Erkfest 2010

Every three years we get together with some of John's extended family for a reunion. The location of the reunion changes every time. This year, we traveled to the Monterey Coast where we stayed at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove. Highlights from the reunion included nightly skits/worship time together as a group, walks on the beach, a trip to the Monterey Aquarium and Cannery Row and a quick visit to San Jose.

4th of July

We spent the 4th of July parading through the streets of Klahanie (the neighborhood where my parents live) and later bbq-ing with friends:
Kids parade in Klahanie





BBQ at the Sturms house:

We've Moved!

We moved into our home in Sammamish almost a month ago and are loving it. We are mere minutes from lots of family, we have great neighbors and the kids have lots of room to roam.
It's been a whirlwind of a month between moving, traveling, getting paperwork/etc in order, and getting our Renton house prepared for tenants (who move in this week) but we are so happy to be here, especially with baby due to arrive in less than 2 months.
We finally got the internet connected at the new house so I can upload some pictures.

The actual "moving day" was a breeze for the kids and I. We got to hang out with Libby and the cousins while the guys did the heavy lifting.



Uncle Jackson and the kiddos

More pics of the house

The chaos threshold is rising...

I was laughing to myself as we drove home from Remlinger Farms today about how the amount of chaos in my life on a given day continues to rise, but thankfully God is allowing my sanity level/threshold for chaos to rise accordingly (on most days).
5 years ago, a flat tire or missed bus would've thrown my day off completely.
Since having kids, I've learned, or rather been taught, that I have to roll with the punches a bit more. This is probably a good thing since we're about to throw one more little body into the mix!
Today, despite getting my car completely stuck in the mud at the u-pick strawberry fields and needing to get towed out, we still had a good time and even came home with 3# of strawberries (plus the 3# in our bellies).

The latest moving news: As of today, we have a tenant for our Renton home! Lease has been signed by the tenants (a couple with a baby on the way) and we just need to sign some more paperwork to make it official. We're planning to move into our new house this weekend, so the final days of packing are upon us (this is indeed adding to the chaos level just a bit, but we are very excited!)

Pictures from Jane's Second Bday Party

We had a great time celebrating Jane yesterday with family and a few friends and their babies. Highlights for the birthday girl included a trip to the pool, lots of girly birthday gifts (dolls, doll accessories, purse, sunglasses, shoes, clothes), cupcakes and lots of people surrounding her with love. Thanks to everyone who celebrated our precious girl with us!