Ok so I know I have been a blog slacker lately. I have only been a tad busy. Since it had been a month since my last blog post I thought I would catch you up on what I have been up to.

I spent a few days in Milwaukee for a conference. It was a ton of fun and learned a lot, even what to do in a tornado. We don’t have those things up here in Washington and when a tornado warning came I made sure I got directions on what to do from some locals.

Trav and I have been Jr. High youth leaders at our church since September and last week it took our volunteering to a whole new level. We spend the night at the church with 30 Jr. Highers. It was the night where we welcome the 6th graders to Jr. High. It was a ton of fun, but I got little sleep and it is a week later and I am still trying to recuperate. As I get older I realize my body does not bounce back the same.

Trav competes in his first triathlon on Saturday. I will make sure to take pictures and let you know how it goes. He could not get me to one of those even if he drugged me. That whole thing sounds like torture. That’s ok even if I tried it I would drown in the first leg anyways and then I would not have to do the rest. Anyways, he is really excited about it and I know he will do great.

Today is puppy day. Ali will come home to live with us this evening. We are very excited to have her. I am sure we will not sleep much in the next few days. Chole cried her first several nights all night long. I was really starting to think that we would never sleep again. Hopefully Ali does better. I will let you know how it goes.