We’re back online

Well we finally got our blog running again- it’s been almost a year! Sorry about the disappearance.

Abigail is almost 2 now. She turned 22 months yesterday. We are expecting a baby boy this week.

We are doing well. We are loving living in Eugene. It’s a lot of fun. We enjoy having family just 10 minutes away. We feel very settled here. We are really enjoying living in South Eugene. We are so close to so many parks. Abigail and I are always heading off with the stroller to one. It’s great exercise and a lot of fun.

Here’s a picture of the three of us on the 4th of July:

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And another of us cherry picking:

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Abigail just loves fruit- we have taken her strawberry picking, cherry picking and raspberry picking. As you can see from her cherry stained face, her favorite part is eating while we pick.

Kyle has taken up running- here he is doing the Butte to Butte on the 4th:

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Abigail just loves cheering on her dad. She hasn’t stopped talking about the race yet. Abigail and I did the last part of the Butte to Butte. She loved seeing all the runners and all the action.

Here are some more pictures of her:

One of her favorite pastimes – going to parks:

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She loves the water- if there is water anywhere she runs to it and gets soaked:

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We just finished swim lessons last week:

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Here we are at Salt Creek Falls:

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I hope everyone is enjoying summer. We will post more soon.

Moving!!

Well we haven’t posted in a while. Big news- we’re moving to Eugene. It just became official about a week ago. So we’re crazy busy getting the house ready to sell- it goes on the market next week. We’ll live in Beaverton for about another month and around September 19th we move to Eugene.

Kyle’s in the kitchen painting and I just finished packing a million boxes. Cross your fingers for us that the house sells fast.

We are very excited about the move. It will sad to leave our first home though.

Here are some pics of Abigail:

In the garden with Grammie:

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Hanging out with baby cousin Nathaniel at Black Butte:

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She loves berries!:

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She Has Evolved!!

In our ongoing science experiment of watching this small person grow up, we have reached a big milestone.

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SHE IS WALKING NOW

Baby Cousin

Abigail’s baby cousin, Nathaniel Peter Elstrott, arrived Friday. He is 8 lbs, 21 inches. He is adorable and has got the softest, sweetest cry.

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We went to the hospital yesterday and celebrated his birthday with champagne and cake.

Here’s Abigail checking out her cousin:

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Gaby and Jason are very proud.

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