Hello Everyone,

just wanted to start a little something to keep you all updated on our lives. Since our move to Philly its been hard to keep in touch with everyone. Hopefully this will be a small way to connect with those far away from us.

Just a small update on our lives as of late; We've settled into our townhouse in NE Philly and our new jobs. I (Lisa) found a job as a research technician at a scientific testing facility and Ivan continues with his aircraft maintenance for US Airways. So far our jobs are keeping us busy and our 2nd and 3rd shift schedules challenge us to find creative ways to spend time with each other and still have social lives.

We've recently been attending a church near our apt called Bethel, which has the convenience of three different services (1 on saturday, and 2 on sunday) which works out nicely for our strange hours. We have been attending (almost) regularly for the last few months and are excited to be looking into small groups. We have desperately missed the community we had in WI and look forward to starting a new one here!

Our most exciting news, which most of you know already is the fact that we are expecting our first baby in April! We are looking forward to welcoming this child into our lives and starting our own little family.

I hope this blog finds you all well, I hope to continue to update it regularly and give you all a small taste of our lives here in Philadelphia.

for now, a good night

Lisa

coming soon: our first Christmas tree!