Today

It was a beautiful day on the Washington border today. We went to Portland and ate at a restaurant on the Willamette River, walked around, got some coffee (one of my favorite things to do), I got some new shoes at Target, and now we're relaxing at home on the couch. A great day off for the Doe's.


Richard is speaking at the main service at First Church tomorrow and Sunday, if you aren't able to make it, it should be on the website soon afterward : )

Girls night

Last weekend Richard was out of town so my friend Sarah and I decided to have a 'Girls Night' for the high schoolers in our youth group. It was a lot of fun and consisted of Disney movies, games and LOTS of food : ) There was definitely requests for more girls nights to come.

New nephew!

Richard and I have a new nephew! Micah James Doe was born yesterday at 12:57pm. He was 7lbs 8oz and 20.5". We were sad that we couldn't be there in person to see him and the rest of the family, but we're thankful for Skype! We will be in sunny Arizona in less than a month : )

What we've been up to lately...

So for the past few months, Richard and I have been in the process of looking for our first home. It's definitely been an up and down process but it also has been a lot of fun. We are so excited and blessed to be in a position where we can purchase a home. The market is great right now and an added bonus is the first time home buyers tax credit refund. Here are a few (of the many) houses we've looked at...





We have made an offer on one house in particular. It's a short sale and therefore does NOT take a short amount of time to get an agreement from the bank, go figure. We could really use your prayers that everything will work out, especially considering the tax credit deadline is April 30th! We have high hopes and know that what ever happens, happens for a reason.

Easter 2010

We hope everyone had a great Easter! We had originally planned on spending this Easter in Arizona since we spent last Easter in Washington, but that didn't quite work out. It was another cold and rainy Easter for us, very different from the sunny, 80 degree weather we're used to, but it's always great to have family to spend the holidays with.

We spent the day going to church and then lunch at Aunt Rena's with Don, Lori, Randee, Cousin Lori, Cousin Jerry and the boys, it was a lot of fun.


Randee, Richard's sister was able to fly in from Indiana to spend the weekend with us and her parents. It was a quick trip for her but I'm glad we were able to go get some sushi while she was here : ) The next stop for her is graduating from the Anderson Seminary with a masters in Intercultural Studies! I can't believe it's almost been 2 years since we moved here and she moved to Indiana.

This is Richard as a mad scientist in the children's skit before the Easter Scramble at our church this past Saturday, isn't his hair awesome! He said he could get it even bigger if he had used a hair dryer...

K9 Unit comes to FCOG

One of the high school leaders at our church is a cop and he brought a few of his K9 officers to youth group a few Wednesdays ago. It was really neat to see the dogs and learn about how they are trained. One important point the officer's kept saying was that when they train the dogs, they are basically training them to 'play' so that when they are not on the job, they're friendly pets.

Look! It's Sirius Black's animagus, Padfoot, from Harry Potter.

Here is a video of one of the dogs attacking Richard, it was scary!