Jim is that you?

"Jim Halpert, price check on fabric softener!"...........it might not be the greatest picture(it was taken with my camera phone) but I'm standing in the line to checkout at the grocery store and there he is. I was like "Dave, Dave it's Jim!" This guy walked past and saw me taking pictures of him and probably thought I was a weirdo, but seriously, he looks just like Jim (byetheway, Jim is a character from "The Office" for those of you who don't know.)



And this picture is a representation of pretty much how all of us have felt in the past few weeks. Dave, Sammy, and I have all been sick with the cold/flu thing, but now it's February, January has gone away and we are on the upswing of things! Okay January wasn't that bad. First of all, a few weeks ago we went to this school that has been converted into a restaurant/movie theater/a lot of other cool things, and one Saturday they celebrated J.R.R Tolkeins birthday by serving hobbit-inspired food, having costume contests, and playing all 3 Lord of The Rings movies in succession in there restaurant-style movie theater with big sofa couches and tables for your food. It was awesome! We even had a toast for him before the movies started, and right before elevensies! :) If we didn't have Sammy, we would have stayed allll day, but kids have to take naps. We went with our new friends, which was the other big event for us in January! WE HAVE FRIENDS! It's so nice to hang out with people again, especially when they have a child that is your kid's age.

My friend from High School Becca and her husband Kent with their two kids Juliana and newborn Kayla just moved up from Coos Bay on the coast up here to Portland!!.....well Vancouver, but it's still close!! And we love to hang out with them. Becca in her generosity has provided me with an almost entirely new wardrode, and Juliana has done the same for Samantha! I forget how awesome friends can be, because they are all in Utah and I never get to see them! We have been able to hang out with them quite a few times now, and we just hope they don't get sick of us. They, along with Tracee came over for our Superbowl Party last night!! We had a really fun time, but I must say I was not impressed by the commercials and I was hoping Arizona would win. Oh well.

So now, onto February with more grocery-saving, friend hangin, Valentine loving, birthday celebrating adventures!