out for a stroll

I love that Raegan is becoming more and more interested in dolls and pretending and all of those fun little girl things. We have been going on walks around our neighborhood, but instead of me strolling her, she wants to stroll her baby. Every now and then she will stop, re-situate her baby doll, give it a kiss, and then continues walking. Its pretty adorable.

Here's a fun clip of Raegan and Seth on the teeter-todder at the park.

I got a little worried there at the end.. haha

Getting Settled

Hi friends. Hi mom:) Things are going well. Seth had his first day of dental school on Monday and everything went smoothly. The house is basically unpacked and organized, I still have pictures and art to hang but other than that its all looking good. We have an awesome ward, with a good group of younger families who are also going to OHSU for dental school. Raegan will start nursery in September and there are a lot of cute kids her age . She's going to love it.

We had about a week before school started to move in/ explore Oregon a little bit. We spent a day at Canon Beach and it was really beautiful. Seth has always talked about taking me there. Its one of his favorite places. We ate some really delicious seafood, walked along the beach and enjoyed each others company.

Rae sticking her tong out at the waves.

Yay! A new post! haha

The summer has flown by and we are just two weeks away from moving to Portland. Our move is the topic of conversation between Seth and I about 95% of the time. We are just so excited to get there and start this new chapter of our lives.

This summer we have been in Park City, Wichita Kansas and Oklahoma City. We have a few more days here in Oklahoma before we fly back to Utah for a week to pack up and spend time with family. I've been lucky this year to have my two sister in laws here and my brother in law too. It's been fun having family to spend time with during the summer.

Raegan is becoming more and more energetic and animated. She has become really comfortable in the water. Last week she started ducking under the water (head and all) then popping up fast and clapping for herself! ha ha so funny. I guess those swim lessons finally clicked! On Seth and Jared's day off we decided to do a round of golf. The girls mostly drove the carts, ate snacks and cheered our guys on, but I tried a few holes and I have to say it was really fun.

Well here are a few pictures from our golf day. I have lots of Rae from the summer on our camera, but I'll have to wait to get our computer unpacked to upload them.

Rae is up from her nap! Got to go:)

Victoria-me-Rae-Jessica

Tori and Rae

Raegan

Lately

Our move was successful and somehow we packed everything up and made it safely to Utah. It feels SO wonderful to be home and with family. Its finally starting to warm up in Park City and everything is in bloom. I know I left paradise, but this is a paradise all of its own. We are getting more and more excited to be settled in Portland. We plan on making that move early August. We found a great place there and I'll be managing the complex that we're living in.

Rae and I have been each others play buddies since we left all our good friends in Laie, miss you guys:( I've been on the hunt for kids her age for her to play with (I think she gets a little tired of my games sometimes!) We are starting a swim class this week and I think she will have a blast. Every time we come across water she charges for it.. pools, lakes at the park, even just puddles, she's wanting to get in. So this will be a good way to get her water fix.

Every day she looks more like a little girl and less like a baby. She says mama, dada, nana, ball and no no no (haha). She loves to walk backwards until she runs into something. She can drink out of a big girl cup (with assistance of coarse) She spins around and her latest trick is putting her foot to her nose. Her personality is just so sweet and quirky and cute. She really makes me laugh.

She's had lots of fun with Nana Jane and Papa Ray. My mom and I took Rae to the Hogle Zoo on Saturday and had a lot of fun. She loved the monkeys, the train ride and the big round water (again the water) statue in the entrance. She played in it for a while and got nice a wet, perfect way to cool off:)

Hanauma Bay

Can you believe we've lived here for three years and this was our first time to Hanauma Bay? Now that we're so close to leaving we are realizing how much we still need to do before we go. The trick is fitting it all in with finals, work and packing everything up and getting ready for the big move.

Honolulu Aquarium

We are making the best of the week we have left :(

Peek'a boo