The last few years have been full of change for us. We moved into our new home in 2007 in time to celebrate Thanksgiving here. Since then we've taken trips to New Jersey, Seattle and Mt. Rainier (for an escape from the Austin summer heat, where we found both an abundance of beautiful wildlife and SNOW - very exciting for Texans, y'all)! Trips to Philadelphia and Toronto also offered us the opportunity to meet up with far-away friends.

For my last few birthdays, Matt gave me a gorgeous new camera and some accessories, so I've been enjoying experimenting with lots of pictures, too.

And, most recently, baby Donovan joined our family and we couldn't be happier. Learn more about him at his page.

About us:

Matt's been doing very well in his career in diagnostic sonography. He's earned certifications in diagnostic abdominal sonography (liver, kidneys, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas) and vascular sonography (arteries and veins), and will soon add another certification in echocardiography (heart).

He also recently took a turn at teaching ultrasonography at his alma mater and enjoyed the challenge and new skills he gained from it.

I'm finishing up my Master's of Science in Nursing through UT-Austin and am now a registered nurse! I'm working in a Labor & Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum unit taking care of pregnant women and newborns. There's so much to learn but I love it!

In my former life I worked as a publicist, both independently and with an agency, primarily for tech companies. I got to write, do press tour scheduling, do story pitching, and handle whatever else needed to be done for my clients' media interactions. It was fun but I was driven to switch to nursing because of my children. I think I made the right choice.

Clayton is 8.5 years old and still a great kid (not that we're biased or anything). He enjoys school and is doing well in all his studies. Lately he's also been staying busy with the Boy Scouts and his karate lessons.

Some of his favorite toys at home are still his action figures of animals, dinosaurs and knights - he's nothing if not consistent - but his all-time favorite thing to do is play World of Warcraft (after homework) and he's gotten pretty adept at his skills. The game has also motivated him to further improve his reading and spelling so he can play better.