Family
See a resemblance?? AT ALL???
So we all know that Maisie looks EXACTLY like her daddy. Yeah, yeah, I hear it ALL the time. No, I am not sick of it. However, my mom just sent me some pics from when I was around Maisie’s age. What do you think? Any resemblance? Yeah, I am desperate to hear (or read) the words that there is some sort of Maisie in me, but hey, be honest! 🙂 So at least we have the frizzy hair in common if nothin’ else! I love this last picture of me and my big sis (even though she has her eyes shut)!
Read MoreMusic to My Ears
I am sitting upstairs in the huge home of Phil and Laina’s, just fiddling around on my computer. Justin is downstairs with Maisie playing the piano. Justin is playing these deep and loud keys flowing together to become a pretty song. I was beginning to worry where Maisie was while Justin was so into his piano playing. Just then I heard the random high pitch keys banging. It actually sounded quite pretty along with Justin’s playing and brought a smile to my face. I love my little family! *sorry if the piano terms I am using are incorrect. I am clueless when it comes to music*
Read MoreStaff Conference and Amsterdam
We had a great week at our annual staff conference! Here are a couple highlights (or at least pictures) from the week. I pretty much didn’t think about taking pictures till the last day. That is always how I am. So here are some pictures! You might notice that each picture from that last night of staff conference was taken by me! Go go gadget arm! 🙂 These are two girls I love!! In the middle is Chelsea, whose home Justin and I are staying in in Amsterdam! She however, is off to California for college! 🙁 Then on the right is Katherine! Katherine is one of our best friends who was on the team with us in Paris! Katherine and I always have SO much fun together and laugh at anything and everything we can, especially Justin!! Sarah! I always look forward to hanging out with Sarah at…
Read MoreWe Have Arrived!!!
So yes, we finally made it to Hungary!!! The journey was exhausting. Maisie did quite amazing if I do say so myself! Of course I did spill both a Sprite and a water everywhere as soon as we got on our long flight from Chicago to London, but that was really the only drama on the plane! Maisie slept great for the first three hours of the flight. Then yes, with a little help from Benadryl, she slept even longer!!! She is doing a great job getting on schedule!!! I am actually sitting next to her right now as she naps. She is such a little trooper! The biggest drama during our trip was when we finally arrived in London. (By the way, why does the English accent make everyone look and sound way cuter and smarter than maybe they really are?!!?) Anyways, we got to London and found that…
Read MoreA letter from my teenage years
Justin, Maisie, and I are in Sacramento, CA right now, finishing up loose ends before our big move back to Europe! Yeah, that’s right. We are headed back in just five days!!! So we have been sorting through my mom’s garage (we had a garage sale the last couple days) and I have taken it upon myself to organize photos and other memory type things. I was very excited to come across a binder titled, “Jennifer” where I found lots of fun things from my childhood and teenage years. It’s always fun to take a walk in memory lane and see how I was as a child. I was a pain. It is proved in the following letter that I wrote out to my mom. Here it is typed EXACTLY how I wrote it! At the top of the page, it reads, “I thought about this for a…
Read MoreFourth of July in America!
We had a very fun and very American Fourth of July! I had such a fun day. It was nice being in America on such an American holiday. For the last few years we have been in France during America’s Independence day and I must say, it just isn’t the same. I sort of just took it all in, knowing that it would most likely be my last celebration of this holiday in America… for a while at least. I loved every part of what we did, down to the hot dogs and snow cones. It was all just so much fun!!!!! And of course, here are some pictures from the day. I will start off with a picture from a little photo shoot of Maisie modeling the red, white, and blue dress that Mimi (Justin’s grandmother and Maisie’s great grandmother) bought for Maisie! We went to a park…
Read MoreMaisie Pictures and Video!
I need to catch everyone up with some pictures! I finally downloaded my pictures from my camera, so it is picture and video time! This picture of Justin and Maisie giving kisses was taken on our way back up to Portland. Somehow Maisie decided to smile for the camera! (yeah, it is a fake smile, but a smile nonetheless!) My best friend from high school had a baby and he is sooooo cute! Here is a little picture of us with our kids! CRAZY! I took this picture the other day because it was just so cute how Maisie was all teeny tiny, sitting in the doorway of this cute little coffee shop. How that brings me delight, I don’t know, but it does! I love this picture of Maisie for a few reasons. First of all, I think her hair looks so freakin’ cute! Secondly,…
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