move to delta

Colorado Springs treated us well, but we are trading "big city" life for the small town of Delta CO -population 8,135. Here are some pictures of the view from our balcony. We are living in the apartment/house that Ben and his brother in law built on the Jones' 20 acres.

We are in the process of buying a house and plan to close on the 22nd, but we will be in the apartment until spring (when I post pictures of the house, you will understand).

You, my friends, are probably more interested in pictures of baby Joachim. He's 7 m.o. now and he crawls, drools and smiles, often simultaneously.

Apple Fest.

Until this weekend I took our laundry to Ben's parent's house, hence Joachim riding in the laundry basket. Just yesterday Ben hooked up our new used washing machine in the apartment, just as cold weather was making treks across the yard a nuisance.

note the silver thread of drool