He's Back!

Well, almost back. We still don't have internet at our house. Hopefully all that will change very soon - just as soon as the cable guy can squeeze through the front door, past all the boxes, and over to the TV. But it's true. We've officially moved to Niagara Falls, and so far we're really liking it.

I have to take a second to sincerely apologize to all our loyal fans. I'm not sure how it happened, but we managed to go AWOL for the whole summer. Once we get up and fully functional, I promise to be much, much better. We miss everyone everywhere and want you all up to date on what is going on out here, especially since the big 1 is fast approaching!

Here's a quick rundown of what has happened all summer: First we moved to Nona and Papa's in good old SF. Then, there were weddings, then graduation, and then 10 days in good old Cancun, USA. I mean Mexico. Seriously, it might as well have been the US. Lara's spanish fluency was largely unnecessary (but occasionally handy anyway. High chair, por favor? It was more the way she said it.) :) We mostly hung out in the pool and on the beach, but we did go to see Chitchen Itza, one of the new 7 wonders of the world. It's an ancient Mayan temple that basically is the Mayan calendar. It's actually really cool. You used to be able to climb it, but an 87 year old woman fell off of it a few years ago and they shut that down. I didn't mind. It was a 45 degree angle. I'd have gotten up, but never been able to get down again!

After Mexico we were still busy with lots of stuff, and then went camping in Pennsylvania for a few days with our DC friends. That was lots of fun. We were down in Big Foot country (no, seriously, the guy honestly thought Big Foot lived on his land) and had acres and acres of mountaintop to ourselves. We also had a really nice creek to spend our days swimming in, which was good because it was much too hot on top of that mountain.

A few weeks later we were camping in the Adirondacks with 35 of our nearest and dearest (pics of that have not yet managed to get onto the computer.) That was a blast. We had our own little olympics, played a little kickball, and generally just had a great time. In between all that, Mike and I managed to find a place to rent, Mike started school, and Jack is learning to walk. He hasn't quite gotten there yet, but we're really close. He took 6 steps yesterday at the Math department picnic. He is too impatient to stand still long enough to get his balance, so he just runs to wherever he needs to go and then tries to get there before he falls over. It is rather amusing. :)

Ok, that was just a little update for now. We'll be back real soon. We miss you all. Jack wanted me to remind everyone that his and Emma's birthday party is 9/20 at Nona's if you're close enough to make it. We miss you all!