Something Moore

After my last post Misty commented that it looked like Baxter and Maggie were posing for the pictures. Honestly they've been following us around since we've moved not quite sure when we are going "home", but absolutely POSITIVE they don't want to be left behind. They haven't quite figured out that the new place is home. They are slowly settling in but it wasn't a totally smooth adjustment.

Misty's comment made me think of a link to a blog Ellen showed me here. At least Baxter and Maggie handled the move better than these folk's dogs did.

So sometimes you do get what you ask for (Rebecca) and I am finally posting pics of the new house. As you may recall I was in the middle of taking pics of the house when my camera met an untimely demise. Lucky for me (and you) Santa knew what I needed for Christmas and a new camera was delivered on Christmas morning.

At first I wasn't sure I wanted to post pics right away. Clay and I have about a zillion things we want to do with the house. Number one is painting the walls and I don't want to hang any art until the walls are painted. Consequently the house feels unfinished. But I decided that posting pictures at this stage will provide a good base line so we can see all of the improvements we will make over the next several months. So look for more updates :)!

And without further ado here is the new house...

I have intended to blog about the new house for several weeks now. We are moved in and getting settled. Moving during the holiday season isn't the easiest thing in the world. It seems every day we are pulled to one event or another. So today I was finally going to take some pics and blog. But then tragedy struck (literally). I dropped my camera and now it's broke don't work. Sad :(. So please don't give up on me. I will get pics of the house and and update on our lives very soon. I promise!

What a wonderful imagination this kid has!

Here's a link to the house we are under contract to buy.

We sold our house! And bought a new one! It's been a busy day. More on that later. Tomorrow morning we're headed to Phoenix to see my grandparents.

No... It's not what you're thinking.

We are selling our house! We've been contemplating this choice for a while now and it just felt like the right time (bad economy and all). We have a found a place we really like so we will see what happens. So if you know anyone looking to buy a house in the Moore area send them our way!

Here is the link to the house listing. So everyone needs to be thinking positive "selling" thoughts about the house. If anyone has questions about the house let me know!

This weekend was the Head of the Oklahoma. It started Friday night with the corporate regatta night sprints. The corporate boats are 8 man sweep boats. To say the corporate regatta didn't go well is an understatement. It all ended with one spectacular crab and several bruised egos. But we had a lot of fun this season!

We met up with Clay's sister's family in Door County Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago. If you've never been to Door County, it's a great vacation destination. Lots of outdoor fun, haunted buildings, hiking, and wineries! Very much our kind of vacation. Here's a few pics...


A quick round of golf.

A nice family bike ride!




Playground time!!



Some family shots.





Ice Cream!




Beach time and a historic haunted light house.







On our way home Clay and I made a quick stop at Lambeau Field. This really put me in the football spirit. While Clay is the Packer fan (I'm just the bandwagon fan) I would recommend the Lambeau field tour to anyone who is a football fan. It was a really great experience.


Part of the tour takes you through the tunnel that the Packers run through to the field. This is the sign they pass on the way out.

Paddle Surfing in Austin Texas!

I now need more free time to make room for all my extra curricular activities!

I love my job! I know a lot of folks can't say that about their job, but I really do love what I do. While I travel some for work I'm not required to travel a lot which is a nice balance. It means I get out of the office often enough to keep it fresh and interesting without being burdensome. This past week I was sent to PA and NY with a couple of coworkers to check out some of our eastern facilities. We had a few hours to kill before our flight so we decided to check out the Finger Lakes area of NY. It was amazing! If you ever have a chance you must go. In fact I would love to go back and spend a week there. In our short time all we got to do was have lunch and do a quick hike to a waterfall in the area. I took some pics of the waterfall hike. They do NOT do it justice, but I thought I'd share.




Unfortunately my point-n-click couldn't do the area justice but it was a nice way to cap off a a work trip.

I am so blessed to have made wonderful friends in undergrad who I still call my dear friends today. A couple of weekends ago we had our annual get together. This year was a bit different from previous years. Sarah gave birth to her second baby, Kole, a few months ago and Shelley is pregnant with her second (a baby boy who is yet to be named) and is due in September. So we had to try hard and squeeze in a visit between the births of both babies since it's so hard to travel with a newborn and Shelley wouldn't be able to travel after a certain point. Keeping this in mind we decided, at the last minute, to meet at Sarah's house and spend a short (very short) day together.

My sister, Alyson, gave birth to her second child this past weekend. Grace Inez Klein was born July 2 and weighed in at 7 lbs 1 oz. Congratulations to Alyson and Jim! Welcome to the world Miss Grace. You are well loved :)