Things are happening!

Well, a lot of exciting things have been happening around here in the past week!

SISTER TIME

Calli came and spent the weekend with us!!!!! It was so great to have some much needed sister time! We went to a chili cook off at our church, took her to the beach for the first time in CA, watched Matt Bowman's team play a football game in Valencia, ate some delish food, and got to spend quality time together! What more could a sister ask for?! Bo and I will be headed to APU on Saturday for Homecoming, and then we'll head back down the next weekend for the full weekend. Let's just say, I like being close to my sister and friends at APU. :)

EMPLOYED WOMAN

I got a JOB!!!! That's right....an actual paid JOB! It's part time, but ya gotta start somewhere! Starting November 1st, I will be a Membership Counselor at 24 Hour Fitness in Oxnard, CA on the Channel Islands harbor! 

I'll tell you more about the details of the job once I actually start doing it. The crew of employees there seem really awesome, so I'm looking forward to getting to work with them! The timing of this job was perfect! Thank you God! I am currently looking to pick up another part time job in the afternoons/evenings in order to bring in a little extra dough to cover student loans...yippee....NOT. Student loans are great when they're getting you through college, but when it comes time to pay them off it can be a bummer. If it weren't for APU, I would have never met Bo, so I keep telling myself, "You can't put a price on LOVE!" ;) hehe

HOLIDAY DESIGNING

As the holiday season rapidly approaches, Bo and I are EAGERLY waiting for Christmas season to be here!!! We are both Christmas freaks, and we just discovered that our neighbors are too! Yes! (I knew we moved into a good area) haha Anyway, I have designed a couple Christmas cards that can be personalized. I am going to continue designing some cards, and I will be putting them up for sale on Etsy.com. I will post the link once I put all the designs up on there. Here is a little sneak preview of one design with my FAVORITE ADORABLE niece, Brooklynn, as my model picture. She is the cutest thing ever! Ok, I better not get off on that tangent....

Anyway, just wanted to spread the word about my Christmas cards. I haven't set a price yet, but it will be super cheap to pay for the design. Then you would take the personalized design and get it printed at Costco, Sams Club, Walmart, Vistaprint, or wherever you like to do your printing. If you are interested in using one of my designs or create something specific that you had in mind, just shoot me a message on facebook or email me if you want more information. I would be happy to do it for you! AND you get a personalized, super cute Christmas card that NOBODY else will have! 

On that note....enjoy the season of fall and get excited because Christmas is just around the corner!!!!

Love,

Newly Employed Wife ;)

Hangin' with the Bowmans

I decided that it's been too long since my last post. I'm definitely still working on the whole "consistency" thing with blogging! Bear with me!

Here is a little update of this past month. Sorry for the lack of pictures...i'll make up for it next time :)

We had some friends from APU (Josh, Brad, and Paige) come spend the weekend with us! It was so great to be able to see them again and just spend some good ol' quality time together. We hung out, laughed, watched Dispicable Me, laughed some more, ate a lot of food, spent an afternoon at the beach (football, frisbee, volleyball, and chatting on the lifeguard stand), and spent a few hours getting bargains at the Camarillo Premium Outlet! All in all, it was some much need quality time with 3 of our best friends!

The following weekend we headed to APU for the day, so we started it off with breakfast at Flappy Jacks (just like any APU student would). It was the five of us again plus Calli (my sister) too! We got to spend the day spending some more time with each other and watching the APU women's volleyball team. It was great sitting beside Calli who was going, "whoaa...nice dig libero", "oh yeah she got there", "i like watching her", "aw man, i really wanna play now"! hahaha We were both having the same thoughts and feelings about missing that sport that is a crucial part of our being now. ;) Volleyball will forever run in the McLellan blood and be a part of our lives! I LOVE IT!

Our weekends are usually pretty full with people coming to visit us, or us going to visit someone else. HOWEVER, we finally made friends with our neighbors a couple weeks ago!!!! Seriously, you have no idea how ecstatic we were! We all did taco Tuesday and had dinner together out in the common area of our apartment. It was so refreshing to meet 2 couples who are just a couple years older than we are. We're planning to do some other fun fall outings together, but ultimately it is just so nice to know that we have a few friends where we live! We also found a church that we have started to go to. They have a few young married couples small groups that we really want to get connected with as well. I'll keep you posted on our social life and friend status. ;)

Earl and Cindy (Bo's parents) came to visit us a couple weekends ago for the day! Bo and I went on a short hike to a dried up waterfall about 15 min from our place, which was pretty fun, and then we spend the afternoon as the 4 Bowmans. Once again we hit up the outlet mall. It's quite the legit place to check out, so if you ever come to visit us, we can take you there too! After they left, Bo and I were talking about how great it is to spend time with family! We both love our families so much and cherish each moment we get to spend with them all!

Speaking of family, last weekend we got to have Brad and Shellie Bowman to our place for the first time. We all went to the David Crowder concert in Hollywood on Saturday night. They are on their final tour, so we couldn't miss it. The concert was phenominal, including the 3 opening acts (John Mark McMillan, Chris August, and Gungor)! The ONLY downside was that we were standing for a total of somewhere between 5 and 6 hours!!!! UUUggghhh! It was general admission standing room only. It was a great spot because we were close to the stage, but man were we all feeling five times our age when our knees kept screaming at us to give them one little break! haha None the less, it was a super fun night and we only wish that we all could have hung out more.

In case you haven't realized it yet....hanging out with us can be pretty sweet! ;) hahaha just kidding! Well, hopefully it is enjoyable for people, so let us know if you're ever in the area and we'll be glad to show you around!

Thankful wife,

Abby