cute as ever

los primos

relaxing with cousins, judah & sylas

sleeping peacefully

Ada Alejandra Hurst

Ada was born Sept. 19, 11:38 am, about 8lbs 21 inches

Our Brother Joel

It was great having Joel with us over the summer! Good times.









Gelato Joel (good ice cream!)



















Surgery patient Joel (work injury that required the removal of a ring...)



















Camper Joel (Greendrop lake backpacking and Camano island car camping)















Chef Joel (makes wicked beans on toast and dragon-fire chinese noodles and choco-chip cookies!)

visit from afar

our great friends peter & jess (we met in PNG) made a stop to visit us in abbotsford on their way from alaska to michigan! we enjoyed a good indian meal together, went to the mission abbey, and had a bbq at heritage park. our time together was short, but so lovely!

Games Night with Second Cousins

This weekend a long awaited event took place - I got to see some of my second cousins! We had a games night with Melissa, her husband Sheldon, Angie, her husband Steve, their little peanut Molly, and my sister-in-law Courtney. Hopefully this will be the first of many get-togethers!

California Road Trip - June 15-24

lunch at the beach in Lincoln City, OR















Views along the 101 Hwy, Oregon coast





























Sunset Bay, Oregon (camped here our first night)















Catching up with Jeff & Linda Stout, friends from PNG




























Hot day at the Yuba river with friends, near Nevada City














The Santa Cruz wharf (good seafood)















relaxing at the Adobe on Green Street
Bed & Breakfast (early anniversary
celebration)





















The mighty California redwoods - Henry Cowell
State Park

































Visiting with friends from PNG in Merced, CA















Breathtaking views at Yosemite National Park




















Prego cooling off in the river




















Lower Yosemite Falls


Paul in front of "El Capitan"

our hammock

On Saturday we finally got a chance to put up our hammock on our back deck. There will be many lazy afternoons spent relaxing in it...

the tummy

My sister-in-law Courtney has been asking for pictures of my tummy for quite some time now, so here is the first one, taken a few weeks ago. It's grown lots in the past 2 weeks, so we'll have to get snapping with the camera again very soon. Also, Thursday I felt the baby move for the first time!!! Very exciting. For me, it felt like small muscle twitches in my tummy. Paul and I went for our ultrasound on Friday and saw the first pictures of our baby. It nodded it's head and was opening and closing it's mouth. Also had it's legs crossed at the ankles. Already very refined in manners! We are moving into our new condo this weekend, and will try to post some photos of that too. We're having a busy week!!!

Here I am World!

This weekend we had the pleasure of meeting our new nephew, Judah.
Judah, we welcome you with love.

Tio Pablo & Tia Heidi

heartbeat

I heard our baby's fast little heartbeat for the first time today at my doctor's visit! Hearing that little sound made the fact that we're going to have a baby all the more real. Yikes! and Hooray!!!

OUR NEW NEPHEW IS HERE!

Judah Nellis arrived into the world early this morning at a birthing center in Seattle.
Congratulations, Ruthie, Phil, & Sylas as you welcome the newest member of your family!!!
Judah, we can't wait to meet you.

lots of pictures to follow soon.

And in the forecast...

	THURSDAY OVERNIGHT	FRIDAY MORNING	FRIDAY AFTERNOON	FRIDAY EVENING
TEMPERATURE	3°C	3°C	9°C	7°C
CONDITION	Rain	Rain	Rain	Rain
P.O.P.	90%	90%	90%	90%
WIND	NE 5 km/h	NE 5 km/h	NE 5 km/h	NE 5 km/h
HUMIDITY	100%	100%	98%	100%
RAIN	close to 10 mm	close to 5 mm	2-4 mm	2-4 mm
From Thursday overnight to Friday overnight we expect : 15-25 mm of rain.

	SAT MAR 17	SUN MAR 18	MON MAR 19	TUE MAR 20	WED MAR 21	THU MAR 22
HIGH	9°C	11°C	11°C	8°C	8°C	10°C
LOW	8°C	7°C	6°C	5°C	3°C	4°C
CONDITION	Rain at times heavy	Light rain	Rain	Rain	Scattered showers	Light rain
P.O.P.	100%	60%	90%	90%	40%	100%
WIND	E 5 km/h	E 5 km/h	SE 5 km/h	S 5 km/h	SW 15 km/h	S 15 km/h

Short-term forecast: rain
Long-term forecast: rain
My feelings: depression & grumpiness!

Special delivery in the fall!

Heidi is pregnant!

We are expecting our first child September 22.
We are very excited as Heidi finished her first trimester.
Little bit a of trivia: at about 2 inches long the baby is now producing urine!

Congratulations to Thom & Jonelle!

A warm congratulations to our friends Thom and Jonelle who recently got engaged in PNG. Thom was on the survey team with Paul and Jonelle is a teacher at the elementary school in Ukarumpa. They are planning a June wedding in California. What a good looking couple! 

Christmas Images

Don't drop those hens Paul!


A delightful dinner on Christmas Day with Ruthie and Phil.
Menu: Cornish hens, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, baked vegetables au gratin, and squash, accompanied with nice wine (red and white).
Dessert was pumpkin pie. Yummmy!

Full of Christmas cheer...

Ruthie, pregnant, full of Cornish hen, and looking beautiful!