My dentist could be the next olympian.

Hi all,

sorry for the delay in posting. Wow, that was a long commercial break. And we're back....

As a recap, summer went well. We were blessed with a GREAT staff... now a good group of friends.
It was fun to see such a wide variety of personalities get along so well together. I mean, they acutally liked each other! What a blessing! And we like them as well. In fact, many of them only live a few blocks away from us because they are still students at George Fox. I'm pretty sure we'll run into them at Chapters or just around town. And that will be awesome.

July and some of August were deemed "Family Months" for us.
Nate's parents were out for about 10 days. They were visiting from Michigan...on their summer break from teaching. We wanted them to experience camp first hand...and they did. Oh how brave they are! Dan even went on Gironimo! I think you can watch a video of it on their blog: danandcherylforbes.blogspot.com

My parents and Carm and Leo (sister and brother in law http://leoandcarmen.com/) stayed with us in Newberg for a week. They took day trips around the area: Portland, Newberg for wine tasting, coast (Manzanita!!), and Tilikum (that was fun for us!).
Carm was in Oregon for the whole month of august. I'm pretty sure that's the longest time she's been back on the west coast since they moved out east 5 years ago. Part of her trip was spent on her 10yr. class reunion....CRAZY!!! I can't believe that milestone has already hit! Wow.
We were all spoiled having her out here for that long.

She had just finished up her certification as a yoga instructor and wanted to practice on all of us. We had a group session with the aunts, grandma's and cousins. I wish I had brought the camera. It was so great! And it came at a great time too. We had just finished up camp and drove straight to my parents house for the group yoga session. Instant relaxation.

Nate and I spent a week vacationing in Corvallis and the coast. We pretty much parked it in front of the tv to watch the olympics. I LOVE THE OLYMPICS. You can always count on a good show during any event. I mean, we're talking about the best of the best competing at what they do for a living!
I mean, I look at Shawn Johnson and Usain Bolt and think "wow they are so good at what they do!" But hey, I know a lot of other people who are good at what they do...it's just not a competition in the summer games. I'm sure my dentist could get a silver if not a bronze in the "fastest fillings" event. And there is definitely a checker at Napps who could qualify in the "bagger" event. And then we could all say, "I know that guy...he's my dentist..my checker." Oh the excitment that would spon!

Camp's done. We're back into our 9 month routine...oh but wait...some things have CHANGED!

Yes, that's right. I'm back in the working world. I got a job in an old familiar place. The Admissions office at Fox. It's actually a temp job. I'm filling in for a lady who is on maternity leave. And she seems to be a punctual person. She had her baby right on the due date! What are the odds.

I'm liking my job. It's good to be on a routine...my own routine. I think it's what we've all been needing for a while. The last year was just a strange one. I've been slowly debriefing the miscarriage and Nate's accident and getting used to being back in Newberg etc...so many changes in just a short time. I think it will be really good to be on a set schedule and routine. Since this job ends in November my plan is to continue to look for job openings at Fox. It's a great place to work and only 2 blocks away. Perfect really.

On another note, our computer crashed. We've entered into the "Mac vs. PC" conversation and have not come to any conclusions. Leo works for Apple...so we've got an IN. More to come on that topic.

Oh and I'm on jury duty soon. Anyone done that?
Last summer Nate and I watched the movie "12 Angry Men" and it kind of makes me intrigued.
We'll see.

That's our latest.