BIG NEWS!!!

No, we aren't pregnant again....--- Daniel has been offered a job at Shell and he has ACCEPTED!!! That's right, this time next year we will be living in Houston (probably the west side). We are anxious to get onto the next chapter in our lives and Daniel is anxious to be done with school once and for all! Things are starting to feel a little cramped in our house and we are excited to be able to buy our first home and feel like real adults.

Since I am telling such wonderful news about my husband, I feel like I should take this opportunity to share some of my favorite pictures of Dan--- if you haven't noticed.. our blog is mostly bragging about our kids so this kind of a change of pace, you know, bragging about Daniel instead.

I know he hates when I gush about him, but I certainly don't do it as often as he really deserves.  Daniel has worked so hard to achieve what he is about achieve.  He has started working toward this end goal before he met me and because of it, our whole family has benefited.  It wasn't easy for him knowing that he could have been working the whole time he was getting his graduate degree and actually making money, but I appreciate his sacrifice and his foresight to realize that this is what he needed to do.  More than anything, I love and appreciate the balance that he has made in his/our life.  He knows that his family is the most important thing and has never made any of us feel like his school or work was more important and it hasn't inhibited our life at all. 

I am so unbelievably proud of my husband for working so hard and continuing to provide me and our children with security and a plan for the future.  While I am the first to admit that my eyes often glaze over when he starts talking all "Chemical Engineeringly", I know he is passionate about it and will enjoy working in this field for the rest of his life.  It is a good feeling knowing that our family will benefit from Daniel being happy with what he is doing.  I love him for making the decision to accept this job a family decision and keeping in mind what this job will mean for our family.  I have always been proud of him and honored to be a part of his life.--- OK, enough from me, I am already going to be toast for writing so much gooey stuff about him.