Hey, an update!

This update is LONG overdue, so I'll just do a quick list-ish of what we've been up to lately. :)

*I started taking tap classes back in January. I've progressed to beginner-intermediate/intermediate since then, and I love it! It's very challenging, but mostly a lot of fun. I've bounced back and forth between two different teachers with two VERY different styles, and I gotta say...I am very hooked. :)

*Eric works for Google now as part of their facilities team. His bosses recognized his leadership potential and have given him a raise and more responsibility in his position. Woo!

*My job is, well, not really what I want to be doing anymore, although I love my department. My manager and my coworkers are a lot of fun to work with, and now that we are starting to hit our slow season again, I'm a lot more relaxed and fun to be around again.

*We acquired a new cat. Her name is Rosie (we wanted to continue the Hobbit themed names), and she was a feral kitten when we got her. She's quite grown up now--about six months--and she is competing with Pippin to be the world's most hellish feline.

*We celebrated our one year anniversary! :) We went back to Portland for a weekend and had a wonderful time. We even experienced Voodoo Doughnuts.

*We started a Bible study at our place. We meet once a week at Judd Haven with a group of friends--some have come and gone--and it is a lot of fun. When we started back in January, we picked Romans to go through. We wrapped that one up a couple of weeks ago and are now in the book of John.

*Eric and I left our church home up in Lynnwood/Mill Creek once that church moved to a new facility in South Everett. It was way too far to drive from where we live in Redmond, and we don't just want to make a once a week trek to church for Sunday morning. We wanted to be involved in community without needing to drive 45 minutes each way, so we started looking for a new place to call home. We finally found a local church in Bellevue and have been attending regularly since June.

*Eric's cousin is currently staying with us while he goes through an internship and "retrain" at the same church that we are going to. He moved in with us at the beginning of August and will probably be with us until the beginning of November. It's been a lot of fun having another person here in the apartment, and it helps that he's chill. :)

*I've started getting baby fever--which I never thought would happen to me--and Eric keeps coaxing me back. He wants kids as much--probably more--than I do, but he's being a little more practical about it. We actually talked about a goal/timeline for our future earlier this week and think kids will fall in the 3-5 year anniversary range. (We are hoping to be overseas in 8-10 years.)

*And lastly, I challenged Eric to a "biggest loser" type competition that I think I am currently winning by default. It's really hard to stay motivated when the days are getting shorter and my body is telling me to put on a layer of winter blubber in preparation for winter hibernation, but...I will press on!

Anyhow, I think that just about covers it. Hopefully, we'll do better about posting things here from now on!

Toodles!