Sorry it has been awhile!

Hey everyone out there!

I want to start by apologizing for not posting last weekend. We were super busy and just never got a chance to sit down and post. My goal is to write a quick posting every Sunday so that we can keep as many people as possible up to date on our lives.

Anyway, lets start with some VERY EXCITING NEWS!!! (And no, we are NOT pregnant). Jason and I have been toying with the idea of selling our house and buying a new one with the market being the way it is right now. After much discussion and a surprise walk through by my brother, John, and his girlfriend, Jennie, we have sold our house without even putting it on the market!!! How fantastic is that?!?! John decided he was interested, Jennie approved (which is important because we all know that she will live here someday if John buys this house) and my parents (yes, Bob Means included) agreed it was a good idea. So there we go, John/ Mom & Dad will be the owners of our home in the next few months.

So this enabled us to start looking for houses!!! We called our fabulous realtor (if you need one please ask us for Joe's number... he totally rocks) and saw our first house this past Monday. It was a very very nice house but it needed more work than we expected. We also were shocked that it had the TINIEST backyard we have ever seen. No swing set would ever fit in that backyard and it is very much a family house. I honestly don't think we believed smaller backyards existed then the one we have now but we learned that was definitely not the case. Needless to say, the house is probably not on the top of our list, however, we are lined up to see some more this weekend with Jason's parents and hopefully will have better luck.

In other news, Jason is back at school and studying hard again to learn more of the Kanji and Katakana (sp?). I really admire his dedication because I don't think I have the patience to learn a language that has 3 alphabets. It takes a lot of memorization and constant study. So far, I have learned from Jason how to answer the phone (moshi moshi) and to say excuse me (sumimasen) so that I can excuse myself to walk in front of the tv while he plays video games in Japanese.

Also, for those of you in the wonder, after many years (literally years) of searching Jason finally found the perfect Columbia jacket. We found it at Dick's but in the wrong color and after some searching we found it in all black. It is a Titanium series and very nice, we just hope it lives up to all the hype and really is exactly what he has been looking for all these years.

Anyway, that is our update for now. I will post some pictures from our vacation as soon as I get the camera battery charged:)