CONGRATULATIONS!

We are happy to announce the engagement of Carrie to Preston Knight! Tentative plans are for an early August wedding in Harrisonburg VA. Congratulations Carrie and Preston!

Five Weeks Till We Meet Again!

Looking forward to getting together for the reunion in Goshen...just a month away! It will be fun to see all the new babies - I think there should be 6 little ones...and at the last reunion we just had one! Wow!

I'm also excited because it will mean the end of a rough school year - I spent this past year as a Special Ed assistant at a local high school and am working as a one-on-one for a severely mentally handicapped girl with aggressive tendencies. So this year has been interesting, to say the least. I'm looking (again) for an elementary English as a Second Language teaching position, which I was unable to find last year this time. I'm also hoping to move out of the Harrisonburg area, but that's just a dream for now.

Hope everyone is doing well! Can't wait to see you all in June!

Anusha in Nepal: check out our new blog

Happy New Year...

Just wanted to let you know that we have a blog that I'm planning to keep updated while we are in Nepal. Anuraj left Dec 29 and Anusha and I leave February 5. Until then, we're at my folks house in Goshen.

By the way, anyone and everyone is welcome to visit us!!! Seriously and please.

Here is the link to our blog!
http://anushalandisjha.blogspot.com/

Keep in touch!
Jill
jill@medicinebowtrails.com

Adria Smith

Adria Emerson Smith was born on June 4, 2007 in Loveland, CO to Marc and Julie. She was 6 pounds 9 ounces and 18 inches. Here is a link for more pictures: http://www.openspacepublications.com/adria/adria.html

Speaking of new beginnings...

Let me start off by saying...wow! This blog thing is great. I logged on for the first time today and was pleasantly surprised. I thought I would add a bit about what is going on in the Smith (non Marc and Julie chapter) household. Summer has finally come to Boston and we are reving up for a major life change. We're moving to the 'burbs. We close on our first house in 9 days and couldn't be more excited to leave the noises of the city (and our upstairs neighbors) behind. I've attached a picture which doesn't even come close to competing with beautiful Anusha - what a sweet baby! We'll keep you all posted in the weeks ahead and look forward to more updates from all of you and your new and soon-to-be babies.

Announcing the birth of Anusha Landis Jha

Greetings all...here are some photos of little Anusha...

She was born Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 3:22 p.m. (2 1/2 weeks early and right in the middle of final exams -- the best excuse I've ever had to ask for a 6 week extension!). She was 5 lbs., 14 oz. and 17.5 inches. Nice and small. She is growing well, fitting into "newborn" clothes now (as opposed to the preemie onesies) and a really great baby. She sometimes throws herself like a fish off of our shoulder and makes a lot of facial expressions...not a boring baby at all!

I won't bore you with more details, enjoy a few photos by going to . . .

http://picasaweb.google.com/JillLandisJha/AnushaLandisJha?authkey=YlyhKiKIGK4

We had a photo shoot yesterday but none of those are on this. I'll post some of those soon...Anuraj got some really great and artistic shots of baby and mom! : )

Another Change for Steve and Em's family

It seems all of us girls decided to go into a mode of change at one time. So, it seems I am getting closer to the Landis family roots...This week I moved to Akron, PA after accepting a job with Ten Thousand Villages headquarters as Sales Trainer. I'm excited about the position and am eager to begin what will be almost 40% travel! Adjusting to small town life after Seattle will be a process but I am sure the travel will help to ease that. I must admit I'm also looking forward to less stress and more free time.