When we got back from Italy, Dan was made a lead at work! Yay!!! We were thrilled for him and saw this promotion as a direct result of the prayers offered up for Dan leading up to his getting the job in May of last year. God is so good and He is ever so faithful! We're grateful to see Him continue to pour out blessings on Dan and our family through the Boeing company.
We hadn't been back in the States for long when it was time for another trip - only this time it was just Jackson and me traveling to Florida to visit my side of the family and our Sunshine State friends. The trip was a long one -- 2 1/2 weeks (translation, WAY TOO LONG to be away from Dan/Daddy but a LOT of fun!). Since we would be gone for Halloween, we left behind a special package for Dan to open after we'd left.
While we were in Florida, Dan was off on his annual hunting trip in Eastern Washington with long-time friends, The Vollmers. No deer were harmed in the making of this year's hunt but fun was had, gourmet meals were cooked in the campfire, and camouflage was worn. 
Jackson and I like to attribute some of the trip's success to the hunting kit that we left behind for Dan to take with him. (We dressed up in our own camouflage for the picture.)
Meanwhile in sunny Florida, Jackson and I had a great time visiting my parents and my sister Julie in Orlando.
We met up with lots of friends - old and young.
Thanks to our friend Shannon, we got to introduce Jackson to Disney World for the first time. He loved his close encounter with the cast (including Shannon herself as a cheetah) from The Festival of the Lion King Show at Disney's Animal Kingdom. And at Epcot he met Mary Poppins (or "Poppins" as Jackson calls her) herself (our friend Tiffany) in jolly ol' England. He also learned how to say "Dude!" from Crush the Turtle (from Finding Nemo) and was pretty enamored by the giant "Golf Ball" that was at the park's entrance.
Here's a post-Disney debriefing interview we did with Jackson in the parking lot before heading back home to Grandma and Grandpa's house.While we were in Florida, Halloween came and went and Jackson had not one but TWO costumes this year! He was a fireman by day and a giraffe by night. When we went trick-or-treating at my cousins Tim & Gina's house, he said "Trick or Treat!" and then when they gave him the candy he said "Thank you" but gave it right back to them. I'm guessing by next year, he'll have quite the opposite reaction to having candy handed to him.
Jackson got to visit Aunt Julie and Grandpa at their offices. He even brought Aunt Julie some flowers for her desk.
One of the biggest reasons we were in Florida this time of year was to meet Ked & Christie's new arrival, Autumn! She arrived while we were in town and we were thrilled to be able to spend a little time getting to know her and fall in love with her. Congrats, Pomeroy Family!
In the midst of all the Florida fun, we found some time to take a music break at the home of our friends, The Hicks Family. Jackson went to town on the piano.Here are a few more Florida pics:
Once we bid our sad goodbyes to the Tyckosons in Florida, we were thrilled to be home with Dan again and he seemed to have missed us quite a bit too. He had a welcome home bouquet of red roses and a card waiting for me when we got home from the airport. What a guy!
We got back into the swing of busy West Coast life right away. Dan took me to my first University of Washington Huskies football game. Go Dawgs! It was a historic game, considering it was the last to be played in Husky Stadium before undergoing its major renovation. While the Huskies didn't win, we still enjoyed hanging out with friends Kat & Rondell up in the nosebleed section. We're hopeful for a victory at our next game! My only regret is not snapping a photo of Dan in his game gear for the night - all dressed up in "duck hunting" camouflage since we were playing against the Oregon Ducks.
Our wonderful long-time friend Bethany came for a visit from Colorado. We've missed her terribly since she graduated from nursing school here in Seattle and moved back to her hometown. Jackson smiled a big "CHEESE!"-y smile when he posed for a picture with her.
We also celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary -- well, sort of. We haven't technically gone out yet to celebrate it but we will. For the big day, we settled on a home-cooked dinner and some fancy molten chocolate lava cakes with homemade raspberry sauce for dessert!
We both feel so blessed by God through this amazing journey of marriage together and it's hard to imagine that already 3 years have gone by since we first said "I do."
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