February- Dave's Visit

What a crazy busy month we have had... But it sure has been a fun one!

Our good friend Dave came out from Wisconsin and spent two weeks spoiling our girls rotten :) We tried to do lots of fun stuff and stay busy while he visited, so here are a couple of our adventures...

 Celebrating Nala's 3rd birthday. She was so 

happy Dave was here to give her extra treats!

Spent some time just lounging... Girls are not normally on the couch, but this was an exception :)

Spent an amazingly beautiful Saturday at the beach! (After a rather frightening drive over the mountains to get there)

It was such a treat to spend the day in the sunshine!!!! 

We made sure and took the time to just sit and soak it all in too!

 Kev and his mom took up a new hobby of roasting their own coffee beans, and were able to treat Dave and myself to some extra delicious coffee!!!! 

We also spent a beautiful weekday walking around Portland (thank goodness once again for me being able to work part time), drinking Stumptown coffee, trying new restaurants, time at both Kev and my families for dinners, and having a birthday dinner for Dave at a new place! Not to mention he and Kev came up for lunch one Friday while I was at work and were lucky enough to meet all my 26 little cherubs :)

This morning Kev and Dave took off in our old neighbors' car (they moved to Wisconsin last month and Kev is driving their car and a load of things to them and flying home) headed across the US. Even that became more exciting than planned when we woke up to this...

Although busy, it has been so much fun getting to spend time with good friends, family, and getting to enjoy the place we live and take so for granted. Now I will sit and worry for five days, until I pick that handsome husband of mine up at the airport and know that he is home safe. :) However, we will miss Dave, ESPECIALLY my little girls who he is SO good to, and will be excited for another visit from him!

THANKS FOR ALL THE FUN, DAVE!!!

Turn on your speakers!

Cuz I just added music to my blog for your reading pleasure :)

Life...

Life here at the O'Neil house has been, in some aspects slowing down, and in others, busier than ever!

I am working part time and LOVING IT!!! I work with an amazing teacher/friend who I have total respect for, and am able to communicate (daily) with. We are both very organized, and both have high expectations for our students, which makes it easier for us to work side by side. I am able to be an excited, well rested, teacher each week, with only working 2 or 3 days a week. I also think my students love getting to switch teachers, and it keeps them from getting so bored with me :)
Kevin and I have been so blessed during this time by getting to spend so much time together! He only works 2-3 days a week also, so we get to be together at least five days a week. It has been really, really, nice. We have been able to get so much done around our house, and couldn't be more excited for spring time so we can start our garden, and get our chickens out in their newly finished condo.

We also have a dear friend coming to stay in a few days, and are so excited about that! But, we did have to say goodbye to our dear neighbors, as they moved home to Wisconsin last week to be with family. We are so saddened by losing them, but know that there is nothing better than having your parents near where you live!

We also have received more test results dealing with our fertility. The last results showed that I had no sign of ovulating, and my doctor was going to put in an order for Clomid, but I had been using an at home ovulation kit and think that it is just happening much later than we all had been calculating. So, more blood tests coming this week, and one more set of results before we do start on the Clomid. Please cross your fingers that this has been the issue all along, as going on this fertility drug may make for a bumpy ride in our home! :)

The sun is shining, we have so many exciting things planned this month, I get to live the life of a part time employee, all while spending time with the love of my life. Life is sweet. Even though things that we both want to badly have not been solved, we feel like there is a ray of hope at this time. Cherish this day, and don't think of tomorrow!

Oh and happy almost third birthday to my little puppy Nala Jaye!!!! I love you!!!

You knew I couldn't get through an entire post without mention of these little girls :)

Ta-ta!