The post below I just realized never went public...it's a bit outdated now but I thought I would put it up anyway. 

Things have been moving along quickly at the Soell house.  We decided to buy a house this year so we've begun that process which mostly takes up all of my free time and energy these days.  We also got ourselves a little puppy named Augustus (we call him Gus).  He's a lot of fun.

Perhaps I'll have some more time to catch up with the blogger world a little later this week.  For now, I need to meet some deadlines :).