Saturday, March 26, 2011

Welcome to Washington!

We made it!!

The Great Northwest greeted us with the usual rain and gray skies, but surprised us with some sun as well. The trip out had it's share of weather too... a snow storm in Snowville (fitting, I know), snow leaving the Blues and rain in Pendleton. But, it wasn't too bad of a drive, although Bryan only slept 45 minutes of the 14 hour drive. Thank you portable DVD player and dollar-store toys for "surprises" when B got restless.

Loving the moisture in the air, the smell of the pine trees and being near my sisters again. Already missing my parents and brother. I know, I'm a baby ;)

Wish us luck in the wet-lands... I'm hoping we don't get too much mildew on our stuff while it's in storage!

Friday, March 4, 2011

It's about time...

This blog is turning into a quarterly-ish update...but I finally got updated pics onto the computer.

So we ended October with a bang! Bryan had a hard time at trunk-or-treat, but was a good sport. He loved the big knife he got to carry around while being Chucky. So cute! And a little creepy...



November's highlight was the visit from the Kamahakus. We had all the kids and grandkids together. The not-so great part was letting Natalie talk us into braving Black Friday... it's a good thing we got such great deals at Target! Group shot!




December was crazy, as always. I made a ton of treats for Christmas, ate way too much, and had a great time with my wonderful family. We couldn't put any presents out where Bryan could see them until Christmas morning - he'd try to open every gift. He still refers to some toys as "presents". Here he is showing me his gift from the Norman Christmas party:



Remember this? Bryan dressed up as Santa at almost 3 months old...

Well, he saw the outfit in a box in January and really, really wanted to wear it...



This is what I've been working on for the last month....it didn't take quite that long, but I was burnt out on crocheting after the Christmas rush. Now Matt's got me making a blanket for us. It's weird to make something just for us. :)



Matt's been workin hard and has accepted a position in a Chiropractic Clinic in Vancouver. We're moving at the end of this month! It'll be great to be back in the northwest, but we're sad to leave Nana and Papa, Uncle Joel, and Uncle Jake and Aunt Jamie. They'll just have to visit a lot!

Bryan's face when we told him he gets to see Drewbie soon:

It just took a while to make him understand that soon didn't mean now... :)