Welcome to the new look of our website. This new look is the product of a couple weeks' work from both of us, and we hope you like the change as much as we do. The previous look was set up quickly and was meant to be temporary, and a year of that look was long enough. We really wanted to make our blog and photo gallery better looking and more coherent. One main focus in designing this new site was to make the blog and photo gallery look like the same website and make it easier to go back and forth. Some of the changes were made to make the site more easy to use, in addition to the overall change in appearance. Here's a brief list of changes below:

• Our Move to Seattle blog and Our Move to Seattle photos have a standardized look. We worked for several hours on the header and footer, including editing the picture of Mount Rainier, which is an actual picture we took ourselves from Seward Park. We thought this was a beautiful picture and wanted to emphasize the natural elements in the Northwest, so we chose our main theme colors as blue and green.


• The font styles and sizes have changed.


• The blog shows random pictures from the photo gallery on the left side to attract visitors to some of the photos we've taken.


• The photo gallery includes links to the latest posts we've made on the blog.


• We made it easier for people to contact us by including our email addresses.


• We included Lesley's name in some places where only my name was listed.


• Post labels are now available on the sidebar so that you can more easily click on certain labels to see all posts on a certain topic or with a certain theme.


• Our Move to Seattle icon in the top left corner is visible after scrolling down far enough on the page.


• New icon associated with the site visible to Firefox users.


• There are numerous other small changes.

We've tested this in multiple browsers and believe that the site appears and works correctly in most browsers. However, if you find anything that doesn't look right or doesn't seem to work on your computer, please post a comment here or send us an email to let us know.

Also, please let us know what you think of the new look. I know that the white text on the blue background may be harder to read for some, so please let us know if you have an issue with that. And, let us know if you have any other suggestions or complaints.