Sad News

Well Michigan hasn't been the most welcoming state to us. When we were here last summer for Dan's internship with Amway he had emergency surgery on his kidney...no bueno. This summer we moved with an exciting adventure before us of starting our family here but alas, I miscarried earlier this week...double no bueno.

For those of you who did not know I was pregnant I was only 8 weeks along. I began heavy bleeding Wednesday morning and I just knew... The next few days after that was a series of Dr. visits, blood work and ultra sounds where they ultimately could not find a heartbeat. We suspected as much with the heavy bleeding and the magic vanishing of my intense morning/all day sickness. The good news is the ultra sound did not display any abnormalities that should prevent conceiving a healthy baby in the future. We will begin trying in a few months.

Until then, Daniel and I doing OK. Of course we are sad, but we also understand this is very common and things like this just happen for whatever reason. We have no doubt that we will have our healthy baby one day :) Daniel will continue working for Amway while I find a hobby to occupy my time...maybe work? Now let's not be silly, I'm still on vacation from my other job in AZ.

Anyway, thank you SO MUCH for you kind words of love and support. We are truly blessed to have the friends and family we do to help us get through trying times like this.

Much love.

Goodbye Arizona

Sorry I'm a little behind in my posts! But things are JUST now settling down. After we got back from our trip to California it was only a matter of 2 days to pack everything up and say goodbye to our life in Phoenix. 

Many thanks to Brad and Scott (fellow T-birds) helping us load it all up!!!

This is our little (empty) apartment that was our home for the past 2 years : (

I WILL MISS YOU!!!!

Sorry if I seem like a big ball baby! But I honestly LOVED living in Arizona! I'm having a hard time coming to grips that this next winter I will be up to my waist in snow instead of walking around in my flip flops in 70 degree weather.... Ah, such is life!

Well, it's official. We are Michiganders! We got moved in this last weekend and Daniel started work TODAY at Amway's headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI. We will reside in MI until further notice. More to come on our new home and continued lives in the "Wolverine State!"

CALIFORNIA...Post Grad Vacation!!!

So after all the excitement of graduation we decided to unwind with a little vacation. We put packing on the back burner and headed out to Sunny California (even though Arizona is way more sunnier). We saved our pennies and spent an entire day at the happiest place on earth, DISNEYLAND! We were there from open to close and it.was.fabulous! 

We took this picture in 2007 when we were dating...

So we tried to re-create it HERE in 2011! We kinda forgot where we were exactly in front of the castle, but you get the idea lol!

We waited in live to see Mickey...

AND Minnie! Overall it was a great day at Disney. We road all our favorite rides, shopped up and down Mainstreet and eat our favorite foods!

After Disney we headed down to San Diego to stay with our T-bird friends Brad and Vanessa. They were gracious enough to share their condo in Carlsbad, a beautiful beach resort on the coast. Us girls spent the day lounging on the sand while the boys tried their hand at long boarding. You can't beat a day at the beach!

                           

While in CA, Daniel and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary. That's right folks, THREE YEARS! We kicked it off with burgers at Five Guys and then the Soccer game (guess who picked the soccer game). Nonetheless, it was tons of fun!

It's been a wonder three years and we are excited to see what this next year will bring us :)

Commencement Ceremony

The Graduation Ceremony was on Friday morning and although long, was a great celebration of all the Thunderbird's hard work. Below are some pics of Daniel walking in the processional and receiving his diploma (sorry the pics are such poor quality). 

Daniel after the recessional all smiles!

Brody, Brad and Dan (the three amigos)

Dan's parents, sister Rachel and her husband Scott (and baby Jane) made the trip out for this past weekends events. It was fun to have guests in town to celebrate Dan's great achievement. Thanks you guys!

After all the hustle and bustle we had lunch at Abuelo's in honor of Daniel. It's been a CRAZY week but not it's all over. Now it's saying goodbye to friends and preparing ourselves to embark on a new adventure!

Congratulations Daniel :)

Graduation Open House

So in our ward at church there are three other T-birds that Daniel began and now ended the MBA program with. Dan became good friends with the boys while I became good friends with their wives. It was a fun experience going through the program while creating friendships and memories that will last for many years. 

In honor of our graduation, the four of us wives put together an open house for our graduating boys. It was a dessert bar equipped with fresh fruit, cookies, rice krispies, cream puffs, cakes and a chocolate fountain! And if I do say so myself, it was a success!!!

Friends and family from all around came to congratulate our boys. Classmates of Daniel's from school stopped by as well as many friends from church. We have been blessed with many great people in our lives during our time here in Arizona and they will not be forgotten!

(left to right) Brody, Daniel, Jeremy, Scott...I'm so happy that Dan made such good friends and was able to go through this journey with such great influences.

This is all of us, our T-bird family! It's hard to realize that shortly we will be scattered to the four corners of the world! Thunderbird will forever hold a special place in our hearts <3