December in Review

Well December has been quite the month. I should have kept up on posting cause now there is a bit too much, but I'll try to do a quick sum.


The month started out FREEZING and stayed that way for a few weeks. But the skies were clear and Chad was able to fly everyday pretty much. He actually got half of his commercial training done in those two weeks... I know nuts. He did multiple cross country flights with the longest being 7hrs. He flew to North Bend Oregon in the middle of the night and froze the whole time, the heater was broken in the plane.


Chad also got his share of plane mishaps. He had electrical failure once, a fire when trying to start the plane in freezing conditions, an instrument that was broken in flight...just to mention a few. But he handled all beautifully and now has some good experience with big malfunctions. What can I say he is pretty amazing eh? I think so :-)


At the beginning of the month we went and cut down our first Christmas tree. Last year we weren't home for Christmas so this was our first one married. It was so much fun, Lincoln even came along.

In the middle of December we got some bad news that the house that Chad owns flooded... and badly. Needless to say that has been a hard journey but God has been faithfully through it and we know He is going to continue to work. The insurance denied the claim to fix it so we are on to plan B. More updates on that as it unfolds, continue to pray for that though.

For me work has been hard and slow at the same time. We have had some pretty sick kiddos and sad sad ones too. And census (number of patients) has been really low until now too. Which made it hard to get all the hours in but its finally picking back up.

On the 18th we had the memorial service for my grandmommmy. She had passed away a couple of weeks prior. She was a wonderful woman who made us all laugh. What a joy for life she had. It was a great service where lots of memories were shared. She is greatly missed but no longer suffering and in heaven with our Heavenly Father.

On the 20th my mother and sister in law came into town to spend Christmas with us. They were here for 10 days which was fun. We spent Christmas eve at my moms. We had a great dinner , my mom rotisserie chicken. Mmm mmm! Christmas day we spent at Jennifer's house. She made her first ham and it turned out awesome. We finished the night there with a HILARIOUS game of jenga. I was so glad my mother in law could meet everyone and she loved it.

Porter in his new toy from Grandma, he sure does love it!!

Lincoln's Christmas morning!!

He forgets how big he is

The Dimons all together for Christmas :-)

All the girls on Christmas!!

We went to Vancouver, WA to see Chad's side of the family a few days later which was neat for me. There was a lot of his family that I hadn't met. And Chad hadn't seen them in like 5 years, well some of them. We ended that trip by seeing Avatar with his aunt and uncle, which was fun. I surprisingly liked the movie.

The highlight besides Christmas of December was our trip to Leavenworth. Everyone loved it so much. It was still decorated for Christmas, and it had snowed so it was beautiful there. FREEZING but beautiful. We drove home through a big snow storm in Stevens Pass but Chad drove through it without any problems, guess Spokane did us some good after all :-)
Leavenworth at night! Gorgeous

December ended with family going home and me going back to work. I had a wonderful week off. Luckily that's just how the schedule worked out :-) Chad and I are so thankful for God's faithfulness to us. We are so blessed and in the midst of our trials we are learning and experiencing more of God's love and joy.

*For more pictures look on facebook

November Festivities

I have become the world's worst blogger. Maybe it's night shift with a mix of not a lot of exciting escapades around here.

Lets see last weekend the weekend of the 20th we celebrated my sister's birthday. Had a nice little dinner at my mom's I think my mom got all the cute pictures on her camera but I got a few.





I have been enjoying my every other Tuesday's with my nephew Porter. He is getting so big he is 4 1/2 months now. He is strong and stubborn, but quite a happy boy, who does not like naps. :-)




Chad and I spent Thanksgiving at my dad's house this year. It was nice and quiet Thanksgiving. Just my parents, sister, brother in law, the baby, and Chad and I were there. The food and the company was great. I think Porter kept us entertained most of the time. Our friends Josh and Jen came over later that evening to hang out and say goodbye. They just got married Nov 7th and Jen is finally able to move down to Arizona. They are both stationed down there in the Air Force. Chad and I are going to miss them both very much.

Here is a funny video of Mimi (Michelle/Grandmimi) reading Porter a Thanksgiving Story. She edited the book a bit to talk about butter. For those of you who do not know Michelle, she loves butter, I do not remember how the conversation started or why she started adding it into the story but it turned into a thing and it was hilarious to us all.

This says it all

http://bethanymurphy.net/
Please go see this. Bethany was the photographer at Josh and Jen's Wedding and she did and AMAZING job. I am not sure that anyone else could have captured them better.

The Downing Wedding and Events

So since last Thursday Chad and I have been busy with our friends Josh and Jen's wedding. Chad and Josh met many years ago when they were stationed at McChord. I became friends with Josh years ago as well, and met Jen a little bit after Josh met Jen and she and I became friends quickly. It was evident for them and anyone who knew them that they were meant to marry each other. Chad and I both felt very blessed to be a part of their day. They are both so dear to us. If you knew them you would understand why. Jen has a heart of gold. She is the perfect encourager a true woman of God. She has brought out the best in Josh. And Josh well he is one of the most passionate people you will meet. Chad and I tell each other we think he was born to be a worship pastor who knows maybe he will end up there someday. We love you guys!

Thursday was the bachelorette/bachelor parties. Friday rehearsal and rehearsal dinner and Saturday wedding.















So the photographer for the wedding was my dear friend Bethany. She did an AMAZING job as you will see. I will post a link to her web page when she has pictures up she has one picture up now that is phenomenal. I'm so glad she came up to do the wedding. I got to see some of the pictures and I know once she is done they are going to have more pictures then they are going to know what to do when but so many good ones that they will have forever. :-)

Sailing Day

So I mentioned that we woke up this day at 2am and all that jazz. We explored Venice a bit more. We did find this little cafe. Chad tried Cappuccino for the first time and I had Italy idea of hot chocolate .


Then Chad and I found the correct dock to dock us to the ships and there was the neatest couple there that we shared the taxi boat with.



So we arrived at the pier and they made everything so easy. We go went through all the hub bub go to the ship, hung out, had some lunch, explored, and pretty much remained in awe of the ship for the rest of the night. We stayed out on the deck for most of the evening until I was frozen to the core so we could watch the sail away part which was really cool. We got to see more of Venice that way too. We ate our first nice meal on board that night, well every meal we nice on board haha.