Its been a while...

we have been BUSY! how about you?

i think every spring/summer is full of fun, lots of activities and plans.

but this year...holy cow! almost every weekend is full!

we have been bouncing around the seattle area so that's why there hasn't been much action on the blog :)

so what have we been up to?

youth sunday at church

looking at new apartments

planning for upcoming events

youth group retreat

sleep and more sleep

its been busy but fun :)

 favorite picture from our retreat out at the coast with the yg

Introducing...

Baby Deur :)

 little face and fists

 moving arms!

 spine and moving some more!

foot!

Do you know?

did you know our freezer is normally full of chicken parts?

yep its awesome...reach in for some ice cream...oh wait! nope its chicken bones!

why you might ask?

because brandon makes his own chicken stock.

it really does taste better than store brought!

did you know you can buy a 50 pound bag of onions for only

five dollars?

yep!

do you know what you can do with a 50 pound bag of onions and chicken stock?

make a whole lot of french onion soup!

that's whats happening with the deurs...a lot of onions and soup.

:)

Visitors :)

allysha and andy come to visit this weekend!

well, andy actually came to interview for a position in richland...

he is probably interviewing as we speak!

hooray!

so richland is just over 3 hours away so they decided to visit brandon and i and chris and melissa (andy's brother and sisiter-in-law)

it was great fun!

we saw the wiener mobile :)

ballard farmers market for some tasty lunch

completed with fresh mini donuts, of course!

sunday dinner with all six of us...thanks bran!

tasty poached eggs, asparagus, proscuttio, and homemade croutons...yum!

meatballs anyone?

after ice skating, errands, church, hockey games,

grocery shopping, cleaning...

brandon decided to make meatballs.

five pounds of meatballs

plus a huge pot of sauce

pre-cooked meatballs

don't worry, they got cooked and consumed

not all 5 pounds :)

 

Hockey

good stuff :)

and free hats!

Busy Weekend Ahead!

wow...it has been crazy busy around here!

we have been working long hours,

having fun with yg,

looking at new apartments (no winners yet),

and lots of other stuff.

 

this weekend is yg central :)

tomorrow is ice skating

sunday is a hockey game

 

should be fun!

 

thankful we have monday off and NOTHING planned!

here's to a good weekend ahead!

24 Hour Fast

last weekend, the yg had a 24 hour fast. yup, no eating for 24 hours!

we got the jh and hs together last morning for a quick breakfast and then no food for 24 hours!

it was a great time.

games, walking thru melting snow,

listening to a guest speaker about Uganda (we raised money for the fast for uganda),

movies, more games, devotionals,

sleep, church and

WHAM the fast was done!

barely noticed the lack of food ;)

it was great!

reflecting on the fast:

bcrc yg is awesome...so much fun and such a good group!

god has blessed us abundently!

taking away food allows you to focus on those around you even more!

Snow Day continued...

yep...it's continuing! over night the snow turned to an icy rain and covered the snow

in a nice icy layer! awesome!

we woke to a mix of snow and ice and terrible roads!

so fun...i love you seattle.

on another note...yesterday was super entertaining.

we walked the neighorhood to see a few struggling people driving up hills

and people skiing, snowboarding, sledding down other hills (or streets)

take a look!

 oh the fit :)

 

 

 this truck thought it could go up the hill but then proceeded to slide back down...dont worry we moved out of the way!

what's this, you might ask?

 

yep a street party! complete with grill/bonfire and sledding, snowboarding down the hill!

 they were out there all afternoon until after 10 pm! crazy!

well...hopefully we will escape and be able to get to work tomorrow or take some new photos of the snow!

happy winter :)

SNOW DAY!!

Its snowing...a lot! No work for Brandon and me :)

Hope to post some sweet pictures after our walk around the neighborhood!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!