Sam's school gets a visit from the Fire Department.

Today Sam's school got a visit from the Fire Department. He loved it... as did the rest of the school. Check out pics here.

Forcibly Slowing Down...

Well, at least for the moment. Funny how it takes some event or illness to make us slow down and take it easy. I came down with a really bad UTI this week, and it has made me realize how crazy and hectic our last few months have been. When I say really bad, I mean like middle of the night in the ER bad... at least it was a relatively short visit, but at 2:30 in the morning, any amount of time out of my bed is long. I'm over the really bad part, but am surprised at how wiped out I feel nearly 2 days later. 

We played HARD in August, then ran right into our first few weeks of school, and some really great opportunities for me professionally. I shot my first wedding, senior portraits, and got asked to shoot the cover of a local magazine. I didn't get the cover after all, but was tickled to have been asked. 

Max is doing well in school... or I think he is at least. It has been so hectic that I'm afraid I haven't been in to volunteer yet in his classroom. I feel so out of touch, and I don't like it, but need to wait another couple of weeks for life to mellow out before I can make that commitment.

Sam is liking his preschool well enough. He's only able to go one morning a week for the actual preschool program, but once more spaces open up, he'll be able to attend more often. He goes in the afternoons twice a week at his new school (Creative Kids, Inc). The fire department is visiting tomorrow morning, and I'm excited to go with him to take some pictures.

Dave has started Aikido and is adding the Jujitsu class as well. It's fun watching him get so excited about it, and he and Max both love having it in common.

Blown away BY Chelan!

We had so much fun at Lake Chelan, we're going to do it all over again next year! It was such a beautiful place, and had so much for us all to do,  not to mention we got to play with good friends all week! So, despite the wind, we'll be back!  You can check out all of the pictures here.