Memorial Day!

Josh and I decided to drive over to Seneca Falls on Sunday to spend Monday with my family. It was a small gathering but tons of fun nonetheless. We got to hack the crab apple tree out of the middle of a lilac bush (I swear it starting growing last year and the trunk was about 3 1/2 inches in diameter already), help dad open the pool, eat some yummy food, hit a couple of balls (tennis, base and soft) and go out for some ice cream. Josh and I were even able to do a little shopping in the morning for some baby clothes (much more fun than buying for ourselves:) We'll be on vacation in the Outer Banks starting this Saturday (May 30th) so we should have more fun photos to post in about 2 weeks! Just a quick update for those of you who want to know: Baby Hauser is doing great and is growing "perfectly" (my doctor's words, not mine:) She is VERY active only settling down every 3 or 4 days. I feel her all day long, although now I can tell she's getting a little cramped in there. The count down is 2 months! Here's a look at our day in Seneca Falls:

Dad doing some pool work

The Spread

Dad right after the "angry" red raspberry soda literally exploded on him and his plate and surrounding food...

Livy showing us the skillz that pay the billz...

Dad is usually a great switch-hitter but it just wasn't working today.

Josh and one of his stunts...yes, I love my husband.

Josh at bat...he was very impressive. Although, the most impressive thing he did that day was catch a ball in his Dodger's hat...and it wasn't a pop fly either!

Mom in right field getting ready to catch a great hit.

Dad and his expert pitching skills.

Bryan and his great hitting stance...he likes to do it the one-legged way:) He actually was one of the best hitters that day despite his leggedy ways.

Graduation Pictures

This past weekend Josh graduated with his Master's in Public Health from SUNY Albany. Here are some pictures of the days events. Josh was a flag bearer for the ceremony so it was nice to be able to easily pick him out of the crowd...he also got to receive his diploma in the first group of Master's students. Congrats Josh! (PS - I'm not really sure why these pictures don't look very clear but if you click on them you'll get a better image.)

Flag Bearing

He's done...with this degree!

The boys

The Hauser Family

Josh and his parents

The Masino Family

So it's been a while...

I know I am probably the worst person when it comes to posting pictures and writing on our blog...I guess I still prefer paper and pencil:( Anyway...a quick little update on our lives. This weekend Josh is officially graduating from UAlbany even though he's been done with classes since December. I think it's going to be interesting going to a masters and doctorate ceremony for a lot of reasons, if not size alone! I'm really excited to see him get his diploma and we're lucky enough to have his parents and two brothers and my parents and little sister Livy come to Albany to be there for it. We haven't had any family to our house in almost two years so we're really pysched (translation: I spent the last two days cleaning like I was getting my dorm room checked for checkout). We're going to have our first watermelon of the year for our BBQ (yum) and hopefully have some fun if the weather holds. Having a BBQ this weekend made me have a nostalgic moment a couple of days ago - missing the days at BYU when all of our good friends were still there and we could BBQ on the weekend and play games and laugh.

Anyway - for me, it's also official...after spending a little more than $450 and taking three tests, I am now a certified high school English teacher in the state of New York. It just feels nice to finally have my paper license after being snubbed because I was certified "out of state". Sorry to break it to all of those who snubbed me but I still rocked the tests and I felt as if they showed nothing more about me than the fact that I could take a test.

Other than that it's been work work work for the both of us. Josh loves his job and his boss, which I think is pretty cool:) He also helps coach a traveling baseball team on Friday nights. I tutor at Sylvan a couple of nights a week and on Saturday so that gives me a reason to look my best each day even though that's getting harder and harder!

Little Hauser-yet-to-come is crazy active and still growing. I'm just shy of my 7th month (I'll put pictures up when I'm on our home computer) and I think I've hit that time when the baby has a "growth spurt". My stomach went from cute to pretty huge in a matter of about a week and now things are getting a little awkward - like driving and getting out of bed (or off the couch, for that matter). We're going on vacation to the beach with my family in about two weeks so even though we're both excited to meet her we're also glad she's not here yet:) My first baby shower is this weekend in Fayetteville so Josh and I are both excited about that as well. It's crazy how everything seems so calm and normal for the first 5 or so months and then you hit 6 months and on and things start to speed up and come a lot faster!

One last thing - isn't spring WONDERFUL?! I haven't seen this much green in way too long:)

Private

Welcome back everyone...I decided that I should be a little safer with my personal information and pictures of my family. Thus you are now only allowed to read the blog if you are an invited reader. Feel special? Don't. I have plenty of invites left and if any of our friends/relatives want to read it, but I neglected to add them, please send me an email or post a comment and I will add them as a reader.

Well...I guess I should update everyone as to our goings on the last month. April has really flown by. Things at work are good for me, and Fran is tutoring/subbing to help us make but more scrilla. She is at the end of her 28th week! Wow...her belly is getting bigger and I like this part because I get to feel baby a lot now. She loves to punch and kick mommy!!
We don't have too many recent pictures to add even though we drove to Ohio last week and saw my parents (I had an interview in Toledo as well) and we were in Seneca Falls for Easter with Fran's family. My birthday has come and gone..27, I know, don't rub it in, we celebrated with my family while we were in Cleveland and then it was just me yesterday with Fran on the actual day.

Things are going well for us, there really isn't anything to complain about. We miss all of our friends and family and wish that we lived closer to more of you so that we could see each other once in a while.

Oh yeah, before I go...after three attempts at applying to medical school I was finally accepted to one! Michigan State's DO program accepted me this morning and even though there is a good chance I'll defer until next year (tuition reasons, and other waitlists that I feel good about) it is a huge relief to be officially in somewhere. My other options are as follows:
--The Ohio State University (MD/PhD)--waitlist
--SUNY Buffalo (MD)--waitlist
--University of Toledo (MD, MD/PhD)--just interviewed 4/23
--Albany Medical College (MD, MD/PhD)--under consideration (sort of like a waitlist, but not official yet and it is pretty dynamic.)

So yeah, that is kind of where we are and what we are doing right now. I did find a few pictures from Easter, so enjoy!!


Easter Dinner


Isabel and Jane


Michael and Jon beating each other with sticks and an "Indiana Jones Whip"

Going Private

My Sister-in-law has scared me into taking my blog private.  I never meant for this to become anything more than a fun place to post pics and visit with family and friends.  If you want to be part of my "private community", please comment with your email address, or send me an email.  Thanks guys.  I'll be back with a real post soon.

Josh

Some more Basketball

Last weekend my brother-in-law (Jon) and I drove down to Philly to catch the second round games. We had high hopes that BYU would make it to Saturday, but it was not to be...typical BYU basketball. We did get to see UConn and Villanova destroy Texas A&M and UCLA though. Here are some pics.


This guy was probably the biggest dork I have met in a while. He came by himself, wore chinos, collared shirt, loafers and a sweathsirt over it all, cheered and high-fived random people, spouted off random stats to no one in particular and kept trying to lure us into conversations. At one point I swear he was bumping my leg so that I would ask him to stop.



Arena with people. This is the view from our seats.


Bilas and Ensberg before the game. We got there early enough to hang out down by the court before the ushers kicked us out.


Me and Jon.


Arena without people.

March Sadness

I'm not really sad, but I thought that I would include the snapshot of my family's annual March Madness contest to emphasize the fact that the number of college basketball games watched, amount of sportscenter seen, and the reams of bracketology articles read are not, in any way, directly correlated to performing well...at least for me. Dad and greg seem to be doing okay this year though. How is my wife up at the top? The world may never know.

Overall Standings

Group Standings
Rank	Team Name	Score	Correct	Best Score	Best Correct	Champion
1	Fran Hauser	39	31	179	52	North Carolina (167)
1	gregsgarrulousgroupers	39	31	169	51	North Carolina (158)
1	Michael Hauser	39	31	173	50	North Carolina (166)
4	Ben Hauser	38	31	178	52	Memphis (129)
5	caitlin hauser	37	30	179	52	Louisville (149)
5	Christiane Swenson	37	29	177	50	Louisville (156)
7	Jessica Hauser	36	29	178	51	Louisville (155)
7	Taylor Hauser	36	28	170	47	Louisville (152)
9	Josh Hauser	35	28	169	47	North Carolina (136)
10	Alice Hauser	31	25	171	46	Pittsburgh (130)