The Interview

Well on Monday I had my interview with the State so I wanted to report that it went really well! I felt really confident after it was over and so I guess we'll just see. There were five total interviews and a few were already state employees so I'm afraid they'll have an advantage but that's OK - I'll just keep plugging away. The environment was ideal for me - actually kind of a "shop" office and I really do well in those kind of atmospheres. A decision should be made by the end of next week and this is probably just the start of many interviews!

Today the kids and I drove up to Oak Harbor and had a playdate with The Reeder's - friends from when Lyndon and I first met. Their daughter Kailee is 3 and son Mikey is 6 months and we really enjoyed our day.

With less than a week left before the kiddos and I head back to FL, I find myself panicking about how I'm going to fit everyone and everything in. Luckily we've had three weeks to really spend a lot of time with many good friends! It's just never long enough!! Next time we're back - it'll be for good!

Tomorrow

Tomorrow I have an interview with the State of Washington down in Olympia. I'm so excited about it and although I know it's pretty early in terms of moving back here, I think it's great experience and potentially a good opportunity to sort of get my name in there. Wish me luck!

This weekend the parents, kids and I headed to Yakima for a quick overnight stay. It was beautiful. I LOVE Eastern WA and definitely could see our family moving there one day. It was upper 80's and dry of course. The wineries were a plenty as were the apple orchards. What more could one want??

Isaac's Baptism

We had Isaac baptized on July 6th. Our Uncle Richard performed the service after the regular 11am service at Bothell First Lutheran (where we were married). Just family and friends attended and it was really nice! His sponsors were our good friends Dave & Katie Carter and Lyndon's sister Lindsey who was unable to attend...

4th of July Pictures

Spent the day/weekend in Anacortes. Attended the Anacortes parade and annual Fisher/Altman/Putney party. Tim's fireworks show was amazing!

Life in the NW

We've been enjoying the last 12 days in Washington. We spent the weekend of the 4th in Anacortes with a group of our friends, then took a break in Edmonds with The Reed's for a couple of days before heading to Tacoma/Olympia to spend more time with friends. We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends in our lives that open their homes to us as we come by storm a couple times per year!

Lyndon flies home tomorrow and we can't believe how fast time flies! The kids and I still have a couple more weeks so I'm looking forward to a little bit of a slower pace and being able to see some more friends.

In other news, I've scored an interview at the State of Washington the week of the 21st so we'll see how that goes. I have a feeling they are going to want the position to be filled sooner then I can fill it but we will see!

Soon I'll be downloading some pictures so stay tuned!!!