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The pictures came back from the beach photo shoot that I helped Brooke Nilsson with! Aren't Rylie, Zoey and Brielle beautiful!? Tara was an awesome photographer. In case you forgot, these are the girls that I took care of until they moved back to their Texas home in December. I miss them soooo much. I called Brooke about a week ago to say hi. Rylie was so cute, asking me "Sarahlynn, when you gonna come to my house?" It totally melted my heart! Rylie Zoey Brielle R & B Plus 3! Over the phone, Rylie and I played house and some singing games that I had taught her. I also sang "I love Rylie, yes I do!" and she was so happy. I sang the tune for Zoey and Brielle, (who are walking now!) and they kept looking at the phone, smiling, then looking confused, perhaps wondering where I was. It was so neat that they recognized my voice and the song! Brooke, I love you and miss you. Your pictures turned out gorgiously!! All of our hard work was worth it!

Saturday's Miss America Question President Barack Obama is the first African American president of the United States. To you, does this mean that our country has finally outgrown racism? Contestent's Response Yes, I think it's wonderful that our country has finally been able to break through the glass ceiling and elect a black president. I think it shows that we are moving in the right direction as a nation. Here is MY response- busting the 20 second time limit Well, John, I think by asking this question you show that many of us are still struggling to remove our focus from the fact that Obama is black and put more focus on the merit of his policies and character. After his acceptance speech in November and his inagural speech on Monday, most of the comments that I heard from reporters and common citizens were about how they never thought this day would come and how amazing it is that he his black. To me, this shows two things. 1) American's have very little faith in th...

Nope, the word isn't pregnant...yet. It's the long-awaited-for PROMOTION!! On Friday, Hormel let Jeremy know that he will be promoted to a higher position and the long awaited news of where we will be moving to was finally made known. We're staying in Orange County!! YEAH! We of course would have loved to try living in a new place, esp if it was on the East Coast or Texas since we have so many awesome friends in those areas, but we are very happy with staying in Huntington Beach. We absolutely love it here, and now we'll be here for at least another year, probably 18 months. Also, now I can plan on teaching full time this fall without having to start over with paper work in another state. I've already got my CA credential, so that's perfect. In fact, I'm looking for a full time position now! Wish me luck. And we are considering moving out of our apartment to a cheaper location. $1400 a month starts to eat at our budget pretty fast, and we want to by a home w...

I have a proposal to make. It's slightly out of frustration. But mostly all in fun and with a lot of friendly love... From now on, if any of you- that means ANY of you, esp if you are on our Blog List- are going to be getting anywhere near Los Angeles, please don't hesitate to let Jeremy and I know!!! We want to see you! Even if you are with tons of family. We'd love to tag along just to see your kids and husbands and YOU. We can even take you to some really cool places that other tourists don't know about. Don't forget that we live in Huntington Beach, CA, which is right next to everything. We're 25 min from Disneyland, 45 min from Hollywood, 15 min from Long Beach and 2 min from Newport Beach. And we're only an hour away from San Diego. I just thought I should make that clear since four of my very good college friends have come right to my backyard on vacation only for me to find out about it on their blogs three weeks after the fact! 'Cum on, folks. L...