THE TANNER ADVENTURES OF 2008+

Here's an overall update of what we've been up to. We emailed it out and decided to journal it up too.

Since our last letter (16 months ago, but who’s counting?) nothing has changed,
really . . . well . . . except for a few little things. Here's the rundown:

We had a baby (a very cute one, I might add) named Adriana Rachel. Adriana is a Mexican name. We thought that was very appropriate since she is Mexican. (She was born in Mexico and, therefore, has dual citizenship.) Our little Mexican was born on March 24 at 11:44 pm weighing 9 lbs. and 21 inches long. She is our pride and joy.

Sarah learned how to speak Spanish . . . mas o menos.

Mark got a new job in a totally different field. He was in HR with Cemex, but now he has returned to actuarial work with BlueCross BlueShield of Texas.

We moved to Dallas (in December) and had to say goodbye to our wonderful friends from Mexico, whom we love dearly.

Adriana went from no skills (except crying and sucking) to many skills: rolling over, shimmying, crawling, standing up, walking, running, climbing, blowing bubbles, smiling, laughing, melting everyone as she smiles and laughs, bouncing, picking things up and putting them in her mouth, other fine motor skills, bow hunting, and growling, as well as significant improvements in her crying and sucking skills.

We did some fun traveling. Over the summer we spent time with the Hansens in Vail, Colorado and then with the Tanners in Utah. Sarah’s parents also came to visit us in October and we did some traveling around Mexico!

Our main accomplishment in Dallas (other than Adriana’s speedy growth) was buying a house! We lived in a hotel room for three months while we looked, so we were very grateful when it finally worked out. We love our home!

We had a myriad of other excellent experiences, too numerous to mention. We will really miss the Mexican people. We hope the coming months bring many great things to you and your family.

With Love,

Mark, Sarah, and Adriana

Overlooking Guanajuato

The mummies in Guanajuato...ooooohhhhh

All about death and mummies there.

Grutas de Garcia (cool caves near Monterrey)

Some of Monterrey's awesome mountains!