Tuesday, November 4, 2008

It has been a bit of a whirlwind- starting work, and finding the balance between work and family. It feels good to be working and finally getting paid. I love my job. I am beginning to feel mostly independent, my orientation will be over in mid-December. Then I will go to nights. I am looking forward to having more time with my family. On days, I only see my kids for about 45 min on the days I work. I work three 12 hour days/week.
Sorry for the super short update. I will post more as time allows.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Loads of family photos- updated often :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27868016@N08/
This is a link to our flickr account that has a ton of photos and that I update frequently. Hopefully soon I will learn how to cross-post to this site too. Some of the photos are protected so that friends and family only can see them. If you want to see them and you are not added as a friend there, reply to this post and I will add you there :)

Summer


This summer has been kid-full. We have had at least two extra kids at our house almost everyday this summer. It is great, and tiring! We are going through food lightning fast! I think I will take just my kids up to the mountains tomorrow and spend some special time with them.
Yesterday we spent the afternoon at Garfield Park with our good friend Tatiana and her adorable son Soren. It was beautiful, and nice to get out of the house after a few days of being home.
Two days ago Keith took us all up to Lincoln to a private pond that is teeming with bluegill, bass, and crappie. There are some huge grass carp in there too. I saw one that was at least 3 feet long. He got permission from the owner to fish there and it is perfect for the kids because the catch a little bluegill with almost every cast. It was sweet.


I reneted the Planet Earth DVDs from Netflix and love them. Highly recommend them!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Welcome to our blog! I will get more pics and update as time allows. We are enjoying our summer so far! I (Cara) graduated on June 13th from OHSU School of Nursing with a BSN and will start work in the birth center at Rogue Valley Medical Center on July 28th. I am so glad to be done with school and starting on my new career path. Keith is fishing every waking minute that he is not working ;) and loving it. We joke that Jenny Creek is his girlfriend because he spends so much time out there. He has taught several fly tying and fishing classes. The man is obsessed ;) He has also played two gigs with "The Surf Daddies" for Rain and Shaun's school. They are a parent powered surf band. Lots of fun. Rain is doing great and loving the summer. She has a new best friend, Kera, who lives down the street. They spend loads of time together. Rain just finished the 3rd grade. She had a rough year for various reasons, but still had lots of fun and we hope that next year will be a new beginning. Shaun is good. He is loving the summer as well. Playing and relaxing to the max. Shaun finished kindergarten this year. He loved his first year of school and is looking forward to next year as a first grader. Both kids are doing circus camp this summer. Their first day was today. It was great! Well, I need to get the kids in bed. G'night.