Happy Easter :)

Okay, starting with Thursday. I had been looking forward to Thursday all week long. Miami hockey was in the Frozen Four (which no one knows about, but is the equivalent of the basketball final four). Kind of a big deal. Rob and I made a pizza... and in case you don't know about our pizzas, they are kind of our specialty. One of the lil grocery markets out here sells pizza dough and Rob is basically a master at pizza creation from his Slice Above days. We actually rarely order pizza, but make it all the time. Any way, here is a picture of our pizza and also of me wearing the Frozen Four t-shirt my dad sent me for Easter!

Miami won on Thursday night! And played in the final game last night against Boston University. Side note, I actually despise all things Boston. Especially after the game, because Boston managed to score twice in the last 40-some seconds and then put the game in overtime and win. I am still cranky. Bad words about BU. It was a lot of fun to cheer the Miami hockey cheers again (obviously that occurred) and it was a really good game. Also, I made Kate's buffalo chicken dip all folded up in crescent rolls and baked and was proud of their deliciousness.

Bouncing back. It rained yesterday, which was magical, really. Here is a picture of the dark, cloudy sky and also I took a lil video of the rain, but need to do something to make the file smaller and so that will happen eventually, but not until my 90 research papers are graded. Enjoy the sky and stay tuned for the rain video. (with commentary, of course.)


Today is Easter. Rob and I went to church this morning. We have been going to a different church every week it seems, trying to find one that we like. The one we went to today was pretty good, but it wasn't like home. We are going to go on a picnic this afternoon...we both kind of thought it would be fun to start our own Easter tradition! Rob bought and cooked and carved (no really, I had nothing to do with it at all!) a ham and we are going to have ham sandwiches in the park! For a while, we were talking about potential picnic side dishes to make and then sort
of got caught up in hockey and grading and so it looks like fancy ham with apples and granola bars will do. I bet as our tradition gets better, we will look back on this year and laugh! Also, I love apples, so no big deal. We will take a few pictures of our picnic and post them asap as well, but wanted to get this up here before we left because again, research paper grading will probably consume me for the next few weeks.

A quick update on the job front. Quantum (Rob's helicopter school) is currently not hiring, but he is putting in applications at other schools throughout the area and we are keeping our fingers crossed that somewhere comes through soon. I had an interview with Mesa School District the day after they fired like 300 teachers, which seemed like terrible timing, but actually felt like the interview went well and am trying to stay positive about teaching jobs too. I really don't like job applications or the job market or stress, but such is life I suppose. Hopefully everything will straighten itself out and things will start going in our favor in this department soon. Sorry that there is no real happy news to report here, but we wanted to keep you updated. We hope that things are going well for the rest of you even though the economy sucks. That's the best way to say it really, I bet.

Okay, let's be happy again. Time to pack up our picnic and enjoy our Easter. Wish we were there to celebrate with all of you, but here in Arizona I wore a skirt and sandals to church...no snow problem! :) Yay silver lining. Lots of love, Rob and Sarah