Twilight Movie

Hello Twilight Fans,
I don't know if you have been following the movie news for Twilight, they have announced who will be playing Bella and Edward.

Bella: Kristen Stewart

Edward: Rob Pattinson

Marine Corps Birthday Ball

Saturday Tyler and I attended the 232nd Annual Officers’ Birthday Ball. “The Marine Corps was born at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia in 1775. Since that time, throughout the 232 years of the Corps’ existence, the celebration of this historic event has become a Marine Corps tradition.” Below are just a couple pictures from the ball.

I'm going to Germany

My brother Rob and his wife Natalie are going to Germany in December. I decided I'd like to tag along, they were nice enough to say Yes! My other brother, Doug, heard about the trip and decided he didn't want to miss the opportunity either, so now he is coming as well! Natalie just booked the tickets and I am getting very, very excited!

If anyone has been there before and has any suggestions on places we have to see, please let me know. We're also planning on making a day trip over to Paris (it's only 5 hours away!).

Good Times...

This past week was great. Laurel, Brittney and Brooke all came for a visit. We spent the first two days at Disneyland and California Adventures. Then we headed over to Sea World and hanging out around San Diego. We loved having them here and can't wait for them to come again. Below are some pictures from our time with them.

We're Home...

Our area has been lifted from the mandatory evacuation, so we have gratefully returned home. Once home I went around and hugged everything we owned, it was such a relief to see all our things again. We are keeping our "emergency" things packed and ready to go, just in case. Thanks to everyone for all their prayers and support, we couldn't have gotten through this without your help.

It's good to be home!

San Diego is Burning!

If you've seen the news today you'll see that San Diego County is burning and there are several areas under mandatory evacuation. Last night around midnight Kath and I went and gassed up the car, got some cash out, and got all of our important documents together. This morning aroung 0600 we knew that we better get out of the area. The neighborhoods about 5 miles east of us have been evacuated and we're under a voluntary evacaution. We left at about 0700 in order to beat the traffic into San Diego. Escondido, a city a few miles up I-15 and Rancho Bernardo, have both been evacuated and it looks like our area is next. So Kath and I got all of our important things in our car and drove into San Diego to stay with the Jefferies. On a more ironic note, my friend who lives in our same complex didn't have his home owners policy in place yet called his insurer last night to set it up but it doesn't take effect until midnight tonight!!

Here's Our House (before the fire)

Below are some updated pictures of our home. There are still a lot of projects we are working on so I will continue to post more as things progress.

Moving....

We're finally in our house! We found out late Friday night that we had closed, and began moving in on Saturday. We have our fridge and washer/dryer ordered and should be delivered tomorrow. The rest of our household goods are coming on Thursday! We're trying to get all the painting done before then, so wish us luck. For the next few weeks we probably wont have Internet, I will try and get to the library as much as I can to keep our exciting blog going and also to put some pictures of our new place on here. Talk to you soon!