Love

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Casey being off and being able to spend a lot of time with both Casey and Clay! It has been a wonderful treat! Casey is enjoying himself also - he loves spending time with Clay, taking him on bike rides and runs, and studying computer programming during his naps! (That is his new hobby/love - computer programming. He has been studying about it, reading about it, and actually doing a little programming each day! I am so thankful he is finding out what it is he truly is interested in and would like to do eventually - that was one of the whole points of us traveling! I am so glad he is taking every opportunity to do it!)

We are having fun down here. Truly. We are riding (when the weather permits), running every day, and finding new and fun activities to do with Clay each day! Yes, you read that right - we are running every. single. day. We are both committed to getting back in shape and modeling a healthy lifestyle for Clay! He already LOVES being outside and even gets a little disgruntled if he doesn't have outside time during the day! But we want him to be active outside as well - I don't think we will have a problem with that either!

We have all adjusted well to our new (temporary) home and we are already looking forward to the next assignment! There is no telling where we will end up! (Lord knows we never meant to come closer to the equator during the dead of summer?!) We plan to go somewhere with scenery next time! There is a lack of scenery here - unless you count mansions, very large malls, and a whole lot of expensive SUVs as scenery. The bike trails are really nice but there still isn't much to look at while you're riding! We are ready for mountains, rolling hills, cactus, something.

There are a lot of kids around where we live and Clay has had quite a bit of interaction with other kiddos his age - it is too funny to watch him interact. He is a little cautious at first and then he wants to be right in their face talking to them! We went to Barnes and Noble one day and let him play in the kids area. There was a little girl there that was a month older than him that followed him around! She eventually tackled him to the floor and was hugging and kissing him - it was hilarious! He didn't know what to think at first but he eventually gave in and hugged her back!

We are looking forward to going home in a couple of weeks to see everyone!! Until then here are some cute pictures of Clay taken today!