we're not a pc anymore

this weekend we got a new home computer. it is the awesome iMac. as you can see we needed a computer to do grown up things like take these pictures with the built in camera. the best part about it (in case you don't know) is that there is no cpu tower. the entire computer is built in to the monitor - so it is only 3 small pieces (1) the monitor (2) a mouse and (3) the keyboard.

we recommend it to everyone!

surprise

I had the best birthday ever! My husband is so wonderful and planned the perfect surprise birthday for me! I thought I was just spending it with my dear Aunt Mary and cousin Anna Lee, but it turns out my Mom and brother Dave surprised me for the weekend!!! It was an absolute blast. We had the best time together. We all got together with Kelly, Wade, Grant, and Gavin for a crab crakin good dinner. I have always loved crab legs (thanks Nuni), so we were working for our dinner. :-) It was so much fun. I felt so special. Today I got to see the Teffts (it has been way too long), Don, and Molly...which made my weekend complete! Thank you everyone and I love you so!

david james shepherd, III

On September 15,2008 my brother and sister-in-law brought a bundle of joy into this world. Our nephew is absolutely adorable. It was heart breaking for us that we couldn't see him the minute he was born. I could hardly teach because I was checking my phone and email every second for updates. When he was born I instantly showed a picture to my students. They loved him. They crack me up, one student said, "Mrs. I didn't know you were Mexican." All that dark hair had them fooled. We traveled to Enid that Friday evening. We spent literally from 8 AM until 10 PM Saturday night holding, staring, and talking to David (our bro calls him Gus). We are obsessed. He is so sweet. He does some funny things...he loves to hold onto his face. The swaddle wouldn't even work he would get his hands right out.

This little man makes us very eager to get back to the GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA! We want to live much much closer to him. Oh yes....Hank loved him too! He couldn't quit staring at him. He followed him around everywhere. It has been so fun to watch Jamey and Molly become parents. They are precious with him.

the realities of bloggin'

Over the past few weeks I was surprised by the emails and texts I received about Ashley and I moving to Tulsa. I began to try to figure out how this news had gotten out so quickly considering I had only talked to a few people about it. I got messages all the way from Georgia to California.

I was surprised further when we met up with some friends this weekend and they asked us too. But then the truth came out - they had read it right here on this very blog. I could not even remember committing those intentions to paper let alone, publishing those statements for all the world to see. So I had to check for myself, and sure enough there in 10 pt. arial font was my confession about our intentions to move to Tulsa.

I am glad to learn that there are several of you who read this blog on occasion. But I am also saddened because now I feel obligated to make more frequent posts - something I want to do more of but have a difficult time making time for.

So I will attempt to update the blog more often and Ashley is in charge of coming up with a better design for the bog. So please check back on occasion.

So until next time, stay classy San Diego.

return of the jedi

I am sure when you read the title I was referring to the fact that it has been a long while since our last post (over a month). But actually it is in reference to the fact that my brother returns home on Monday. He has been in Korea since mid-August of 2007. For over a year, the only time we saw his face was by grainy video on the internet. But at least we could see him and talk to him. We are all really excited to see him and cant wait for him to get home.

A lot has happened since our last post. Ashley and I are looking to move back closer to our home towns (actually for me, back home). We want to move to Tulsa. So in a way the title return of the jedi is also a reference to this, but that would be egotistical and narcissistic of me to assume that I am a jedi. You may be thinking - why would you write about a job search when your boss may see it. Normally, that is a good question, but she already knows. We told her that we were looking. We wanted to be fair to the law firm. So we are looking. I am taking the Oklahoma bar in February and hopefully we will find a good fit for me and then Ash can start looking for a job. We will probably keep everyone updated. I did have an interview this past Friday at the firm I clerked at the summer of my second year. I think it went well but with this stuff you never really know until they offer you a job. So we are praying about it - we think its where we want to be so we'll see.

On another note - we have a new nephew, David James Shepherd III. I am sure Ashley will devote an entire post to him soon and upload lots of photos. He is awesome.

Good talk.