This week is Ryan's Spring Break! We are both enjoying a week in which he has no classes. I have taken the week off work as well (the first week I've taken off since last June), and it has been wonderful to sleep in every day, cook and bake together, and have time to do many things that have been on our to do list for weeks (or months!) now. I have decided you all deserve a little update on our lives as well, since you haven't heard from me in many months!

In November my car died and we were blessed with God's provision of a 2003 silver Camry as a replacement! We have also enjoyed road biking since our purchase of these bikes in October (although with our schedules we don't have time to do this very often):

(mine is blue and Ryan's is silver)

We love cooking and baking together, and this week has been the first opportunity to do some fun projects in a while. I made an angel food cake and Ryan used the yolks remaining to make some vanilla bean ice cream--yumm!

The home we have been renting since December is beautiful and has made it easier for us to host people and have more space and privacy than living in an apartment allows. I love having a bigger kitchen too!

We've been terrible about taking pictures (hardly have taken any the past few months), so this week we've tried to make up for lost time. :)

This picture is us before church on Palm Sunday:

(I know, a little overexposed, but we'll work on our camera skills this summer)

Yesterday we had a date night with a sweet couple in our church that lives across the street. We ate at P.F. Changs (I love that place and Ryan had never been), then just browsed at the outdoor mall nearby at the Apple store and Williams-Sonoma. It was fun! Here we are before leaving (sorry, didn't take the camera with us--I need a bigger purse to hide it!):

As you can see, my hair is now shorter than it has been in many years! I love it and it is much easier to manage with my current work schedule. Ryan likes it a lot too (or maybe he just likes the fact it isn't in a ponytail most of the time now).

That's all for now--I'll try not to let so much time go by before posting again!