House Update

So we finally feel like it's all coming together! As of today 95% of the painting will be done! Good-bye to 'flat white' walls forever. We also got some problem solvers for the messes we haven't got organized yet, such as book shelves, filing cabinets and more.

Eric and I went on a date last night! It has been such a long time since the 2 of us have been able to be alone and enjoy each others company. It was great. We went to IKEA and spent 3 hours and packed the car. Then we strolled the mall looking for the perfect shoe for a man on his feet all day. And we found them!
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Then we ended up at The Cheese Cake Factory and it was deeeee-licious! So nice to have an evening out.

Our shutters our coming next week so we will no longer will be living in a fish bowl. Our neighbors are probably more excited than us about that. A man came to the door the other day selling blinds, since he could see that we didn't have any. I answered the door and he said "Are your parents home?" I was thinking nice selling tactic. - - Then said "no, this is my house." He was quite embarrassed and even more flustered when Jack ran up to me yelling "Mommy!" I didn't think I looked that young. anyway. He just handed me the flyer and left. My parents did happen to be here at the time thought that was so funny.

Once we get a little more organized I will post some pics!

CA Initiation

We took a mini vacation the week before we got our keys to the house. We went to Alcatraz, Pier 39, Napa Valley, Jelly Belly Factory (& yes, that is a mural of our Governator made with jelley bellys), Muir Woods, and Mt. Tamalpais It was a great get-a-way. We hope to be planning a trip to Yosemite in the Spring!

The BIG 3*1*

We celebrated Eric's birthday on Sunday since his first day of work was on his actual birthday. Bummer. But it was fun to celebrate in the new house! It was great to have people over despite the boxes and piles of unorganized clutter. Eric picked German Chocolate cake, of course, and we had Pepper Steak for dinner. - A Healy family favorite. Happy Birthday Eric! We love you so much.

Merry Christmas!

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2007 has been great to us. We started off the year celebrating Eric's 30th birthday closely followed by Audreys 1st birthday. She got her first baby doll and has just melted over any baby doll since. We took a "spring break" trip out to CA with Eric's brother Brett. ( we have been in student mode too long to give up a spring break) In May we moved into Eric's parents basement awaiting the time consuming process of applying for his CA Pharm. license. Jack celebrated his 3rd birthday in June. It was a "Buzz Lightyear" birthday he had anticipated for months. So of course we had to go all out. In July we celebrated my birthday in Pinecrest with my family. - One of my favorite places in the world, if nothing else for memories sake. In August we went down to St. George with Eric's family. We saw the play My Fair Lady @ the Tuacahn Theatre - love that show. In August we went on our first real family vacation to San Diego. We had such a great time. We will definitely repeat that trip! As of recently Eric has taken a job with Long's Drug Store and we will be moving to California for some more adventures! Looking forward to what awaits us in 2008!! We wish you all love & happiness at this special time of year!

Love,
Eric, Katie, Jack & Audrey (and the Mama Panda @ the zoo - a personal favorite of J & A)

Home Sweet Home

So here it is...our new home! We will be moving in January 9th. We are so excited. From the moment we walked in the door it felt like home for all of us. I am so excited to bust out with all my decorating ideas I have been saving up since our cinder block walls. It'll be nice to get settled again and unpack our boxes we have had packed up for 7 months now. It will be like Christmas all over again. Just wanted to share the exciting news in case you hadn't heard already.

A couple Auggie tricks...

So Auggie loves to lay down and put her feet in the air. It makes us laugh so much since her chunky little legs are about a a foot long. She loves to carry things around in her shirt too. I'm not sure where she picked that one up. Notice the fox in the picture. We've been places and after a while she'll pull out one of her little 2in. by 2 in. board books or one of Jack's little army men - Always thinking ahead. And Miss Cuddle bug! She loves to cuddle and hug. She had just stumbled outside from her nap and needed a hug from her big brother.

I love soccer!