Our Neighborhood

"Hi! Welcome to our neighborhood.  Here are some views I see (almost) every morning on our run."

The leaves are changing.

Ski hills.... just waiting for the snow!

Lots of rolling hills

Playing around in our neighborhood

Our neighborhood park

Wide, open spaces

Historic main street (about 2/3 mile from our home)

Dirty Dash!

What do you get when you cross a 

10K running race with

boot-camp style obstacles, 

crazy costumes and 

a whole lot of mud? 

It's called the Dirty Dash!

I participated in this fun-mud-run yesterday and it was an absolute blast! 

By far the most fun 6-mile run I've ever done...

Our friend Michelle organized a team of friends, officially called team "Dipstix". 

We dressed as '80's sports fanatics. 

Here are the before and after pictures of our team:

"Before":  All Clean and ready to run!

"After": Happily muddy

I was a little nervous about the race, because I've only been running 2-4 miles regularly, and there's a bit of altitude here in Park City (almost 7,000 feet).  But, the obstacles broke up the trail running and really, it was more about having fun than getting a 'personal record' (did they even time us?  I'm not sure!). Not to say it wasn't a great workout... I'm definitely feeling it today! 

To give you an idea of the route, here is a map from the Dirty Dash website (http://www.thedirtydash.com/).  If you love running and/or having fun, you HAVE to try one of these!  

Seriously... do it! It's so much dirty fun.

The First Week in Park City

Greetings from Park City! Here are a few photos of Isaac's first week in Park City, UT:

 

Besides settling into our new home and unpacking ALL of those boxes, we've been having fun exploring the town.  Isaac's been to the park almost every day (and sometimes 2x a day). We've also enjoyed toddler story-time at the library, the farmers market and the dog park. I am still job searching, but in the meantime I'm truly enjoying the time with Isaac! And there are so many kid-friendly activities in town that we're keeping busy and I'm not going too stir-crazy, yet.

Overall, Isaac has done great with the move. The first few nights and nap-times were a little bit rough, but now he is sleeping great at night and has transitioned to just one power-nap during the day.

We'll share some photos of our new home once we're a little more organized (there's still a bit of unpacking and organizing to do).  But in the meantime, we've started a September album for your viewing pleasure.

Photos: the epic goodbye party!

Before we left for Park City, we had one last (rather epic) BBQ at our house.  Our good friend, and very talented photographer, Ryan Carlson, came with his camera and helped us capture the afternoon.  There was no way to capture everyone who attended, but the photos sure do capture the spirit of the day!

Here is a peek at the photos:

And the full photos can be viewed here (click to go to the Picasa Page).

Reunited in Park City

After a week of being apart, we are so happy to all be together again! Eric drove to Utah a week ahead of me and Isaac to start his job and take care of things in Utah. I stayed in Seattle to finish up my work, pack and move, and get the house ready for tenants. Here is a photo of Eric and Isaac at a park near our new home:

Before we left we also got to see Oma and capture four generations. We love you, Oma!