helloo......

It has been more than six months since my last post and I am hoisting myself back in the saddle.  This is going to be an update blog and then I will get going on the regular, super exciting stuff that I normally write about.

We are back in Oregon.  This is an amazing thing, I feel like my life has changed so much in the last year, and my whole perspective on everything that I covet and worship has shifted, in like a paradigm way.  I have this weird feeling that I will live here forever.

I am officially a soccer mom.  This last fall soccer season we had a total of 7 practices between three kids, with at least one game a week in Portland.  Tristan is practicing with the Olympic Development Team, and Ava seems to be this amazing soccer powerhouse.  Miranda is six, so she gets out there and gets dirty, but mostly has an amazing time squirreling around with her cute little friends.

I had a crazy and amazing summer.  I flew back and forth to Nantucket, Mexico (three times) and many points between, meanwhile spending fantastic and memorable moments with my fun children.  This shot is one of the beautiful gardens that they have everywhere on the island of Nantucket, I spent many hours walking to buy the groceries or biking around (after finishing cooking up the daily dinner), admiring the bountiful and beautiful flowers.