Easter Weekend

Life has been good. Yesterday was Easter- Mike and I decided to go to church for the first time on our own in  a long time. We found this church called Crossroads Church- it's a non-denominational Christian church, it's very contemporary and we both enjoyed it very much. Our roommate Dan went with us too. All three of us are planning on going back next week, as long as the boys are onshore. If not, I'll be going by myself. But it really was great- I think we have all been doing a little soul searching, so it was a nice experience for us. 

I guess it's time to announce that Mike and I are officially trying to get pregnant : D I've been off birth control for almost 3 weeks now, and we are both stoked. I am hoping we won't have any problems with it, but I will keep everyone posted. I am a little nervous to just tell everyone that we are trying- I guess I am afraid of jinxing ourselves. The part of my brain that doesn't always make sense thinks that once I announce it that we will have a hard time with it- obviously we have never tried before, so we don't know if there will be any issues for either of us. But we both want kids so badly, I would be pretty upset if I wasn't able to carry, or if there was an issue with Mike, or whatever. So, if you think about it, please keep us in your prayers for that.

I also don't think I mentioned that Mike did get his motorcycle. He is very excited about it : D I got to ride on it a bit this weekend too- he drove me to work on Friday since he was off from working in the shop for Good Friday. And Saturday we just did a little driving around town, went to meet up with out friends Tiff and Dan for a bit, and later we took the bike to the movies. And on Sunday we actually rode the bike to church : D

On Sunday I spent some time in the kitchen- I boiled eggs and we colored them for Easter. I also made my favorite slow cooked Chili. I tried making cornbread, but I was disappointed- the kind of cornmeal that I bought turned out terrible. I used to buy the same kind back in WA, and since moving down here I haven't been able to find that kind yet. The recipe I used was always on the back of the box of my favorite brand, so since I can't buy it anywhere, I have been trying different brands with different recipes. Last night's batch was terrible- it wasn't the slightest bit sweet, it tasted like I dropped the whole container of salt in it, and had no flavor other than that. I was bummed. If anyone has a good cornbread recipe I would really appreciate it.

It's back to the daily grind this week. Can't complain too much though- I have been lucky enough to get M-F most of the last month, I have to work 4/25/09 and it will be one of my first Saturdays in a while. I enjoy working M-F so much more than having one day off in the middle of the week to work on a Saturday.