Nothing.

As most of you who know us are aware, Andrew spends his free time doing so many amazing things. Learning French and Spanish, focusing on health and fitness, reading an insane amount of books, researching dinosaurs, and basically becoming an expert at anything he deems interesting.

Well, you may not know that Andrew also writes books. Yes, I said books. Plural.

He wrote his first book when he was just fifteen years old, had an agent by the time he eighteen and was well on his way to even having a movie made about his work. Then the worst happened and everything fell apart.

Fear not, though. He did it again. As of January 8th, 2016, he has officially finished his second book. Nothing. Thats the name of it. "What are you reading?!" .. "Oh, Nothing." I'm not at liberty to tell you what it's about, or tell you much about it. But what I can say is it's A. Mazing. And this is my unbiased opinion and the opinion of the select few he has let read it.

Things are happening fast. Before Ollie is born we are hoping to have it all edited and query letters sent. Heck, we are hoping to have that all done in the next month. Fingers crossed.

Now he is working on his THIRD book. Can I tell you how lucky I am? So lucky. I get to read these amazing books first. And I also get to have a son with these amazing brain genes. Lucky.

Heather's Job

It's official, we have a blog. I am going to back track a little here and post things that have happened over the last year... we've had some big things happen.

In April of 2015, all my hard work paid off and I got an amazing job promotion. I work for a company called Thumbtack and was promoted to System Administrator. It came with some pretty awesome perks, too. And the first perk I got to experience was an all expense paid trip to the Philippines in July.

The first three days were spent in Manilla teaching classes, getting to know our employees and exploring the big city. Here are some of the photos I took:

After this trip to Manilla was over, I took a couple days for a personal vacation to Boracay, Philippines. It took almost a day to get there. A boat ride, a plane ride and multiple bus/trike rides on sewage filled roads just to get to the hotel. 

What I learned from this trip is that when you see beautiful photos of blue waters and clear skies like this one:

You always have  to remember what it takes to get there. That being said, this was the most beautiful places I have ever seen and would do it all over again. But next time, I am taking my little family. 

I did so many things in this two day trip that two days was almost too much. I went snorkeling, got massages (like, two dollars for a 30 minute, beachside massage. Say whhaaa???), met up with other people from Thumbtack and also made new friends. Went cliff jumping and island hopping, and LOTS of sitting in this beautiful water. I was so busy I didn't take many photos, but enjoy the ones I did. Or, if you'd rather, here is my first attempt at a YouTube video.