Fall in Sandpoint

One of the reasons we love Sandpoint so much is that we have a REAL Autumn season here. I Love Fall time. The cold morning frost seems to deepen the richness of that first cup of coffee. The sky is almost a sapphire blue and the leaves turn every path and avenue into a magical yellow brick road. And all I can think about is apple cider!! Sunday we were supposed to go to church, but instead I made Jon and Ja`el take me to Green Bluff, a community of farms and orchards just outside of Spokane. What a wonderful day!! We meandered through the pumpkin patch and a beautiful little grove of trees, bought a huge bag of Honeycrisps (by far my FAV apple now!) and had fun eating elephant ears. And then coming back over the long bridge into Sandpoint -sigh- there is truly no where else in this world that I would rather live right now!

Ja`el vs Scooter

Frankly, I think Ja`el pulls it off much better. Perhaps it is the expression, though.

My Favorite Subject

It is hard not to take pictures of this little girl. here are some of my new favorites.


I think PSB should post this on their website.

5 monthes later...

So, Jonathan is fired and I am taking over the blog. I can spell better than he can anyway! :) Ja`el is now a one year old. It makes me so sad to think that my little girl is already a toddler and no longer my little baby. And I am not sure if I would even call her a toddler either. She does not toddle whatsoever. She is more like a bumble bee, buzzing everywhere and never landing for longer than 5 seconds or so. She is still in an infant car seat facing backward because she is still under 20 pounds. The doctor was a little concerned until she spent some time with her in the office. "oh", she said "you have a VERY ACTIVE little girl" and sent us packing with a list of high fat foods. Along with perfecting walking, she has a litany of words in her word bank (her favorite being "pretty")but she also has made up her ownlanguage as well. At first I thought she was just making noises until I went into her room one day and she was telling me all about what her toys did, pointing and allowing her pitch to rise and fall with her excitement. I have no idea what she was telling me, but it was intense. (and no, she is still not sleeping through the night -sigh-)
Jonathan is also another year older. He has been healing slowly after knee surgery in June and has been telling me about how he wants to see the mountains covered in snow already. Terrifying thought to me. He just ordered ANOTHER pair of skies (I think this makes 5)but I think that my real rival for #1 place is in heart is cycling...Either that or "the West Wing".

New Picutres

S It's been forever since I've posted some new pics so here they are. I got a new Camera a week ago and have been having a blast with my new Digital SLR. Love good Cameras. Our good friends the Croteau's came to visit us on the way to Minesota( I can't spell.. I think)

Vacation and more

So I haven't written for a while it's becuase we were back in California for a week or so and I wanted to write a quick update, I'll post more pictures later.. not now beucase I'm in Chicago. Anyway just wanted to write a quick update.

Bakersfield stole my Wife and Daughter

So I just put Leah and Jael on a plane to Bakersfield for her cousins wedding. I'm driving down there next week, but I have to finish up work first. They're on the plane right now and I'm just sitting here missing them... *sigh* I love my girls and miss em whenever I'm away from them. I guese that's life. that's all