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Dear Family,
Thank you for coming to my birthday party!!!

los angeles

dear troy,

thanks for hanging out with me yesterday. I loved it.
la is great, you are great, your job is great, ...everything is just great!!! (or at least it will be, eventually... right?)
but really, thank you for everything. its always great to see you.

love,
janelle

...

i think i'm the luckiest

I'm so grateful to have such good friends.
I don't know what I'd do without them.

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sense of urgency...

have you ever had that feeling deep inside where you feel like you are missing something vitally important... you feel rushed even though you have no plans... and there's this unsettled feeling that comes with every heartbeat?


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baby lila

Meet baby Lila Rachelle... one of the cutest little girls I've ever laid eyes on...

My parents and I went to Georgia for the weekend for Lila's blessing. She is adorable and I can't get enough of her. My mom made her dress and I think its the cutest thing ever. My mom is such a good seamstress... and trevor and roxanne are so good at making beautiful babies.

Also, I can't get enough of this kid... He is so cute and so funny.

Trevor, Roxanne, Keller, and Lila...

Thanks for letting me come play with your beautiful family. I really wish you didn't live so far away. If you move closer, I promise I'll let your baby spit up on me anytime she likes.

Update

My computer is broken so I haven't posted anything in a while. But lets be honest here, I am terrible at blogging and even if my computer wasn't broken, I probably wouldn't have posted much. However, in an effort to redeem my previous poor "blogsmanship"... and rejuvenate my new years resolution to write more, here I am... With an update on my life.

Lets just start off by saying that
I am the luckiest girl in the world.

Just as I had hoped, January has been filled with LOTS of good fortune and plenty of adventure. I started the new year off right in lovely San Diego for new years eve and made my way up to Long Beach for a night at the Hotel Maya with some friends.

Then my spoiled little self got just what I wanted and went to Hawaii. I figured if I wasn't going to Korea I might as well spend some time in my favorite place with my favorite person. Jeremy went home for the holidays so I followed him out there and made him entertain me for 10 days. We swam to Chinaman's Hat... biked to sharks cove for acai... went on hikes... jeremey went surfing and i paddled around... and we had ourselves a GOOD time.

I came home from paradise to the reality of being unemployed and very poor... but was pleasantly surprised with a new job opportunity and free rent at home! My brother in-law, Marc (or "Dr. Larson" as I now call him at work) needed a new receptionist at his ortho office, and I gladly took the opportunity. I love it and I'm so lucky that things have been working out so well for me.

So, if you are looking for me, I will be in the Redlands living with my padres... or visiting Jeremy in San Diego...
I'll keep you posted on the updates.