Lately

I’ve been inordinately horrible at updating my blog lately.

It’s not that I have nothing to say.

It’s just that last week I had to say a final goodbye to the only home I’ve ever known.

And pack up all my belongings.

And have a very special guest in my home.

And cross about a million things off my to-do list.

And move to Utah.

And start school.

It’s reassuring to know that cyberspace is not my top priority.

It was very very hard to leave Portland. I miss everything already. The people, the tree architecture at the library that reminds me of when I would crawl under the climbing tree in our old backyard and read for hours, the people, the recycling bins that are larger than the garbage cans, the people, the freezing beautiful coast, the people, the crazy downtown adventures, the people, etc.

{Did I mention the people?}

But it’s okay.

And also… if you have to close a long and mostly beautiful chapter of your life and start a new one, I can’t think of a better way to do it than like this:

And this:

And this:

And this:

{P.S. Look at his face - what a crazy kid. haha}