Adam and I bought a house in the spring! We only moved maybe three blocks away from our old apartment and it's in a neighborhood we have been admiring for a long time. It's blue and sits up on a hill and has tall ceiling with skylights. A big difference from living in a basement!
Right after this we got a dog. We went to GPA Northwest and found a beautiful greyhound named Hotwire. She was in thirteen races but wasn't too great at it so now she is an amazing pet. She has warmed up to us so much and even in the last week has been really affectionate to us. She loves her big polyester monkey and boat rides.
Adam and I have been listening to a lot of music this summer. We went to a four peaks music festival for my birthday. It was so much fun even in the rain. Now we can't get our hands on enough bluegrass. Some new faves are Hot Buttered Rum, Shook Twins, Milk Carton Kids, Comatose Brothers etc. Adam has also taken up an interest in learning how to play every instrument out there. So far we own a mandolin, banjo, 3 ukuleles, electric guitar, harmonica, and slide guitar. Yikes!
My sister had a baby on August 3rd. His name is Conner. He is such a little cutie! We have been spending some good quality snuggling and napping time with him. I haven't been around that many babies in my life but I can tell that this one is pretty special.
Adam and I celebrated our first anniversary. We went camping at Waldo lake overnight and took Hotwire swimming. She sank the first time so we tried it with a life jacket. She kinda got the hang of the whole pushing the water around technique but not so much the one NAMED after her: Doggie Paddle. She went sideways a couple of times and then ended up floating on her back and gave us this look like "umm...I give up." We got her upright and out of the water before she started to hate us for laughing at her.
Adam has made a decision to leave his job at the jewelry store and go on to teach high school and middle school at Redmond Proficiency Academy. He is going to teach jewelry as well as some general art classes. This was a huge and nerve racking decision for him but he is really great at instructing. Like one of our dear friends put it: "He will be a great teacher because he loves being a bossy pants!" Well put Mudgie, well put.
Okay so I think I covered all my bases for the happenings that went on since I last posted on this blog. Like I said at the top I am getting a website going that will have a blog as well so I will be making more posts that will be shorter and wont sound like I am sending you all a long winded Christmas letter.
Until next time.
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