Gadget Guy!

This blog has been ignored long enough. Sorry about that. We moved and everything got wild and crazy. Things are starting to settle down again so I guess that means I should post. :)

The move went well. It's really fun to be in a house! Our favorite part about our new adventure in life is that Kenny gets to come home every day for his lunch break! We live only a mile from his work!

Myles is moving around like crazy! His favorite and fastest mode of transportation is rolling. He will roll all the way across the room to get to whatever he's eyeing. We love watching him grow and develop!

He's recently taken an interest in all types of gadgets. His favorites are remote controls and cell phones. He loves our giant remote control! He's our little Gadget Guy!

Our New Place

Well everyone, the days flew by and we will be moving in a couple of days. We are super excited and also sad. We have made some wonderfull friends who are more like family, and are leaving family to whom we have grown even closer.

I wanted to put a picture with this post so that it will be quasi-entertaining. This is a picture of the house that we will rent in College Place. It is a couple of miles from work and also really close to church and shopping.

Jandi is really excited to live in a house and have a yard and a place to garden. I am excited to have a garage! Yeah baby.

We can't wait to get up there though, and even better is that Ryan and Tess are going to come out. We can't wait to see them. We haven't seen them in a while so it will be great to catch-up.

Onions and Tulip Fields!

Well, it's time to announce that Kenny, Myles, and I are moving to Walla Walla, Washington. What's there? Onions. And Home Depot where Kenny has been promoted to assistant store manager. I am so proud of him! He has really worked hard for this promotion.


We are sad and excited for the move. Moving is something that has always been fun and exciting to me, but now that we've lived close to family for two years I'm a little sad to leave. Our ward is awesome too! We've made some really good friends here. Mostly, I will miss my amazing sister, Krystal. It's been so fun to look out my window and know she's right down the street.


I didn't have any pictures to put with this post which is why I decided to post our trip to the Tulip Festival as well. Kenny and I went two years ago together and we knew we had to take little Myles to get a few family pics. I think we will definitely take a family trip each year to the Tulip Fields, because a family picture in an onion patch just isn't the same. :) Although, that does actually sound funny. So maybe we'll do it.

Myles and Daddy!

Myles and Mama!

The whole fam!

Oh, I forgot to say that we found a cute little house to rent. Our first house! We're very excited for that! We feel extremely blessed and grateful for this new opportunity in life!

Road to Home

I know that Jandi will want to blog about our trip to Walla Walla, WA so I will write about our drive.

It was pretty uneventful, which was great considering we were taking an almost 5 month old on an almost 5 hour drive. Myles was so great. We tried to time when we left for Walla Walla around his nap time so that he would sleep for a couple of hours. We were only partially successful. Needless to say he was great but our guilt made us stop more frequently so we could get him out of the car seat and walk around.

On the way back we stopped in Arlington, OR so Myles could eat. There is this little park right off the highway so it made for a relaxing pit stop. We got out and walked around a bit and took some pictures by an old Union Pacific rail car that was on display. It was fun and since my Grandfather worked for the railroad it made for a nice picture.

I went walking around the park by myself when Myles was feeding. I say feeding because he is in a growth spurt right now and seems ravenous.

I took some pictures of some ducks cause I was bored. Here is a funny one.

The Fun Run

April 19, 2008 was an awesome day!! My little sister, Tess, and I ran our first, but definately not last, half-marathon! It was seriously so much fun! We started in the early morning, and it snowed for about the first 5 miles. I should explain that it wasn't an actual race. There was an actual half-marathon going on that day, but we decided we just wanted to do our own. So I made a 13.1 mile route around Molalla and that's what we ran!


My nephew was also being baptized later that day. So there was a lot of family in town that decided to meet us at the finish line. Kenny took the day off work so he could meet up with us at different mile markers and give us water/video tape us.


We ended at a park near the apartments we live in, and to our surprise Kenny and Ryan (Tess' husband) were blasting the Rocky music from the car. And the little kids you see chasing after us are our nieces and nephews.


Our sister, Krystal, made this awesome video for us! If you have about 2 minutes and want to laugh, watch it! Make sure your volume is turned up. It's funnier that way! Enjoy! Thanks Tess! That will always be one of my favorite memories!

Ludwig Family Reunion!

Warning:

You are about to view many, many family pictures!

Over Easter weekend we had our first family reunion with the Ludwig side. My in-laws rented a house near Salt Lake City, and we all stayed under one roof playing games and laughing a lot! It was a lot of fun! I was nervous to take Myles on the plane and for him to get out of our little routine we have at home, but he did amazing! He laughed during take-off both times, and didn't get too fussy from lack of sleep. He's such a great baby!

Here's some of our favorite pictures from the weekend!

Here we are near the end of the plane ride to Salt Lake. Myles fell asleep.

Me and Kenny
Krista and Kent

Tommy, Charity, and Isabel. He's pretending to put her face in the birthday cake! Little Isaiah is their newest addition! Such a cutie!
Mom and Dad Ludwig or Grandma and Grandpa to the wee babes!
The best lasagna in the land! Thanks Krista and Kent! I'm still thinking about it!
Yeah for cousins! Isaiah and Myles! Beautiful Isabel! Cousin Christian coming June of '09!!

Daddy and Baby

Temple Square!
This was so fun! We hadn't been in almost 5 years!

Myles' first swimming trip!!

Myles' first trip down a slide!!

After the slide...not so sure about them! Happy again!

Funny Face!
Museum of Natural History!

Are you sick of looking at family pictures yet?! Just two more, I promise!!

Group picture! We are family!!
And they all lived happily ever after!

Toys Taste Good

Okay, so Myles can hold some of his toys now. I just wanted to put down what I imagined his thought pattern to be.

This is awesome! I can hold my toy.

I really want to put it in my mouth. I think I will. Just a little taste

Wait, I really want to put my fist in my mouth. I can't decide.





I WANT THE TOY!! Sweet satisfaction.

Thank you Daddy for putting this toy in my hands.