He'sdonehe'sdonehe'sdonehe'sdone

Rob turned in his last project today.

HE"S DONE.

My Rob done gradiated from Gonzaga U!

Good Job honey.

Now.....all we need is a job!

I AM SO HAPPY I COULD JUST BURST!

For those of you who have been long time followers of my blog,

I have the most exciting news EVER!

Do you remember the post I wrote about how Rob and I met and how we fell in love over a football jersey and how (a few years ago in a fit of "de-cluttering" and "non-sentimentality") I gave that jersey away to DI? And.....then made a plea to anyone with pictures of the jersey or the "Shrine De Rob" to PLEASE get them to me? Do you remember?

Well..........someone answered that call!

I LOVE YOU TRESSA (my room mate)! I could freakin' kiss you right now (and I would if you were not in Utah and I, here, in Washington)!

(If you haven't read the other post.....you had better do it first or #1 this post will make no sense and #2 it's a good read......you don't want to miss out)

(Ahem.....you will also notice, from that first post, that Rob and I were both wrong on the # of his Snow College practice jersey.....we both thought it was #45.........but, the pictures here proves it was #40....ooops.)


So without further ado.........................

THE ORIGINAL
"SHRINE DE ROB"

(This picture was taken from my bed. I got to wake up to this wonderful sight every morning. (No, that is NOT me in the picture. It's my roommates Stephanie and Tressa(the legs))
Wasn't my room cool? I love it........ fly strip, Blink 182 poster, cowboy hat, green blow up chair and the "SHRINE")

Up close and personal to the actual "shrine"

This was the shrine in it's beginning stages. Things had just started between Rob and I but items continued to be added as our courtship progressed. Next to the jersey are tickets from something I attended with my roommates the night Rob and I had our first date. He was always amazed that I could remember the date......of course I did, I had DOCUMENTATION!


"SNOW COLLEGE PRESENTS: "SHRINE DE ROB #40"

(So the pictures aren't fabulous but it's taken with a film camera and scanned and copied.....what do you expect?)

IT MUST BE TRUE LOVE

This picture was taken the morning after our first kiss. I must have been on cloud nine (even though the kiss was.....ahem......not spectacular) because I dressed up as a super hero and paraded around for hours. Note: across the street you can see the large expanse of snowy land......that is the practice field for the football players......I told you I had a good view!

TRUE BADGER NIGHT

This T-shirt was added to the shrine a few months later. It's from "True Badger Night." Rob and I got it for standing underneath the bell tower and kissing for a whole minute (which was super hard to do, if you can imagine) while the clock struck 12:00AM, in front of a whole bunch of other people (who were also "busy"). When we got home, we circled the date and signed it. Rob still wears it (to the gym). Isn't that cute?!? (I did block our names out because there are some real crazies on the internet.)

GOTTA LOVE SPRING BALL

Tressa (left), Me (middle) and Stephanie (right) (roommates) watching spring practice. Oh, I loved watching Rob run around in those AWESOME football pants!

SUMO WRESTLING

Just a random picture from that year. We stuffed ourselves inside those blow up chairs and sumo wrestled on the driveway. Man......I miss college!

SEE DAD, I'M NOT THE ONLY UN-LADYLIKE GIRL WHO CAN PUT HER FIST IN HER MOUTH

Tressa can too. My mom thought it was pretty cool. My dad......well, he thought it was pretty un-ladylike. Especially when my mom tried to get me to do it for one of my boyfriends. Let's just say that Rob didn't get to see it until after we were married. It was too late for him to back out then.

(If you are wondering if I always dressed like a tomboy in college......the answer is.......yes, most of the time......I wore a lot of t-shirts and warm-up pants (hhhmmm...kind of like NOW). I tried not to set the standards too high and..........Rob still fell in love with me.

The Current "SHRINE DE ROB"

This "Shrine" is currently hanging on the wall of our bedroom. (It's Rob's high school Jersey in which he actually WAS #45.)

In the 8 years that I have known and loved Rob, there have been too many memories and too many significant happenings to "document" on the wall (unless we could tack our children up there.....TEMPTING).

I put this up on the wall to #1 try to score points with him after getting rid of the "real" jersey, #2 fill up the bare walls and #3 to let my hunk of a husband know just how much he means to me (and to remind myself how awesome his "g-booty" looked in those tight football pants).

I wish he would have kept a pair of those.

Yowsers!

So there you have it! I hope you are just as excited as I am!

THANKS TRESS.......YOU ARE THE BEST!

Our very own "Secret Santa"

Rob and I are so blessed!

We have been blessed with beautiful children and family and friends who love us and are tremendously supportive.

We also seem to have a "Secret Santa" looking out for us.

These last two Christmas's we have been the recipients of some very mysterious post. Each year a letter containing a Christmas card and very generous gift certificate has been found in our mailbox.

Neither time has there been any way to identify the sender....except a return address (which is not listed in the phone book.......we tried). We do respect their desire to remain anonymous but wish we could thank them personally.

So........if you read this blog I want to say thank you. A million times over, Thank you. We are very grateful for these gifts and feel very blessed to be the recipients of your kind heart. Your example of generosity is one we will never forget and hope to pay forward some day. May the Lord bless you for your kindness.


Merry Christmas!

An update on our crazy lives!

Rob has started his final projects this week. He will be DONE with school COMPLETAMENTE (completely.....for those of you who don't speak Spanish) in less that two weeks and we couldn't be more excited.............

......If we had a job, that is.

Still no news on the job front. It's really hard for us not to get discouraged. We do have faith that things will work out according to the Lord's will. It's just really hard to patiently wait and see what the Lord intends for us to have to go through BEFORE we receive the blessings. It's scary. But.......whatever it may be....I'm sure we will survive it.

We couldn't be prouder of Rob, though. He has worked LONG and hard to get here and are excited to have him home ALL DAY (there are some perks to unemployment).

I'm still doing the aerobics thing. I haven't found out whether or not I have passed my certification test but at this point, I'm just glad it's over with.

The lady I took over for has decided that she has had enough of a break from her classes and wants them back.......so we are going to rotate weeks. Although it means I will be able to hold onto my routines for A LOT longer, and not have to buy new music as often, it also means I will be bringing in less money (not that $120 a month made all that much difference in our economical void but it was something). Hopefully after I get my certificate (supposing that I do), I will be able to pick up more classes. Anything helps.

The kids continue to make us laugh and drive us crazy (depending on the moment). They are either getting into trouble together or fighting.......oh yeah, occasionally they sit still without making any noise but it's rare before 8:00 PM (as in, when they are asleep in their beds). They have been practicing a lot of Kung Fu on each other lately after watching Jack Black's latest Panda movie several times. Don't ask me how I feel about it. It depends on the moment.

That's our life. Crazy, Stressful, Busy.

Wish us luck!

So many Christmas projects.....

unfortunately it doesn't leave a lot of time for blogging.

So......because we are economically challenged this year I am doing a lot of Christmas "projects" rather than buying gifts.

It sounded great in the beginning.

Now I am feeling a little overwhelmed by it all.

I just got done with one very time consuming thing (my group exercise certification) and now I have about a million LITTLE things to do (I guess I can forget about "nap time" for a while....dang it).

So.....you may notice a slow down in my blogging.

I guess you lives will just have to go on without me.

Unless, of course, there is some good news to report........as in Rob FINALLY being offered a job. I will be sure and blog about that!