Whirlwind Season!

I've decided that the Spring/Summer of '07 will go down in the Taquito and Lanes' history as one of the craziest of their lives to date. Actually, from about January '07 on, it's all pretty much a blur. To update those of you with whom we don't keep in contact nearly enough, here is the quickest version I can come up with. In January after returning home from a wonderful Christmas in Utah, Taquito begins some intense medical rotations during which Lanes falls ill and cracks a rib from coughing (of all the lame things). After recovery, they are lucky enough to have 2 different sets of family come to San Francisco to visit. (love you guys, so much fun). Match day comes with good news that they will be spending the next 4-5 years in Portland while Taquito completes a residency in Ophthalmology at OHSU. Packing begins . . . and continues, and continues, amidst Taquitos demanding school schedule and Lanes' at-home fun with Abs and Lou Lou. In May, Taquito climbs Mt. Whitney with some friends, graduates from UCSF Medical School the next week, the fam moves to Portland the next day, day after that we go camping in the Columbia River Gorge for a week, come home, unpack a little, head to Samoa for 2 weeks to visit Lanes' parents who are serving an LDS Mission there, next day Taquito begins his life as an intern.

We have been so blessed these past few months and are so happy to be "settled" in Lake Oswego (just outside of Portland). It is beautiful here and we really love it so far. We miss San Francisco like crazy and think of it all the time, but we feel really good about being here and are enjoying this new adventure in our lives. Taquito is really enjoying his new role as an intern, crazy as it may be. Lanes is getting to know the town, has found Costco and Target and is enjoying this time with the girls (most of which is spent at the neighborhood pool). Abs has found a tree in the front yard to climb and has turned into a little fish that never wants to get out of the water. Lou Lou loves to play in her room and help pick blackberries from the backyard. Needless to say, life is good! We love and miss all of you and hope to hear how things are going in your neck of the woods, wherever that may be.