Our new addition

Introducing: Wendy

saying goodbye to WA part 2

We went canoeing on Lake Washington today. Really beautiful! We are going to miss the Northwest!

saying goodbye to WA

This week we went on most likely our last date in Washington as Washington residents.
We had a lovely dinner over the Snoqualmie Falls and talked about our next season in life. I find that saying "goodbyes" are deeply important. Though leaving WA will be different in many ways than leaving CA.




Here are some memories of Washington. Goodbye, Evergreen State! We hope to be back soon.

-Viewing majestic Mt. Rainer 2 or 3 out of 5 days
-Elizabeth saying, "It's like we're in Alaska!" every night during the summer because the sun didn't set til 10pm and the sun rose at 4:30am.
-Long bike rides down the P-town river
-Our home almost being flooded
-Our home almost being burned
-Shea accepting Notre Dame's great offer
-Elizabeth's first surgery
-Commuting to and from work with the soldiers from Fort Lewis
-Spending lots of time with our military friends
-The Dept. of Veteran's Affairs
-Shea's ridiculously good view from his office
-fresh berries!
-attending a Charismatic Episcopal service
-taking 2 months to find a home church
-Disorientation on Elizabeth's part on May 1st...not knowing why the sun had not come out
-the advent of Skyping weekly with friends and family
-a gorgeous fall
-a cold winter including learning how to drive on the snow and ice
-seeing the Ramquists frequently
-loud upstairs neighbors
-our first deck!

finally...

This weekend, we celebrated my Ph.D. graduation.

fun at the zoo

To celebrate my new job, Shea and I went to the zoo. :)
Enjoy!

blessing x 2

God granted Elizabeth the opportunity to teach at Notre Dame. So, the we are very, very excited to buckle down in South Bend. Thank you, God.

anybody out there?

Anyone want to hire a psychologist in South Bend, IN?

the biggest update yet

We're going to Notre Dame for over half a decade...starting this summer.

updates

Shea and Elizabeth have had a great February so far.
Elizabeth's knee has been progressively healing and she is now able to do a good bit of the kind of exercising that she was prior to her surgery...now without pain. So, thanks to Dr. Heusch, we were able to start bike riding again (5 miles at go #1), and she's already started using the elliptical.

Shea has been accepted to 1 graduate program already and we are both praying for direction and guidance in the weeks ahead as more decisions are made.

We love the Northwest...even on its bitingly crisp days.

flooding

So, our little river behind our home made national news as it flooded! Here are some pictures of the wildlife preserve in our backyard that became an extended bank for the Puyallup River.