Summertime Fun!

Tanner has been loving the backyard at Grandpa and Grandma's house! He is always happy when we go outside and if he is being fussy inside - we just go outside and he's happy! He loves to sit in the grass and just play with it and with any leaves or sticks he finds. One of his favorite things is his cool new pool!! And he's discovered the joy of eating dirt...yikes!

Tanner loves the flowers and plants scattered along the deck!

This is his new sitting position! You'll find him more on his knees these days than on his bottom!

Here he is studying a flower (a zinnia, I believe!).

He is SO happy when he's outside!!!!

Whew - what a whirlwind!

Hi Everybody!

First of all - so sorry it's been over TWO months since we've updated this! Where does the time go?

Well - our lives have changed dramatically since the last time we posted. In what we've been calling a chaotic whirlwind - we've up and moved our family over 2000 miles away to Kalamazoo, Michigan. We left Portland in the middle of August. I flew home with my Mom and Tanner and then Steve, his Dad and brother-in-law drove the moving truck and car home. Since then, we've been trying to acclimate to life in the midwest - it's quite a bit different than the west coast!

There is a lot we miss about Portland - our friends, our church: Imago Dei, the amazing beauty of the Pacific NW, and lots of other unique things about the city we lived in for over 4 years! But we realize that there is a place for us here in Kalamazoo right now. Plus it is very nice to be with our Michigan family and friends again!

I had some great photos of Tanner 'helping' with the packing and such (inside a moving box and crawling into empty cupboards) but they are saved on our computer which is in storage. But we have some photos to share so you can see how our little guy is getting bigger! In less than a month he'll be one!!!!!

Here we are with our friends; Tim and Anna Czuk and their kids; Eliana, Kaspar, and Acacia. This was taken in front of our apartment when they came to inherit some of our houseplants! We miss you guys!!

Steve and Tanner taking a walk on Powell Butte - this was our last visit to the Butte before we moved. We used to go for walks up there almost every day since we moved to Portland - we certainly miss that!

Here we are in front of our apartment the day that my Mom, Tanner and I flew to Michigan. Our apartment is the upstairs unit (with the fan in the window).

And here is Tanner and I at the airport right before we flew to our new home:

Steve, his Dad and brother-in-law stopped at Mt. Rushmore on their trip back to Michigan:

Tanner and I by the truck the day after they arrived - this is in front of Steve's parent's home, where we are living for the time being.