A blog?

I have always enjoyed reading and keeping up with everyone else via blog, so I thought with this new transition in our life it might be fun to keep our friends and family updated too.

So, here is my first attempt... I hope you enjoy!

First, a little back-story: On December 16th at 12:00am we sat at our computer constantly refreshing a webpage waiting to see where we would spend the next three years. At 12:01, with our friends waiting downstairs to hear the news, we found out we would be moving to the Northwest where CR would serve his three year Family Medicine residency at Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, WA. So in late May CR drove out with our dog, Ty, and I flew out mid-June after the school year ended.

CR spent about three weeks looking for a home and found (what we consider) the perfect place for us in Lacey, about 12 miles from base. Here are some pictures of our home:




Front Room (as soon as you walk in)


See-through fire place (seen from front room and living room)


Kitchen (I love the KY blue tiles)

Other side of fire place (living room)

Picture over the mantle. CR's parents bought the frame and matting for my birthday and the letters are from important places in our life together.