Called to Serve....

In the Primary!! Eric and I were called to teach the 11 year-olds in primary a few weeks ago. It's proved to be quite a challenging class...there's 8 kids! It can be fun at times, but most of the time we spend just trying to get their attention. We've tried playing games, offering positive incentives...class parties, food, etc and nothing seems to have any effect. If anyone has any ideas, we'd LOVE to hear them...we're desperate!! :)

I just started teaching nursing assistant students at Lake Washington Technical College. It's really great because it's just Mon-Thurs from 10-12, so I'm not away from Joshua too long. Eric's mom and my sister help watch Joshua, which is so wonderful because we all know no one takes care of your baby like a Grandma and Auntie! So far, I really like the job. I've been thinking of getting into teaching but was having a hard time finding anything that didn't require too much time. Basically, the students have to learn skills in their scope of practice (bed baths, taking vital signs, etc) and my job is to teach them and test them so they can pass the state exam and be licensed.

Christmas Pictures

So I've decided to post some pictures from Christmas/New Years before February! Joshua has cut his first tooth and number 2 is on the way....lots of fun!

Here's Joshua having fun in the bath! Eric is in Atlanta on business this week, and he misses Joshua so much, he wanted me to post some pictures. This is for you, Daddy!

Winter Weather

Above are some pictures from the Seattle Times of flooding on our street. (Love the hair, don't you?)

The last few weeks the Seattle area has gotten some unusual winter weather - Snow! Well, unusual for Seattle at least! At one point we had about 8-10 inches in Issaquah, which meant Eric got to work from home for a few days! Finally the rain returned, and now we're actually having flooding all over Western Washington. There is a creek just down the street from our home that has flooded the streets, and it's supposed to reach "major flood" status (12 feet deep) by 10 pm tonight. Homes all along the creek have been evacuated but luckily we're far enough away that we don't have to worry about it. Here's some more pics: