SaraTScrapbooking in the Argus Leader

Dear friends, family and fans (ok, we don't have any fans, but it sounds cool),

Here's the link to the article - SaraT Scrapbooking in Argus Leader

Sara T Scrapbooking is owned and operated by my beautiful wife Sara!

You can reach Sara directly at saratscrapbooking@hotmail.com or leave a message by posting a comment to this blog.

Sara is going to be featured in our local newspaper, the Argus Leader, tomorrow! Since we're very, very focused on the baby right now she's not planning on doing any scrap booking anytime soon but it will hopefully be a good boost to her business once things get settled with the baby a bit (in about 5 years I'm thinking).

For those of you who don't know already, Sara has a scrap booking business called SaraT Scrapbooking and Cards that she started in the last year. She works from our dining room for now and has really been able to bless lots of people with her gifts.

We'll post a link to the article if it does in fact get printed.

My new job is going well and Sara is not sleeping great but she's doing a wonderful job of taking care of herself and our baby (no, we don't know the gender yet...the due date is around Valentines Day...and yes, WE'RE EXCITED!)

God's blessings to all of you,

Andy & Sara
1.21.08

Pics from Thanksgiving

Our gift to the world this Christmas is being able to look at our really cute dog. You're welcome world...Merry Christmas.


It's hard to take a picture of an all black dog with out them looking pretty scary. We look nice though right?!


Me studying for my Series 63 test. State regulations...not fun. I took it on Saturday and passed with an 83, which is really good considering all I had to get was a 70.


Overall it was a great Thanksgiving in Iowa with family! Thanks for hosting and housing us Baker family!

- Andy n Sara

Another baby necessity met!

Thanks for shopping on our Amazon.com wish list Grandma Traub!!!
Baby likes it cause it's got a place to sleep when he/she is born.
Mom likes it cause she can put the baby down every once in a while.
Dad likes it cause he got to put something together!

The development of baby Traub

New Stroller!

We had to find someone to test our new stroller! Maggie was very willing! :) Thanks for the gift Grandma Linda (mom).

- Andy n Sara (and baby to be)

She's growing...

Sara is feeling wonderful and the baby is obviously growing at a steady pace. My job is incredibly taxing mentally b/c I study all day for about 8 hours but it's ending soon so I'm keeping the faith and the focus as much as I can.

Got a stroller for the baby today (thanks Gramma Linda!). We'll post a picture soon.

We love you,

Traubs

Traub Baby Pictures - In 3D!!

First day on the job...kinda

My first day working for Thrivent was pretty uneventful. No one was in the regional office on Wednesday b/c they were on the road or on vacation so I had to do my studying at home and at a local coffee shop. It was hard to concentrate that long on one thing and I sure learned a lot as I studied for my tests that I have to take next month. It made me wish that I had watched more CNBC. I think I should have read, "Money terms for dummies" before I started this thing.

Today I get access to my office and that'll help with my focus. Sara's babysitting for some friends and has a doctor appointment (nothing serious, just routine baby stuff) this morning. She's been working like crazy on cards and has over 800 made now for her weekend arts festival on Saturday. The weather's supposed to be amazing so come buy some cards! If you want to know her location then by all means give us a call and we'll let you know where her booth is at.

Off to learn about Debt. That's the chapter I start today. Unfortunately I already know about that topic. :)

Sara's Card-Making Skills

This is Sara's style of card making, but her individual stock varies b/c she's always using new papers, colors and stamps. If you've got requests just leave a comment on this post and she'll get back to you real soon. Thanks for looking!

LifeLight Music Festival - 250,000 people

Sara and I were blessed to be able to give some backstage tours at the annual LifeLight Christian music festival here in Sioux Falls.

Here are a few pictures from our night. I'd say there were about 70,000 people there tonight!