January Celebrations!

January is a month of a few celebrations for our family! We started off the months with Josh and Mandy celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary...wow, has it been five years?!! What a great thing for them...we've happy to see them doing so well, of course, are very thankful for the beautiful granddaughter they gave us and looking forward to seeing them celebrate MANY more anniversaries!

Next up was Josh's birthday...the big 25!! Wow, was it really 25 years ago when I delivered him...in Yakima? It's amazing to see what my first baby has grown into...it isn't possible that we've aged that much in 25 years, is it?! We had a dinner with him, Mandy and Jayden the night before...since it feel on a work day and it was easier to get it in then....or put it off, which is tough with schedules!

Next up...Rick...and that would be his birthday....TODAY! Unfortunately, he has this little thing called, "work" that keeps him away from home today, but he and I will have a nice dinner tonight and tomorrow night the kids will all join us for a family dinner to celebrate together!

A couple more happenings for the family this month...Mandy got a new job and started a week ago, working as a CNA at a local nursing home! Her goal was to have a new job by the end of January...and she was actually hired before the end of December...so she definitely beat that goal! She's really excited to be using her certificate and working in a field she's interested in and plans to further he education while working! Way to go, Mandy!  Also...Josh and Mandy moved this moth from their apartment to a house in Puyallup. They definitely we were ready to get out of the apartment...that lifestyle was not for them...or was it a very healthy one...with loud neighbors, threats of apartment break-ins (they did have a car broken into while there) and no yard for Jayden or their dog, Madie to play...it was time. Their new home needs some TLC, but is a great home, large with a huge back yard and now they are feeling as though they get lost in the house...it's probably 2 1/2 times the room they had before! We all helped with some painting and then moving a couple of weekends and although they still have work to do...they are getting settled and happy to be there!

That about wraps up January...hope you all have had a good start to the new year and will have a GREAT 2010! Until later.....