I realize that it has been a while since I updates our blog but things have been pretty crazy lately...not crazy bad...crazy good! Jeffrey and I were able to go home for Christmas (we were unsure if we could because of his work schedule). We split the time between our families and were able to see a good majority of our friends as well.
We went to Redmond, OR January 4-6 and stayed in a condo in celebration of our one year anniversary. It was a wonderful time to get away, relax, and spend some concentrated time together! We went skiing at Hoodoo Mountain for a day, walked around the quaint town of Sisters, OR for another, and basically slept in, ate, and relaxed. We also started reading an excellent book together! On our way back home, we stopped and snowshoed around for a couple of hours. It was perfect and just what we needed before starting another semester!
Jeffrey took the GRE on January 3rd and raised his scores from the last time he took it! They were still a little under what we wanted and we were a bit concerned he would not get into George Fox University for his PsyD. BUT, we found out just this last week that he got an interview with them! We were both thrilled to pieces as this gets him one step closer to being accepted! He will have the interview the 25th of February and prayers would be appreciated. We are just trusting God to take the lead and direct us where he wants us=)
Jeffrey's parents were able to come visit us the weekend of the 22nd. We had a wonderful time with them. We went skiing on Saturday, bottled Jeffrey's beer that he is brewing (a Christmas present from my Dad!!), and just spend some wonderful time together. On one of the days, Jewel and I went shopping and spent waaaay to much money hitting up the sales in the area! But it was totally worth it! We anticipate my parents coming the weekend of the 19th of the month and already have a few fun activities planned!
This semester, I am taking 9 credits at George Fox and 5 credits online. It has been so nice only having to drive in 3 days a week to Newberg instead of 4 or 5. I am looking for a part time job right now but haven't been to successful seeing as things slow down after the holidays. I would really like to do something with kids but seeing as I don't have open availability (because of classes), it may be a little tough. I will keep you updated...
Jeffrey has been busy mentoring with CCPC (Christian Community Placement Center) most days of the business week and occasionally Saturdays. He has received a lot of positive feedback and is really helping these kids. I am so proud of him! He doesn't always enjoy it as it can be pretty emotionally exhausting but has found it to be a very rewarding job! Like I mentioned before, things have slowed down after Christmas, which means that he is working very few hours at Sports authority, usually less than 10 hours a week. On the days when he does work both jobs, he works all day starting at 9 and goes until 8. He is usually pretty tired when he comes home!
God has been so good to us over this last year and we feel incredible blessed each and every day with the things that he has given us. We have an incredible apartment, plenty of food in our pantry, a church we are starting to get connected with, and wonderful friends and family supporting us.
God is good.
We went to Redmond, OR January 4-6 and stayed in a condo in celebration of our one year anniversary. It was a wonderful time to get away, relax, and spend some concentrated time together! We went skiing at Hoodoo Mountain for a day, walked around the quaint town of Sisters, OR for another, and basically slept in, ate, and relaxed. We also started reading an excellent book together! On our way back home, we stopped and snowshoed around for a couple of hours. It was perfect and just what we needed before starting another semester!
Jeffrey took the GRE on January 3rd and raised his scores from the last time he took it! They were still a little under what we wanted and we were a bit concerned he would not get into George Fox University for his PsyD. BUT, we found out just this last week that he got an interview with them! We were both thrilled to pieces as this gets him one step closer to being accepted! He will have the interview the 25th of February and prayers would be appreciated. We are just trusting God to take the lead and direct us where he wants us=)
Jeffrey's parents were able to come visit us the weekend of the 22nd. We had a wonderful time with them. We went skiing on Saturday, bottled Jeffrey's beer that he is brewing (a Christmas present from my Dad!!), and just spend some wonderful time together. On one of the days, Jewel and I went shopping and spent waaaay to much money hitting up the sales in the area! But it was totally worth it! We anticipate my parents coming the weekend of the 19th of the month and already have a few fun activities planned!
This semester, I am taking 9 credits at George Fox and 5 credits online. It has been so nice only having to drive in 3 days a week to Newberg instead of 4 or 5. I am looking for a part time job right now but haven't been to successful seeing as things slow down after the holidays. I would really like to do something with kids but seeing as I don't have open availability (because of classes), it may be a little tough. I will keep you updated...
Jeffrey has been busy mentoring with CCPC (Christian Community Placement Center) most days of the business week and occasionally Saturdays. He has received a lot of positive feedback and is really helping these kids. I am so proud of him! He doesn't always enjoy it as it can be pretty emotionally exhausting but has found it to be a very rewarding job! Like I mentioned before, things have slowed down after Christmas, which means that he is working very few hours at Sports authority, usually less than 10 hours a week. On the days when he does work both jobs, he works all day starting at 9 and goes until 8. He is usually pretty tired when he comes home!
God has been so good to us over this last year and we feel incredible blessed each and every day with the things that he has given us. We have an incredible apartment, plenty of food in our pantry, a church we are starting to get connected with, and wonderful friends and family supporting us.
God is good.
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