Boise Friends

 One of the hardest things about our move to Richland, WA is moving away from so many great friends.  I really am sad that Zoë won't see her best friends as often, but we will still be back for lots of visits. 

 

Here are some shots of Zoë and Jolie who are always so cute together!

 

 

 

Liam with his buddy Luke and Jack in the background

 

Zoë and Avery taking a snack break at the zoo

 

 Zeke, Zoë, and the Zebras

 

 We will miss you too Mrs. Lion



Livin' The Good Life at The Bronner's

Aaron's parents have been so gracious in letting us live with them for the last 6 weeks while we were between houses.  We have been spoiled by their company, their cooking, and their pool!  Here are some pictures of us enjoying our time in their home.

 

Zoë and Liam snuggling up for morning cartoons.

 

 Making cookies with GrandPat!

 

 

Liam's reaction when we told him we were going to be leaving.  Poor kid!

August Trip to Moscow

The kids with Great Grandpa Ray

 



Zoë found a hat, reading glasses, and a hanger and decided this was the pose to pull them all together



Pietro's Wedding

My cousin, Pietro, married his beautiful bride, Melissa, earlier this month.  Zoë got to be a flower girl along with her cousins Rose, Ella, and Emilia.  We had a great time and even got a great picture with my parents and all of there kids and grandkids!

 

Congratulations Pietro and Melissa!!!

Swimming Lessons!!!

Zoë went through a 2 week session of swimming lessons this summer (8 classes) and learned so much!  She LOVES the water and especially loves jumping in and going under water.  She can jump in and stay under water for about 7 seconds.  We've been working on the back float, which she doesn't love, but once she's in position she can float by herself while singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."  Hopefully we'll find a great place to continue lessons when we get to Richland.  Our new house has a pool, so she'll get lots of practice!

 

Liam is 11 Months Old!

Check out our sweet little 11 month old!  He's such a little character and tries so hard to keep up with his big sister.  He has walking down now and is starting to test out running too!

 

Visit from the San Diego Bronners!

Aaron's brother and his family came to Boise for a week from San Diego.  We hadn't seen them for a long time (they hadn't even met Liam yet!).  We had such a fun week with all of them!

 

Matias, Andreas and Zoë

 



Liam was so entertained by his cousins

 



Zoë and Uncle Jason

 

Princesses Daphni and Zoë having a jumping contest

July Moscow Visit

Aaron had a weekend trip at the cabin planned with some of his friends, so the kids and I jumped in the car and headed up to Moscow for another great visit!  We stayed for almost a week and had a blast!

Liam and Uncle Joey

 



Liam with Great Grandpa Ray

 



Emilia, Zoë and Ella

Zoë driving Papa Steve's boat!

 



 



Zoë LOVES jumping on the trampoline!!!

We're Moving!!!

Life has been really hectic over the last couple months because we've decided to move!  Aaron got a really great offer from an awesome company (Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute), so we're heading to Washington.  We're really sad to be leaving our friends and Aaron's family in Boise, but we will be much closer to my family in Moscow and we won't be far from Boise either.  We decided to rent our house and found renters 2 days after we put it up.  They needed to move in in 2 weeks, so we had to pack up quickly and move out (we're living with Aaron's parents for a few weeks).  We're really excited about this move, but are also a little nervous since we don't know anyone in the Tri-Cities, but hopefully we'll make some friends before long.  Move date is set for August 27th!