5K

Jess and Jamie ran a 5K race last weekend.

Summer, oh summer

As per usual, the summer slips away with barely a post. I suppose there are many better things to be doing than sitting in front of the computer? Nevertheless, we have been very neglectful of posting, yet our summer was full of adventure! We moved back to Corvallis and spent weeks sprucing up our new house while raising chicks and keeping a kitty content, Jamie's MPH graduation was held in June and her family came out to celebrate and enjoy sight-seeing in Oregon, we spent a week in Austin, Texas visiting Dave's side of the family, we celebrated three years of marriage, Dave climbed Mt. Rainier and saw a bear up close and personal, Jamie's best friend, Natalie, returned from the Peace Corps and spent two marvelous weeks visiting us, we spent a weekend in Hood River with friends and rafted (in tubes!) down Washington's Klickitak River, Jamie went to Colorado for her grandma's birthday and got to see the entire Nelson clan and then drove cross-country with her mother to move Jessica's things to Oregon, Jessica moved to Oregon, Rick and Lori visited, and we spent a marvelous weekend climbing in Southern Oregon with friends. We also finally got to meet the famous Jack. And don't forget time with friends, the coast, hiking, mountain biking, delicious vegetables, apple-picking and applesauce making, and Oregon's famous berry season. To top it all off, we gained a new nephew, Ezra. Time certainly does fly!

Photos, photos, and more photos:

Jamie's MPH Graduation

Silver Falls with Mom & Dad

Family Vacation in Austin

Anniversary Dinner

Natalie's visit

Dave's work crew

Colorado for Gram's 70th Bday

Road trip with Mom

Jessica moves to Oregon!

Coast with Mom, Dad, and Jess

Honeycombs

Yum!

A colorful summer salad and delicious open-faced cucumber dill sandwich. Who doesn't love summer?

Wicket

On June 27, Jamie's family dog Wicket passed away. He was run over by a car. RIP little guy. You are missed.

Mt. Rainier

At the end of June Dave joined up with some Iowa climbers to climb Mt. Rainier. Here are some of the breathtaking photos!

We've Moved

We have officially moved back to Corvallis. If you don't have our new address, shoot us an email and we'll send it to you!

New house and such

New House

The coast

Lauren's birthday at the coast

A typical evening

Typical evening

New Plant

Indies loves the sun!

Clara and the kitchen aid

Clara loves our kitchen aid attachments!

Climbing at the Columns

We spent a day at the Columns in Eugene with our friend Susanna.

The Columns

Weekend at Smith Rock

We spent a lovely weekend at Smith Rock with our friends Nate and Susanna.

Smith Climbing

Clara's Bonnet

PhD

It's official: Jamie has been accepted into a PhD program in Applied Anthropology (with full funding!) at OSU starting this fall.

Plants and plant stand

Dave built a plant stand - it's beautiful!

New plants and plant stand

Spring Day

In early March, we took Clara on a long walk to enjoy all the spring flowers.

Spring Day (March 6)

Dave's Birthday

We spent Dave's birthday at our friend's (Chris and Leanne) house. We sadly forgot to bring the camera, but we all celebrated over a delicious Korean meal followed by chocolate cake.

Jamie's Birthday

Dave baked Jamie a delicious cake for her birthday. Matt and Rachel provided a crazy Chinese candle that completely surprised Jamie with it's noise and vigor when lit. She was completely caught off-guard (as is evident from the look on her face in the photos).

Jamie's Birthday

Clara

Clara after bath time.

Guitar

The boys of the house playing guitar one night.

Dave's Work

Here are a few pictures of Dave's work with CSC and Benton County.

Dave's Work