Time Flies When You're Doing Nothin'

Lovelace Lake Powell Trip 2011 (for more pics see my facebook)
Beach Run w/ the Girls: Vanessa, Melissa, Emily & Jaqueline

see the turtle?


Jimmage

Jumping Dali

Giving Prince TLC

Arielle & Shea playing in the rain

1st day of school (Arielle left before I could take hers)

Go Lightning! (in red & white)

Disney Wine & Dine Half

Airboatin' with gators

Harry Potter World at Universal (Butterbeer)

Well, Jim & I have been unemployed for about 2 months now. It has been a much welcomed break from grad school...however....it's time to go back to work! Jim starts his new job on Halloween. It will be nice to have a paycheck and we feel really blessed that he has a good job secured. I am on a break from school until January- par-tee! :D (or...uh...maybe that means I should be cooking nutritious meals, cleaning house, doing laundry etc? nah!)

So you know we can't just really sit around and do nothing for a couple months! Here's what we've been up to, 1st off:

Lovelace Lake Powell Trip! We have my parents to thank for a wonderful trip on gorgeous Lake Powell! They spoiled us with the trip for Jim's grad gift. As if they didn't already do enough..but who were we to decline their generous offer? ;-) Thank you Mom & Dad! Lake Powell could be a few posts all on it's own, but my blog pic uploader is a bugger- check out facebook for tons of great pics of this trip. 20 of us on a houseboat, swimming, surfing, wakeboarding, waverunning, tubing, grilling, playing in the sand, primping (gel nails), blackjack= priceless family time!

Arielle: has been finding a couple horses to love. She was heartbroken when we left her lease horse Playboy. She was able to work with a rescue horse for a month, and now she's onto a new love- Dali. He's a really good jumper and up for sale....we'll have to see about this...

Toby: has been playing all the soccer he can. He's now on the Satellite Beach Lightning Comps teams u14 & u16 and he's trying out for school soccer this week. SB has great soccer fields just 10 minutes from the house. Toby's also enjoying the kids from the ward, we have a great group of kids & leaders here!

Me: I just survived 8 weeks of two brutal grad school classes- glad that's over! No more big research papers til January when it will start up again. Aunt JB has come to visit again, this time for the Disney Wine & Dine Half (I registered for this expensive race back when I had a job! lol). We had such a blast! First, I took her gator hunting (hunting with a camera guys- no guns) on an airboat, then we headed to Orlando for the race. We came in 11th out of 400+ teams, yah...we're pretty humble about it...I have also been enjoying working out with Vanessa, Tina, Melissa & Emily. We have a great early morning run/sculpt group & we have a great social hour while getting fit.

Jim: has been surfing his butt off- literally. This boy looks good! Getting tan & toned :) Me likey...OK, enough about that...Jim & I ride our bikes almost daily either to the beach or to get a cheap burrito or slice of pizza. It's ton of fun and I'll really miss our lunch dates when he starts working again.

We had bought discounted Universal tickets before we moved here and last week when the kids had a day off school we surprised them and took 'em. Harry Potter world is very cool! We had a gooood time, even if it did rain on us.

Phew! And the blog is updated! Should have more time to keep up now that I have a break from school.