Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you had a good one and stayed warm! We definitely did. We had a lovely Christmas. Pick made us a delicious breakfast of pancakes with berries and white chocolate chips. Yum yum! We had a huge lunch with a family from church with teenage kids and then came home and chatted with all of our family on the phone.

7 weeks to go!

Pick playing cricket

Later we joined two families and went camping for 4 nights at Hahei beach, a tradition we began last year. The weather was beautiful, the company great, and we just relaxed. It was a nice getaway and time to soak up the beginning our our summer.

Celebrating 27 years of Pick

Yep, my husband clicked over another birthday a few weeks ago. It was a fairly low key event since we had just returned from the States. I made him French Toast for breakfast, yum, yum ... and then we spent a normal day at the office. That night we went out for dinner and saw a beautiful sunset across the water on our drive home.

So here are a few things I love about my husband:

* He is super good looking

* He likes to eat pizza, hamburgers and toasted sandwiches with pineapple

* He loves playing and watching sports but usually just watches sports when its the play-offs instead of being glued to any and every sporting event on t.v.

* He stuffs all sorts of pillows around me at night so I will be comfortable and has not even mentioned the fact that I now take up atleast 3/4 of the bed and have invaded his sleeping space.

* He is generous with his time when it comes to friendship and is extremely loyal.

* He loves his family and genuinely wants what is best for them and has the same care for my family.

* He makes me laugh and laughs at my silly jokes.

* He is open to new people and new places and is curious and interested.

* He loves Christmas music.

Okay- thats just a few things off the top of my head. Happy Birthday Pick!

God Bless the USA

We have been back from the States for almost two weeks. We had an awesome time catching up with friends, family and our favorite resturaunts! Here are a few of the highlights from our trip:


Heather's beautiful wedding! Her dress was goregous as was she. It was an honor to be a part of this beautiful day.

Heath played a tune for the wedding. Here is our mission team family.

Here I am with my girlfriends eating what else, Mexican. And with Melody who had her beautiful baby girl Jaylen right before we left!

Here's Pick with his Grandma Nell getting ready to feast for Thanksgiving. Pick, his brothers, and dad after playing hours of Nintendo Wii! Cassidi Pick's sister was a Wii master by the end of Thanksgiving.

I loved seeing my grandma Hartman, and here we are at the airport with my parents. Notice Picks supersized chocolate shake that dad bought him as a going away treat!

We were able to spend really good times with our family and friends. Unfortunately I don't have pictures with all of them because of my loosey goosey pregnant brain that tends to forget to take pictures! Regardless, we love you all and are so grateful for the time we had to catch up.