Safe and Sound

We made it back to Oregon. Our trip was smooth sailing, and after a few days of adjustment, Eliot is happy and perfectly content to have ample room to roam and play. Some of you may already know that we are house sitting this year for a couple in our ward who are on a mission in Hawaii. Needless to say, we are making quite the adjustment to so much space! It's going to be an amazing blessing to be in a house, even if it's just temporarily. We are loving the gorgeous view and yard, and it feels super strange to have more storage space than we can use! One of the great perks of staying in the house is that we have space for visitors. We already have people lined up to come see us, too, which makes us look forward to the weeks ahead! My sister Mary will be out in just a couple weeks, and then my parents are planning to come out for Labor Day. Hopefully a few of Grant's sisters will be able to make it for his fall break in October, along with others who are yet to "set a date"!! The fun visits from family and friends should hopefully make the year go faster (at least for me . . . I don't know that the visits will affect Grant too much, other than he'll be wishing he could be home with our visitors and not stuck at school for long hours!). It was definitely hard to leave family again after our very restful summer break. We had such a wonderful time in Utah, though. Grant's internship/clerkship could not have gone better, I was able to make some great accomplishments with piano lessons, getting my photos/scrapbooking organized, and also getting back into "running" shape, and Eliot had a ball being spoiled by grandparents and all of his adoring aunts. We'll miss ya, fam and friends! Come visit soon!