A few days late, but better late than never! Happy birthday, JP! What a year it has been. Even though we've lived the majority of it through a haze of exhaustion and baggy eyes, there is nothing that compares to having you in our family. And since you can't remember these beautiful moments, I made … Continue reading One Year.
A couple of weeks ago we headed south to Washington, D.C.. A while back Josh signed up for the DC triathlon, and around the same time his Uncle started working in a position that allows him to give tours of the White House. We had a blast visiting with our family - staying with Josh's … Continue reading Mr. John-Paul Goes to Washington
Last night Josh, JP and I went to the Lantern Tours at Penn State. Last year they hosted them on Halloween, so that little outing ended up being the last time Josh and I went out on the town without a little one in tow. As we walked around last night, it was fun to think … Continue reading (almost) one year later.
On travel days to and from Oregon I always cry tell myself that I. am. NEVER. doing. this. AGAIN!!!! because it's stressful to manage a wiggly one with about 10 square inches of space. But of course I'll do it again because: I wouldn't miss these moments for anything.
Better get this up before JP turns 9 months! Here goes... My prediction was that John-Paul would have 8 teeth by the time he turned 8 months old. I was close - he was 8 months and 5 days when his 8th tooth cut through. He had about a week break, and now he's a … Continue reading 8 months young.
"Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves." - Saint John Paul the Great Saint JP II is up in Heaven laughing that I chose that quote to put a the top of our anniversary post. There is no doubt that I'm lightyears away from … Continue reading Four Years.
A great thing about moving around is that sometimes we wind up living near-ish to some friends. Katie's family lives outside of Philly, and when we heard that Katie and her husband, Kevin, would go to PA for the 4th...we were all in. The weekend was full of good conversation, laughter, healing tears, so many … Continue reading Weekend in Holland, PA
John-Paul should... Get a Delta credit card and cash in on some frequent flyer miles. He made his third flight to the Twin Cities to witness the marriage of John and Christine Goerke. Christine is a dear friend from Grand Forks. She has one of the kindest, purest, gentlest souls in all the land and … Continue reading Adventures of a Seven Month Old
Last but not least, as the saying goes. A few weeks ago, Josh's littlest sister, Katie, graduated from high school. The final Dill child to fly from the nest! Family from all over the country landed in Albany, NY to celebrate and we had a grand ol'time. I have to say, it was probably the … Continue reading The Last Graduate
https://vimeo.com/130017623 Upon Josh's urging to "just truncate these clips," I stumbled into a little thing called iMovie and all of a sudden I'm picturing myself at the Cannes film festival. Ok, maybe definitely not. But it was fun making this little trailer to send to the Oregonians. (best part of the movie is at 1 … Continue reading John-Paul Goes for a Swim
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