The mountains are SO close!!  We are loving it.  Even when Nate doesn't get home till after 7 we can still make an evening out of it…

  Dear Nate,  I have never been surprised at what you have accomplished over these last 14 years of training – with your talent, determination, and work ethic I have always expected extraordinary things of you.  Having seen all you've done and all you've become from the inside, however, I know something of the effort…

We miss you!  Sure would have been nice if you'd have fit in the moving truck… love,  us

So, as I tried to start catching up on all the pics I took (and never posted) from our last few weeks in Rochester, I decided I'm not ready yet.  Too sad to look at our awesome house and yard and friends and school that aren't OUR house and yard and friends and school anymore…

I remember as a kid always thinking it would be so awesome to have a big brother.  Meg is a lucky girl.  The interactions between these two are so sweet, I couldn't help but try to capture a few while Zach patiently played catch with her.  

Meg @ 15 months:   * into EVERYTHING.  (markers have been banned from her reach.  she opens and scatters every drawer she can get her hands on, especially Emma's clothes as she says "Jams!  Jams!" – her word for pajamas.) * loves babies.  Just learned to say "baby!"  * babbles a ton.  Says about 20…

One of the most charming parts of the new house is a tiny room under the stairs, with a couple of shelves that became the storage for all of our books when all 3 of the kids' bookshelves didn't fit in the truck… This week, the kids decided it was "the reading rocket."    Remember…

One of the hardest things to say goodbye to in Rochester was the library.  And it sure felt a lot more like home here in UT when we found our new one:  It is different – cozier – but it is still full of all of the things that make the library such a magical…

You are a wonderful dad.