Saturday, January 24, 2009

January 2009

It's been almost one month since our last post. We've had a lot going on. I went to Atlanta with three friends for the last part of my birthday celebration. Andrew arranged for us to stay at his parent's condo. We enjoyed a great meal while watching Florida win the championship on Thursday night. The place we went was so packed, we ate at a little counter in the serving area. It was fun, though!Friday, we slept in, shopped, napped and went to Agatha's Mystery Dinner Theater. That was hilarious. It was an interactive show. Gail, Lydia & I sang a little song in a chorus. Amber had a speaking part. I highly recommend it if you are ever in Atlanta (not for kids, though). Saturday, we slept in again, did more shopping and saw "Bride Wars." It was a weekend I won't forget. Just this week, Andrew & I went with the rest of the staff at church to a Ministers and Mates retreat in Georgia. That was a nice little getaway for us. Katherine stayed with the Howards, so I'm sure I'll have pictures to post later from her adventures with them.Katherine continues to expand her vocabulary. Her favorite phrases right now include, "Mama, come here. Sit down." "I want boof (movie)!" "Mama, Noooooo!" "Daddy funny." She loves puzzles and hardly plays with anything else. She has discovered playing dress up. Katherine puts my shoes on her and also wants to put her shoes on us. This morning, she had three of her shoes all on one foot of Andrew's. Pretty funny, but I didn't have the camera nearby.Katherine also loves to say, "Cheese!" whenever we pull out the camera.We are trying to simplify our lives a little bit. We gave away both of our dogs, Arwen & Lucy. I have resigned from Wellpoint, the insurance company I worked for in San Diego. I had still been doing 5-10 hours a week of work for them. That job ends next week. Both of these things were very hard decision to make, but we think our family will really benefit from making them. And who knows, maybe I'll have a little more time to keep the blog updated!