Merry Christmas!

Transition

Its been a very busy year for us!

Mark

Mark wrapped up his Masters Degree in Education at Chapman University and is very close to receiving his Teaching Credential to teach middle or high school Social Sciences.

After a great summer of working as a Junior Lifeguard Instructor at Torrey Pines State Beach, Mark has been:

• Working as the Jr. High Ministries Sunday Service Director at Rock Church
• Coaching Junior Varsity/Novice Water Polo at Santa Fe Christian High School
• Substitute Teaching

A few weeks ago Mark started a NEW JOB working as as Enrollment Advisor at University of the Rockies (An Online-Modality Graduate Program)

Kate

Kate was working as a Nanny full-time and finished up her Degree in Spanish at San Diego State University!

She is half-way through her Teaching Credential program - to teach middle and high school Spanish - which she will complete in late May!

February Update

Kate and I are keeping ourselves pretty busy as we're both working towards being teachers in the next few years.

SCHOOL & WORK

Kate is taking several Spanish classes right now at SDSU and doing some nannying on the side to practice for motherhood some day - as if she needs the practice... She hopes to begin working on her Teaching Credential in the fall....I'm taking a few classes at Chapman and wrapping up my Masters in Education and Teaching Credential to teach high school history. I'm coaching Girls Water Polo at Santa Fe Christian and Student Teaching at Clairemont High School here in San Diego. I'm also just about to start a job with Rock Church helping them with their sunday Middle School Services.

HOME SWEET HOME!

We just moved into a little house in Normal Heights and have a new address:

4572 Bancroft St.

San Diego, CA 92116

Its small, quaint, and perfect for us as we get started on our lives together. We can walk a few blocks to some cool little bars, restaurants, and coffee shops.

Life's a little crazy but we're enjoying the adventure!

Christmas in Bakersfield

This was our first Christmas together as the Brewers!

We spent 5 days in Bakersfield going to a few of our family Christmas parties and seeing our family on Kate's side. Many of you will definitely know the people below but I'm adding the captions for our friends that may not know our family.

Jack loved his Tractor and Firehouse Toys!

This is our 2-year old Nephew Jack

This is our 4-month old Nephew Peter

Jack with his Uncle Brent

Jack's Daddy Jeff enjoying a break from the craziness.

Jack with our Dad and Mom

The Dunlap Family!

Cayucos for Thanksgiving!

We have been spending the Thanksgiving Holidays in Cayucos with our Parents and Grandparents on Kate's side at their Beach House. It has been a great time to relax, sleep-in, eat way too much, and hang with family!

Here are a few pictures of Kate and our Nephew Jack on the beach there.

Halloween Pics

Here are a few pics from our Halloween parties!

Honeymoon - Coco Beach Resort

The first place we stayed was a resort called "Coco Beach" on the Island of Ambergreise in Belize. It was not an all-inclusive place but was very comfortable.

The Pool was dang cool!

We had a great view from our balcony!