hello summer!

it seems summer has finally made it to the Palouse...finally! :-) along with it is a new friend for Grace - and eventually classmate for our boy-to-be....our friends Colby & Casey had baby boy, Brennan, last Monday. Congrats!

home again...

well, it was a whirwind...but we survived! Grandma Carol & great-grandma Doris came to keep an eye on Grace and Chuck and I went to North Carolina. LONG trip - probably more time in airports & airplanes than actually at the wedding, but it was a beautiful venue, great friends (both FFA and FarmHouse) and some nice time for jsut the two of us. Not sure we'll get many "get-aways" like that after August.

Here's a few photos: (FYI - 6 months pregnant & boy...do I look it! Uggg.....)

leaving on a jet plane...

well Grandma Carol has arrived and tomorrow Chuck & I get to head out for a quick get-away to North Carolina for a friend's wedding. ironically while we are there...one of Chuck's closest fraternity brothers will be staying at the same venue - talk about a small world!!! :-) so we get to fly across the US, catch up with a bunch of friends that we haven't seen for a couple years and then jet-set back all before the "official" holiday.
I am SO looking forward to the trip...not looking forward to the potential "cankles"...so excited to see friends that are like family...not looking forward to the choas that is multiple layovers and the airline circus...totally looking forward to a day off when we return --- all in all...it's gonna be a fun trip!
pictures and stories to come soon...

Picture update

here's some pictures of what we/Grace have been up to lately:

EASTER 2009:

FUN DAY w/NATALIE:

CADalyst Farm Cow/calf pair 2009: