Nov/Dec

James and I have been staying busy with work and school. James has been doing a lot of wood firings and has a lot of new work to photograph. We both finished classes in mid-December and have been relaxing around home a lot since. The girls from my work gave me a baby shower luncheon; I'm 10 days from my due date in this picture. We got our first snow a few weeks ago, and there is still a lot of snow on the ground. James went snowboarding with friends - the resort is less than ten minutes away. We checked out Flagstaff's Lowell Observatory a few days ago (they discovered Pluto there). We will spend the next week getting ready for baby to come and getting lots of rest. Happy holidays to everyone! Krista & James

October

October is through, and it's getting colder now. They predicted the first snow of the season on Monday, but it was pretty nice out today. James has been firing a lot, and at the studio a lot, working hard. I'm working on my own website for web design, at http://www.kristacoquia.com, and staying around home a lot. I look bigger every day, and have gained about 18 lbs.

James was a kabuki actor and I was a Chinese princess for Halloween. We went to a party with other ceramics students, and had a pumpkin carving contest. Check out James' dicephalopumpkin!

September update

Flagstaff is starting to get chilly, but things are going well here. James is liking school and I like my job at NAU. James is making a boat for an assignment in sculpture class, that is going to double as a crib for the baby. I'm getting huge, as you can see. We've finished with the home construction stuff for now; I want to do some landscaping but it will have to wait until Spring (It's been reaching freezing at night). We haven't gotten to explore much, but we went on a little hike on the tallest peak in Arizona (it's in Flagstaff) with our friend Andy last weekend, and we want to get down to Sedona or Phoenix in the next few weeks.
More soon!

Coquia Family update

We're settled in Flagstaff, Arizona now, and are in the process of setting up house and unpacking. We're about half an hour south of the Grand Canyon and half an hour north of Sedona - a great area for you all to visit! We're currently renting but we're working on buying the house. Once the house looks less like a disaster zone I'll post some pictures.

Flagstaff seems nice. People are really friendly, and there are a lot of hiking and biking trails all around town, especially around where we live (less than a mile from the college). There are a lot of really good coffee houses with free internet, and a nice farmer's market on Sunday morning.

School starts in a week; James is going full-time and I am going part-time. I'm also working part-time at the college in the Ecological Restoration Institute as a web designer, which gives both James and I tuition reduction and health care. Right now we're just enjoying not doing too much.

Some other news - we're expecting a new member to our family around December 31. I'm pregnant, and we just found out it's a girl!

Here's the new info:
727 E Zuni Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 cell: (805) 200-8545 home: (928) 214-7259
Krista: kayyllee@yahoo.com James: jcoquia@gmail.com