New Job!

I am going to start a new job at Freddie Mac on 7/16. It's a huge answer to prayer as some of you know (thanks for your prayers). I am super excited to get started! :) Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Cabo Baby!

Jarod and I just returned from Cabo. It was such a great vacation - thanks Ken and Susan for the timeshare!! :)

The resort was so beautiful and we found the vacation to be fun and truly relaxing. Here are some pictures from our trip. I totally recommend the resort - here's a link to it: http://www.pueblobonitosunsetbeach.com/

Jarod got to golf at some really beautiful golf courses:

We went 4 wheeling which was a blast. We had dirt coming out of our ears for days! :)

I actually rode a horse - as long as the senor promised to keep hold of it! Here is me saying uno mas (one more) and no more! :)

We ate some amazing food...

And of course, we got to hang out with our good friends Dan and Becci!

Our girls

Anna's First Birthday

We were in WV this weekend to celebrate our niece Anna's 1st birthday. We had a great time! :) I wont write a lot about it since Lauren probably will. :)

Happy First Birthday Anna!

Cherry Blossom 10 miler

Jarod and I did the Cherry Blossom 10 miler this weekend with our good friends Dan and Becci. We couldn't have asked for better weather & the cherry blossoms were beautiful! :)

Here are some pics from the race.....

Here are our times. Our friend Susan ran the race as well. :)

Jarod - 1:36:06 Pace - 9:37 /mile

Kadie - 1:36:07 Pace - 9:37 /mile
Dan - 1:36:26 Pace - 9:39 /mile
Becci - 1:39:19 Pace - 9:56 /mile

Susan - 1:22:53 Pace - 8:18 /mile

Mom and I paint pottery

My mom came to visit a few weeks ago and we went out and painted pottery. It was so good to see my mom! :)

Jarod turns 29

We went to WV the first week of March and celebrated Jarod's birthday. Here are some pics from that weekend.

We also saw some random cows lined up - too funny not to take a picture! :)

Shamrock Half Marathon!

Jarod and I completed our 2nd half marathon. Jarod did awesome..he did it in 2 hours and 8 mins. I completed it in 2 hours and 12 minutes. Both were personal bests for each of us. Here is a link to my pics.
http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=47903&BIB=8856&S=230&PWD=

Here is a link to jarod's pics.
http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=47903&BIB=8851&S=230&PWD=

Enjoy!

What a great hubby!

Jarod surprised me on valentines and got me flowers and a gift card! I have the best husband in the world! :)

I passed!!!

I just heard late last night that I passed the big exam I took in December. Once I get all of my paperwork in I will be a Certified Information Systems Auditor.. Woohoo!

Thanks to everyone for your prayers! I definitely felt them up to and during the test. :)

Christmas 2008

As promised, here are pics from Christmas. This is going to be a huge post since I have so many great pictures! The Blaney family tradition is to spend Christmas eve at Jarod's grandparents house and then Christmas day with our family. This was Anna's first Christmas and it was so fun to have her there.

Here are some pictures at Christmas Eve with Jarod's grandparents.

This is a picture of me with my sister-n-law and Jarod's 2 cousins. It's a family tradition for the girls to get a picture on the couch. This picture was taken in Jarod's grandparent's basement where the money games are played. This year Jarod's won the money jar - that's where you have to guess the amount of coins in a jar.

Here's a picture of my mother-n-law Cheryl with Baby Anna. Isn't it cute?? :) Anna's little outfit was so adorable!

Here's a picture of the Blaney family including Daryl's mom Elaine.

Here is one of the money games in full swing! We get really competitive but I never win! haha!

Ok, on to pictures from Christmas with the Blaneys. As I mentioned this was Anna's first Christmas. And, Uncle Jarod tried to make her a present. :)

And then we decided to do some portraits.. Christmas is so much fun!

Last but not least - we added another family member this year - Jazzy! Cheryl got a new puppy and she is adorable! Here are some pictures of us enjoying her during Christmas. (reminds me so much of Liberty when she was a puppy!)