Quick Note

This is going to be really quick...I'm at work, and don't have much time to write. There's a lot of stuff going on, but not much has been written about it. It was good to see all of you for the 4th of July (sorry you couldn't be here Tom and Dan!). We (I'm speaking for your mom here too) don't realize how much we miss having you guys around until we get to see you for a couple of days, and then you go back to your every day lives.

Some updates: Doug has been playing tons of baseball (at least the FALCONS have been playing tons of baseball) and has done fairly well. He pitched the championship game in a tournament in Corvallis and they won 3-2. He got rocked playing against the Medford Mustangs (one of the best American Legion teams in the state), but learned that when you don't hit your spots against hard hitting teams, you pay for it by giving up extra bases. He should be a real stud in the next couple of years.

Steph had a meet in Eugene last weekend, and did okay considering that the Basin Aquatics practice are pretty much a joke. She'll be swimming in Sectionals on the 21st, so hopefully we'll be able to catch that meet. I'm not sure how long it will take her to get back in racing form, but have every confidence that this year at BSU will be very similar to last year.

Donald is "working" for ODF on their fire crew. So far he's only had to go out on two small fires, and has spent most of his time riding around scouting for deer and elk, but I'm sure by the time fire season ends he'll have his share of breathing smoke. Still, it's a pretty good way to earn money for the summer.

That's about it...just wanted to post since I haven't written anything for quite a while.

Some Updates

Okay so I really wanted to come home for the 4th but that isn't going to happen. Remember Blake Vogt, my friend from the mission? Well he called me about a week ago offering me a job down in Phoenix remodeling a motel. At Gold's Gym I was making $800 a month...with this job I would be making $800 a week. So I took it and I'm now down in Arizona. I got here today and its really hot; it got up to 105+ today and yesterday they said it was 112! I got 4 hours of work in today and I was sweating like crazy. The job is pretty sweet though, its a thousand times better than Gold's. But yeah that's why I won't be coming home, I have to work and I need the money and now I'm even farther from home.
I do have a girlfriend now too.Her name is Janna Burnham, Matt Burnham's sister. It is the family that I lived with for a little while but she wasn't living there at the time so its not as weird as it may seem like it should be. She's really cool and things are going pretty well, though this whole me moving to Arizona didn't go over so well...we'll have to see how things play out. But that's what is going on with me at this point...things are good and I miss everyone.

Happy Father's Day

Just thought I'd say a quick happy father's day to the dads I know. (Wouldn't be father's day without a new bottle of Old Spice cologne...no matter how many you have!)

Happy Father's day Dad, thanks for always supporting us in everything. I hope you have a great relaxing day and get to do everything you want (oh, wait...that wouldn't make today any different...ha ha), I love you.

Dan, thanks for being the father of my children. We're lucky to have you. I'd say I hope that you get everything you want today too, but I'm sorry, you can't stay home from church to watch soccer. We do love you though and think you're the best.

Jeff....well, it's kind of scary to me that you are a father and that another human beings life depends on your vigilance....but I guess your child has lasted almost 6 months, so you (probably Breein) must be doing something right. I hope that you don't have to deal with anything remotely related to chicken today (fried, grilled or otherwise).

Tom, Donald, Doug...thank goodness none of you are father's yet...well at least that we know of...better keep it that way for a while.

3rd anniversary

That's right, as of June 24th I have been a North for 3 years. Thanks for letting me in guys. But this post isn't about that. It's about my present. My husband is a little ridiculous, well a lot actually. He got us a 7.1 surround sound system with a bluray player. That means 7 speaker, 4 of which are as tall as I am, and a sub the size of a mini fridge. To quote Jeff "we need to buy a house for our system". On top of it all, we live in an apartment! We can't even turn the dang thing on hardly. Our front room is about 1/2 the size it needs to be to fit everything. The one plus side to it is our neighbors below. For those of you who have visited during the day, you know what I am talking about. The mexican music, with the bass all the way up, playing from noon till 5 every day. Jeff once asked them in spanish, if they could turn their bass down. They looked at him like he was speakin German or something. All in all, it's fun but totally unnecessary and unrealistic for our current circumstances. Come on honey, why couldn't we have gotten a video camera or something?

The Creature and Birthday!

I thought I needed to tell everyone the good things in our life after Jeff's really miserable post.
Sophie is almost 5 months old already! She is talking, well more growling, smiling, laughing and trying really hard to crawl. Over-all a very good baby. She is also growing into her rolls a little, not quite so Buddha like anymore. My Grandma got us plane tickets to go see her in Utah the other week and Sophie loved it! Even my crazy southern Grandma's insane babytalk. I was really worried about taking her on the plane, but taking off put her to sleep. Jeff is also a very cute Dad.
My birthday was amazing and thanks for all the happy birthdays from everyone! Tom, you're a dork by the way. Mom-in-law, I hope yours was great too! We went to the coast and ate pie and got tan. We took amazing pictures on the beach, my favorite is posted, and saw orca whales, and I made Jeff try clams. I can't believe all the normal things he has never tried! Cod, shrimp, crab, fish and chips, artichokes, clams, and about 1000 other things! I guess I'm from Seattle but come on. You all did live on the coast for a while. It really was a perfect birthday though. And Jeff took me shopping for my present and we bought so many clothes it's ridiculous.
Lastly, I am so excited for the 4th of July! Jeff really needs a break, as you can all see, and we need to see everyone.
Oh, and my mom and I are really depressed about Pushing Daisies being over.

Posts from me...

Well the reason you never really hear anything from us is because there is really nothing worth talking about going on -- at least not in my life. (I'm sure Breein will have plenty to say about The Creature, as Tom has so lovingly called her).
My life pretty much consists of the nonstop monotony that is fast food. I work with a handful of jack asses and pretty much do it for 50 to 60 hours a week. Loads of fun. All I have to say is that I better be rich with time to spend some day, hopefully sooner than later. If not, I'll be royally screwed and hopefully one of you will be successful enough to support my family and me. That pretty much rules out Donald, and probably Tom unless he learns to shoot better. Maybe the practice with the magpies will help... I'm rooting for Doug and his arm.
I'm told that someday, if I'm lucky, I will have an opportunity to move from this POS store in McMinnville to an even crappier one in Tucson where I can relive the events of the last two years all over again as a general store manager, all while telling myself it will pay off someday. But then again I've always been the biggest pesimist in our family, so maybe it's not all that bad; maybe.

Fire Fighting

well I'm pretty sure it's not dying... I pretty much check it every other day to see if anyone is attacking me, but to clarify on the fire thing i just now got the call saying that I have a job officially which I'm pretty excited about one because I already invested in $400+ boots that I would not be able to send back and because I think that it will be a lot of fun.