Gabe

Jamie beat me to this posting about Gabe's mission call but I have some photos to add to the whole thing. We are very excited. I was a bit shocked but Gabe kept his cool during the entire opening process. I have noticed him consulting Google for info on his mission and Argentina in general. Reports to the MTC August 25th...

Congratulations Gabe!!!

Gabe,

We are so excited for you!!! Argentina will be so lucky to have you for a couple of years...

We will definitely miss you, but we know you are making the right choice!

We love you!

Wonderful Grandma Louise

It was so nice of Grandma Louise to come up and visit so I could get out of town with some of my girlfriends. The other day Julian and Caleb told me that they wanted to go and visit their 'Gramma Weez'. They really love her!

We've Arrived!!!!

After 5 days in the car with two fantastic children we have arrived! What a relief!

We had our share of hiccups including pouring rain, tornadoes, thunderstorms, our 2 year old car braking down, and our last day of driving included making up for lost time with over 700 miles to travel. Yikes! Our kids were wonderful troopers with the help of DVD's, childrens music, and some Shrek toys/cups at McDonalds. We dont often buy McDonalds, let alone Happy Meals but when it came to helping us on our adventure we went.

After arriving, we had to be moved to our 3rd room (1st one smelt of smoke- which I have come to really appreciate CA laws of no smoking!!!, 2nd one had some broken ammenities), the fire alarm went off at 1230am the 1st night, and then yesterday as we tried to get some house hold items a flying/rolling tire came right at us as we drove. Thankfully it did not hit us, but it scared us all!

Today we went to sacrament meeting, and it was a wonderful meeting on temples. We spent the day in our place getting organized, playing, reading, relaxing, and eating. Tomorrow Caleb starts his new job, and we are excited!

Hope all is well with everyone!

photo shoot...

A friend of mine is thinking of starting a photography company and asked if she could take pictures of the girls for her portfolio...I thought, "why not?" And I absolutely LOVE them! She hasn't given me a disk yet, but she emailed me some, so I wanted to share them.

Liam's 1st bike!!!

We recently discovered that Liam was getting a little too big for his tricycle...so he tried out some of the communal bikes around our complex. Some of these too big for his size, but he had fun! With the beautiful weather the past few days, we have spent most of our days outside, except for nap times, and this is all he wants to do- RIDE BIKES! I love it, and I love to watch him- so does Emma & Caleb.

So we decided to get him his own bike- blue & yellow, has training wheels, and he can reach the ground when he stops. We also got him a new helmet that fits him better! Tonight Emma, Liam and Caleb put the bike together, and then he was off riding...I now think Emma wants one too, but she is still a little small. Our neighbor is actually making a bike for Emma that has no training wheels, and it helps teach the kids how to balance themselves. Cool!

For now we are enjoying the wonderful weather outside...playing on bikes, and having fun! (I would post pictures but I am not able to download at this time)