There's tons of news to report, as always! Since our last post, we have moved to Missoula, Montana! Aaron is going to start graduate school here at the University of Montana. Something new as far as that goes is that he is switching his program. He came over here originally doing Applied Linguistics. Aaron is reapplying to the Teaching Program. He'll be focusing on English (as a subject, not a language.) Pretty soon we'll be finding out if Aaron will be granted residency. We hope so, as it will greatly decrease his tuition!
Going back to May, Aaron was able to go to his first professional baseball game. He and Julie went and saw the Angels play the Dodgers. They were rooting for the Angels (who won!)
June 3rd was a really big day for Julie's family. They had a big family photo shoot, a family dinner, and afterwards, a small birthday party for Joseph! It was hectic, but in the end it was a lot of fun!
Joseph enjoyed his first birthday party. He wasn't too interested in opening his presents, but that's what cousins are for, right?
He did enjoy his first cupcake and he ate the entire thing! (Unfortunately our camera batteries ran out right about that time!)
Just a few days after his birthday party, we moved to Montana. We spent the first two weeks with Aaron's family in Kalispell. We were able to go and visit Joseph's great great Grandma Alice. We had 5 generations there. We're very glad we were able to capture that moment while she's still with us.
Joseph and Montana really agree with each other. He absolutely loves the outdoors. We've already seen dozens of deer, some out in the woods, a few outside our door, and some out near the street!
One of the activities we were able to do was horse back riding. A group of Aaron's family went. It was great. Quite a few of us were sore the day after, but it was a beautiful ride. Next time we just won't go for an hour and a half.
Then the Denney family went camping! We all went to Lake Mary Ronan, pitched up our tents (or pulled up the trailer) and started a fire! Jared has a boat that we were able to go out on also. That was tons of fun, although Joseph's first time out on the boat was pretty hard. He had a jacket on to keep him warm and dry, but it was a little too thick to have on under his life vest. In this picture he literally couldn't put his hands together in front of him. He was a sad little guy for a while. He was our "fat guy in a little coat" except he was in a really big coat.
We eventually did get some smiles out of him. (when we took his vest and jacket off)
Jared's girls love the boat and couldn't get enough of it. They loved when he would go in circles and make waves in the lake.
It was all fun and games until Jared got the boat stuck in the lake, trying to get too close to shore. All the girls (including Grandma Jean) had to get to shore somehow. The tough ones walked (like Grandma). The wimpy ones (pretty much just Julie) got a piggy back ride. But luckily the boat wasn't stuck for long.
We all went out on the boat the next day. Joseph did much better the next trip out. He did have a hard time because he got tired and refused to fall asleep. Luckily, sleep won out in the end and he gave in.
Eventually, we did leave the campground, and Joseph was sad, but it's okay. He needed a bath.
Now that we're in Missoula, we go out a lot. There is a park not too far from us that has a great playground, and even a water play area that is on all the time. It's great, since it's been upper 90's - low 100's here!
In the most recent news, Joseph had his actual first birthday on July 24th! We went to Kalispell to be near Aaron's family. We went to a water park there. Ironically, Joseph had more fun crawling around the hot concrete than playing in the water. Then we had a little BBQ, ice cream sundae fun. It was a great time.
Joseph also got a big haircut. Julie was a little worried at first. His hair seemed so short. But as soon as she put a little gel in it and got him dressed for church, he was the most handsome guy ever!
Joseph has also found a new playmate. His name is Jordan Sisney and he is two months older. Most people think they are twins. They're both big blonde boys. It's pretty fun to see them interact. They have quite the love/hate relationship. They're both becoming possessive of their toys and things at the same time. But they still enjoy interacting and having someone to crawl around after. Joseph has finally met his match.
Joseph's beginning to be really interested in walking and wants us to hold him up with one hand so he can walk and not crawl. We're hoping he'll be walking soon because he's so heavy we don't want to carry him anymore! He was just weighed and measured. He's a whopping 27.5 lbs and 31 in.! Sorry this is so long. Now that we're established here we'll try and send them out more often so they can be shorter. Please check out our video page. Julie is going to be posting tons of new videos. We've left you with a little teaser (it may take a minute to get the file ready). Hope you enjoy it! We wish you all well and hope to be in touch.
Going back to May, Aaron was able to go to his first professional baseball game. He and Julie went and saw the Angels play the Dodgers. They were rooting for the Angels (who won!)
June 3rd was a really big day for Julie's family. They had a big family photo shoot, a family dinner, and afterwards, a small birthday party for Joseph! It was hectic, but in the end it was a lot of fun!
Joseph enjoyed his first birthday party. He wasn't too interested in opening his presents, but that's what cousins are for, right?
He did enjoy his first cupcake and he ate the entire thing! (Unfortunately our camera batteries ran out right about that time!)
Just a few days after his birthday party, we moved to Montana. We spent the first two weeks with Aaron's family in Kalispell. We were able to go and visit Joseph's great great Grandma Alice. We had 5 generations there. We're very glad we were able to capture that moment while she's still with us.
Joseph and Montana really agree with each other. He absolutely loves the outdoors. We've already seen dozens of deer, some out in the woods, a few outside our door, and some out near the street!
One of the activities we were able to do was horse back riding. A group of Aaron's family went. It was great. Quite a few of us were sore the day after, but it was a beautiful ride. Next time we just won't go for an hour and a half.
Then the Denney family went camping! We all went to Lake Mary Ronan, pitched up our tents (or pulled up the trailer) and started a fire! Jared has a boat that we were able to go out on also. That was tons of fun, although Joseph's first time out on the boat was pretty hard. He had a jacket on to keep him warm and dry, but it was a little too thick to have on under his life vest. In this picture he literally couldn't put his hands together in front of him. He was a sad little guy for a while. He was our "fat guy in a little coat" except he was in a really big coat.
We eventually did get some smiles out of him. (when we took his vest and jacket off)
Jared's girls love the boat and couldn't get enough of it. They loved when he would go in circles and make waves in the lake.
It was all fun and games until Jared got the boat stuck in the lake, trying to get too close to shore. All the girls (including Grandma Jean) had to get to shore somehow. The tough ones walked (like Grandma). The wimpy ones (pretty much just Julie) got a piggy back ride. But luckily the boat wasn't stuck for long.
We all went out on the boat the next day. Joseph did much better the next trip out. He did have a hard time because he got tired and refused to fall asleep. Luckily, sleep won out in the end and he gave in.
Eventually, we did leave the campground, and Joseph was sad, but it's okay. He needed a bath.
Now that we're in Missoula, we go out a lot. There is a park not too far from us that has a great playground, and even a water play area that is on all the time. It's great, since it's been upper 90's - low 100's here!In the most recent news, Joseph had his actual first birthday on July 24th! We went to Kalispell to be near Aaron's family. We went to a water park there. Ironically, Joseph had more fun crawling around the hot concrete than playing in the water. Then we had a little BBQ, ice cream sundae fun. It was a great time.Joseph also got a big haircut. Julie was a little worried at first. His hair seemed so short. But as soon as she put a little gel in it and got him dressed for church, he was the most handsome guy ever!
Joseph has also found a new playmate. His name is Jordan Sisney and he is two months older. Most people think they are twins. They're both big blonde boys. It's pretty fun to see them interact. They have quite the love/hate relationship. They're both becoming possessive of their toys and things at the same time. But they still enjoy interacting and having someone to crawl around after. Joseph has finally met his match.
Joseph's beginning to be really interested in walking and wants us to hold him up with one hand so he can walk and not crawl. We're hoping he'll be walking soon because he's so heavy we don't want to carry him anymore! He was just weighed and measured. He's a whopping 27.5 lbs and 31 in.! Sorry this is so long. Now that we're established here we'll try and send them out more often so they can be shorter. Please check out our video page. Julie is going to be posting tons of new videos. We've left you with a little teaser (it may take a minute to get the file ready). Hope you enjoy it! We wish you all well and hope to be in touch.
8 comments:
Hearing about Montana makes me want to go somewhere with some country for a phd (we're applying this fall for Avram). I couldn't watch the videos, for some reason, so you'll have to post the teaser, somehow. Sounds like everything is well with the Denney family. How long is Aaron's degree? Do you feel settled up in Montana, now?
The crawling video is hilarious!! And congrats on the walking. What a big boy. He looks good with his new haircut. I couldn't tell which little boy he was. Good to hear from you.
Good to hear your news. It was fun to see the videos. What a funny thing to catch that crawling on video. You could never do this on demand.
I tried to click on the picture of the Burnham family so I could enlarge it and see it better, but it came up fuzzy and low quality. I don't know how Camilla prepares the pictures for her blogsite, but you can double click on her pictures and they become very big and are still very clear. I would love to see that picture big and clear if you can find a way to do it.
Love to see my big boy! Give him kisses for grandma! Love Grandma and Grandpa Burnham
Wow, I think Joseph likes throwing his weight around, mainly his rear end. That was a pretty entertaining video. The second one was also pretty neat. The video was such that I imagined a giant taking his first massive steps on the puny little ground. Anna says that wants he starts really walking around carrying him won't seem so bad.
Did the substitute experience in Calif cause Aaron to change his mind about his major?
"wants" means once
I don't know where that came from, maybe I'll need to take your class Aaron once you start teaching.
Thanks for helping an old lady to pick up what did't register.
It looks like you are settling in up there now. Hope the smoke goes away soon but it looks like it may take awhile. I can't believe how big Joseph is. He needs to walk.
Take care, Love,
G. grandma Burnham
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