Haha, I am not good at this.

Oh man has life changed...

It's been almost half a year since our last update and here are just a few of the things that have changed.

Isaac is a first grade teacher. {and a very good one at that}
We bought a car. {yay for finally having 2 cars!!}
We bought a house. {ehem... ex-squeeze-me you say??}
We are now leading WyldLife at Meeker Middle School. {and still at Stadium, of course!}
We are hosting Wyldlife in our very own garage. {yes, it's carpeted and amazing}
Did I mention we bought a house?? :) {yes, yes we did}

Life is insane.  And we love it.

God is hil.airy.us.

We wanted a house for so long, and nothing was working out.  All dead ends.  Then suddenly the home we were stalking, no really, I was stalking it on line and in person (like creeped into the backyard on MULTIPLE occasions), dropped remarkably low and we just had to do it.  And it happened. 

We bought a house. A real life human home for real life humans {and one real cool dog}.

Our home is empty.  We have like no furniture, a bunch of boxes, and so much extra space.  I know that someday I am going to wish I had nothing like now, but right now I just want to fill and fill and fill and nest and nest and nest.  What a fun stage of life we are in.

I know that I will want to have pictures of this time, so I will take some soon.  I will also post about the {remarkable} story of how God bought us our first house sometime down the road.  I hope that I do that before too much time goes by, but we've seen my track-record for posting. No good.  But as always, I am hoping to do better. 

Our life is worth documenting. 

Well as I suspected...

Well, as I suspected... it's been a while! And lots and lots has happened! I was debating blogging in general for a while now, but after reading this post we're baaaack :) memory keeping is important, and I am really excited to work harder to be a better memory keeper. Our life is exciting and worth remembering.

Well first off, we've moved. Yes, we no longer live with my wonderful parents. We now live across town, right next to Stadium High School (where we lead YL). It's so fun being closer to... I dunno, EVERYTHING :) We love our apartment, and Austin even loves it because we are right next door to Wrights Park! He's loving his multiple times a day walks/runs/ball chasing :) I love decorating the new place :) Here are some BEFORE pics of the apt, when we were doing the walk through:

This is the bathroom, there are extremely deep floor to ceiling storage cabinets on the left, and the shower is DOUBLE the size of our last one :) haha I love the huge mirror and the sink!

This is the bedroom, unfortunately we didn't take a pic of the opposite wall (which has 2 large windows) but look at those closets!! So much storage, mine is the one on the right and Isaac's is the one on the left... just kidding :)

This is the breakfast nook. It's opposite the kitchen. It's not actually that dark and you can see Mt Rainier out it's window (Mom was very proud)

Yay for another tiny kitchen (the fridge is smaller with an inside mini freezer and no dishwasher) but the storage is like Mary Poppin's bag, we fit EVERYTHING in here (with the help of the wonderful Megan Jones :])

This is what you see of the living room as you enter the apt, we love the views and lighting from the windows. The doorway on the right leads to the kitchen which then leads to the bedroom. I LOVE the hardwoods. The entire apartment was just redone for earthquake safety (it was built in 1920s)

This is the view from the wall opposite the entrance. No surprise, but I LOVE THE BUILT INS!! :) That's the front door on the front left.

This is the storage room that is on the left as you enter the apt (the bathroom is on the right). Boy do we need this space :)

Hm... That's all the energy I've got! Here's some bullets of other things we've been up to:

• YL kick off was last Monday, it's gonna be a great year!
• NE Tigers cheer has been great! :) The 39 girls are awesome and so much fun!
• Norpoint Sting is doing AWESOME! They won their first tournament (undefeated) and won their game yesterday 9-0, Isaac is an awesome coach!
• I LOVE my job and teaching has been great this year!
• Isaac is no longer working for DB, and is pursuing a career as a teacher :)
• The Tacoma Teachers are on strike... my first full year of teaching I'm not teaching :( Hopefully it'll end soon...
• I just turned 23! Now I'm old! :)

More to come!

another summer update

today is July 6. summer is flyyyyyin by!! we are having so much fun and i would consider praying for it to never end...

that would be if i wasn't teaching again next year at the best high school in tacoma {i'm sure i'm not partial or anything...} i interviewed last week for a continuing contract back at SAMi and they offered me the job! my summer will be ending aug 29 when i go with the entire school to camp :) what public school starts their year with a 3 day camp? SAMi :)i'm so excited to be back!

in the meannnnntime... i've been spending most of my days with my two main ladies {linds and alli}. we've been snugglin and watching movies at home...

skimming at the beach at skimcamp as isaac's campers :)

piggin' out at RTB {round table buffet for those not in the know}

and making super awesome headbands we found on pinterest

and today we went to wildwaves {unfortunately no pictures, but very fun!!}

this weekend was the DB Pro/AM Skimboarding Competition a DashPoint State Park. the weather was perfect, and the day was amazing! for detailed information you can check out the DB Website buuuut isaac took first in the PRO, Josiah took 3rd in the AM, and Seth took 1st in the U16 :) So much fun and there were even girl competitors {3} this year which was so fun! Here's a pic of the top 5 pros:


Photo by Matt McDonald | More Photos: here


And here's one of the ladies who helped cheer them on:


in addition...we've been hanging out with friends, family and lost more fun stuff :) we had the privilege of attending our friend Lorien & Taylor's wedding... they had these super cute centerpieces honoring all the teachers at their wedding.. guess who got a shout out :)

their wedding was so fun and filled lots of personal touches {like a peanut butter and jelly unity sandwich} so fun to see lots of college friends...

coming up in the Thomas household:

*YL Camp Malibu
*3 more weddings {1 that I am honored to be a part of}
*Our 1 year wedding anniversary {camping and mini-trip}
*skimboard competitions
*lots and lots more :)

hoping isaac will post about the comp a bit, but not so sure about that actually happening... see ya in a month {always hope for sooner, but inevitably it takes way too long to do updates}.

<3 the thomas's

Summer so far..

This post is very scattered and it took me 3+ days to actually "complete" it... I apologize in advance.

We cannot believe it's already the middle of June. We've been married for almost 11 months. yikes.

Well, my first year of teaching is OVA. Caboots. Sianara.

We wrapped up the year with a week long mini-term. I taught "Hiking" with another teacher. We closed the week with an overnight camping trip with 27 teenagers. Isaac graciously offered to attend as the male chaperon. What a swell guy. Now he knows a little bit more about what high school is like when you aren't actually a high schooler :)

For the first time ever, Isaac doesn't have a "summer break" now it's a summer is when life gets busier and crazier :) He left EARLY this morning for Bellingham-->Canada for a skim comp, with a few work stops along the way and back. Me=sad he's gone < happy for him to be having fun!

I began nannying this week which was so fun :) I am so happy to be spending yet another summer with these amazing girls! We've already gone to the $2 theater to see Soul Surfer and went to Dash Point Beach with friends :) Next week Wild Waves is on the schedule, cant wait!

I recently (earlier this year) got involved with a non profit football league in our neighborhood. I am helping to coordinate the inaugural year of their cheer program, and I'm so excited!! Karlene is going to be helping me coach (double excited). We had a canceled carwash this morning, so did registration instead. We have 25 girls signed up already! I am really looking forward to getting to know the girls and their families. Allison {the younger girl I am nannying} is signed up and I am SO excited for more time to play with her! So stinkin cute!

Isaac was recently recruited to coach for a U-13 girls rec soccer team, and he is so excited! Lindsey {the older sister I'm nannying for} is on the team, and he is looking forward to coaching her. A bunch of the girls were on the soccer team I coached at Meeker MS last fall, so it will be fun to see them play under Isaac :)

We are starting to get involved in coordinating a Young Life program at Meeker MS, while still staying involved at Stadium. We're going to Malibu at the end of July, and will be fundraising like crazy for the next month or so to get all our kiddos to camp! :)

Overall, the summer is off to a great start and life is going great! Hopefully summer will allow for more updates on here about our life... hopefully. And just because no post is complete without a picture, here's one of Isaac, Aus, and his uncle Toby on a walk on trails right on the outskirts of our neighborhood :)

LOVE these guys so much.

I feel like I say this a lot buuuttt:

It's been a while. I am sorry. All I've been posting is random links/photos of things that I've been liking... Sorry. I've discovered I am better at reading others blogs than updating ours.

We are both FULL time adults (i.e. we are both working {and being paid!!} full time!). Isaac is working full time at DB and I am working full time as a Geometry teacher at SAMi . We both LOVE our jobs, but are missing a bit of our free time.

Along with working, we are both still leading YL and are getting more and more involved within our church. We LOVE our church and working for YL has been a.m.a.z.i.n.g. In fact, YOU should get involved!

We are in the process of figuring out our summer plans!! :) I am so excited! Isaac will be working full time still for DB running skim camps, the store front, and I'm sure a ton of other odds and ends, all while also competing and skimming all the time. I will be nannying for the two most wonderful young ladies in the entire world {for our 4th summer :]} and I am so excited! We also are attending quite a few friends' weddings and hoping to take a few weekend+ trips locally. We are currently working to plan a mini-vacation for our 1 year anniversary {HOLY COW!!}

Yesterday was our 9 month anniversary (yes, we are celebrating monthly until we reach 1 year...) and we didn't even remember until 8 PM.

Yesterday was also Easter. We had SUCH a great day celebrating with family. Isaac was gone Friday (4:15 AM) until Saturday night (3:00 AM) in Texas as a skimboarding competition with Emile and Tony. He had SO much fun: got a beautiful tank top "tan" (aka lobster burn), placed 2nd, and met tons of new people while hanging out with a fe of his closest friends. :)

OK now I'm back... finishing the other half of this post a few days later.. but that's how we're rolling lately....

We get to be home this weekend and I am so excited to just HANG. :) Maybe we will post a bit about some of the other fun adventures we have been up to lately.

Maybe not :)

Haha


OH and our great friends Greg and Britt got engaged last weekend... They are wonderful. I went to Boston with both of them and WE went to Costa Rica with both of them also :) :) We are so excited and secretly (or not so secretly..) praying for them to gravitate south to be close to us.. LOVE them. Here the adorable couple is:



Aren't they cute?? :) Can't wait for this wedding!!

Be back soon!!

Yes Please: What a dreamy kitchen

loving this dreamy kitchen & casual dining room (brick, round table, and much more) :) .... if I had a million dollars :)

painted silverware

First I saw this in a magazine, and now someone else did it too :) Can't wait to try it!