Getting us all in one room and our house ready for roommates.
Phase
Still working on phase 4&5 but almost done.
Next: Big Hoorah at Great Wolf Lodge
~Sarah
Chad has always been a good husband and father, but now he is proving to me a good manager of my craziness. Seriously, I don’t know what I would do without him! It turns out that getting licensed in other states can be quite an involved and at times overwhelming process. The two states we are currently trying to get licenses in are Washington and California. It appears that a large percentage of L&D travel nurse jobs are in CA so it is more for insurance purposes that we are getting it rather than a desire to go there first. The kids and Grandma and Grandpa as well as a scheduled mission trip to Honduras for Chad in June have led us to look for assignments that are within a 4 hour drive from Salem to start us off. We do not know what doors will open and so we could end up anywhere. In an attempt to get our CA licenses as promptly as possible we made a quick trip to CA and in the nature of our big trip we took the kids and mixed in some fun too.
We went all the way to Sacramento so we could see family as well.
The kids love their Aunt Liz & Uncle Al, Thanks for hosting us.
~Sarah
Sarah finally got a day off, so we decided to go to the zoo and a have a family day. It was a bit cold, but there was hardly anyone there so we had a awesome time. The kids got to run and play and not have to worry about disrupting others around and also did not have to fight for glass time at the cages. We want to give a big thank you to Aunt Suzanne for providing lunch for us. We got waylaid at the exhibits and got to the cafe just after it closed.
After we finished up at the zoo we took the kids to the melting pot. They had a god time cooking all of their food at the table and trying the cheese and chocolate.
~Chad
As always check the link to the right for our flicker page to see all of our recent photos.
Yesterday we got home from Las Vegas. The conference was great. We got to meet a lot of new people, and made some new friends. We also go to talk to several recruiters that we think will be good to work with when we set off on our trip. The information learned was invaluable to our planning process. We are eagerly awaiting the day that we get to leave on our grand adventure.
~Chad
So last week we took the kids to Bauman Farms. They had a ton of fun going down zip lines, playing in the nut house, and going through the mazes. Tonight we took the time to carve our pumpkins. The kids had good ideas and as always the best part is the fresh toasted pumpkin seeds.
So the kids started CC (Classical Conversations) today. That is the homeschool group that we are currently a part of. Which is nothing new, however Sarah decided to be a tutor this year. That means she has her own class to teach one day a week and help the kids learn the course material that is taught through the group. First day went great. Hope that is a good sign for how the year is going to go.
Welcome to our site. As this is my first blog I will try to make the best of it. Hope you all enjoy following us on our adventure.
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