After just one week on the new job we were invited to a Dinner Gala at a country club in Sacramento for a company party. We spent a great evening meeting some really wonderful people, eating great food, playing casino games, and dancing of course. It was a very fun time complete with a hotel room paid for by the company. The picture is the best we had, and I didn't want to take time to get rid of my red eyes....
Scott's new job is going well. He really enjoys the people that he is working with and he is learning the in's and out's of the company. He seems very happy there so far.
While in Sac we were also able to visit friends that just moved to Rocklin. We went hiking and out to dinner. We are very glad to be living closer to such great friends J. and E.
Happy Labor Day weekend!

I know it's been quite a while since we have updated our blog. This year has flown by so far! I'll update you with the most recent news first. We just returned from nearly two weeks in Michigan. We were able to spend time in Saginaw area with Scott's parents where we also visited a number of aunts and uncles and friends. We then traveled with Scott's parents to West Michigan to the town of Grand Haven where we met up with Scott's sister and her family. We spent a full week with all the family in a rented house across from the Lake Michigan. It was a fantastic vacation full of swimming riding bikes, sand dunes rides, sail boating, horseback riding, and lots of great food. It was a very special time for Scott and I to spend quality time with our immediate family. We felt very blessed. There were many highlights of the trip, but a memorable moment was finding a mouse in our bedroom on the lower floor. We spent the rest of the week camping in the living room. Three mice were found by the end of the week, the last one spotted by Scott's mom who saw it scamper out from the laudry room. She jumped up on top of the washing machine in fear and screemed for someone to help. (Exactly what I would have done) Another highlight was occured while our niece and nephew were taking a bath in the jacuzzi tub. Scott's sister had filled the tub with bubbles for the kids to take a bath. The bubbles were overflowing over the top of the tub. We decided it would be fun to take a picture of Uncle Scott, Aunt Jen, Mommy (A.) and Daddy (V.) and I.(6) and J.(2) in the tub together with the bubbles surrounding us. (wearing suits of course... ) The week was filled with thousands of other memories that we will cherish until the next family vacation... We are thankful for our time with our family in such a beautiful location.
Scott will be starting a new job this week working as a dispatcher for a commercial HVAC company (That's Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) He will start by dispatching drivers, and he hopes to learn how to be a service technician in the future. I am a nanny for four wonderful children. I love my job! (Although it doesn't really feel like a job!) We have been enjoying our friends at church and getting more involved with activities at church. Scott was involved with VBS in July and he will be starting to teach Sunday School for elementary age once a month.
The summer is coming to a close (Although its been hot! We're hoping to get another camping trip and beach trip with Kona soon. Kona seems to have topped out at 83lbs and he is a complete joy to have in our lives.