Moving.

The last couple weeks have been full of fun! My birthday was on the 16th and Jake planned a whole afternoon/evening for us. When he got off work we took a ferry over to Seattle and went out to dinner at Buca de Beppos....SO GOOD! Then we went to this Seattle Improv group thingy. Jake bought tickets ahead of time and we went and it was a lot of fun. I'll start taking people to it when they come to visit. That weekend we had this nice little heat wave that kept temperatures in the 80s and 90s for a couple of days. That was nice for a change.

We just went to Boise for Memorial Day Weekend for Jake's cousins wedding. That was a lot of fun. Cooper traveled really well and the weather was really nice there also. We stayed with the Rutter family (great family friends) and went shopping, went to a wedding, went to the movies, went out to eat....a lot, and all sorts of fun stuff. We also got a lot of time to spend with Jake's family including his brothers Mike, and Matt with his wife Nicole and our niece Aubree.

Now we just found out that the house we are is has sold! Yikes. I've been searching for about 3 days straight for a new place...nothing yet but I'm sure we'll find something. Nothing beats rent in Rexburg I can tell you that right now.

So until next time...enjoy the nice weather, give a little love, and play!

Much needed update

So I know it's been a month and a half. A lot has been going on. Jake got a job! for starters.....I don't know what his "official" title is but he's working for a guy who owns a few companies and is currently developing a medical park in Port Orchard, about 20 minutes away from us. Jake is the main guy for this project who gets all the stuff done. He's pretty much the middle man for the lawyers, architects, the city, etc. He absolutely loves who he's working for and the fact that he's learning from the best the things he wants to know for his own career in developing one day.

As for me I just ended this season of coaching last weekend in Portland, OR with our 18s girls club team for Olympic Premier Volleyball Club. The director seemed to like what I did so she has asked me to be the clubs new assistant director. I haven't officially said yes yet but it is a dream of mine to be in a position like that. I love coaching and being involved with young girls who love playing volleyball. The administrative part should be fun too and I've had good experience through the BYUI competitive volleyball league.

Cooper will be one on the 3rd of June. He's walking about 75% of the time and thinks that he is holding a conversation with those around him. He is just so funny! With Jake getting a job and us having one car I've been spending A LOT of time with Coop, just sitting playing and laughing at him. The weather is starting to pick up outside and I'm realizing what a boy Cooper really is. He loves sticks, dirt, grass and rocks. (All kids probably do but he makes sword noises with his sticks) He is non-stop, unless you're reading him a book. He loves his books, otherwise he would never stop to listen to a word you say.

We've got a few plans this summer, kind of, I think....

-We will be in Boise Memorial Day weekend for Jakes cousin's (Sarah) wedding
-I will be traveling with my mom for my cousin's (Andrew) wedding which will include a detour to Boise, Paige in Rexburg and Yellowstone National Park
-I might go with my dad in July to pick Paige up from school.

This is all pending so far but I'm looking forward to the trips.

The picture of Cooper is from Easter but it's whats on the computer at my parents right now.

Poor Baby

I can't tell for sure but I think Cooper is going to get his top four front teeth right about the same time. They've been these rapidly growing bumps and now two of them feel as if they are going to finally break through. Coop is finally coming down from a cold too. I felt bad for him but at the same time I loved last week because he was super cuddly. The poor kid, he's growing like a weed which has got to be somewhat painful, teeth are popping out left and right and the kid either can't breathe through his nose or gets super ticked when I constantly wipe it off.

He was the first to get sick, then me, then my in-laws, now Jake....who's next? That tiny little kid's germs really packed a punch for the rest of us.

Lunar Eclipse

Last night we both had the night off from our constant and various obligations which gave us the chance to observe a lunar eclipse. It was the first time I've ever seen one. I wish I could have taken a couple of pictures but our camera wasn't with us. I never realized, although I think I knew in the back of my mind that the moon shines so bright because of a reflection of the sun. When the earth is exactly between the sun and the moon, that is what gives us a lunar eclipse. The earth casts a shadow over the moon and makes it look hazy and very dim.

We called Jake's dad to ask him a couple of questions about it. (He is very keen on his astrology.) We asked how many regions of the earth saw this...He said that only 2% of the earth's surface saw a complete lunar eclipse and we were part of that! Hopefully some of you others got to experience some of it too.

Might I add that it was extra special in that it was a completely clear night last night. Which as some of you know that is a special gift at this time of year in WA.

After the lunar eclipse we went to the church for one of Jake's basketball games. I love watching him play ball, he really is good.

Job Interview

A guy from a company named Rinchem called Jake this morning to conduct a phone interview. He gave them his resume at the BYU job fair a couple of weeks ago. We happened to be driving out to Port Orchard when he called so I had the opportunity to sit and listen to Jake interview. From my perspective I thought Jake interviewed really well. He is SO GOOD with those kinds of things. It's funny because he stumbles over his words a lot when we're just talking or being "normal" but when he's on the spot in something like an interview he can really sell himself well. We'll see if this guy gives us a call back.

Jake also recently applied for a job with Del Sol, the company he did his internship with. It's a corporate position, the fourth one that he's applied for with them and we heard back from them for the first time on this one. We'll see what comes next......

We went out to Chucky Cheese's today with my mom, brother and sister. I haven't been there since forever ago and it was just as I remembered it, well....maybe not as cool as I remember it being. It was a lot like going to the county fair, crazy with kids running around everywhere trying to win crappy prizes....and "carny" looking parents....hahaha.

However, it was fun playing some of those games and I agree with our friends Jared and Ali, it would be super sweet to set up a ski ball tourney at that place some day.

Something's in the air...

Today was the weirdest....(And so weird, I don't even know if I'm spelling Wieriedierd right...)

My team played out in Kent and came in 2nd place out of the whole tourney. Long day, we showed up at 7 am and I got home at 9 tonight. They girls were amazing. The last game (champ match) was so crazy I thought I was going to puke. My adrenaline was going big time. To add to it I saw 2 huge accidents on the way home and called the cops on some naked kids outside in my in-laws neighborhood. Four teenagers (two boys and two girls) were doing something they probably shouldn't have been doing in a home development currently under construction.

Jake and I are house sitting for my parents friends. Last night was our first night there, big king size bed, house on the water, just built this last year, and a dog running around all night. Needless to say, we didn't sleep much last night, too weird for us. But we really love the house and tonight should be better, I hope. That lack of sleep and todays events make me feel like I'm in the twilight zone, so if all this sounds like a bunch of nonsense, I apologize....atleast you know why now.

I'll just shut up :)

Tomorrow should make more sense!

V-day <3

Valentines day has never been such a big thing for us...maybe it will be one day when we have money to splurge on gifts and flowers and all that lovey dovey stuff. Yesterday however was a beautiful day out so we packed up our lunch and went out to have a picnic on the water. It was a lot of fun, kind of chilly outside but it looked warm with all the sun. Today we made little goody bags for our siblings and delivered them to their schools. That was a lot of fun too :)

Oh, I guess we did have a gift for eachother, we just bought a new camera and called that "Valentines Day". We've been without a camera since about October....That's been really hard with Cooper growing so much!!! But now we have one as of two days ago and I just need to start posting the pictures we've been taking.

As for jobs, still nothing yet. But for some reason, it's working for us. People keep calling and saying, "I hear you're not working right now, I have a little job for ya if you're interested...."

Jake's been taking all these little projects and they've added up to be quite enough for us! We've been so blessed. Plus, I'm still coaching and absolutely loving it. We have another tourney this Saturday. Then we start traveling in a few weeks to some of our bigger tourneys taking us to Eastern Wash. Oregon, and Texas.