in a nut shell

i've been trying to get this post finished for a while now...so here are a few highlights:
* we found albertina! (abby's cabbage patch newborn baby) she's had her for a while now and was devastated when we came back from ecuador and couldn't find her
* we lost her purple sunglasses, so i had to get her some new ones
* we seem to live outside, now that the weather is mostly nice
* we were so glad to get a visit from some dear friends we made while in cali: mitzi and keith. abby fell in love with keith :)
* we are counting the days to get out and ryan continues to apply for just about every job out there!
* my mind is going blank, so i'm just gonna send this post out now....

~i forgot to stack the pictures, so now i can't write under them :(~