Brief Intro

Since Lane and I were married February 21, 2008, life has been somewhat of a whirlwind. he's been working long hours and I made the final push to graduate from Massage School as well as keep up my studies to earn my BS in Nutrition. We're both glad the long winter has finally come to an end and the sun has come to warm us once again. And though we are very busy, we still find time to be together in the evenings and on the weekends in order to reconnect and remain close to eachother. We do our best to stay spiritually connected and strong through daily prayer, a weekly couples bible study group and church on sundays. And it is just as important to us to stay physically stong which we attain through various activities we do together on the weekends.

Both my and Lane's extended family all seem to be scattered to the four winds throughout the country, and we rarely get to see, visit, or even talk to any of them. Because I feel so detached from relatives, I thought maybe a family blog would help keep everyone a little more connected and in tune with the happenings of our lives. Granted, we don't exactly live the most interesting of lives, but we do have our moments and our own little adventures. We both love God and we enjoy nothing more than to be outdoors exploring and hiking in the mountain/dessert wilderness he created. There always seems to be something new and exciting to discover when we actually take the time to get out of the city and into the "wild" where all you hear are the faint and peaceful calls of nature all around you. We also have at least one bike race planned for mid June around lake Almanor that we have been training for and are very much looking forward too:)

We're currently planning several one night backpacking trips up at Tahoe and one extended trip up in the Jarbige wilderness (on the border of Nevada and Idaho) We've been planning and looking forward to the trip all winter! However, now that I am 7 weeks pregnant, and will be more like 5 months pregnant once we actually head off into the hills, so we will have to re-evaluate things like pace and distance. Other than that, the trip will go as planned!

As for the baby, we broke the news to most of our family and friends on Mother's Day Sunday, much to everyone's delight, that we will be having our first baby in early January of 2009. Our entire family, on both sides, as well as our friends, have been overwhelmingly supportive already! It's so wonderful to have such wonderful, supportive people surrounding us to match our own feelings of becoming parents with an influx of happiness and joy. Of course we will keep you up to date with all that is happening with our little one, as well as with ourselves, through this incredible journey called life.