Just a couple random recent pics, we are loving this beautiful fall weather here.

So today was somewhat of a momentous day for us. I finished a big portion of my school projects, now I just have a couple of finals to go in a couple weeks and I am done. Hard to believe this could be the end of the road as far as school is concerned, but I will never rule out going back because thats just something I don't know yet. I officially accepted my offer with GE today, I'm actually pretty excited and I know its probably the best situation for us right now even though we want to start "settling down" one of these days soon.

I have been offered several different locations, 6 of them throughout the U.S. (KY, CT, PA, IL, NC, OH...how good are your state abbreviation skills?) and two locations in Puerto Rico. We can't consider PR yet because Joni isn't licensed to work there but we are strongly considering going there for 8 months within the next couple of years. We are leaning towards Connecticut right now which is about as opposite a place as Texas as you can find. I have to admit it is hard to pass up living in a place 2 hours from New York City and 2 hours from Boston, except moving from Texas to New England in January should be interesting. We feel pretty blessed and pretty lucky to have these types of opportunities while we are still young.

We are going to see Twighlight this weekend, Joni got hooked and read the entire series last week so now I have to go see what all the fuss is about this Edward the vampire wonderguy.

We are getting very excited to see family and friends in the next couple of months for the holidays, and at the same time we are sad to be leaving great friends and expereinces in Texas. My entire blog life started when we moved here 2 1/2 years ago. I never thought we would have so many opportunities to go to new places, so the excitement definately outweighs the sadness. I know updates can be boring sometimes, but they are updates nonetheless. Since we will be living near "cooler" places to visit we hope that you will all continue to feel welcome staying with us at anytime, we love playing host. Thanks for all your encouragement, thoughts, and prayers. See ya'll soon.

Found a better picture of Dilly's Halloween costume...rediculous but funny

I hate not keeping up with my posts because then when we do memorable stuff it all just piles up into one jumbled mess of a blog, but thats kind of how our lives feel right now too. I was a sack of jelly beans for halloween (see pregnant picture below), Joni was a nurse (we didn't have time to find real costumes), and Dilly was a Bumble Bee (her little nub as we call it made the perfect little stinger). Wish we had a better picture of the costume...poor dog...but hilarious

We went to Austin last weekend because I lost a bet to Joni about her show Grey's Anatomy...long story. We had fun seeing more of the town, we ate on a rooftop down on 6th street and watched all the people go crazy and get mad when Texas (the former #1 football team in the nation...haha) ended up losing to Texas Tech.

We played the funnest game, its like shuffle board but involves smaller disk thingy's and sand. We were cheering when Texas was losing...in our minds...cause we didn't want to get beat up.

Joni went to Philadelphia for one day last week to help her sister get around for a job interview. They were able to see some cool stuff and eat some cheesesteaks, I guess she was pretty satisfied (and I'm guessing thats Root Beer she is "stabbing" her forehead with). They were there during the World Series so they came back saying they are now Phillies fans.

I went to Boston for a couple days this week for a second round of interviews. I drove by Fenway Park and Harvard. I thought it went really well and I was really impressed with the company, but I wasn't extended an offer. The feeling I had was like when you have a crush on someone back in high school, then you find out they think you are retarded. Oh well, I still have an offer on the table but that is a huge mess by itself right now. Another long story but I spoke to some people from the company yesterday after I was pretty much ready to accept and a friend of mine in the company suggested I keep looking to make sure there is nothing else out there...that made me want to run away from the situation fast. They are on a hiring freeze because the business I am supposed to work for may be sold and incur massive layoffs...Yeeeeaaaaaaah, sounds like fun.

So I have a potential offer on the table, but I am frantically searching for any last minute options during a time that has probably been the worst time ever to find a job. Your prayers and suggestions are always appreciated.

Back to the positives...I'm not big on politics nor do I enjoy discussing them, but I am very excited to have our new President-Elect. I think whether you love him or hate him, his leadership is exactly what the country needs right now, I hope to see our country improve as I know it can with a change of scenery in Washington. Speaking of which, President Bush is speaking at my commencement ceremony in December, I am excited about seeing another President in person. I have seen Bush the first at a couple of football games.

So there you have it, I told you we are a jumbled mess right now, we'll keep the updates coming.