September!

Ava and Kate

Wow! I can't believe it's September. Fall is my favorite season! Konan started school again and is loving his classes. Kate is still as cute as ever! She's seven months now. She is so happy and is constantly on the move. She pulls up on anything she can get her hands on.  Kelli was in town last week. It was great to see her, I wish she lived closer! I want to go on vacation, even though I just got back.  I love hotels. No cleaning up after yourself and no responsibility. Hmmm... what does that say about myself. Well here a couple of cute pics of Kate. I'll write more when something excited happens.

Rome Pictures Continued

Gelato!!!
Rome's drinking fountains. 
St. Peter's Square
The Spanish Steps.
Inside St. Peter's Cathedral. St. Peter's tomb is under this alter piece designed by Bernini.

When in Rome..

Last weekend Konan and I had the chance to sneak over to Rome for a couple of days.  We left Kate at home and she did great! Thank you to both grandparents and Karisti for helping tend Kate. We left saturday from Cincinnati. We were lucky enough to sit in first class (a perk of being an airline employee) so we could sleep most of the ten hour flight. We stayed in Rome for three nights. Our hotel was a block away form Trevi fountain right in the center of all the action. A lot of our time was spent meandering the alleyways of Rome and eating gelato (mmm..) Of course we also saw all the major sites like the colosseum, roman forum, vatican museum, and St. Peters basilica. We loved Rome and had such a great trip!

Trevi Fountain
The Colosseum 
Roman Forum
Ruins at the Roman Forum
Konan and the Emperor Constantine (the guy who made Christianity mainstream)   

First Solid Food!

Kate's finally on solid foods now. She has been such a good eater so far. We'll have to see once we move on to the veggies. Just out of curiosity has any actually made their own baby food? I've thought about it, but I just don't know if I can commit myself. It seems like a lot of work. On another happy note Kate is sleeping through the night. I forgot what I full nights sleep felt like. What a gift!

Back again..for real!!!

Ok, I went out of town again.  This time is was up to Driggs, ID for family reunion on my side and then down to Aberdeen, ID to visit Konan's side. It was great fun to see everyone after so long. I think Kate is done with being on the road for awhile. She did not sleep well at all! She woke up every hour at night! Now that we're back at home she has settled into a much better sleep routine. Thank goodness!!! 

Also just wanted to wish two very special people a late Happy Birthday! First, Happy Birthday Kelli on the 20th! Hope it was great and you and Ava had fun celebrating together. Sorry, this was the only picture of you I could find on my computer. Also Happy Birthday to my husband Konan on the 19th! You are such a wonderful husband and father. We are so lucky to have you in our lives. We love you!!!

I'm Back!

Little Miss Personality
Me and Kate enjoying a break from the car
Konan and Kate with Old Faithful Inn in the background
You looking at me?
 It's been a crazy month. We moved out of my parents basement. Horay! I've been up to Jackson Hole twice to visit the folks and get away from the sweltering heat. Kate has learned a lot of new tricks. She can sit all by her self and can crawl (very slowly.) She's also cutting her first tooth! I know it's very cliche to say but, I can't believe how time flies and how fast she's growing up! Hope everyones' summer is going splendid!

Alaska

 Last November I went to an airline conference in Kauai (rough, in know).  On the last night of the conference they had a raffle for prizes. Well my name got drawn out of the bowl and I won a tour of the arctic circle and a Wii. We were totally stoked! Anyway I wanted to get to Alaska to use my prize before summer got rolling and it was too busy to make it stand-by from SLC to Anchorage. The first day in Alaska we drove down the Kenai peninsula to Seward. It was a gorgeous drive. I still can't get over how vast Alaska is.  The next morning it was time for our tour. Konan and I hopped on a short flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks.  Once there we walked down to the Arctic Circle Hangar. Not quite what I was expecting. It was a shabby old building with no formal office. Once inside about 10 people walked by not saying a word finally a burly looking man asked if we had been helped. I told him we were here from the Arctic Circle tour at 10:30. He looked at me as if i was crazy. He walked off for awhile and came back and said, "I guess we can give a ride up there, let me call our pilot." By then Konan who is already somewhat afraid of flying is looking pale. The man returns a few minutes later and says that their pilot is sick and can't take us! What a weird experience. I thought i'd won this cool prize. Oh well, we still had a great time and saw a lot of amazing scenery. Here are of couple of pictures from our adventure...

Portage Glacier
Feeling Chilly!
Konan and Kate in Seward
Cute Kate checking out the scenery 
See how bad it was!