Thanksgiving

Not many pictures from Thanksgiving cuz was having too much fun to remember the camera. Here are the few I got.


This is the nasty meat that Nancy brought with her. The one on the right was $55 a pound and tasted like garbage

Fun loving sisters Janae and Jaime

Melissa and her daddy...so cute!

The First Snow!

Here are a few pictures of our first snow fall! So much funn! It is snowing on and off still today but thought some might enjoy these pictures!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was wonderful! It was so good to see all of my family! I hadn't been to my grandparents for over a year and it felt good to go back. Melissa drove over with me on Thanksgiving morning. The weather was absolutely horrible! From home all the way to Silverdale it was POURING down rain! So hard to see 50 ft in front of me! Then between Silverdale and somewhere it started snowing. Then when we were like 15 mins from the house it was pure blue sky and sunny and then at Grandma's it was cloudy. So that was my crazy drive over. We had a ton of amazing food! The yams were my favorite this year! After dinner my Aunt Mardel had some planned games for everyone to do together. Then we broke up and all the women played different games, compatability and I'm totally blanking on the other one. All the men and a couple of the kids played Texas Hold 'Em. Jesse and Luke beat all the dads in one round! Then we watched Grey's Anatomy. I have never seen the show, it being the middle of the 3rd season I was a little lost, same with Grandma. It was actually a good show, even without knowing everything that was going on I enjoyed it. Jaime and I won out and got the hide-a-bed which really wasn't too comfy and at one point Jaime was sharing my pillow...she's a cuddler! All us women woke up at 6am and left at 7am to go shopping. We stopped at Starbucks and were at the mall by 8:15! The first stop was Mervyn's and I bought myself a new pair of New Balance tennies. They are light grey and light pink. They were originally $60 but with the store closing and the additional 15% off I got them for $30!! I definately spent a lot of money and it was nice to actually have money to spend this year! We had lunch at the Olive Garden this year. I had the baked ziti and it was delish! Great Uncle Bob and our cousin of some sorts was there and Uncle Bob ended up paying for everyone...so nice! After lunch was the Target stop and that was where I spent the most of my money! After Target I got changed and headed out to Ray's dad's place in Port Orchard which was only 20 mins away. So when I got there Max was being a bad boy. He so does not like Zach and I have no idea why. Every time Zach walked by he growls or tries to bite him. He gets in trouble with me if he acts like that so he got a time out in the truck. At dinner Maggie gave him a bone but he wouldn't touch it until he was with everyone else. That was a good time when Max and Zach had their bones away from each other. His dad made stuffed pork chops and they were amazing! He said it was his first time making them and WOW! We had mashed taters and asparagus with them. Yummy! The drive back was only about an hour but I was so tired it felt so long! I got my order of 140 pictures in the mail that I finally got downloaded and a bunch of the Christmas presents I ordered for people so I'm super excited! Ray and I went to Alderwood Mall last night and I got Jordan, Janae, Steve finished and half of Randy's and Al's. Ray also gave me a bunch more ideas for him so that helped. We had dinner at Claim Jumper and we decided that the Redmond one is better. We then headed out the the SUPER WALMART in Marysville since we were already in Lynnwood. Totally forgot what I needed from there but got some good stuff anyway. So I'm at work today and right now...IT IS SNOWING!!! YIPPEE! I love love love the snow but it will be a long drive home because it is slick out there. I'm also excited because I have my doctor appt tomorrow so we can finish up everything from my last visit and make sure everything is good and get my meds for the next 3 months. So I'm going home to enjoy the SNOW!

Are you ready for some pictures?!?!?!

So I FINALLY got some pictures downloaded. Here are a few for you to enjoy, some from June! :D

Jason and Marlis on his birthday

Rhonda and her little grandson! :D

Ray's little buddy Chucky likes to eat peanuts out of his hand!

This is my baby Max! Isn't he adorable! I love him!

The hippo family at the zoo, my favorite animals!

And even more pictures

This is Ray's mom and I with the Hawk at the Bite of Seattle

Diana and Tiffany. Tiffany is still my manager and I miss Diana! :(

Jordan is number 90...he loves football just like his brothers!

Everyone embarrased me at Red Robin for my WIT going away party.

Mine and Tiffany's going away party at the Seed

New Job

So I had my first day yesterday. It went pretty well. It is a lot different than Piedmont that is for sure. I also looked at a couple different apartments to see which I wanted. I chose the 3 bedroom flat. I know, three bedrooms we don't need but the living room in the two bedroom townhome was way too small for me to enjoy. We also will have a great view from the 3 bedroom! And it is still $200 less than what we were paying at Piedmont!

Jason was in town last weekend for his bday. That was a lot of fun to be able to see him again. We had dinner at Claim Jumper, and I got some good pics of Jason being a pig, and then went to Waldo's to watch some bands. It was crazy because I felt like I was back in High school, almost everyone there had gone to Cedarcrest!

I'm excited to go to my Grandma's next week. It feels like forever since I have been over there! And then shopping on Friday! Yippee! I will actually have enough money to get all my shopping done and maybe get something for myself also. I just got my last paycheck with Fairfield and it was a lot more than I was expecting so that was nice. I've already got some of my shopping done which is nice.

Today is mine and Ray's two year anniversary. I count it as today because that is our first date and first kiss. All thanks to Kristy inviting us to come celebrate her bday with her! We have plans to go out to dinner at the The Keg tonight. He is pretty excited.

Tomorrow is Apple Cup and I'm very upset about missing it! I'll be cheering the Cougars on from here at work but it won't be the same not being with Ray's fam! There is also a new UFC pay-per-view on tomorrow night that I will be missing. :(

Great news! Jess and Steve will be coming up for the holidays! Flying in the 22nd and leaving the 1st! I can't wait to see them! I am so freaking excited! You have no idea! I already ordered Jess' present and I love it! She'll be here for my bday too! Yippee! I'm planning on going to the Tulalip Casino in Marysville on Friday the 29th to celebrate. That should be great fun also.

Max is doing well. He got fleas after I put Advantage on him. Makes no sense to me. He's been kinda miserable with those. His poor little bum is all red and bitten. We have to check him every hour and we give him flea baths. He's the cutest sweetest little boy. I can't wait to share pictures with everyone!

I think that's all I have for now. Hope y'all are doing well!

Life changes so quick!

We had a Halloween party here at work. It was a crazy week with the buyers walking the property and trying to get ready for the party. We had a lot more attendees than expected! The community center was PACKED! Body to body! It was so hard to walk through there! It turned out well though. Everyone loved all of the prizes and the Indian food went fast! Everyone seemed to enjoy it!

So since the property has been for sale for so long some of us in the office had started looking for something. With the new company that is interested in buying, they weren't interested in keeping staff. And we decided if this sale fell through again we didn't want to deal with the due dilligence all over again. So Tiffany got a job with Braddock & Logan (a company that was a potential buyer at one point) in Renton. So since she went there she decided to bring me with her as the leasing agent. Hopefully to move up to assistant soon. So I will now be moving again, this time back to Renton. We drove around the property the other night and I like the look of the outside. They are planning on starting a remodel so I'm hoping that our apartment (townhome) can get done because I don't really like the kitchen cabinets. So my last day here is Nov 15th and I'll be moving the first weekend of December. Busy month.

I am still so happy with little Max. My dad bought him some sweaters and they are so cute! I have some really cute pictures and you don't have to wait that much longer to see them!!

That is the big news for now.