Musings

It's been a wonderful couple months here in the Gropp home.  So many things have transpired and so many things have changed.  I think it only took five years but we have grown up and learned who we are as a couple and family and know exactly what we want in life.  We have been so overwhelmed with gratitude at all of our wonderful blessings.  Because there has been so much going on at once, I've been absent.  I only have two weeks left of this terribly quick summer semester and then a month of breathing room.  We've both been working very hard and searching and applying for second jobs as well which also takes up so much time.  My little brother was married, we had family in town for the 4th, and we've been trying to take time together doing the things we enjoy. 
Here's a little update on what's new in our house...
We are both on a crazy diet but are happy to be seeing the pounds melt off.
Shane's job has cut his hours and so we are in the market for finding something that helps us out for awhile whether temporary or permanently.
We are buckling down for our last two semesters of school starting this fall.

We are enjoying late night bike rides around beautiful Boise to enjoy the wonderful summer air.
We are grilling every weekend and loving crispy burned hot dogs and steaks.
We are catching up on all of our missed movies via Netflix.
We are getting used to one car.
And that's pretty much about it.  Everything else that is transpiring is merely emotional and much harder to explain.

Today, I was able to spend some time doing the things I enjoyed whilst Shane did the things he enjoys.  I knocked out a few more scrapbook pages.  Here are two activities from the month of April 2005.