Happy Thanksgiving

I'll try to talk to everyone but I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a fantastic day on Thursday. We are staying home for lunch and then going to the neighbors for dessert. Thanks for the turkeys mom-they are hanging around the house!

I finally got my schedule for three days. I'm so happy, I really hope it well make a difference between crazy and semi sane. The past 6 months have been such a whirlwind of craziness. Hopefully we can get a handle on all of it! Kaobe is out early today so me, him and Leiah are going to lunch and bday shopping for Indy's bday and for new xmas tree decorations. I can't believe it's time to put up the tree already-where has the time gone!! I've got to finish my bathroom painting today and them move onto my room-mocha brown. I love painting-it's fun fun. I need some fun indoor activities for the kids to do inside this winter. We are going to put some carpet down in the basement and get a ping pong table and stuff. Any ideas??

I hope everyone is doing good-what is everyone doing for xmas? Just wanted to say hey! Love you all, me

Want to see what I've been up to?

If you're wondering if I'm still alive, the answer is yes! If you're wondering if I'm still sane, the answer is debatable! If you're wondering if words can express how grateful I am for a supportive husband, the answer is no! Words cannot express how grateful I am for Nate and for his help in getting me through this Semester!

I posted on our blog about the lab that I'm in. Check it out! You'll see some fun stuff ;)

This week is my head teaching week and my theme is water! Dad is going to come in and talk about Scuba Diving as a guest speaker! We went up today to find him some pics & to give him a little tour! I'm really excited - I think he's going to do a fabulous job!!

Anyway, it's 1:23 a.m! I've been sick for a week, so I really need to get to sleep! I just took some meds, so hopefully they'll knock me out soon (when you're sick, Theraflu Nighttime works wonders - just FYI!) So, this post has been nothing but randomness and I'm not even sure what I've written is coherent! If not, love me anyway!

Give your kids a hug for me! We miss you guys a lot, especially around this time of year!

Love ya,
Clar

... happy halloween ...

(Three Hole Punch & La Fawn Duh) (oh, and Sadie!) (oh, and this was at Lizzie's birthday party a few weeks back)

Hey everyone! I'm really missing you guys today and wishing that we could hang out with the kiddos and see all their costumes! As a Halloween Treat for me, you should all post a picture of them on the blog or your FB :)

We hope you are all having a wonderful night! Nate & I are headed out in a few minutes to make the rounds and see all the local kiddos that we love! We'll make a stop at the Dutsons to see Omar & Marisol all dressed up, do some trick or treating with Carlynne & Ollie and their little ones, then head out to see the Wilkie's for a few minutes!

Give your little trick or treaters a hug for us and tell them that we love them!

Love,
Nate & Clar

have a great day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HALLIE....hope you have a fun day and had a fun party. We sure love you!
hugs, grandma

Blindslided!

Hey Familia,

It's me again. Just thought I'd share a little news...Cody went into work today only to find himself in a last minute meeting where an announcement was made that his office is closing. Yep, it finally happened! The entire R&D part of the office is being closed out. This means that 200 out of the 230 employees including Cody are out. Luckily, Cody is one of the last people to go. His job ends on March 31. A lot of his co-workers have to leave in November. So there you have it. I think were both still shocked even though we knew it was eminent in the next two years.

Cody is unbelievably chipper at the moment. He came home for the rest of the day and is working on his latest hobby involving L.E.D.'s and his truck. He has been looking for a new job for a while now. So he's happy he got to stay with Ericsson long enough to get a severance.

It's so weird that I woke up this morning to a normal day and how fast it changed! It has been full of ups and downs and it's only 3:00. Were just thankful that we don't have to be jobless right away and Cody can take his time and find a new job that will be fulfilling and challenging. He really would like to switch gears and work in some new green tech job or research.

I'll keep ya posted!

Love,

Jen

Feelin Like Fall in Colorado!

Hi La Familia!

Just wanted to say hi to ya'll.

We're having a nice fallish day here in good ole Colorado! Today we celebrated biscuit day in Erie. We went down town to the biscuit festival and ate biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Very yummy! Dad you would have loved it!

We've had a nice busy week going on. We got a new tree delivered yesterday. Had to dig a huge hole, thanks to Cody's strong arms I didn't have to do much! Now I have a nice big tree out my back door! That's my big news, kinda boring if your not into trees I guess!

The fam is doing great. We're off to a great year in school! So happy with teachers and classes. I'm even more delighted that Cody will be done with his board obligations this November! Yipee! Hopefully we'll have lot's of time for fun in the snow this winter. Surf gets a free ski pass this winter. All 5th graders in Colorado get that nice little perk. Hopefully we'll take advantage of it!

I guess that's about all. It's been such a hard month, I miss you so much and love you even more! I don't always let you know how I feel but, I really love you guys so much! It's been hard to be so far away from all of you this month. I've been really trying to take Aunt Debbie's advice about spending quality time w/ the kids. Looking them in eye when they are talking, and being available to them mentally as well as physically. It's so easy to be too busy and distracted when the boys need me. Anyways, gotta get going.

Have a great weekend!

Hope Italy is fabulous Jess! You have no idea how jealous I am!

Love you all!

Jen

sad

I feel very sad, my posts on my blog are gone and I had some great feelings there I wanted to keep. Is there any way to retrieve them? Mom