Settling in

We are loving our new town, it's even more beautiful than we'd realized when visiting. One of our favorite parks/playground (and coffee shops) is right on the Bay- What a view!


as usual the cold water didn't stop our little fish
On our first day in town one of Greg's coworkers, who we'd never met, invited us over for dinner and to go out on their boat. They have 2 children, one of whom is adopted internationally, and it ends up that both of their kids are in Ella's preschool! June, the mom, also invited me to join her book club and I enjoyed a lovely meal out with a bunch of fun women Wed night.
Greg and Ella on Lake Samish


On Friday night we threw a cookout for the 5 families we know in town. We figured that if we had people over right after moving in there was no pressure to have everything perfect. And it is so environmentally friendly here that I don't know if I again could throw a cookout using paper products or non organic beef!
On Saturday we explored the nearby state park.

A seaweed skirt
A seaweed "restaurant"

On Sat night our good friends Jeff and Sheena came up from Seattle to have dinner at the local brewery with us, it was so great to catch up!