Well, I will try this again. Besides moving into the house and getting most of that settled, we have stayed quite busy. We went to the Pacific Science Center twice, saw the tall ships, went to the sand-sculpting competition, swam in the lake, hiked Marymere falls when my mom came for a week, went to Canada, and have also had our own milestones.

Ewan's been a crazy monkey. He has become an eating machine, gobbling up everything he can with his two teeth that have come in since living here. I thought he may never roll over and I waited for him to do it when he started crawling around.

He learned to crawl before he ever learned he could roll over on purpose. Now he follows me everywhere, grabbing my pants, and standing up. I tell you he is such a momma's boy and if he had been my first I don't know if I would have had any more. He gets into everything and only wants me, me, me. He has also taken a liking to shoving his fingers in my mouth and yanking on my teeth or in my earrings and pulling on them. Those of you who know how many earrings I have can catch an idea of how this feels. No, I won't get rid of them.

Carson is having a great time here. She takes her favorite parts of the older kids' play and finds a way to make it her own. She loves the boats here. She loves riding the ferry, being in the canoe with Shar and her dad, and seeing the boats in the harbor. Like any other three-year-old, she can be whiney but she is now telling me when to put her in bed and she says things like, "This is delicious," "Look at me, I'm batCarson," "Mom, Ewan just said gorgeous," or "Mom, I won't leave you because if I leave you I will be all alone and I will cry without you."

Calista is taking a chalk/pastel art class this week and next and she

is loving it. She has been a little more clingy since being here and also finding out her dad moved to Nebraska. She is such a loving individual. She does not like to swim in the lake because she doesn't know where the bottom is. She does love the freedom she has here to go to the park and play or to choose more of her own activities. She doesn't really love sharing her room though she likes being on the top bunk.

Jeffrey says he likes being here and liked being in Utah about the same for different reasons. He has read a lot since we have been here and I keep meaning to write down all the books he is reading but I keep forgetting and then I get behind. It is interesting to have to tell someone to stop reading to do other things. He is also getting huge. Since being here he has grown at least an inch and a half along with two shoe sizes. His feet are bigger than mine now; he wears a guys size 9. His favorite part of Canada is the wax museum and the Chamber of Horrors. This picture is him in front of the Algerian Hook torture.

Unfortunately, I turned 30 in July. While I am old now, I did get the best cake anyone could ever get, a zombie one. This is how much my family loves me. It's a little lonely here without knowing anyone and I don't really know how to go out and meet people; I have never been very good at that. I do love living here though. I love the weather and I love driving down the hill into town and seeing the harbor and the independent shops downtown. I don't love clothes shopping here but I like the bookshops. Here is a picture of me when Jeff told me to look like a zombie playing video games. I like that Ewan can hold his own bottle now.

Erik was really stressed out at first. He even apologized a few times for moving us here but the mere fact there is slim to no chance of finding a dead body in our yard makes it worth it. He is liking his job better now that he is out of FTO and on his own. He is still trying to get a hold of his job and how much stuff we have left to do in our house but is gaining camaraderie in the department. He, however, doesn't love arresting people with which he went to High School.

Well, that's my update. I promise to be more thorough in the future.