Ballet Lessons

Since taking a long break from gymnastics (over a year) we decided to let the girls try a few weeks of ballet. Lauren has been persistant that she wanted to do ballet and karate so thought we'd give ballet a try first since I was not sure what they would think of it. I tried to talk Lauren into tap since I took tap for 8 years and got them cheap tap shoes at a consignment sale last year but she was set on ballet (so I will just show them myself at home :) Here are a few pictures from their first day today.

Lauren, Shannon, and a friend Martine from preschool

Thank you Mrs. D for letting me borrow your camera!

And our next base is...

...Travis AFB!

Wow has it been a long year waiting to find out our next step. Over a year ago Daniel was interviewing with Providence. One time they flew him up and a few others we were in town for. Each time I was so hopeful it would come to be as we prayed for God's will for our family. Moving back to Oregon has been a desire of both Daniel and myself since we started our military journey back in 2004. I was certain we would do 4 years and be DONE....but here we are in 2009 and content in our next base. Even though we hope to move back to Oregon and can't wait until that day, we are accepting our next assignment (2-4 years) with gratitude. God is so good. We are thankful that Daniel has a stable job and we are still close enough to visit friends and family in both states.

We trust God's perfect timing and that He can see the big pictures for our lives and decided we rather wait for that day then make it happen on our own. I have no problem trusting and waiting for that day. Until then we are embracing our next adventure and counting our blessings.

Another birthday and a visit from my mom

It's amazing what the difference a year can make. This year as I celebrated my 32nd birthday I could not help but smile and thank God for such a good year.

Now that my thyroid is in check and am getting my energy back I feel so much better! Somewhere while raising babies and getting my masters degree I wore myself out. Even though my lab results did not show a large imbalance for my thyroid I knew the numbers were still high and did my research...and after 6 months of working with a naturopathic doctor who looks at your whole overall health and adresses the areas out of balance, I feel like my old self again.

The week proved to be extremely rainy so all of our activities turned indoors. My mom and I were able to enjoy a quiet (kid free) trip to the mall, Daniel and I enjoyed a movie, and the girls had many fun indoor outings to get their wiggles out :)

The girls, my mom, and Daniel at "old mcdonalds", as Shannon call it, climbing in the play area while I fought a headache and took a few pictures.

beautiful flowers from the girls (grandma :)

Lauren enjoying cake

breakfast at our favorite spot in town

and de-wiggling at pump it up.

Thank you mom for the great company~we love you!