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Stacy, Bryan, Ada and Clara want to share with you! If we haven't seen, called, driven to, mailed, e-mailed, transmitted communicable seasonal illnesses, eaten a meal or otherwise been in contact recently, check out what we've been up to.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The First Year
As much as I want to put my thoughts about our first year of Ada into words, I can't think of the right ones. A few come to mind: amazing, terrifying, beautiful, dirty, energizing, wearisome, fascinating, chaotic and faster than I could ever have imagined. But those just aren't enough. Luckily we have a few pictures.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Summer time
Ada's keeping us on our toes these days. Here is the reason:
She's not ready to hike a few miles with us yet, but maybe in a week or two.
In other news, Ada was elated to get a quick visit from her grandma who brought with her a new toy.
Yay Grandma!!
For my birthday, we went for a walk in Willis Creek
Ada has perfected her downward dog
And I haven't been able to get over my obsession with my phone's photo-editing capabilities.
I may never take a picture with a real camera again.
She's not ready to hike a few miles with us yet, but maybe in a week or two.
In other news, Ada was elated to get a quick visit from her grandma who brought with her a new toy.
Yay Grandma!!
For my birthday, we went for a walk in Willis Creek
Ada has perfected her downward dog
And I haven't been able to get over my obsession with my phone's photo-editing capabilities.
I may never take a picture with a real camera again.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Catch up
Things have been busier around here with both of us working. Luckily, we can work alternate schedules for Ada but that doesn't leave much time to update the blog.
Here are a few pictures from the last month.
April came to play for a few days and introduced Ada to plums
and entertained her (and us).
We have managed to fit a few walks in.
Aunt Lauren came to visit for a couple of days before she started her new job. Ada loved all the attention.
And Ada really, really enjoyed herself at a combination Mother's Day/Kris's birthday dinner here in town.
She got to play with her friend Lucy
She met her first lobster
Then had to say goodbye
Before the carnage,
and after.
Here are a few pictures from the last month.
April came to play for a few days and introduced Ada to plums
and entertained her (and us).We have managed to fit a few walks in.
Aunt Lauren came to visit for a couple of days before she started her new job. Ada loved all the attention.
And Ada really, really enjoyed herself at a combination Mother's Day/Kris's birthday dinner here in town.
She got to play with her friend Lucy
She met her first lobster
Then had to say goodbye
Before the carnage,
and after.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
News
Well everyone, it's time for the official announcement. No, Ada is not expecting a new sibling (unlike my brother Nate - good luck chump!) No, we have not been offered permanent jobs with the BLM after ten years of seasonal B.S., and no, Stacy and Ada are not leaving me for someone gainfully employed (whatever that means).
Rather, we are seizing our scabrous destiny and moving! We will all be heading down to Flagstaff, AZ this August for graduate school. I will be attending Northern Arizona University and working towards a Masters in Applied Geospatial Sciences. It really a fancy-pants name for computer-based mapping and geographic databases.
Here she is keeping entertained in the motel room. She enjoyed hanging around campus and visiting places around town. One side note: having college flashbacks eight years after undergrad while pushing a stroller around a campus is weird.
And Ada felt very welcome around town.
Rather, we are seizing our scabrous destiny and moving! We will all be heading down to Flagstaff, AZ this August for graduate school. I will be attending Northern Arizona University and working towards a Masters in Applied Geospatial Sciences. It really a fancy-pants name for computer-based mapping and geographic databases.
It is a good department and a good program. A lot of the program aspects relate to the work I have been involved with over the past ten years with public lands management and there is a lot of potential for projects and work with the people and places we are already familiar with. The details of it all will come together this fall.
We have been to Flagstaff twice this winter for visits to campus and to see what the feel of the community is. So far, so good. If we can just find reasonable housing everything will be set. Ada loves the place so far, and we haven't even taken her to the aquaplex.
Here she is keeping entertained in the motel room. She enjoyed hanging around campus and visiting places around town. One side note: having college flashbacks eight years after undergrad while pushing a stroller around a campus is weird.Speaking of weird, we drove to Sedona one day to explore. The drive through Oak Creek canyon was great. The town, or a least the touristy part we visited was a bit anti-climactic. All the stories we had heard about the new-age wackos in the area are true, but we didn't anticipate the shameless vortex of commercialization. Whatever.
We did get some tasty Korean food in Sedona (while being guarded over).
We did get some tasty Korean food in Sedona (while being guarded over).
And Ada felt very welcome around town.Overall, Arizona has been welcoming and we're excited, even though their state government is a bunch of morons. But we'll be used to that from Utah. It has been satisfying to have one of our self-improvement schemes actually go forward and we'll keep you all updated.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Random
A few moments from the last month:
Bryan and Ada excited to be hiking again
OK, Ada REALLY excited to be hiking again
Sweatin' to the eighties
Ada woke up from a nap looking like she beat herself
Cheers for a spring day with perfect temperatures and NO wind!!
Bryan and Ada excited to be hiking again
OK, Ada REALLY excited to be hiking again
Sweatin' to the eighties
Ada woke up from a nap looking like she beat herself
Cheers for a spring day with perfect temperatures and NO wind!!
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