Absent.

Yes, it’s true, I’ve been gone a LONG time! But not without good reason. Ok, a lot of good reasons, not the least of which being the sweet-faced, happy, little tiny tornado that lives in our house and leaves a path of destruction wherever she goes. I swear this kid can mess up a room in under a minute, and it takes me a half hour to clean it up! 15 months old and good at it, as her Grandpa would say.

She’s gotten so big in the last couple of months, it’s just amazing! She loves to dance to any sort of music she hears (TV commercials, cell phones ringing, her Daddy doing a beat box- [yes we both about died laughing at that one!]) and she knows so many words I can’t even keep track anymore. She can tell you what noises are made my a puppy, cat, bird, chicken, cow, monkey and elephant (complete with arm motion for the trunk!), loves lights and light switches, and is a pro at drinking from a straw and our water bottles. (We are learning to love backwash.) She has a serious obsession with shoes, and constantly wants to be wearing them. Today she actually managed to take off the flip flop I was wearing, put it on her own foot and walk around the house. I got some cute video and will see if I can load it up here soon. She’s a riot! :)

Another major reason for the break in blogging is our big move. Surprise, we live in Denver now! Yep, we just up and moved away from Seattle around the middle of July and have decided to make Denver our home for a while. So far it’s been great, but really, REALLY hot. I’m talking over 90* every single day since we arrived. I’ll tell you one thing, this Washington State girl is NOT a fan of the heat. I never thought I’d miss the constantly gloomy and drab “Seattle Gray Sky”, but boy what I wouldn’t give for just one day of relief from this heat! All I know is, tomorrow we’re getting an air conditioner. PLEASE.

I don’t have much else to report really. We’re living in a temporary spot until we can find a home we will be happy with for a few years, so most of our things are still in boxes. That part sucks, but it will really make moving to the next home so much easier. I’ll try and post pictures here and there when I can, but I’m thinking this poor old blog will have to take a backseat for another month or two until we get settled and back into some sort of routine. Before we left for Denver we spent a week in Spokane visiting my family. It was great fun! Here are a few pictures:

Lunchtime with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandpa told her to “squish up the watermelon really good!”

So she did. :)

Happy 4th of July!

 

All dressed up in our red, white and blue! (And you can see how Emily is eying Grandma’s necklace, and I’m holding her hand so she doesn’t reach out and grab it right off her neck! She loves jewelry!)

Splashing in the pool with Daddy.

Learning to kick the soccer ball!

Cousin Hayden on a tractor ride.

Emmie and Ryan

Rachel with the babies

Good job Ryan!

“Look, Grandpa has buttons!”

Hugs from cousin Hayden.

Cheese!

Coloring with Grandma

Playing with a train that was mine when I was little. I’m not sure which one had more fun! :)

Choo! Choo!

Surprise Grandpa! Happy Birthday!

New grill for the Grill Master.

What a great trip! We had a wonderful time and I can’t wait to go back. 

So, I promise not to be gone forever, but it’ll probably be a while before I get to post again. Don’t forget about us! We’ll return to your regularly scheduled posting soon. Take care, everyone!