life's a blur...

hi everybody! i just finished the third week of the semester and my head is spinning. both karen and i feel like our wheels are going a mile a minute as we just try to maintain a level of normalcy in the midst of school, work, and home life. the priorities of raising jeremiah and having a healthy marriage are hard to maintain in the world we find ourselves in at the moment! as i've run from lecture to lecture, labored over hundreds of pages of course readings, and as karen has attempted to keep both our home and the local starbucks afloat, i've come to one conclusion: life can become little more than a blur at times.

as i pondered that thought, i began to look back at what possibly could have gone on in our lives that would have caused us to find ourselves in the frazzled state we're currently in. as i racked my brain, i quickly realized A LOT has gone on to bring us to this point. in fact, the last two years have brought change, change, and more change (did i mention there's been a lot of change?). not only has there been a lot of it, but it has come steadily now for an extremely long period of time.

don't get me wrong, change isn't synonymous with bad in my vocabulary. in fact, i would say that almost all of the change has been good. it has included finding out we were going to have a baby (apr '04), having the aforementioned baby (dec '05), adjusting to life with that baby (dec '05-forever), getting out of the air force (jun '05), visiting and living with family for the summer (jun-aug '05), moving to canada (sep '05), adjusting to living in a different country (sep '05-present), taking steps to meet new people and make new friends (sep '05-present), and finally, starting the graduate school experience (sep '05-present). in spite of how great these events and experiences have been, they definitely can knock you silly if you let them, as they come one after the other in what seems to be a never-ending barrage of change.

although we're treading water right now and look with anticipation to the time when things might slow down and be a little less adventurous (not sure that will ever happen), we are still enjoying life. we wouldn't change the change that's come one bit! here are some pictures of this crazy but fun time in our lives.

hope you are doing well... it has been good to hear from those of you that have written us comments on this site. thanks for being part of our lives!
p+k









5.10.04- our first picture of jeremiah. he hasn't changed a bit!

12.18-19.04- jeremiah spending some quality time with daddy and mommy during his first two days outside the womb

5.18.05- patrick celebrating after his last missile alert

6.3.05- the whole gang during their last few hours in minot

6.7-15.05- patrick and karen on the train during their european adventure (below: cinque terre, venice, rome)

9.1.05- jeremiah helping unpack a sea of boxes in the shoe box we affectionately call home

9.7.05- patrick's grad school located next to the university of british columbia campus