Season's Greetings

Happy Holidays!

Love,

The Wrights

Andy, Sarah and Maxwell

Time for Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. It has always been my favorite holiday. I love food yes, but it's but it's more than that. I love the crisp, blue skies and vibrant, falling leaves that accompany fall and welcome in winter. And I love that it truly is a time of Thanks, for I have much to be thankful for.


I'm thankful for family and campfires and smores and the woods,



I'm thankful that this is my view out my kitchen window... Timp is so beautiful,



I'm thankful I have a very comfortable bed (you can't look over the little things....)



I'm thankful for the sweet cherub that has entered my life.......

And I'm thankful for a good many other things as well.... the list could go on, but I'll keep it short.
I'm grateful for THANKSGIVING.

He's Arrived!

Maxwell Varner made his arrival two weeks ago. He is very sweet and mom, dad and Max are all adjusting to their new life quite well.....


He likes to sleep...... at least during the day :)

He likes to smile too.....

I think he'd had enough for the day...... (note the adorable knit hat under his head, made by Grandma Molly )

And he likes to hang out with dad while listening to music and being sung to.

Last Minute Trips Just the two of Us...

Everyone has advised Andy and I to 'get away' as much as we can before the wee one comes and life as we know it turns completely upside down. So.. we went to Baja with my sister and her husband for a little break and some deep sea fishing.

Thanks to my bro-in-law's expertise in finding the fish, Andy got to reel in TWO big marlin. He was a great fisherman :)

Love the 'fishing belt'. (It is actually pretty necessary bringing in those big boys. Looks funny but works like a charm)

We were close to the beach, so evening walks in the sand were oh so nice.

We took the hounds up the canyon hiking as well and are planning a little camping trip this weekend although I can't honestly say I am looking forward to the 'several times a night' bathroom trips to take place in the bushes. (BTW, I don't usually dress this glamorous.)
And I'm sad I don't have any pictures from when my sister Heather and her family came out from Pittsburgh for a few weeks last month. It was great to see them and we were able to enjoy some time at home in the lustrious potato land of Idaho. (I'm thrilled to say that Andy has personally stated Idaho has 'grown' on him and he enjoys going up there quite a bit! :O )

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

Things have been pretty low key around the Wright house lately.....

as some of us continue to get larger.....

and some of us still lazier (if that is possible)....

Although...... while things are not completely finished, I have been productive in one area

It's progress... and hopefully we'll get there before he gets here :)

Trips, trips, trips

So Andy and I have been on a few trips over the past month. In the end of February, we went to Costa Rica. It is a beautiful country and I think a good time was had by all (aside from the morning sickness!)

We did a little 'adventure pack' one day which included horseback riding and doing a zip line through the rain forest. (They made us wear the ever-so-glamorous yellow helmets. A liability thing I'm assuming although they were as chinsy as they look and probably wouldn't do much good should one get a serious blow to the head anyway....).
This is the river we had to drive through to get to one of our destinations. At first we were confused because we had followed the map and didn't see how we could dead end into a river (mind you the roads down there are HORRENDOUS! It was a good day if we averaged 30 km/hr). But then a land rover came up behind us, promptly drove around us and without missing a beat just drove on through it. We followed suit and were on our way.
Andy's first, and honestly, probably one and only surfing lesson. He did well though and got up several times. (Thats him on the right and his teacher on the left).
The sunsets were incredible as were the sunrises. We would go watch them every day, the water always packed with surfers anticipating the perfect wave.

This is Volcan Arenal, an active volcano Costa Rica is famous for. It sits right next to a large lake which we drove around. It was gorgeous! If ever we go back, we'll be spending our time around lake and volcan Arenal.

These were strange and rather scary creatures (notice the NAILS!) But we fed them some club crackers and it was entertaining to watch.

My favorite part was just driving around the country. There were so many amazing, picturesque views we were able to see!

And last but not least the zip line! It was being up that high, a little scary if you looked down though. Our guide said he'd never had any casualties though :)

After we got back from this trip Andy took a trip to southern California with his dad to watch tennis while I went back east to see my sister who just had a baby. Pictures from these trips will have to come later though!

Stir Crazy

Winter is officially here. I can tell not only by the biting cold, my craving for soups and the snow that makes driving nerve racking, but by the uneasy, cooped up, stir-crazy sort of feelings that will not leave me alone. Winter makes it harder to get out, it seems, and so these feelings persist. Andy and I try.... and we have a good excuse because the dogs can always use a walk. But when TV has lost it's charm, I can't crochet another stitch, and cooking is the last thing I want to do, what in the world is there left to do?????? Blog. Blog on our feeble attempts to get out and take back our sanity.........



We like to go up to south fork..... It has a great view and there's a field where the dogs get very tired in a short amount of time, trudging through the 2-3 ft deep snow.

We've even been able to convince family members to join us in our endeavor.

God speed the Spring!