Crawfords On The Move: September 2013

One of my goals, since moving to the beautiful Washington State, has been to take up photography. We live in such a gorgeous location I mine as well take in the sights around me. Also, I know we will be living in many different locations so having a variety of pictures from our various "homes" is something I plan on passing down and sharing with future generations.

The past three weeks have been filled with prepping the classroom, planning for the classroom, teacher training's, and finally teaching. I have been blessed to have a class of 25 incredibly loving and adorable second grade students. I also have a brand new second grade team and my one team member, who teaches next door to me, happens to be a JMU alumni as well and was in Student Ambassadors at JMU with me. Funny how life works out. For Robert he has been busy at the Naval Hospital with the end of a fiscal year approaching and a variety of goals still needed to be met.

In our small amount of free time we have taken to the boat for salmon fishing, crabbing, relaxing, and socializing. On our last salmon fishing trip we (Robert and our friends) managed to catch 5 salmon in under 2 hours;) So, salmon is what is for dinner at the Crawford household. I also have taken an interest in photography and am working on developing more photography skills throughout the year (I am not planning on being a professional by any means, but I enjoy the sunsets and scenery). Now, FOOTBALL season is upon us so that will be taking up more Sunday afternoon and evenings as well ;) Bentley has had many trips to the Patmore Pit, a huge and amazingly gorgeous dog park, and has managed to make many friends. Funny enough, we recently met Ruby, a female goldendoodle who shares the same dad as Bentley. She is a couple of months older, but looks very similar and has the same loving and playful personality as our bear.

Upcoming Events:
1. Visit to Mt. Rainier
2. Robert attending his first Washington State football game with our neighbor
3. Boating to La Conner for a fall dinner and boating around in general
4. Attending our first OHHS Football game (a big deal in this town)
5. Big gift for Bentley Bear and for us...arrives end of September (Let's just say Fannie most certainly had a hand in this)
6. I will be making a special trip home to see my soon-to-be-born niece, Sofie (Sofia) Michelini).
7. Salmon Fishing, salmon fishing, and more salmon fishing...possibly finally taking our fly-fishing course
8. Book Clubs and Knitting nights
9. Hoping to see the pumpkins we planted in the backyard soon ;)

"Autumn, the year's last loveliest smile." ~William Bryant
...Cheers to hoping everyone can enjoy the approaching Autumn...