New Life

Two weeks ago Jon and I spent 4 days in Monterey and Carmel our celebrate our 10 year anniversary. It was much needed and thoroughly enjoyed.

My boss tipped me off on a GREAT place to stay in Monterey - our little bungalow was right on the sand and we could see the ocean straight ahead as well as hear the waves crash all night. It was like a lullaby for us! We were cooled by ocean breeze and warmed by our fire - it was heaven!!!!

Check it out http://www.thesanctuarybeachresort.com/photo_gallery.html - I would HIGHLY recommend it if you are going to stay in the area! You even get your own golf cart to tootle around in!

I will post some pictures once we have downloaded them - the weather was gorgeous - we ate well and spent WAY too much money.

Since Jonathan grew up in the bay area - we went to some of his favorite digs including his favorite bakery - sadly it had changed quite a bit so the childhood memory was busted but the food was great! We indulged of course. It was like NEW life for us!!!

All in all it was a great relaxing trip. We are going back in May - since I will be working in San Jose again we are going to do a repeater!

We are now trying to decide where to go on both our family vacation this year and our own personal vacation. We are hoping to jot to Europe in September so we will need a tropical place for our trip!

Any suggestions??? We are open!

No Baby...

With an incredibly heavy heart - more like broken - I add this new blog.

Life has been a crazy ride since my last entry in October 2008 when we announced we were finally having a baby. We prepared - set up a nursery (against our better judgement "just in case") getting ready for our new Baby Boy.

Two weeks ago right before I was headed to Europe for a business trip - we had a call that our "birth family" had decided to keep their baby...our baby.

So we cried 'til we could cry no more, screamed and pleaded with the Lord, cried a whole lot more and then worked through the rage. Now we are coping and trying to see where we will land next. The baby is due this Friday 02/13 the day before Valentine's Day - we are hoping with what faith is left in us that by some small miracle the birth parents will have their hearts softened and make a decision to call us and ask us to adopt the baby. It's a slim slim chance - but we can't help but have some small bit of hope.

If this does not happen we will try again - but it is a tough to continue with a broken heart and broken trust.

Anyway - we are doing okay and hopefully I will pick up blogging again. Stay tuned for more happy news in the future!

Ashley the Actress

We all went ot Scottsdale last night to see Ashley in the play "Our Town".
Here are a few photos - although none of her during the play and only one after because photography was not allowed. :(

She did a great job - the kid has a future in show biz. It was fun to se her in character and to hear her director rave about her talent.
Ashley usually does comedy improv at a club in Scottsdale, but this was a new venue for her and she was just FAB!
A few more pics of us - it was COLD (by Arizona standards anyway!

Holiday Fun!!

Can I just say that I love - love - love - love this time of year. I love all the holiday cheer and all the cooler weather. Nothing is better than cuddling under a thick down comforter, sipping hot chocolate and watching a bonafide chick flick (Bridget Jones, Love Actually or Rattle and Hum)...

I do miss the snow and the changing leaves, but it is now cold enough to wear a sweater and not just in the freezing air conditioned building in which I work! :)

I am especially excited that Lisa Smith (aka Croy) and her two boys Holden and Carsen will be joining us for Thanksgiving. I can't wait - we will have her little family here with us for 5 WHOLE days.

Anyway - my goal while she is here is to introduce her to the tech highway and get her on facebook and blogspot so you can each chat it up with her also. We shall see!

Happy Fall and all that it brings!

Ethan's Blessing Day

So little baby Ethan was blessed on Sunday and he looked so handsome. Brett gave an amazing blessing and not a dry eye in the place! So sweet - Alicia and Brett are fantastic parents.

Brett, Alicia and Ethan (we could no get a great pic as he was really wiggly)


Here are all the men : Dad, Jonathan, Brett, Bro. Moeller (Brett's Dad) and Uncle Moeller...


We really did not get a full family photo because of everyone's church obligations and callings - so too bad but we will have tons of family photos coming with the holidays! Stay tuned...

I hate Laundry!

For the first time in 10 years of marriage I held an informal boycott against the laundry. And of course it just kept growing and I remained stubborn! I mean come on -why does laundry grow so rapidly (and keep in mind we are only 2)and I know that some reading this are not playing the old violin of mercy for me - but really you have to understand. Laundry is about as bad as grocery shopping...I would rather clean toilets!
And so as you can imagine, this weekend I humbly carried 8 loads of laundry down to the laundry room and began the grueling task of washing, drying, folding, ironing, hanging - you get the picture. But being a bit A.D.H.D as I am ... I got distracted and it seemed easier to just pile it into the baskets sitting conveniently near by. Soooo...5 HUGE loads later - I have made a bigger mess for myself and now have insured several more hours ironing for myself. See for yourself (this by the way is a king size bed)imagine the load.

I should be smarter than this. So lesson learned...laundry added back to the daily task list. Pays off in the long run as much as I hate to admit it!

AHHH - London!

Another business trip takes me to Europe...this time England, Germany and Italia!I took a ton of pics in London because we had one day in which we had 6 hours non business related to hit the town. One of my colleagues had never been to London and since it is like a second home for me - we hit it and conquered it in 6 hours. It was amazing and since he forgot his camera - I was the picture maniac for us!

We had a blast but when we woke up the next morning to catch the flight to Berlin, we really felt the whirlwind of the night before. I am getting older...and at times like that one I suddenly felt it. Oh how I hate reality!

Here I am in London just outside the Tower of London - it was FREEZING and wet as England always is!


Here is a magnificent pic of the Tower Bridge (many people think this is the London Bridge)...


Big Ben...

And of course Hard Rock LONDON for the famous wall dedicated to U2! I can't pass it up, I think I go each time I am in London! I think the crazy U2 fan in me hopes BONO and the clan just might show up! (everyone has to have a dream!)


I am grounded with no more business trips until first quarter of 2009 so it will be nice to just chill for a bit. I always love to travel but it is not the best on business except for First Class flights on British Airways...of that I have no compliants!