Wow, finally a day off! I have been working nonstop since Christmas break ended. Don't get me wrong, I love the work. But I am a substitute because I don't want to be a full time teacher. Anyways, today and tomorrow I have off and I plan on making the most of them. Micah had to fly early this morning and on his way out the door he informed me that he is out of socks and on his last pair of boxers, :(. I am behind like never before! So today is full of errands, grocery shopping, LAUNDRY, cleaning and my most favorite subject....homework. I have a new found respect for working moms. I don't know how they do it. I don't have any kids, all I have to worry about is myself and Micah. But I feel like I drop many balls during the week when I am working every day. So to all you working moms out there, I salute you. So this post is short because of the LONG list of things for me to do today, but Micah and I are off to Germany next week for a snowboarding trip so there will be posts and pictures to come!

Our Weekend Away

So here are some pictures of Me and Micah in Cornwall this weekend. We stayed in a fantastic hotel in Newquay and on Sunday we ventured out to Penzance and Land's End. Penzance was such a pretty seaside town. Since we were there in the off season there wasn't much open but we really enjoyed exploring the tide pools and walking through the village.

Micah thought this door was so hilarious!! So many of the doors were shorter than him, we obviously couldn't live there:).

After Penzance we ventured to Land's End. I thought this town would have a little more than it did. It ended up being just a little Touristy. The ocean was beautiful though and we got some good pics.These last two pictures are from Newquay. This was my favorite place we visited. It had some amazing waves which is perfect since it is a surfing town. All year long people surf there. We even watched some surfers out in the ocean. I didn't get any pictures of the surfers though. So here are my favorite two pics we took there.

Much Needed Getaway:)

I love long weekends!! Micah and I both have Monday off so we decided this week that we needed to get away from everything for a few days. We are headed to Cornwall, about 5 1/2 hours away for a couple of days. Cornwall is on the coast with cliffs all around. The town we are going to is known for its surfing because of it amazing beach and waves. We plan on doing nothing but going to castles, aquariums and the spa:) We rarely get away together just the two of us so we are both looking so very forward to it. Micah found us an AMAZING hotel on priceline for the weekend so we are going to be pampered. It sits on top of a cliff and looks out over the ocean. I am bringing the camera, I will not forget it, so come Tuesday I hope to share some pics with you all from our weekend.

First Post of 2010!!

Well, the reason there have been no blogs lately is because I have been swamped. You would not believe how busy my life has gotten. I went from absolutely nothing going on in my life to having absolutely EVERYTHING! I started substitute teaching back in November and I pretty much haven't stopped. In addition to substituting I also have my master's program I have been working on. That has turned out to be even more demanding than I thought it would. And then throw in everything else of just the day to day and life just gets too busy. But to be honest with you all, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love working and feeling like I am offering something to the world. It has been so rewarding getting back into the classroom. I have started my third class for my masters program and it is going pretty well. It is pretty demanding but I feel like I am learning new things every week so that is nice.

Micah is still busy at work. Truthfully the month of December he didn't go to work that much at all. It seemed like he went a couple of weeks without ever working a full work week. Since he had so much time off we were able to go to Edinburgh in Scotland for the New Year. I would like to show you pictures but we didn't really take any that were blog worthy. We are big New Year's celebrators but it was amazing being there for the weekend. It snowed the entire time we were there. It was very weird because Edinburgh NEVER gets snow and we got dumped on. It seemed like a winter wonderland. It was funny, because I never really wanted to go to Scotland but now that we have visited I can't wait to go back:) So if anyone wants to come visit I will be up for a trip to Scotland, hint hint.

5 years today

Today is our 5 year anniversary. I can't believe. The last 5 years have absolutely flown by. Every day I am struck by what an amazing man I am married to. To share my life with someone who loves the Lord, loves me and loves life...nothing better! We have so much fun. When your are married to your best friend every day is an adventure. There is no one else I would rather walk the journey of life with. So with this short but sweet post I want to tell everyone how thankful I am that God brought the two of us together as husband and wife 5 short years ago. I look forward to the next five, I know they will be amazing!

Presents already???

I actually opened one of my Christmas presents yesterday! I know, super early right? We have had a ton of snow these days and Micah and I wanted to get out and enjoy it yesterday. Since he had been gone for a few days he had missed it all until yesterday. Anyways, we wanted to go for a walk but I told him I couldn't go for very long because I didn't have the right kind of shoes....you know boots of some sort. I have been wanting a pair of wellies (rubber boots) for a while now but have not bought them because I know that it was a possible Christmas present. So as I was telling Micah I couldn't go for a walk with him he decided it was time for me to open a present. So lucky me, I did! And guess what?? Wellies!! Super cute white and black wellies. In the states rubber boots are not that popular, but here they are super popular. I have been wanting them for soooo long. Bless Micah's heart:). So I opened a present early and now I can enjoy it in the snow. I will not be opening ANY more until Christmas day.

Christmas is in the air

I don't know about you guys but this holiday season has been busy! I am off to my second cookie exchange this week tonight. Fortunately this is a cookie exchange that includes husbands so Micah is coming. Micah has been gone the last few days and wasn't able to come home because of a winter storm that came in. It is nice to have him back home with me. I am making peanut butter balls today for the exchange because I can't make cookies to save my life and Micah really likes them. Who doesn't? It's chocolate and peanut butter. Two of the greatest things on earth.

With that, how are you all doing? Are you enjoying the holiday season? We are. My number one goal this December is to take it day by day. Every December comes and goes and I end up thinking, "where did it go?" This year will not be that way. I am determined to take every day and enjoy it for whatever it brings. Hopefully all of you will also take time to enjoy this wonderful time of year.

Goodbye November, I will miss you!

Can you believe November is almost over?? I feel like it just got here!! November is by far my favorite month because it marks the start of the holidays. In these parts no one celebrates Thanksgiving so we go right from Halloween to Christmas. So November really feels like the holidays around here.

This has been a fairly busy week for us. One amazing thing that happened is that I finally started working again!! I substitute taught 2 days this week. I thought that was pretty good considering kids only went to school 3 days. I taught a 3rd grade class and a kindergarten class. A lot of you know how I feel about kindergarten....it's not my favorite. In fact, it scares me a bit. But it went really well. They were the best group of kindergartners I have ever seen. Another reason it has been a busy week is that Micah had Thursday and Friday off. I love it when he has weekdays off of work. We had such a nice time together. I was reminded so many times on Thanksgiving of how thankful I am for him. He is so amazing and we just get along so well. We had a great couple of days. They were filled with Christmas movies, Christmas music and Christmas decorating! We did manage to find a Christmas tree. Who knew it would be so expensive!! But oh well, it was worth every penny. We went with a red and silver theme for the tree this year which is kind of new. I normally do a green and gold theme for our Christmas tree. I think this could be my most favorite tree that Micah and I have ever had together. Last year Micah was deployed over Christmas so I went to Washington and we never put a tree up in this house.

Other than that I don't have all that much to blog about actually. I just didn't want November to end with me just blogging once the entire month! I really need to go, we are off to church for the evening. I just wanted to do this before November said goodbye!

As I sit and blog this morning I am so reminded of the wonderful Washington weather that I love. One great thing about living in the UK is that the weather is so similar to that of the Pacific Northwest. No matter where the Air Force takes us my heart with always be in Northwest Washington. Where we live in the UK is actually the driest part of the region. I was a bit disappointed when I found that out. Everyone said that it rains in England every day. Well that is just a fat lie. Even in the fall we can go a good strong week and never see a drop of rain. It is just wrong. Most of you know that I am a fall fanatic. But what I love most about the fall is the rain! I am such a rain junky and whenever I hear the sound of rain and wind beating on my windows it just fills my heart with happiness. I don't necessarily mind the sun, but only when it is appropriate. Like in June and July. I don't know why it bothers to come out in November!! November is for leaves falling and wind blowing and bundling up because it is so super cold. Yesterday it was so sunny and bright it just kind of put me in a bad mood. But this morning is a totally different day. I totally have a smile on my face this morning. The wind is blowing and the rain is coming down. It is still kind of dark out and it will most likely stay dark all day. I know most of you think I am crazy because I would rather have the dark wet weather than silly old sun....but I know a few of you that are kindred spirits and today is a day for us. I wish I could bottle today and keep it with me all year so I could console myself through the summer months. Today is a day for cleaning house, baking and split pea soup! So that is on my agenda today, and most likely in that order. Micah isn't a huge fan of soup for dinner but you can't deny it when you have an amazing day like this one.

A Little Homesick

Well, as you can see from the title of this blog today I am feeling a bit homesick. But not in the usual way. I was just in Washington a couple months ago, I don't miss it that much yet. What has brought on my homesickness today is that fact that my hair is growing like crazy and it is time for me to get a haircut! I have yet to get my haircut in England. In fact, in the almost 5 years we have been married I have had my hair cut one time by someone other than a Lynden person. I am quite frugal and don't like to spend the money on haircuts so I usually just get it cut like once maybe twice a year. But my latest hair style is such that I need to keep up on it or else it just goes frumpy. Unfortunately, I have found the most amazing stylist in the entire world and she is in Lynden. I know right? I live right outside of London but I wish I could be in podunk L-town to get a haircut. But you don't understand how wonderful Mandi is...she cuts my hair perfectly. And by the way, if any of you are between stylists, I would strongly recommend her, she is at Northwest hair in Lynden. But anyways, it is hard finding a new girl to cut your hair. You never know what you are going to get. Especially when you have a mix of fine and thick hair like mine, it can go frumpy VERY fast. So I am sitting here trying to figure out who to have cut my hair in the next few weeks but really just wishing I could be back in Lynden for just a day to have Mandi cut my hair.

So that is my blog for today. Not the the norm, right? But I am discouraged and thought I would share with you all because Micah doesn't really want to listen to me complain about my hair and I had to get it out.