More pics . . . 14 Jul 2007 | 08:17 am

Becoming a cowboy 12 Jul 2007 | 04:22 am

Not much new to report but I thought I would throw in a cute picture from July 4th.

The Summer = The River 4 Jul 2007 | 03:38 am

Well John is back and Emerson and I are both happy to have a couple extra hands around. We have mostly just been settling into our new life with the little one. Which translates into things like lots ...

Emerson is 9 months tomorrow 30 Jun 2007 | 12:15 pm

First off I must apologize that I am only posting pictures from Kazakhstan. John has the camera on the river, so this past week has unfortunately gone undocumented. He will be back soon and the pictur...

First Trip to the River 25 Jun 2007 | 04:30 am

Emerson took his first trip to the river. It was a bit chilly so he only put his feet in, but he seemed to like it. We went with Jim and Kerri and Asya the dog. I survived my fisrt night alone with th...

Welcome to Dayville Emerson 24 Jun 2007 | 02:56 pm

Last night a few friends hosted a community pot luck welcoming Emerson to town. It was great to see so many people come out and just to share our adventures in Kazakhstan with them. Emerson was a troo...

Yes, we are back home 21 Jun 2007 | 11:23 am

So I often wondered in disappointment why many blogs had a huge gap between arriving home and the next update. I no longer wonder this as it is very clear to me now. We did make it home on Monday nigh...

Jet Lag 17 Jun 2007 | 11:57 pm

For those of you following along who have had the joy of experiencing jet lag before, you might have a small amount of appreciation for our recuperation time from a 14 hour schedule difference. Those ...

Is it the end or the begining??? 17 Jun 2007 | 04:19 am

OK, I am pretty sure that reality has sunk in. We have now been parents for almost two weeks. Our little guy has been to three continents, three countries, and traveled across 14 time zones and is doi...

We made it!!! 16 Jun 2007 | 04:08 pm

While there are many things I would like to share about the last two days, the most important thing I would like to tell everyone is that we have made it to Seattle. Emerson did great on all of the fl...