What a Blessing...

As many of you know Eddie and I didn't know whether or not he was going to have a job after the hospital here in Merced was finished. A ton of people got laid off at the beginning of the year, and things just weren't looking very promising.

We have been praying and fasting for months that we would soon hear something, know what was going to happen, and be freed from worry. The answer FINALLY came!

A couple of weeks ago Eddie was told that he would be staying for an extension to the hospital and that he would roll right in to the next project. This new extension is small and is called a "Linear Accelerator" or as they call it.... the LINAC. They will build a structure next to the cancer center for a new, state of the art cancer killing machine. The project should only take about 9 months and then they'll move on to the UC-Merced project.

Yesterday was a hard day for Eddie. When he started the project there were about 20 people in his office. At the beginning of the year they laid off a few, then a few were transferred, then they laid off more people....and so on. As of yesterday there were 6 people left in the office and 4, and I mean FOUR people were laid off.....the last 4. All who were left were Eddie and his boss who sees great potential in him.

Mike, Eddie's new boss, chose him from all the engineers to stay. He said that Eddie is a great student, and a very dedicated worker. We couldn't feel more blessed and happy.

I am so grateful for the power of prayer. I have to express that I know without a doubt in my mind that God listens to our prayers, and if we are faithful and patient He will answer them. Thank you to all of those who joined us in prayer and fasting, you are great friends of whom we will never, ever, forget.

1 Year Anniversary!!!

I can't believe a whole year has gone by. Time really does fly when you're having fun huh? The best way I can try to describe this last year is...ADVENTUROUS. We went on so many trips, met so many people, and started our new life from scratch.

We have met wonderful people here in Merced, and even though we are excited to buy a house we will be sad to leave the people we love so much here. We made amazing friends whom we hope to keep forever; we will always hold the memories we created here dear to us.

We also traveled a lot this year. I love going places I've never been to before. We spend our honeymoon in Hawaii, then we went to San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Hollywood, Malibu, Recife & Porto de Galinhas (Brazil), Utah, Yosemite Nat'l Park, Napa Valley, and now Disneyland...

That's right, we celebrated our first year anniversary at Disneyland. It was great! I had been to Disney World in Florida, but Eddie hadn't been to any and I think he loved it. Everyone gets to be a kid there right? We even bought an autograph book to get some of the Disney characters' autographs! We spent the whole day between Disneyland and California Adventure. We had a great time. I hope you all enjoy the pictures!!

It's been a while...

Hello everybody!

I can't believe that it has been almost two months since my last post; I'm starting to procrastinate again, dang it! Here goes my attempt to catch up...

May 23 was Eddie's 30th birthday and it was celebrated well. On Saturday (22nd) we went out to eat at the Elephant Bar in Fresno...yumm, to get some ice cream for dessert, and then to the movies. We watched Iron Man II which neither of us really liked. As a tradition in my family the birthday boy/girl gets to choose what to eat for dinner on their special day. Eddie wanted chicken a parmegiana, and that's exactly what we had. For his birthday present I gave him a brand new electric guitar that he had been wanting for a long long time; he was thrilled. It was a very special day for us to celebrate!

Labor Day Weekend Eddie and I drove to Utah to visit my family. We left Merced at 3pm on Friday and surprised them at 3am Saturday. When I called my mom so she could open the door she sounded scared (middle of the night calls are usually bad news), but when I told her to go get the front door and let out a little squeal of excitement. They had absolutely no idea we were coming. We stayed at home a lot which was exactly what I wanted to do, just be with the family. Dad barbecued on Saturday and later we played games and watched a movie. Sunday we had another bbq (our favorite) and my cousin Marjie and her husband Gustavo came over to visit from Provo; we played games until late again. Monday it was time to come home already. It was a short but awesome visit, I love surprising people. It was also a needed visit since Eddie and I are planning on spending Christmas and New Years in Brazil. I don't have any pictures because Catherine has them...I'll post them later.

Those are some of the updates, but they're not all...I'll be back for more when I feel like typing again...heheh, sorry.