Courtyard Potluck

Pics from Monday's Courtyard Potluck
Jen shows off the food table. She brought the YUMMIEST baked beans!
Chris Kropf and our other neighbor, Casey Ballard, debate sports trivia.
Dan Powell eats a steak. Like a man.
Ben and Jen- awwww, aren't they cute?

The newbies- our newest neighbors, the Stars. We think they are delightful! We also think it's funny that the Stars live next door to the Spanglers. We want another family to move in named the Banners.

A Change of Plans

Well, we were supposed to be visiting Phoenix this weekend, but Thursday night we decided to postpone the trip. There were lots of reasons- we're still travel weary from the Seattle trip, Greg's brother Mark and fam weren't going to be in town, and much more, and we wanted some quality time with our friends. We sure got it! This was a friend-filled weekend!

Friday night we had pizza and a movie at the Myer's, then after Addie was in bed, the Murrays came over for games.
Saturday, we did some family shopping time, then went to the beach with the Kropfs and Kaneversky's.
Sunday, it was church morning and night. We thought Addie was especially cute, so we took these pictures.


















Monday we had a Courtyard potluck lunch, then went to the Murrays for swimming and badminton in the afternoon and evening. Monday night it was a movie night in the courtyard for the adults! So fun! We are glad we got to stay home and play, but looking forward to heading out to Phoenix in a month or so.

Grant turns 3!

Can you believe it? Grant turned 3 this weekend!
After a nice afternoon at the beach, we all went to Andria's for fish and chips-
and cupcakes.
Clayton thought they were great- so did the rest of us!
Here's Grant with the leaf blower we got him.
He definetely knew how to use it!

Saturday at the Beach

We spent Saturday afternoon at the beach in Ventura with the Kropfs and Kaneverskys.
Here's Addie in the car on the way there- wearing her new visor (sooooo stylish!)
Our group staked out a nice piece of sand...
and got to work!

Dig!
Dig!
Dig!
OK, McKenna, that's deep enough.

Nicknames

Greg "Leaps tall sand castles with a single bound" Spangler
Colter "the Claw" Kaneversky- broke his wrist, and has a cast up to his shoulder! His parents didn't want him to get sand in the cast, so they devised this solution: rubber glove, ace bandage, tape. Worked like a charm.
Brooke "the Paparazzi" Kropf. Look at that lense!
Erin "Now I have a picture of you taking a picture of me" Kaneversky

The Beach, Pt.3

Addie and Clayton dig in the hole...
The three amigos
So there was this big bird....
sitting there right on the beach! And Greg kept walking closer and closer with his camera,
and then it took off right at him!
Rest assured, Greg is alright. The bird swooped over his head and flew off to less crowded areas.

Friends

Here's some pics of Addie playing recently with her friends:
Addie & Grant playing kitchen
All business
Grant, Addie, and Ally Myers singing on the steps. Grant was the lead- the girls were the backup singers.
Addie is doing the motions for "He's got the whole world in His hands" while Grant strums the guitar.

Texas Update

Most of you know that there has been talk from us in the past about moving to Dallas. We are still interested in doing that, and thought we'd give a little update about what's going on with that now.

The whole process was put on hold for the last year, since we made a commitment to Greg's boss to stay put. But, a few weeks ago, Greg had his annual performance evaluation, at which time his boss said he would approve a transfer if Greg wanted it. That's good news, since in Greg's company, your area supervisor has to approve before the company will transfer you. So step one is taken care of. Incidentally, Greg's boss also gave him a glowing evaluation, and stressed that Greg is over-qualified for his current position and would be better suited for a larger location. Yeah!

The second step is finding an opening in Dallas, and there IS one open right now. It is much larger than the property Greg works now, so we're not sure if it will be the right fit or not, but it looks like a good opportunity, so last week Greg made the first steps in applying for the position.

The next step would be to interview with the Dallas area director, who happens to be out of town for awhile, so we are just sitting tight where we're at. Whether or not Greg would get the position is a big unknown, also we don't know how willing the company will be to transfer someone period, so nothing is a sure bet at this point.

The bottom line? We have NO IDEA what is going to happen, but that's OK. We have a great deal of confidence from knowing that God is sovereign and He will put us where he wants us, when He wants to. There are many great things about staying where we're at. There would be many benefits to moving too. If you think of it, pray that we will depend on the Lord and His wisdom and have peace as we make big decisions. Thanks!

A Few More Seattle Pictures

My mom sent me a few more pictures from our trip to Seattle, from her camera.
Here's a family shot we took at Hood Canal.
And a shot that truly represents our family.
Here's Greg hosting the game "Friends vs. Family Fued" at my mom's birthday party.
Greg, Addie and I on the ferry. It was a tad windy.

There's a Lot of Love in this House

Our neighbor, Brendie Bandara, is starting out as a photographer and we had her take some pictures of Greg and I for some frames on our bedroom wall. Thought we'd share these cute shots with you all.

Family Bowling

Since the ever-constant drizzle interfered with our expected camping fun, we went instead to the local bowling alley. Since my dad does a lot of bowling, and my mom, sister, and brother in law join in too, it was a great family activity for us. Greg had never bowled with the family before and Addie had never bowled period, so it was great.
Here Greg helps Addie get the ball started.
This is her telling the ball "go ball, go!"
It slooooooowly makes it way down the lane.
Almost every member of the family helped Addie bowl at some point. Here's my dad celebrating with her. She was very excited when the ball hit pins. At one point, Addie did a little dance and my dad joined her. A good Grandpa is one who doesn't mind making an idiot of himself.
For the record, my sister beat out Addie, Mikayla and I in our game, and Greg beat Keith and my dad in their game! Wow!

Rainy Day Highlights

My favorite parts of a cold, rainy day?
Addie's bowling shoes.


sooooooo cute!
At the mall, after bowling, Addie reading a book to my dad. "Everyone Poops"- it's very educational.
This is her explaining that "a one-hump camel makes a one-hump poop and a two-hump camel makes a two-hump poop. Only kidding!"