A Soft Opening

So, I've been wanting to start a blog for some time now, but have been putting it off because I was waiting for something momentous and exciting to kick things off. You know, to start things off with a bang!

Not that life has been boring; on the contrary, it's been rather eventful! We welcomed Sean Anderson Yamada to our family in June,

Sean arrived June 6th at 7 lb. 11 oz

and promptly moved from Provo to Iowa City in July.

And since moving to Iowa, we haven't slowed down. We've taken a trip to Chicago

Across the street from the Chicago Tribune

and spent the day at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

Prize winning, 1,000 lb pumpkin

So I could've start this blog off with a detailed recap of any of these events, but somehow it doesn't seem appropriate for the inaugural post of Mountain Fields to be written predominantly in the past tense about things that happened up to three months ago. And while this blog will eventually be filled with the specifics of my daily life, events like Kyle's first day of school, Sean's two month check up, or my trip to the meat counter at Fareway, a post on day-to-day life seemed much too boring for a debut. So I've resorted to this "soft opening", if you will. Welcome to my blog!

note: In a "soft opening," an establishment begins to operate without a lot of attention. This allows the organization to become more organized the first few weeks or months before the more publicized Grand Opening, and gives the management and staff a chance to become familiar with their daily operations. (from Wikipedia)

P.S. Be sure to stay tuned! For my grand opening, I'm going to have a ribbon cutting ceremony...