I just need to complain a little! I am at work right now, and will be 4 days a week starting October. Although we are extremely excited for adam's new venture, that means that lucky me gets to go back to work to get benefits and money. Yuck! I already have to work Halloween and I am not happy! For those of you who don't know, I work at an after hours medical clinic. So that means nights and weekends and holidays. It's the holidays that is the bummer! oh, and every saturday. I guess I should be thankful to have a job at all to help out, and I really am, but you all know just how much fun work is! The sacrifices we women make for our beloved spouses and children. I just hope they are very thankful for this someday. (And I know I shouldn't hold my breath!)

Garrett is growing so fast! I can't keep up with that kid. One minute he is sitting up, then cutting teeth, then crawling, then pulling himself up on everything and standing. The kid is a maniac and seriously needs to take a chill on the growing up thing. I wish he could stay this age forever. My little man! He now has 6 teeth, fyi. With all his hair and teeth, he looks like a toddler already. Very sad!

Adam is going back to school! For those that don't know, things in the family have been very bad since Adam's sister Alicia passed away. Because of everything, the family construction business is pretty much no longer. For years I have been wanting Adam to leave the family business and pursue another career and with everything falling apart, it was finally the time to make the plunge. He will be going to college to become a high school teacher and hopefully coach football. We have a long, difficult road ahead of us, but I know he will do great and we will be much happier not involved with the business. It is a scary time, but an exciting adventure that we can't wait to start!

Emma is in Kindergarden(sp?). It is so crazy to think that she is old enough. It's been quite a change having her go to school every day, but she enjoys it and her two little boy friends are in her class, which is nice. I wanted to cruise up to Salem the other day and thought I could leave early in the morning to get a good day in, and then my plan was thwarted when I realized that I can't do that anymore because of school. Argh! Don't get me wrong, I am definitely glad she is in school, but that makes things not so spur of the moment.

Butte to Butte

So, I have to brag a little now. Usually I don't, but this deserves it! My biggest accomplishment this summer was running in the Butte to Butte race. It is a 10K and the first time I have ever done that. Brynne got me pumped to start running in races, and it is really fun! The race was on July 4th, and was the day after my sister-in-law died, so I was emotionally and physically exhausted and had decided not to run. My husband encouraged me, and my sister stuck with me through the race, (which was awesome of her because she could have blown right by me from the start) and I finished! It was such a sense of accomplishment. I can't wait to do it next year, and I also want to start training for a triathlon sprint, or maybe a triathlon! Yeah right, i'll start with the sprint anyway.

The whole fam gets hitched!

This summer was full of happy times, and sad times. The last two of my family got married this summer, which i'm sure mom is happy to be done. Although, there might be one more to come...
Anyways, the weddings went great and we were happy to be with Ryan and Ashley on their day in Portland, and it was very relaxing at Derek and Brittany's wedding at her parent's house. The girls were flower girls, as you can see. They were so adorable. Shout out to my sister for doing their hair so cute.