Wow, it has been too long since I last wrote...a year? So much has happened. Two most important events:

the birth of
ezekiel bradford
on May 29, 2009

and

we just moved to
Tennessee

I'm not able to get pictures up just now, but I will work on that in the near future. All I can say is, "ya'll come back now, ya hear?"

And now the time has come to say, "Goodbye" to beautiful Washington. As Carol Burnett would sing, "So glad we had this time together..." We really have had a wonderful time here and will miss this place and these people. Guess we'll just have to come back sooner than later! We fly out early tomorrow morning and arrive back in sunny Ft. Myers late tomorrow night. Although it will be a readjustment, we are ready to get back home and back to our routine. Seth will have about 3 weeks before school starts. We are excited to see what this year holds.
Here are some pictures of our last weeks here...

Seth and Dusty

Jeremiah was less than impressed when "Oh Hello There" whinnied at him. She was sad to be left behind for part of the ride.

The Florida Wiebe's at Tomato Street during one of our days in Spokane.

Huckleberry Ice Cream...need I say more?

Trying to get a drink from the garden hose. Who hasn't done that?

Jeremiah, meet corn on the cob.

We had two wonderful dinners right in a row our last two evenings here. Seth's birthday dinner last night was grilled pork, corn on the cob, coke jello salad and potato casserole. We topped that off with a dessert of Boston cream pie. Tonight, for our anniversary dinner, we had grilled steaks, green beans, anniversary salad (fruit and yogurt), and fettucini alfredo. There was sparkling cider to drink, and we had vanilla ice cream with homemade hot fudge for dessert. I don't know if we'll need to eat tomorrow!

Thank you Wiebe's for showing us a great time this summer. We will miss you. Can't wait 'til you come to visit us in Florida! And maybe some other siblings and cousins can join us...(wink-wink, nudge-nudge).

~goodnight~

 Hello, there! We are having a great time at Grandma Mary and Pop Tim's house. Here's a little taste of all the fun...

...eating Grandma's cooking...

...eating Grandma's flowers...

...playing with water...

...watching Daddy light nightly bonfires from the safety of the bed of Great-Grandpa Glenn's '71 Chevy pick-up...

...enjoying Seth's facial hair experiments...

...watching Mommy show off her horse-back riding skills...

Yes, we are truly enjoying our summer vacation here in northeastern Washington State. We are looking forward to Silverwood Theme Park on Monday and a road trip to Bellingham, WA next weekend. It's all going by much too quickly. Hope you are enjoying your summer as well!

Happy summer!

We are in Washington through July. It has already been so much fun! We are enjoying some texture to the land (mountains, valleys, nice grass to play in, woods). And being able to wear long sleeves and use blankets is great! (Seriously, we've missed cool breezes living in Ft. Myers.) Jeremiah is going crazy at 9 months...trying to talk and walk. He is picking up on things so quickly and wants to figure everything out. He knows who all should be at this house and gets pretty annoyed if anyone is missing (like when Grandma Mary has to be at work or the boys go fishing). His favorite is when everyone is home and he can speed crawl through all the rooms and see everybody...especially if someone else is on the floor with him. He also loves to eat! The only thing we know he's not a fan of so far is pureed green beans...and who can blame him? He will eat the real thing...so I'm not worried.

In case anyone is interested, Seth recorded a new song. However, you'll need to go to his mom's site (cmx2949) to hear it. There are also a bunch of pictures of the little one in her photo album. Check it out! Hope you're having a great summer! 

ciao, ciao... 

PICTURES!!!

 Here they are! I am visiting my parents who have a computer with the internet! How easy to get these up here without a baby in my lap. Hope you enjoy! They are the first, and they may be the last pictures I'm able to post in a long time...

March 30, 2008-Jeremiah's dedication

my little boy

...he thinks he's a big boy in that outfit from Gramma Mary...

...jeremiah and emery got caught...

we have so much fun!