Well the past few weeks brought us all kinds of fun... we replaced the Subaru's brakes only to turn around and blow the head gasket a week later... All fixed and good as new now.  On friendlier notes, Beth is back home now, we got a chance to visit Nick and Jeannine in Silverdale, spent lots of time in CDA with Nanna and Poppy including a nice trip to the pool, and winter started.  Andy loved the snow, we got him out sledding a couple times and even tossed him on his skis for the first time.. Bindings are still a bit loose for his pint sized feet, but there was no lack of enthusiasm.  For Thanksgiving Beth didn't get much time off, but I did get a day of skiing in and we spent a nice night out on the lake with the whole family.  hope everyone with well and loving life, we sure are. Happy holidays!

Well we are finally getting settled in our new inland northwest home and beginning to dig out and catch up on things.  Beth starts residency in Spokane soon and I already landed a job with FLSmidt and started last Monday.  So the retirement was short lived, however we did manage to fit lots of fun trips into the break.  First a great trip back to New Jersey to introduce Andy to his other remaining great-grandfather and spend some quality time with family.  Next we shot back into Montana for Audrey's 80th birthday and an unexpected extra visit that brought Noreen, Katie, and Audrey to visit us because Amtrak was under water.  This meant we spent two of our first three nights in the new house with visitors.  Finally we slipped in a quick trip to Glacier and spent a little more time with the Johnson's at the cabin.  We relaxed a lot and attempted some hikes but the combination of underwater and snowdrift engulfed trail kept us from reaching any of our destinations.  Glacier is going to have a very short season this year.  Andy tolerated all the drives and worked hard to perfect his walking skills in all the different environments.  He is even getting a handle on moving up and down stairs with a new sense of safety.  His faithful spotters now enjoy a near absence of heart stopping saves.  More pictures will come soon as Andy just turned one so stay tuned.