I'm Back!

Something happened, and I don't know what, on the way to July. Somehow October, November, December . . . slipped by without my taking time to share it all with you on our blog. So, only the biggest highlights--
1. We spent Thanksgiving in Arizona with TJ's mother and some of the extended family. Much food and much fun.

2. We spent Christmas in eastern Montana with Kelli's extended family. Much food and much fun.

3. Many babies were born into the family. To be honest I am losing track. I think that we have added at least five babies to my family since I last blogged. Don't quote me on that--just an estimate!

4. Kelli was offered and accepted the job of IB coordinator for the high school. Yikes! More on that later.

5. TJ took a terrible literature class. We survived it together and did a dance of joy when it was over. Seriously, I have had many literature classes and never, never, never one as bad as the one that he had to take.

6. We put our house on the market--and waited, and waited, and we are still waiting. We would like to buy up a bit in this down market. As you know, the trick is to sell the house you have in the down market. In the meantime we are enjoying our great neighbors and our incredible view (see photo).

7. Summer vacation--we took a trip around Montana to visit family in the area (within a six hour radius of Kalispell). TJ went to Arizona to visit his family. He returns tomorrow! Yeah! TJ is working on starting his own design consulting company. It should be official soon! Kelli went to New Mexico for more IB training. Kelli has struggled to stop working on the new IB job and enjoy the summer vacation. Maybe another trip is in order.

That about does it. You are officially caught up on our news since last September!