Spring semester is almost over!

When did time start flying by so fast? Finals this semester really snuck up on me. This semester has gone by so quickly, I don't feel like I ever really caught up. I also have a couple assignments that I need to do in the next week or so. This semester has probably been my hardest ever and I had so much else going on too. And I just found out that summer semester starts three weeks earlier than I thought, so I only have a week off after finals before I start again, argh!

I applied to a master's program that starts this fall but even if I am accepted, I don't think I am going to go. I have really been thinking and praying about that one. If I do that, the program starts just a couple weeks after the summer semester and I need more of a break than that. Ben and I need a vacation! We haven't been on one since we moved here. Plus, my first choice program starts in the spring so I think that I would rather see if I am accepted there and if not, then I can apply to other schools later. I'm taking a risk and I may kick myself later but I think it's what I need to do. One of the lessons God has been teaching me over the past couple of years is to not take on too much and balance my time better, so I'm trying to do that but I forget sometimes. I'm already looking forward to the time off!

At least the summer semester will be a pretty easy one. One of the classes is one I have been looking forward to and another is basically just observation hours. The other two aren't bad either, at least I don't think so, hope that I am right about that. Maybe I will finally be able to get more done around the house. I have a few projects that are have finished or not started that it would be great to complete. Just so you can see the sort of thing we have been up to, here's a couple pics of the puppies "helping" us install the floor downstairs! This is the best they were all day. The floors aren't quite done yet, heehee, too bad they can't help more. When we get more finished I'll post some pics of the house.

Welcome!

Welcome to my new (and first and only) blog! I just thought it would be a fun and easy way to keep in touch with our friends and family.

For those of you who we haven't talked to recently, here's a brief summary of what we have been up to the last few years. Most of you know, Ben and I got married on May 24, 2003 in San Diego. Shortly after that, we moved up to Camarillo, about an hour or so north of LA and we lived there for a couple of years until Ben finished his degree. In June of 2005, we moved here to Colorado. Ben works as a Software Developer about 5 minutes away from where we live. I went back to school online to work toward becoming a speech-language pathologist. It will take me a few years but hey, I never thought I would go back to school at all. I recently got a job I love working part-time as a language therapist for children with dyslexia. I'm so grateful for it because it pretty much allows me to do what I want to do while I'm in school. After we moved here, I developed all sorts of allergies which was not fun but it's under control now (I guess there wasn't much to be allergic to in CA, heehee). A couple of months ago, we bought our first house. It needs some updating but we've been doing some work on it, and it will be so nice when it's done. We live in Highlands Ranch now, about 20-30 minutes southwest of downtown Denver. We have two puppies, mini aussies, Sydney and Brooklyn, and they are the cutest buddies and the closest thing to kids we have for now. :o) Here's some pictures of our wedding, our house and our puppies (Sydney is the big one and Brooke is the small one)! Check back for updates.