Slacker

So, i've been a slacker on our blog. I know. I stink. Anyway, Last Saturday James and Sierra went to a concert. It was slipknot, saliva, static x, mudvayne and a few more bands. Sierra had a blast. Slipknot didn't end up playing but they seemed to enjoy it anyway.

Other than that things have been pretty boring. I finally got the job i've wanted to that will be nice! I am so over being home all day! I am ready to be working again. I start this next Tuesday.

Sierra has dance class tonight & then maybe a few times next week. The dance season doesn't offically start until school starts which is september 8th. I am sure I will have a lot of news to share in the coming months!

I think that is about it. I will try to be better at keeping my blog up to date!

What we've been up to

I know I haven't posted much lately.

Last weekend we went and decluttered up stairs. We got rid of a lot of Sierra's old clothes and toys. I also move some of the furniture in her room around and I like how it looks now!

Yesterday I had a job interview that went really well and I was told I will for sure be getting a call back so I am looking forward to that. It's the perfect job for me so we will see!

Thursday is Sierra's dance teams parents meeting. We will find out a lot of information about the upcomming competition season. We should find out her class schedule and when the competitions are. I am looking forward to the meeting!

Friday is Sierra's team meeting for the kids. She will be told what is expected, etc.

Saturday we are cleaning out the garage. We have way too much stuff in there.

Next wednesday we are going to a concert where my brother in law Tom will be opening for a band.

And some exciting news for Sierra. She is going to a Miley Cyrus concert next month! She is very excited to go! She will have a lot of fun.

Other then that not much new to report.

Family Day Cruise 2009

James' ship had a family day cruise today. We had a blast! We drove to the base and caught a bus to Seattle. The ship was in Seattle for seafair. At first it was a little chilly and very windy but eventually it got hot (of course, we are still having a heat wave... at least its not 102 anymore!). The ship did a couple of cool things... they sped up as fast as they could and did an emergency stop. That was pretty cool because the waves behind us crashed under the ship. Then they did a man overboard drill where they dropped a rhib (a small little boat) into the water and rescue swimmers "searched" for the person. They kept announcing how far they were from the person who went overboard and how long they'd be in the water. Then they had a BBQ with steaks, chicken and burgers. In the middle of the underway sierra lost a tooth. This is the second one she has lost. When we were pulling into port there were sea lions along this floating fense thingy they had. pretty cool! Below are soem pictures and if you want to view more you can see them at the link to the side of this blog ;)


going fast :)


James and Sierra

can you find the sea lion?

lost another tooth!



Also, Sierra has been selected to be in her dance school's competition team. It is an honor and sierra is extremely excited. She goes to one of the best dance schools in the northwest and they always win!

Playing around with Picnik

Nothing new to report really. We've been pretty boring the last couple of weeks, lol. But I will have new photos to share next Monday as we are going to Seattle! Fun.
James is home but is leaving very, very soon. It's a short underway and then after this one the ship is supposed to be in port until the end of the year. Yay!

This is a picture from homecoming last October. I was just playing around with Picnik.

Harry Potter!

Not much new to report but tonight we are going to see Harry Potter! We are going to the 8:30pm showing.

When the first one came out we thought "Oh this movie is going to be dumb! Don't even bother watching it!". We managed to see it at a friends house but I still wasnt impressed.

When the second one we completely ignored it.

Then the third one came out and we watched it at my brother & sister in laws house. We were like "wow, this is actually pretty good". So we went and bought 1,2 & 3.

Four & Five we saw in theatre. And now we are going to watch six! Yay!

Oh and we joined the YMCA again. It will be so much easier to workout with the YMCA being so close. The base isnt super far but its a long way to go to workout!

Another update

I know it's been a while since i've updated. Things have just been crazy and i've been too lazy to update my blog. Last week Tuesday we drove down to Seattle to go to ride the Seattle Monorail, Westlake Center, Pike Place Market (the fish market where they throw the fish) and the Pacific Science Center. That night we drove to Tacoma to stay at my brother in laws house. On wednesday morning we left bright and early and went to Wild Waves/Enchanted village. We had a blast! It's a theme and water park. Sierra loved the roller coasters. She even went on the ring of fire. My brother refused to even try the ring of fire. After that we went back to the space needle. Then we went to Outback steakhouse for dinner. Yummy.

Sierra has started dance camp. She loves it! She goes for 4 & 1/2 hours on Weds & Friday and 5 1/2 hours on Tues and Thursday. She's taking a mixture of Ballet, Jazz, Tumbling, Ribbons, Musical Theatre and Flex class (which is 90 minutes long and works on flexability).

You can view pictures at the link on the side of this blog!

A little update on our lives

Sierra had her recital on Saturday. She did so well! I am very proud of her and she is getting better. Hopefully the DVD's of the recital will be in soon and hopefully I will be able to post the video. We'll see. She's starting dance camp this summer. She will go for four weeks four hours a day four days a week. Lots of fours... huh? I figure it will keep her busy. And you can't beat the price!

I finally got a job that I know i'll enjoy. And it's something I will be able to do and still go to insurance school. I will be making about as much as I did working at VCS. Yay! And i've even found someone I trust to watch Sierra.

My brother is still here and on Tuesday we are going to the space needle and Wild Waves on Wednesday. Fun!

James is doing well. Nothing new to report. He's scheduled to be home a lot over the next couple of months so we are happy about that.