evan, lindsay, nina, elena and esther

This week Evan and I learned a lot about parenting with a trip to the ER for Nina. She took a dangerous fall so we took her in to get checked out. I saw the fall out of the corner of my eye and it continues to replay through my mind. Luckily, everything is fine. Let me just say right here and now that God lives and loves Nina. It's a MIRACLE that nothing happened, she doesn't have a single bruise on her little body. Quote from one of the pediatricians at children's hospital - "babies are bouncy". That may be true but she is lucky and I think there are angels that helped her land just right.

Another difficult thing this week is that my Grandpa Searle is in the twilight of his life. After a serious surgery last Friday, he is slipping away from us, he could go any day or any minute. Christian and my Mom went to Kalispell got to go spend time with him in the hospital and we're hoping to go early next week. Our dear dear grandpa we love him so much and are so grateful for the legacy he's left for us. We're stoked for Grandma Searle to move in with us sometime soon. Then we'll have a couple of weeks with her before we leave for Rexburg.

Despite the heaviness of this week, we've had last's week fun to reminisce on. Friday we met up with Sarah & Evan and their friends Brandi and Ryan in Kirkland. We hit up Easy Street records downtown, the Old Spaghetti Factory, and then watched a movie at our place. We are already missing people here even though we haven't left yet!!

The next day, Saturday, I woke up earlier than I have since before Nina was born (minus nightly feedings) and we hit the road for Vancouver BC. I won't tell you how early that was, you probably won't be impressed haha :) IT WAS SO FUN I'd been dying to show Evan the city since we've before we were married, almost 3 years! It rained all day which was great because that's characteristic and we wanted the real thing. We visited the UBC campus including an art exhibit there, had crepes and european shopping on Robson street, perused the crafty shops of Granville Island and another art school, located right on the 1 square mile island, and got lucky with the best greek food imaginable. We didn't even GET to Stanley Park, or the Vancouver Museum of Art, or the Capilano Bridge, or the Hindu shops on Main St. Basically we're hoping to go back, but glad to be here in another fun area here in Kenmore. Nina did a really great job traveling. I did miss our play time at home, just her and me.


Doily framed whimsy on display at Emily Carr school of art on Granville Island


At Simpatico, the greek place on 4th Ave.

So Emily Carr offers sewing classes every Saturday for anyone who wants to come! They have a sewing corner set up in a of their student display area. Each month they rotate through the same 4 classes but I think you can repeat them to get skills. It's pretty neato. I wish BYU-I had something like that!

A student made piece made up of scraps of cloth


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