About Time

It's about time I posted; it's been a while. Life has been full of ups and downs the last few weeks, but mostly ups.

We had Thurows and Davises flocking in and out for most of January and some of December. My sister was here for a week and my parents and other two sisters joined her for another week after that. It was really fun to spend some time with Rachel alone and great to see my family.

We braved the wintry weather for the March for Life on 1/22. I'm so glad we went. Zachary slept most of the time, but Gabriel, a very good mascot for the pro-life movement, spent a good amount of the march in my arms, captivating everyone with his laser beam eyes. I hope his big, blue eyes helped open someone else's.

There are many events transpiring that I can't write about quite yet, but suffice to say there are changes happening in the near future. Stay tuned.

Johnny is still confident that he will finish language training by May, which would give us an exit date sometime in June. I'm hoping, hoping, praying.

I am working on an essay for the "Morality of Profit" essay contest. I am waiting for a recommended reading book to arrive at the library before I really delve into my work, but I have a pretty good premise and I'm excited to get cooking. Guess what my POV is? Hehe.

I am currently cooking chili and listening to the boys not napping upstairs. Johnny should be out of class by now, but he has errands and exercise in DC all afternoon. My goal this afternoon is to catch up on emails. Good luck to me.

Tata!

Happy New Year

Last year was busy, crazy, stressful, worrisome, and wonderful. This year promises incredible adventures, lots of learning, and a new start for my little family. It's amazing to me that each year with my boys gets better and better. Johnny and I start our 5th year of marriage in February and my babies will turn 2 and 3 this year! Ready for some cliche mom advice? Too bad, because here they are: Cherish every second; they really do shoot by, barely even seen.

Johnny's family visited for 9 days, which was hectic but fun. Seeing everyone, especially the 3 cousins, gathered together was a blessing.

My family arrives tomorrow. They will leave my sister here for a couple weeks while they do a book tour in New York and Canada and return to spend another week with us.

January has been extremely busy and will continue to be so. Johnny has begun his language training. I study with him at night. We're hoping to pick it up very quickly. The goal is to leave for India in June. I also need to squeeze a Florida trip in there somewhere.

Happy 2010!