We always joked that our 2nd ward after we were married was a 'Newly wed or nearly dead'. Guess we're in the middle (I hope). Today is our 8th anniversary. That makes me feel really old, like I should have all the answers to life's problems or something. 8 years ago I would never have guessed that today I would be living in Chile right now, or that my daughters would be bilingual, or that I could love Dave as much as I do.
We've had a great time together. We have laughed. We have cried. We have had 5 different cars. No pets. We've lived in 7 different homes/apartments in 2 states & 2 countries. We've worked for a total for 11 companies in 8 years. Between the 2 of us there have been 3 graduations. We have been to 6 different countries together. We have 3 beautiful daughters. What an amazing 8 years it has been; a great start for our eternal family.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Keeping in Touch
Yesterday my parents, Ryan, Paige & Kelsi left us to return to the good 'ol USA. We have spent so much time with friends & family the past 2+ months- it has really been wonderful. First we traveled to Utah for a month for the Ponczoch Family Reunion, the Wilkey Reunion, shopping, Dr.'s appts, etc. Then Kelsi returned with us to Chile. 3 weeks after that my parents & Ryan & Paige joined us for almost 2 weeks.
Now we will relearn what it is to be a family of 5. In addition to returning to our regular routines, I am hoping to add some new things to my schedule. One of those things is blogging... hopefully I will be able to keep family & friends posted on our family adventures better than I have in the past. I'm also looking for a new Spanish teacher. It has been about 1 1/2 yrs since I've had lessons. I can get by with the Spanish I know, but I'm sure I sound pretty dumb a lot of the time, so it's time to get serious again. The last new thing in my life is piano (not playing it, as it seems that is often all I do). It is time to teach lessons. I'm nervous about this, but I feel strongly that it needs to be done. A Sr. missionary sister & I will be teaching group lessons to people in our Ward, with the hopes of expanding the lessons to the Stake. It's the whole give a man a fish concept... I can play the piano for every event right now if needed, but once we leave, who will take my place? I'm also planning on teaching Hailey & a couple of her friends lessons... my parents gave me the piano books that I used while learning to play piano, so we'll see how that goes. Now that I've typed this out I'm realizing that I may be adding a lot to my plate all at once... I hope I can do it all!
Now we will relearn what it is to be a family of 5. In addition to returning to our regular routines, I am hoping to add some new things to my schedule. One of those things is blogging... hopefully I will be able to keep family & friends posted on our family adventures better than I have in the past. I'm also looking for a new Spanish teacher. It has been about 1 1/2 yrs since I've had lessons. I can get by with the Spanish I know, but I'm sure I sound pretty dumb a lot of the time, so it's time to get serious again. The last new thing in my life is piano (not playing it, as it seems that is often all I do). It is time to teach lessons. I'm nervous about this, but I feel strongly that it needs to be done. A Sr. missionary sister & I will be teaching group lessons to people in our Ward, with the hopes of expanding the lessons to the Stake. It's the whole give a man a fish concept... I can play the piano for every event right now if needed, but once we leave, who will take my place? I'm also planning on teaching Hailey & a couple of her friends lessons... my parents gave me the piano books that I used while learning to play piano, so we'll see how that goes. Now that I've typed this out I'm realizing that I may be adding a lot to my plate all at once... I hope I can do it all!
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