Many Many Many Months of Updates Following

As I sit here, listening to the debates tonight, checking out friends' blogs, I realized that my blog header is from April. I'm thinking it's time to change it up.

I have NO idea where I left off with pictures - not checking just yet because I am not ready to do photos. Just ready to type.

I think things that may need to be caught up on:

Ella's Birthday
Anna's Birthday
Moving
Dragon Festival
School Starting
Potty Training
Pink!
Bran's Birthday
New Beds
Election
Ella's feet
Selling Our House!
My Blog is defunct because of Facebook ;)



Moving
The move was good - the city is small. I never realized what a small town this was - Literally, I can't go anywhere without seeing someone I've met since I've moved here. It's good - I feel much more connected but also strange. It kind of feels like being back in the 'hood in Seattle where I'd go to the grocery store and see my students and their parents and their families.

Dragon Festival
An Un-Official Family Reunion for Sam's Mom's side of the family. It was totally fun, lots of silliness, great to see Janet and Lynn and Becky and Mike and Darcie and Andy. Really really hard to see Becky as my heart breaks for her and to see her playing and talking with Anna is just so so tough - I don't know how she can.

Great-Grandma Mary
The girls have gotten to see Great Grandma quite a few times since we've been here. They get to go with Sam and visit her, usually while I take a nap or clean house on a Sunday afternoon. It's a nice little break from kids for me and they get to develop a relationship with someone else in the family. Always good!!!