Birk Adventures

I guess it's time to play catch up and finally post some pictures about our summer. Despite me being pregnant and perpetually stressed about the job search, we did a lot of fun things this summer. Mini took ballet lessons I love this picture of when Emmy dumped our boxed spaghetti from The Spaghetti Factory. We were with my family and it was amazing how quickly the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins vanished when they saw this mess! Adam competed in his first triathlon. He was awesome! He even took first place in his age division and my brother Joe took second. (I won't mention that they were the only two in their division.) As Adam walked up to the stand, I overheard the man standing next to me (a complete stranger) tell his wife that that guy was from Denmark and didn't even train for the race (both of which are true). I guess my mom had been talking to him before, but it made it sound like quite the sensation to hear it going through the crowd like that! Lake Powel

Hello my faithful blog checkers. Thanks for not giving up on us and checking back again. I am well aware of the time lapse since my last post and apologize. It has been an interesting couple months for us, as we have approached Adam's clerkship ending and unemployment looming ahead of us. The job search has been a total roller coaster as Adam has applied, interviewed, and WAITED. It's been an interesting process, as he has interviewed with several places that have loved him, but for one reason or another, have chosen another candidate. Being a really really really close second place doesn't do much when it means there's still no job! Through all this I would love to say that I have been totally full of faith and optimism, but I wouldn't be telling the truth. It has been a rough couple months for me. I haven't really wanted to blog, because we haven't had good news to share. Posting about moving back in with my parents just feels anti-climatic. But all thi