oh hello there

so here's the scoop: we finally made it to dearborn! like most places i move to, it was flooding when we arrived so i took that as a good sign. we huddled up in a motel for a few days and made craigslist our super best friend. which is how we found the dearest, teensiest, central-air-conditioned 2 bedroom house in town. we triumphed after much heartache, such as the nasty house where a family of birds dive bombed me and covered me in poop. awesome. so we're pretty pumped for our new place, one that is not home to territorial nesting birds. and for all of you who were crossing your fingers for me--drumroll please--target is just a five minute drive away. [enter angelic heralding now]

here's the rub: we can't move in until june first, which means that we remain homeless nomads for a few days longer. so instead of staying in flooding dearborn we decided to leave the country. what better way to celebrate memorial day, right?

which is how we found ourselves here:

and here:


with these lovely people (warren's sister catherine, her husband jared, and their awesome kids, emma and jonas):

wearing super sweet elf gear for our maid of the mist voyage:


so here's to impromptu trips to toronto/niagara falls! on a side note, toronto is filled with treasures. like... creepy black-and-ginger-tailed squirrels
statues where you can become a 'pillar of justice'
whales!

and street performers like this dude...
life is good. happy memorial day!