Good luck to Dave!

Dave is in the midst of Part 3 Boards right now.  Yesterday he had two tests and Sunday he will have two more.  He said yesterday's tests were okay, with the second one being harder.  He's out studying today with Vern and whoever else joined them.  Good luck boys!!  I know you'll all do great!  Please pass along your support for these guys.  They're almost officially doctors!  May will be their final round of testing and *finger crossed* after that it will be official!  :)

Today I think I'm going to go get my hair chopped off at my friend Carri's house.  I tend to do this every spring after getting sick of my poker straight locks...  Once the snow's melted and it's sunny out, I always feel like it's time for a new look!  So that's my plan for today.  Then I'll be focusing on getting some recipes posted on Healing Cuisine from our dinners this past week.  I am always taking pictures of our food now!!  haha  Except this morning, I forgot to take a picture of the zucchini and spinach omelet I made for Dave... It was so good.  Would have been a good breakfast post..oh well.  I'm excited to post a yummmmy salmon dish I concocted with fresh ginger and pepper.  One of the best salmon dishes I've ever had!

I'm looking out our deck doors right now and it is SO GORGEOUS outside!  I can't wait til Dave gets home so we can go play outside!  Either a walk or a bike ride tonight I think.  Can't pass up this bright sunshine and warmer temps!  Beach season is on the way! :)

It's About Time

Well folks, it's about time for a post I think!  Sorry it's been so long..we've kind of had a busy past few weekends, which is when I usually try to start a blog post, and I have been unmotivated to write over my lunch hours at work.  But, today's the day!  I am actually home resting up this morning.  I usually nanny before work on Tuesdays but I came down with this minor chest/throat/cough thing, so I'm hanging out in bed for a few hours to hopefully let my body fight it off!  I have my Oil of Oregano, Flu Terminator, Apple Cider Vinegar and Ginger Tea and 2 glasses of water at my bed side.  I love natural remedies!  Starting to feel a little better already!

Chris is here visiting us today and tomorrow.  He got here yesterday evening just in time for dinner.  Just hung out at home last night with some wine, CSI Miami, and complimentary adjustments.  It was nice.  Tonight we're going to check out this club called the Fine Line Music Cafe for free music, food and drinks.  Looks a nice, chill place.  Chris actually found it via a Google search for stuff to do around here.  Good find!

So let's see, what's been going on these last few weeks?  We've both been doing a lot of babysitting.  Dave's been helping me out taking on some of my jobs when I've been helping out other families.  Might as well, right?  We both have so much fun with the kids, and the extra cash always helps week to week.

Dave has his Part 3 Boards coming up on the weekend of the 19-21.  Please wish him luck!!  He's half way thru, having passed Parts 1 & 2.   Just 3 & 4 left!  He will be graduating in November!!  Can't believe it!  We are so excited!! :)

The weekend of February 20th, we drove out to Wisconsin Dells to meet my college friends Amber & Lucas and Katie and Alejandro.  We stayed at the Wilderness Lodge for a weekend of water park madness!  If you know me, you know I can't swim and freak if the water is over 4.5ft.  Yeah, so we spent to days at a water park.  It was insane!  I spent a lot of time on the Lazy River while the others did the huuuuge slides.  But I did finally do some slides toward the end.  They weren't as bad as I expected, but I was still screaming the whole way down.  I think my favorite part was the wave pool.  Even though the waves got really big, Dave kept me safe while I floated around on the tube.  It was fun to rock around in the waves.

Here's Dave coming down the luge slide.  You didn't use a tube on this one.

Here we are in the wave pool.  We were waiting for the waves to start up..

Lucas, Katie, Dave and me.  Amber in front!  Alejandro snapped the pic with their SWEET waterproof digital camera.

The moose mascot.  Never caught his name, but it was a great opportunity for a group pic.

On Sunday, Feb 28th, Christina had her baby shower.  She is at 8 months -- we are all getting excited to meet baby Sophia soon!!  Christina's shower was so much fun!  They had a great spread of delicious food, we played baby bingo (a classic!) and the dice game.  I had never played the dice game before, but man it was fun!  I won 5 prizes!  Dave always says we need to go gambling with me...haha!  While we ladies did our thing upstairs at Christina and Paul's house, Dave was down stairs with Paul watching the Olympic hockey game US vs Canada.  It was pretty cute:  whenever the US scored, the boys would cheer and yell and we girls would say, "Oh, the US scored!".  And whenever one of us won something we'd all scream and clap and the guys knew "Oh, someone won a prize again".  It was funny to look back on that.  :)

Here's the dice game.  Paulette went all out on really nice prizes -- candles, soaps, lotions and the coveted body scrub!

This was the most random picture!  Christina called my name to win the door prize, I was in shock and it was all caught on camera thru the basket handle!  hahaha

Christina and Suzy cutting the yummy and adorable cake!  It was made to look like baby Sophia sleeping in her bed.  :)

One of Christina's many great gifts!

Now they're ready for Sophia to arrive!  4.10.10 is her due date.  We'll keep you updated on her arrival!

So those are the big happenings around here.  We're doing well, having fun whenever we can sneak away, and just enjoying this time of our lives!  Again, please pray for Dave as his Part 3 Boards come up in the next week.  Wish him luck if you get the chance to call or email him.  Happy Tuesday!

- E