Growing boys

Its been too long since we posted any news; everything is going well here and we are settling in surprisingly quick- I think we have been looking forward to being where we both have work that we love for so long that we have sort of imagined a lot of the transitions and it makes this most recent of many moves much less disorienting than normal.
The boys are growing so fast- Will is now walking about 70% of the time he wants to get somewhere and his personality is really emerging. James is putting it all together much more than he was a month ago and constantly surprises us with his clever little commentary; its hard to remember sometimes that he will only be three in two weeks.
Connecticut is surprisingly green and rural- we didn't have a clear picture exactly before we came but it has been nice trying to figure out where the local good spots are- there are lots of state parks nearby and farms and roadside veggie stands, and the whole state is surprisingly forested. There are lots of beautiful old homes for sale- though we are still waiting to find a buyer for the place in the Netherlands ,we are already scheming about restoring an old farmhouse or finding decent land and building a new timberframe.

Here Will enjoys the swing we finally put up- that we bought for James 2 years ago...

This is the view from Talcott Mt. about 10 min from our house in Bloomfield- its supposed to be tremendous for the fall colours and on a clear day you can see north to New Hampshire.


Katharine taking her turn pushing Willy up the hill- the whole state is lots of rocky hills-


Before I found work with another framer, I bought this 400 board feet of white pine to make a garden shed with; I'm still going to cut the frame when I have the time- I was just psyched I could fit half of it in the minivan at a time. The timbers were cut by Moore's Sawmill which is about 4 miles from our house.

All the boys resting on our hike-

Willy is really cruising since we shot these, but they at least show how big he has gotten-