And now on to 2008!

It's officially 2008! Bonne Année tous le monde. New Years Day, Sonia and I sat down and worked on our list of what went down in 2007 and our goals for the year ahead. It was amazing how crazy 2007 was. Holy crap. From busy, busy times at work to getting the house ready to rent to MOVING TO BF AFRICA. And throughout the year of craziness we had some great times with friends and family. We thought we would reflect on those a bit:

Here are some highlights from 2007, a year that will be hard to recreate:
* Many sunday night BBQs
* A great St. Patrick's Day Party (courtesy of Adam's infamous Carish I-bombs)
* A rockin' Super Bowl Party at Creative Brand's world headquarters
* Welcomed Cole Robinson into the world (Ryan and Nicole's #2)
* We had visits from Caroline Morin (Sonia's sister) and Michelle/Martin (Sonia's mom and her boyfriend)
* Going to the U of O Ducks football game, thanks Josh and Nicora
* We went camping at Indian Heaven with Rob, Nicole, Josh, Amber and about a million mosquitos
* Ryan traveled to New York, Florida, Indiana and Los Angeles for work and got to work with Nike (thanks Wieden + Kennedy, and Nike)
* Ryan had a handful of projects going on with the American Indian College Fund (thanks David, Jonas and Rick)
* Sonia celebrated 5 years with Providence
* Celebrated our 29th birthdays
* Went to Rob and Nicole's wedding (and the preceding bachelor/bachelorette parties)
* Went to Ryan's cousin Jonny's (and Courtney's) wedding
* Went to Ryan's step-sister Erin's (and Greg's) wedding
* Had some good times in Nehalem/Manzanita (and a few too many Sand Dune Tavern burgers)
* Sonia ran the Hood-to-Coast again
* And she ran the Helvetia 1/2 marathon (after all of those Sunday morning runs with Amy)
* Attended the famous Vasteeg Oscar Party
* Experienced an evening in "the 'Couv" for one of our monthly investment club meetings
* Ryan got to see the Beastie Boys at his office party (sabatoge?)
* Our buddy Perkins went to serve in Iraq (and came back in one piece)
* Sonia became a US citizen (yikes)
* We got accepted into the Peace Corps (yahoo)
* We both quit our jobs (yikes)
* We sold our car (in less than 48 hours on Craigslist)
* We rented our house (but got to eat some of our tomatoes before we handed it over)
* Had a great going away party (or two or three)
* Nick moved to Japan (Ryan's bro)
* Got to hang out with world-renowned bachelor Adam Stein
* Played pub trivia with the gang at the Gladstone Pub (go Santa's Little Helper)
* Sonia went to a few book club meetings while the guys instituted beer club meetings
* Google stock hit 700
* Went skydiving together (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
* We moved to BURKINA FASO, West Africa
* We made it through training and were sworn-in as official Peace Corps volunteers at the US Embassy
* Celebrated Christmas with our Burkinabe friends

It was quite a year. Now we live in a mud/cement house with no electricity and no water. Yikes. But it's all good. We're having the time of our life here in Burkina Faso and living a life we never thought we'd get the chance to live (albeit temporarily). We're riding our bikes everywhere, eating well, drinking well and speaking a lot of French (and a little Lyélé)

We wish all of our friends health, luck, happiness and policital goodness in 2008. And a little for ourselves as well.

Until next time... Stay Classy.

Et mainentain un peut en francais pour nos amis du Quebéc. Bonne Année et beaucoup de chnce en 2008. La vie passe vite, donc, prennez vos temps et faire que vous voulez. Nous nous embrassons de Burkina Faso. Vien et visiter bientot! (desolée si la francais est pas bonne, c'est Ryan pas Sonia... hihi) A plus.