Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Mini Vacation with the Matney's

My sister and her family came to visit from Kettle Falls in March.
We all went and spent the day at Pike’s Place and then went to the Seattle Aquarium.
It was my sister’s 30th Birthday and her and her husbands 5th Anniversary so we also went out to Sushi!!

It was a long weekend stay for them; Heidi even came to work with me that Tuesday for a few hours.

My sister and her family at Pike’s Place


Doing the touristy thing...


The kids at Pike's Place, Check out the nasty sea creature. IT MOVES!!




The kids dressed up in scuba gear


Some random pictures from the Seattle Aquarium








Alyssa + Dan + Katie = Happy Family


I love you sister, Thank you so much for coming to visit!

Friday, April 10, 2009

Proud to be...

am·bas·sa·dor (ām-bās'ə-dər, -dôr')
n. A diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another, usually for a specific length of time.

I was just offered the position of our Student Igniter Ambassador at school. I will be responsible for welcoming new students and guiding them through the process. I will also be responsible for handling any student issues.

I am very honored to hold this position and really look forward to helping my fellow classmates.

Another great bonus, I get to wear black scrubs at school instead of the blue scrubs that everyone else has to wear!!! :)

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Time after Time...

Once again I have managed to fall way behind on my blogging. Devastating, Right?? ;)

Working full time, going to school on weekends and running a family has become quite a chore. So my time is very limited to say the least. Any free time I do get away from work and studying I try to spend with family and friends.

A quick re-cap: Things have been going well. Being hibernation season and the fact that I am in school 3 out of 4 weekends per month, we haven’t been up to a whole lot.

We had Alyssa’s parent/teacher conference. She is doing really really well. She was awarded as Peak Performer/Student of the Month for February!! Her teacher said that she is a great help in school, always helping the other students and setting good examples (for the most part). She also mentioned how much fun Alyssa is to have in class… always making everyone smile with her funny jokes and stories.

I am really enjoying school and learning a lot. Since I started in December I have been able to maintain my 4.0 with close to perfect attendance. I have met some great people while going to school; I can see life time friendships in the making. My graduation date in September is approaching faster then expected. Woo Hoo!

Dan has been staying busy with school/work and has been trying to get his hotrod put back together. He has been working on a project at Pete’s Dad’s cabin on most of the weekends that I have school. He has also been a huge help around the house while I am at school or needing to study!

Needless to say, the three of us have been incredibly busy while trying to maintain somewhat of a social life on top of all this. We hope everyone is doing well and I hope to keep up on this darn blog.