Stuart & Ellyse, dear friends from Northern Ireland, where recently in town for 2 days. Jon lived in Vienna at the same time as them in the late 90's, and has kept in touch ever since. I got to meet them when we went to Ireland in early 2006, and then saw Stuart again the week before Sarah was born. It was so fun getting to spend time with them - and Sarah absolutely adored "Mum E and Chubby Bubby" as they are affectionately called :) And a HUGE thanks to my cousins for letting us stay at their cabin - it turned into an unexpected mini vacation for Jon and I as well! When we 1st got to the cabin, Sarah ran to the window looking for the ocean :) ... the lights of the valley were almost as exciting! We walked around a ton, always visiting the chickens, and it even snowed our 2nd evening there!!

And a few more random pictures ...

This picture is a glimpse into Sarah's personality ... on Tuesdays she's going to MDO from 9am-2pm (last semester she did Tues & Thurs but only 9am-12pm) - she LOVES it but is always worn out afterwards. As social as she is, she needs her alone time - as this picture shows!! (she's on the other side of the ottoman reading her books)

more quiet play time ...

and our dogs ... getting more camera and blog time because they're in the house more! Here they're watching Sarah push her little cart around the house - it's pretty loud so always wakes them up and sparks their interest.