The McGowans'

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Deception Pass

Eric and I went to Deception Pass this weekend north of Seattle, 1 hour from Canada, on the way to the San Juan Islands ferry. We had a good time it was in the high 70s, we sat by the beach, climbed Goose Rock summit, ate some ham & swiss cheese sandwiches, and relaxed a ton. Just wanted to post some pretty pics. We are looking forward to a nice week after having rain for two days out here. Eric and I are filling out job applications for him... he's still on the search, its been a journey, ups/downs. He is thinking a lot about finishing his engineering degree, we will see what will come through with this summer.

This weekend we are headed down to Redwood forests and possibly San Francisco if we get the urge to drive 12 hours with only a 4 day weekend. Then the following weekend we are driving over the pass to Spokane (4 1/2 hours one way) for Eric's disc golf tournament. Lots of hours in the car, but definitely worth it:)

Saturday, May 2, 2009

April Showers... brings May Showers

This is a sunset of the Olympic Mountains! We went home about a month ago & it was so great to see everyone (even if it was just for one hour). We got to visit all our preggo friends & since then lil' Atticus Justice Mathews (our friends Asher & Christina's baby). We went home... and man do I have to say I miss home. There's nothing like Indiana/Michigan flat land... with gentle rolling hills, and nothing like having a thunderstorm followed by an ice storm, or playing disc golf in snow:)

There has been no big changes here, except I finished taking more of my NAIOMT (manual therapy) courses, have touched base with some long lost family members on facebook :) (love you guys) and been working extra hours to make a little extra money. Next month we plan on moving to a friend's house, since they are moving away:( (not 100% sure, but almost). Eric has been searching endlessly for jobs, going to job fairs and searching on the web. He applied for the City of Puyallup for a seasonal position, so hopefully he will land that job soon. Please keep him in your prayers. He has been playing a lot of disc golf, has played in a tournament last month getting 14th place in the Intermediate class, and he will be playing May 9-10 close by where we live.

We also plan on going to San Francisco road trip this memorial day weekend, stopping off to see the Redwood forests and playing disc golf of course:) We will make sure to take a lot of pictures!

Saturday, March 14, 2009

March Madness

Well, I'm not really into the March Madness, but I do watch ESPN a lot with Eric, so I know that Syracuse has played a lot of overtimes and they are tired. Anyways, well there has been some changes in our lives, its been a few months. Eric is transitioning to another job, his teaching career is going to be put on hold for a while. I am still me, working some extra days to make a little extra money, may be getting a PRN job working at a nursing home this summer. I also took a test last week to complete my Level I certification for my certification in manual therapy and first few steps toward my fellowship, as well as took the next Level II course last weekend. I really enjoy my job... just trying to deal with paperwork... and paying bills. Our doggie... Chloe is so wonderful, she is always happy to see us and she is well behaved, she is bashful, but once you start playing with her she loves you.

We are going home in 2 weeks! I am so excited to see my family!!! I think it will make me become homesick though, hoping for some decent weather. Eric and I aren't too sure when we will be moving next... we love the outdoors here. Other than that, we have no plans of babies yet, but we do know that we do want to have babies!! I can't wait to see my friend's babies... 3 of them (2 will be pregnant still mama V and Christina!). Well love you all and we miss you, we are missing you and if you get a chance give us a update on your life! Love you!!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

New Year 2009

Winter 2009 so far...

We are doing good on our end. My brother and niece came to visit about a week ago and it was a blast! We also got a new doggie, Chloe... she is awesome and I love her. Eric had about 2 1/2 weeks off and just started back to teaching. I have been super busy with work, doing paperwork outside of work and working late hours, but I really enjoy all the people I work with and I am going to start taking more continuing education courses starting in March. Eric and I are just working, enjoying our much time together, and today we finally got to play disc golf again after 4 weeks of not playing due to the crazy weather here. They had the worse snow here that they've had in 30 years and then it flooded of course so we couldn't play for a month.
We miss home... Eric will be coming home in February. Then we will come home again in March for his spring break... and that will be my first week of vacation since I've started working. We also started working out more regularly. We are started to make some friends too and that has been pretty cool.
Please fill me in when you can, I am best with email. Miss you guys! :(

Friday, November 28, 2008

Thanksgiving Break

Well I am writing a little too early, since it is Thanksgiving today still... just the beginning of the four day weekend. We didn't get to go home this holiday, I tried to make a turkey... see my artistic pictures :) Chachi... what do you think? :)

We had dinner with some friends it was a Hawaiin style dinner... it was AWESOME!! Almost everyone there today was from Hawaii or somehow closely connected. Let's just say... I ate spam & it was good :) Spam is a special treat in Hawaii, they serve it at McDonald's Spam & Eggs. I liked some noodle dishes too & Joy's husband was an ex-caterer... so let's just say we had 'da bomb (you like that slang) dinner!

Update on me & Eric, well we are doing good. The biggest event that has happened is our wait is up for our Pilgrimage to Haifa, Israel, Holy Land. We chose our dates at the end of March 2010. It is a 9-day Pilgrimage and we will be going to the Universal House of Justice in Israel, the shrine of the Bab and Baha-u-llah. It is encouraged for Baha'is to go on Pilgrimage once in their lifetime... needless to say we were on a wait list for 3 years (it was supposed to be 7 years) & we will be visiting sacred shrines and gardens to the Baha'i Faith where historic events took place with the Bab, Baha-u-llah and followers of the Faith. We are very excited we have been blessed with the opportunity to go. God willing we will be able to make it there with ease. We have not purchased airline tickets or anything yet.

I will add more to what we did this Thanksgiving Break... our weekend has only begun. We miss everyone very much. It is hard being away from everyone, especially now.