Here we Come 2015!!

Merry Christmas 2014!! I am sitting here in my recliner (yes I am 80 years old at heart), looking at my beautiful Christmas tree with gifts beneath it with a very full heart! 2014 has been a crazy year. It seems to have absolutely flown by!! I am sure you are reading this post (the first one I have written in over three years) because you were told that there was some juicy news to be had. Are you just dying to know what it is?? I bet you are!!! Well, let me write a little more of our story before I give it all away here.
Jess and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary this summer. 7 years already, seriously, where is time going?! Other milestones this year included my 30th birthday! So crazy. I honestly don't feel a day over 21. But I think that is how is should be. To combat  the "old" label that I felt might come with the 30th birthday, I decided to dye my hair hot pink on the ends. Then a few months later I added purple. You only live once right? I dyed my hair with the full intent of getting it cut or colored back to normal by my 30th, but I kinda love it!  Fun colors are here to stay for now.
Jess had  a great year at work. He was voted "Best of the Best" Salesman of the year by the Korean American Grocers Association. In Salesman Land, this is a huge deal! Only one person  is given this title in the state of Washington every year, and it has never been won by someone from Harbor Wholesale Foods before. So Jess Ryan is officially the BEST. But you don't have to remind him!
Jess and I had the opportunity to see the Dominican Republic on a week long vacation this spring. It was a lot of fun! A week of laying in the sun around the pool was just what we needed.  We also got to do some good RV'ing this summer. We did a trip with my parents to Dosiwallips State Park, and a week at Lake Chelan (or MY lake as I like to call it). I went cliff jumping for the fist time while in Chelan. It was awesome!
Jess's parents took the whole family to Whistler for a 5 day "weekend" this December. I didn't realize how far away it is! It was such a fun  trip. In case you didn't know, Jess's immediate family is 18 people large! So, all of us got to spend the weekend together in one house. Whistler is absolutely beautiful. My first ever trip to Canada was a blast. The Whistler village is so much fun. Think of Leavenworth, on steroids... times a million. 
My Mom treated my Grandma Ruby and I to the PNB Nutcracker this December also. When I was little, my grandma took my mom and I to the nutcracker every year in Wenatchee.  It was the only version of the nutcracker I had ever seen so naturally I thought it was amazing. Then again, what five year old wouldn't?  Being able to share the "real" ballet with my mom and grandma was pretty amazing. 
So, are you ready for the big news yet? I bet you are! Well, here it is...Jess and I are starting our family this year!  We have decided that our first child will be adopted.  So, we are embarking on the amazing journey to parenthood through Fostering to Adopt with the Tacoma Youth for Christ organization. They are one of only two Christian based organizations in Washington that partner with the state and place kids in Christian homes for foster care. Jess and I have a great big philosophy on why we are choosing to adopt for our first child, especially through foster care. I will save that for our next post. So, please join  us in our amazing crazy journey to parenthood through foster to adopt. We are so excited to add some babies to our home! Hopefully next year, as I write a Christmas post to our blog, I will be doing it with a babe in my lap. Please pray for us as we begin the process of paper work, background checks, doctors clearance, childproofing and painting our home. Pray for us as a man and wife, and for our soon to be child, or possibly children.  Jess and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a beautiful New Year.

Clam Diggin!!

Not too long ago Jess and I spent the most beautiful Evening on the beach digging up some dinner! We went with our good friends Mark and Tif, as well as Don, Karlie and Lisa. The weather was amazing! It was our first night dig too, it was so much fun. We all got our limit, then we headed home and cleaned clams until the wee hours. Here is the photographic evidence of our amazingly fun time :)

Mommy for a weekend

Well, my first trial into motherhood happened this weekend, wooh boy! It's a lot of work! My 2 favorite kiddo's in the whole world get to spend the weekend with me, Mr. Aaron and Miss Delaney. I didn't realize how much little babies ate and pee'd, good grief! Currently they are both down for a nap and I am quickly realizing that nap time may be my favorite part of mommy hood (whenever that may be). These kids really are great. Hardly any problems at all, and luckily for me, I love animated movies so Aaron and I are having a great time together. Delaney is just so adorable you can never be upset with her, even when she is screaming her little lungs out :) I am learning quickly that while it is a ton of work, its totally doable. I have a couple more chores to finish before the young ones awake, off to work!!

Happy February!

February has been great!! The weather has been cold and snow has been on the ground :) Max is growing up fast! He is getting so big, and somehow he is getting more energy...I am not sure how that is possible, but it's happening!!
The snow has been absolutely beautiful, and it has stuck around for awhile! I love it! It reminds me of home so it makes me happy :) Here are a few pictures of our winter wonderland and our little boy running around and lapping it up :)

We got to go clam digging in some of the most beautiful weather I have ever seen on the coast! We went to moclips beach with our good friends Don, Mark, Tif, Karlie and Lisa. It was a blast! It was our first night dig and it was so cool to be on the beach in the dark with the stars out. It was just alot of fun! Mark and Tif had never been clam digging before so we got to show them the ropes. They did great too! Everyone got their limit. 

 We got to the beach right before sunset, it was so pretty! I spent most of my time before the sun went down just taking pictures!

 Karlie, Me and Lisa!!

Me and my niece Lisa

 These girls are expert clam diggers!!

 Would you look at those colors!

 My handsome provider digging me up some dinner :) 

 Jess with his hand in the sand

 mmmm dinner!!

 Aren't we cute!

Don taking our final tally for the night, we did great!

 One more of the beautiful sunset

Lisa was a little too anxious to eat the clams....

A New Year!!

Well here we are, a new year a new blog!! Truth is, I have forgotten the old account info for the blog and it was a pain to keep up with anyway sooo....a new one it is!!! 2011 is already here and its already a month into it, crazy! Jess and I are working away. We don't have a whole lot of new news to share. We are canceling our cable, just to see if we can do it. I am kinda excited for it. I think Jess might have an aneurysm for the lack of sports and ESPN sportscenter. Max is almost full grown, he is a big boy!!!

 Jess absolutely loves this dog, and I can't blame him, he is a pretty adorable pup! He's smart too! Jess will have him fully trained and ready to go for duck hunting season next year.

This year started off with a whirl wind trip to Modesto, CA for us. New Years eve at 9 pm we hopped in the car and the next morning at 11:00 AM we were in Modesto. Jess found the "dream motor" for his duck boat on craigslist so we had to go get it! We spent maybe an hour in Modesto, got back in the car and headed north again and around 11:00 pm we were back in Olympia. Talk about your hurricane trip!! It was pure insanity!! But you might as well do it while your young right??

 I had to get a picture of something with "Modesto" on it for proof that we were actually there!

Somewhere before Sacramento we stopped at Sonic on the way home. 

This snow was in Northern California! It felt weird to me to have snow in California....maybe its pretty standard I don't know.

 We did get to see some beautiful scenery along the way.

January hasn't had too many surprises for us, we will have to see what February brings! My baby brother turns 22 in February and that is a little traumatizing for me. That means that in 9 months I am going to turn 27! I am not supposed to be that old! I don't feel any older than 19! 

Here's to a happy February!!