Casa Middleton

We are officially moved in, unpacked and organized. We really love our new place, it has really eased the heartache of moving away from our family and friends. It's sort of sad not to have anyone over for coffee to see what we have done with the place but we are hoping to make some new friends eventually. We totally lucked out with the best landlord ever who has renovated this house to be almost perfect. I have silent cabinets for crying out loud! It has been a bit of an adjustment sharing our room with the J-man but we will keep changing things around until we have the perfect arrangement. So far the white noise machine in his "closet" is a must. The first night we were here without it was a disaster. There are no photos of his little man cave yet as it is still under decor construction! Idea's are welcome on how to turn a walk in closet into a fun and cozy little person room. Hope you enjoy the photos! Thanks for reading!

 

 

 



Naked in New Denver

Camping Hoehn style = 7 people on a dingy singing kumbaya, modern family, running from bears (or if you are Karl, running towards bears), scavenger hunting, Risk, some seriously good food and full grown adults spying, giggling and running away from all the naked's sauntering around the town of New Denver. 

We had such a good week spending some valuable time with our family before our big move to Cranbrook. Jaeger loves being outdoors so he was in his glory being outside 90% of the day. My parents and Aunt and Uncle went to a lot of work planning all the food, bringing most of it up and arranging pretty much everything. We all took turns making dinner each night, as well as cleaning up, which worked out great and felt very relaxing.

One of the highlights of the trip was the scavenger hunt my Auntie Tina set up for all of us. We were divided into four teams and sent off into the little town with 30 mystery items to locate. We had 45 minutes. Justin and I were on a team, we had high hopes of winning, but unfortunately we came in last. If there had been no time limit we would have still been searching at midnight. In theory we make a good team, but in reality we were very inefficient. While we managed to sprint the bulk of the 45 minutes, Tim and Karl beat us by 4 points by only walking. Embarrassing. Too prove we found each item we had to take a photo with it. Everyone said Justin and I won for best photographic skills. Here are some photos of our wonderful New Denver vacay!

 

 

 

 

Baby Boy is One

On August ninth we celebrated Jaeger's first birthday. It was such a blessing to have our families celebrate this very important day with us. The weather was perfect and our little man was in great mood (which is always a blessing when it comes to a one year old). We were so thankful for everyone who helped make his day so special. My sister-in-law spent hours with me making all the decor, my parents opened their backyard and helped prepare everything that day, some came early to help set up. Everyone gave Jaeger such thoughtful gifts to open.  My talented photographer friend took the most amazing pictures which we will cherish forever. ( www.cradledcreations.com ) We can't wait to show them to Jaeger when he is older so he will always know how important and special he is to us. We feel so blessed to live in a time where we are able to document every moment with our beautiful baby boy. We can't believe our baby is one. This incredible year has flown by and we are so blessed and filled with gratitude that God gave us Jaeger.

Happy Birthday Jaeger