Catching up!

Hi everyone! Beginning to wonder if I was ever planning to post again? So was I! I got trapped in that terrible vortex of feeling like there is so much to say, that there is never enough time to say it. So I would put off posting till I had more time, but then there was even more to say. So here it is, my re-entry post. It's going to be mostly pictures, because I am too intimidated by the thought of re-capping an entire month filled with multiple, profound life changes. Small doses, and breathing... that's key.

So here are some pictures of our wild adventures, and a short tour of our beautiful new house in California. Pardon the mess in some rooms, we're still getting organized...

A beautiful overlook in the Beartooth Mountain Pass

Entering Yellowstone!!!

Hiking in Yellowstone (thus fulfilling a dream I've had since I was 8!!!)

Gorgeous

Stunning

Gorgeous and stunning

Bubbling mud pots

I love the geo-thermal stuff

It's like you're getting a little peak into the inside of the Earth

We visited our friends, the Wendts in Billings, MT

And learned to shoot

And to catch grasshoppers (That one is named Samuel-Marie) :-)

We visited our friends Al and Gale Borcher in Salt Lake City, UT. That's us drinking Polygamy Brew in Olympic Park. Yes, the beer is actually called that. It's slogan: "Why have just one?"

Utah is way more beautiful than I realized. I didn't even get pictures of the prettiest stuff!!! (I was driving...)

We visited my godfather Ron and his wife, Yvonne in L.A. They took us on a tour of some fantastic wineries. Those shot glasses? Made out of chocolate and filled with almond champagne. Yeah, California is Awesome.

Some highlights: An outdoor musical in the mountains with Paul's supervising pastor and his wife, Markie. The show was great!

The food line at a Spanish baptism dinner. I didn't speak spanish, and the server didn't speak English, so we did the whole point-and-nod bit. ;-)

I learned to bake bread!

Grand tour of our humble abode: Here is the entryway. Exciting stuff huh? ;-)

The dining room, which is connected to the living room and the den

The den, with a hobo (A very cute hobo, who is reading Aristotle) ;-)

Please pardon the mess, it's laundry time... But here is the living room!

And the kitchen :-)

Paul's office

 

My office/craft/guest room :-)

Part of ourbackyard. We actually have a rather sizable yard, but the whole thing is a rock lawn. I'm hoping to start a container veggie garden soon. :-)

 So there it is! Things are going wonderfully, and I will be back with more updates soon, I promise.

In addition, I'm thinking of starting a blog-book club. More details to follow, so stay tuned if you're interested!