"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.:-- "Annie"

It has been a great 4 years here in Binghamton. We have not only grown as a family, we moved in together, got married, and received our Masters Degrees. We both worked with some great people and worked hard at our jobs. Our families grew-Sara and David had Griffin, Lisa and Mat got married and had Madilyn. We feel very happy about our time spent here.

We will cherish the memories we take away from here...





Game Thanksgiving 2007-Cascade Great Room











Mom, Aunt Connie,
Aunt Linda, John, Dad,
Kyle,Uncle Tom
2006/2007
First Night Binghamton











Our RD friends






Lanae, Lippe, and me















Greg and Jess with Gray














Lippe and Lanae

Kyle, me, Andrea, Barnes, and Lanae

Andrea, me, Critter

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same."
~Flavia Weedn

As we continue to pack up our belongings it is bittersweet. Although we have loved living in Binghamton, it is time for us to move on-both personally and professionally. We are looking forward to living near some of our college friends again-Grayson will have some new friends!! Several of our friends have new babies or young toddlers. We are excited to hang out with them!!

Other than that--everything is going well. Grayson laughed for the first time on Fathers Day-Kyle thought it was his present to him. We love to watch him grow and start to experience new things--he loves his puppy and he loves to go for rides-both in the stroller and in the car. Parenting is hard work, but it is the most rewarding hard work we have ever done.

Happy summer to all of our teacher friends--what a great feeling!!

Pack it in...

Well, it's official. We are moving-Kyle accepted the job at University of Rochester as Area Coordinator for Family and Graduate Housing. We will be moving to our new townhouse in the graduate student housing complex on June 24th. We were going to move next week, the 19th, but they are installing new carpeting so we have to wait a few more days. I will be taking some time off from working. I am not sure how this will work out--but we want to give it a try. I love being home with Grayson and I dont want to miss anything.

Our new place is two floors, two bedrooms, with a basement. We will be purchasing our own washer and dryer--which is great-considering the option of having to scratch up quarters every time we need to do laundry. We will have a little bit more room than we do now which will be great in the future when Grayson becomes mobile and has more toys.

The housing complex seems to be full of families and kids--which will be great because I will be leaving a great group of mommy friends here in the Binghamton area. I am also lucky because my friends Becky, Jen, and Kim all live nearby--and they all have new babies as well! I am very excited to live closer to them! We also have a lot of family in the area as well and look forward to seeing them more often. We will miss being so close to our immediate family though. We will set up a guest room as soon as possible!

I will post more news about the move soon...

We spent last weekend traveling to Pittsburgh, PA for Smitty's wedding. It was great to see everyone and catch up--we definitely don't get to see our college friends often enough. Grayson stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Struble--he had a splendid time, Grandma needed a nap after we left! We were very grateful for a night away! Thanks Mom and Dad! The wedding was at the National Aviary-it was a beautiful setting for a beautiful wedding. We are glad to see Smitty so happy!





That's all for now. It's late--we went to Franklin to have dinner with Sara, Griffin, Jane, Ryan, Gary and Joan. We had a great time!

More recent events

Mothers Day at the Leddys new house.





























Our first Mothers Day! It was a great day--Gray got me a massage at a nearby spa. Kyle made me a beautiful picture collage of Gray. I was a happy mommy!















Wake up!!














Greg and Jess--Grayson loves when they visit!












Madilyn's birth day! 5/2/08!!

















Happy G-ma!














Happy Poppa!















Great Grandma Struble loving her great grandbabies!












I love my cousin!








Phew-we have been so busy I am all tired out!

Recent Events

First, I would like to send some prayers to Braedan, Jen, and John. We are thinking of you and hope that tomorrow brings only good things! We love you guys.

We have been traveling quite a bit lately to see friends and family. Kyle finished up his semester recently, and we have taken advantage of this time to get out of town!

Camping with Mom and Dad Struble, Lisa/Mat and Maddy, and Uncle Tom and Aunt Connie at Chenango Valley State Park last weekend. Mom and Dad just got a new camper--HUGE! Perfect for the new grandchildren!

Hiking at the Leddys--we love to visit our new "neighbors."




























The 7th Annual Big Ass Pig Roast































My friends, Grayson and his new friends! I love all of the new babies!














It's been a GREAT month!

Froggy Pics

Grayson's Froggy Pics. Every month we take a picture of Gray with his froggy-watch how he grows.

5 months old! 12.5 pounds



















4 months old! 11.2 pounds





















3 months old! 9.3 pounds



















2 months old! 6.7 pounds















1 month old! 4.1 pounds



















Grayson's birth-yes, those are Kyle's and my hands! 2.9 pounds