us go home at 12:00 since it was still snowing! I feel so lucky because it's like I was given a day back that I thought I had lost. I have gotten all of my homework for the weekend done and plan to clean the house. Tomorrow morning is the first Sunday in the new sactuary and David and I are starting our new greeting job. We are going to get there at 8:45 and be at one of the main doors! We really excited. Tonight we are going to eat at McCormick and Schmick's and use a gift card!

Game Night!

We've waited a little too long this time to blog, but we're going to do better. The last couple of weekends I have had my class at the Community College (go Monarchs!), but I have finally gotten it done. We had a nice weekend. On Friday, David and I just hung out at the house since I had class on Saturday. On Saturday night we invited Jay and Katherine and Chris and Sarah over to play games. It turned out to be so fun! We had a great time just hanging out and talking. I also had class on Sunday afternoon, which officially ended my stint in Elementary Music at the Community College. This week at work has been good, but a little slow. Anyone that knows me knows how much I love the lake, and I'm doing all that I can right now to get through this winter. I'm tired of being cold. But my tulips are starting to come up! So that reminds me that Spring will be on it's way soon. This weekend I have a class at Avila on Friday from 6:00-10:00 and Saturday from 8:00-5:00. We think we'll go to dinner on Saturday night to McCormick and Schmicks, which we're both really excited about. I also have an interview at a private school on Friday afternoon!



Game Night!



Katherine got her hair cut!



Sooie was on Chris' team.



My beautiful Valentine's Day roses!

The Food Bag Bandit

Sooie made a jail-break today. As I came in from work today Sooie greeted me at the door, which is not how it works. We think that when we put her down this morning that we didn't get the basement door clicked shut all the way. So Sooie made a break for it. Apparently she was hungry because she also decided to get into the pantry and rip open her food bag for about the 100th time. Here is the carnage.



She also seemed to still be hungry as I began the clean-up process and didn't appear remorseful at all. I promise we feed this cat!



We got to Skype Mike and Kathy tonight, which was really fun. Skype is one of my new favorite things and it allows us to feel like we've gotten to sit down and have a conversation with our family. I also took Kathy on a walking tour of the house! This upcoming weekend will be a busy one for David and I. David has four tests this next week and I have one of my weekend classes on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday night we are getting together with our Sunday School class to watch Fireproof and we're both really excited about that. I signed up to bring a main dish, so I'm going to make Baked Cavatteli...one of our favorites. It's actually out of the cookbook that Clancy gave me for Christmas 2007. The weather today was really mild and it is supposed to be 70 degrees tomorrow! It's a really nice break from such bitter cold. I've been wanting to post a picture of David in his Arkansas scrubs for forever, but I just haven't ever gotten around to taking a picture of him in them, so here he is!

February Arrives!

We cannot believe that it is already February. February is going to be a busy month for David and I. Every weekend except Valentine's weekend I have a weekend class. It'll be really nice to have a couple classes out of the way though. I went to my class, Elementary Music, this weekend and it seems like it might keep me pretty busy. I'm going to have to figure out how to read music quick!!! Rachael Miller and Laura Bennett came to Kansas City this weekend and stayed with Becca. We got to go to dinner with them on Saturday night at a really good italian place and they came by to see the house. It was a real treat to have them up here. On Friday night David and I stayed in and relaxed. David studied a little and I cleaned the house. In the middle we had a little fun with Sooie though!