Time to re-light the fire!
My how time flies! it's now 2011 and I think my last blog was in 2009 after an outstanding trip to Alaska to visit my sister in law, Jennie. Things have changed more than ever since that last trip and I'm ready to get back on the blog and start updating about the things happening in our lives.
January 2009 brought the adventure of growing my own business. I fell in love with the opportunity when my neighbor introduced me to Shaklee. The idea of earning money and free vacations while helping others sounded like something I could totally get on board with! I had started using the products in 2007 as I started introducing them to my friends and family as we were planning our wedding and working on the house. Once we decided we wanted to start a family I got serious about my business. I was in love with the products and knew I had my hands on a good product that others NEEDED in their homes so I got busy sharing.
May 2009 I spent the month in Alaska. Joey was there with me for the first few weeks and then it was just Jennie and I taking AK by storm! Such a fun month!
December 2009 was filled with excitement! It brought us back up to Alaska for some dog sledding, hot spring swimming and all around goofy times with Jennie again. I LOVE it up there and cannot express how it feels like a part of me will forever be on the glaciers and mountains we hiked. Something about the way AK makes me feel will be alive in me forever.
I'd have to say thought that the biggest adventure to date started in December - a baby on the way! I thought remodeling our house and having our dog kept us busy - WRONG! This is the best adventure yet! Our daughter was born in September 2010 and we have been adjusting to life with a baby in the house, just like any new parents do. Those sleepless nights are becoming more of a memory now (thank goodness) and we are settling into a routine that makes more sense now. We are even working on her schedule now instead of her telling us what it is. Ok, you caught me, she still gets the final say in when she will sleep and everything in between but we are trying :)
December also brought us to the end of my husbands job as an electrician. To date he is still searching daily for work. So much so that I had to pry him away from the computer just so I could write up this post. It was amazing to have him around during the pregnancy. He was able to go to every doctors appointment & ultrasound with me. Best of all he was able to keep the house clean and get dinner on the table as I grew to an unbelievably large size. Do you know that when I went to the butcher last week the woman said "Wow I haven't seen you in a long time" when I commented that I didn't think I have been in since I was pregnant she had a lovely thing to say "Yeah I don't think so because I remember my Mom and I watching out the window as you TRIED to get into the car"... Awesome! Everyone was kind and told me I looked great during my pregnancy - bunch of liars! The truth is coming out now that I've shrank back down again and they are starting to tell me what they really thought and we look through pictures and just laugh.
As a new mom, business owner, wife and overall free spirit I feel that I will find plenty to share with you folks. Things I'll need to clear my head about and adventures that we encounter. I'm working on getting my body into the best shape I've been in since HS, staying in touch with friends, replacing my husbands income and raising a well rounded human being. I look forward to getting back to this and hope you will join me on this adventure as I get back into the swing of things!
Thanks for checking in... until the next adventure.
