#707

So here are the long awaited photos of our downtown loft apartment. I know most of you don't care anymore, so this is really just for me to be able to look back on when I am living in a real grown up house.

But for now, this is our home...

love 3 day weekends

I should be writing my classroom management plan right now, but this is me honoring my commitment to this blog and to you, my fans.

And I know you won't tell my professors. 

Trevor and I had a wonderful memorial weekend on the other side of the mountains with my family.

Whenever we visit my family, we can always count on a lot of laughter and a lot of eating. For some reason food just tastes better with my family. 

Making things like this, helps too.

What I really wish I could show you is a video of the game that followed this dessert...

Words can't describe the hilarity that comes from playing French charades with this bunch.

I love my family.

I'm still here...

Starting grad school has proven to be detrimental to my poor blog. 

I have wanted to post pictures of our new place for a while, but it doesn't ever seem to be clean enough for me to get out the camera...I blame it on school. For the next year, I will continue to blame many of my short comings on school. 

I should also say that I am loving it. It is extremely challenging, but I know that this is where I am supposed to be. I have already spent some time in schools, and I can't get enough of the kids! I am teaching health to a bunch of 6th graders next week...wish me luck.

I will finish, for the summer, in 3 weeks and find out where my fall placement will be for student teaching. I can't wait! 

Trevor is doing really well and liking his job. He had his first trial in April (he won of course!), and they just keep comin'. He tells me it isn't like the movies but that is how I choose to picture it. He has been working really hard and I am so proud of him.

For those of you patient enough to keep checking my blog, hoping this day will be the day it is updated, Thank you for your loyalty! I will do my best to keep it updated. 

We do lead such exciting lives. 

new year, new job, new town

Big Changes for the Osbornes. Whirlwind doesn't even begin to describe how our 2011 has started. First big change: Trevor got a new job! He will be working in the Attorney General's Office as an Assistant Attorney General in juvenile litigation. He is very excited and I am very proud of him. I got a new job too...I'm going to be the extra hard working wife/homemaker/nester-extraordinaire! Nice title huh?! I quit my job and will have a little over a month off to finish up a couple classes and move before I start school in March, when my title will officially change to grad student. This brings me to big change number 2: We are moving to Tacoma...good old T-Town! The AG's office is in Olympia and I will be going to school at Seattle U...so we are settling in the middle. Our new place is downtown in a very cool old building above fun restaurants and coffee shops...very urban and eclectic. (I can't wait to post pictures!)

So for the next few days we will be living in box city as we pack up our life for the last year and a half and try to throw away all of the junk we don't need!

We are up for the challenges, ready for a new adventure, and inspired by my good friend, Dr. Seuss...

"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes

You can steer yourself

any direction you choose."

"Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!

There are points to be scored. there are games to be won."

"So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray

or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,

you're off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting.

So...get on your way!"

 

I like to take Dr. Seuss' advice whenever I can.

Christmas at the Osbornes

Trevor and I had Christmas at our little apartment this year. It made for a very cozy Christmas and if I can cook a turkey dinner here, then I can do it anywhere.

On Christmas Eve we went to breakfast with my family and Trevor's mom, step dad and grandma. We also had Starbucks, a movie and church on our list, as well as a little visit to Trevor's dad and step mom. It was a full day, which made not getting out of our pj's till the afternoon the next day, wonderful!

Here is a peek into our day...

looking fabulous after waking up on Christmas morning. 

New Christmas tradition...homemade cinnamon rolls. I'm still dreaming about these.

My first turkey!

Trevor carving my first turkey.

The women tearin' it up in the kitchen.

We are all about the games and puzzles. The boys even played a whole game of Risk all on their iphones.

Even though the day is over I am still bursting with joy not because of anything I got under the tree or even how yummy my turkey turned out :), but because of the reason we have Christmas in the first place. It's unfathomable to me that God would send His son to be born and live on this earth only to die for me. I would not have true peace and joy without Jesus. All the presents, cookies, and warm-fuzzy feelings won't last. Nothing on this earth lasts. I hope you know Jesus. He sure knows you and loves you more than you can imagine.

And that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.

'tis the season

The best part about Christmas is spending time with the ones you love. And I love these 4 girls a lot. A close second is decorating and eating cookies. We did a lot of both.

The hubby was out all night so my home was filled with Christmas music, sugar cookies, hot cider and girl-talk...aww bliss.

I am very blessed to have such amazing friends.

3 more days...

meet chubbs

Keeping with tradition (all one year of it) we went searching for the perfect Christmas tree at the good ol' Busy B Christmas Tree Farm. You may remember our tree last year, Thirsty. What a perfect little first-year-tree it was. I decided we should go a little bigger this year. We went bigger alright. Bigger and Wider! We got the tree into our apartment, set it in the stand and cut off the binding. The branches flew out of that binding and made themselves at home taking up half of our living room. I, of course, loved it. Who cares if it's a little big for the space. If Christmas wants to take over, that is ok with me. Trevor, on the other hand, was worried about sitting areas and walking room....who cares about that stuff. I finally agreed to let him trim down some of the branches that were a bit out of control. So our tree has actually slimmed down quite a bit, but the name stuck.

Meet Chubbs...

I know he doesn't look too chubby now but just wait till we get him out of his natural environment and into our tiny home.

Jack and Melinda found their perfect tree too.

Decorating Chubbs has been a work in process. I am waiting for a few more ornaments and then he will be picture (and blog) worthy.