High School Reunion

10 years, wow! It was a bit like a time warp. I am so glad that I have stayed true to my beliefs! My life has been truly blessed as a result!
It probably wasn't that fun for Stephen to spend several hours with perfect strangers, but I was so glad that he came along for the moral support! Even after I harassed him about not matching me and giving away his black suit to Good Will, he still looked good (duh!) and it was a fun date! Below is a picture of us with Crystal and Joshua, our dinner-table neighbors. Crystal was in my English class all four years of high school. She ended up majoring in English at Cal State Long Beach and now is working on her Master's Degree there. Her hubby she met in her Italian class. He confesses taking another semester of Italian, just to get to know her - hey it worked! P.S. She looks exactly the same as she did in high school! Good ol' Craig Williams! My memories with Craig date back to 5th grade in Ms. Hagan's class! He is really sweet. It was great to see him. I wish Genesee would have come! She would have loved seeing all of these people too!
This is Courtney Rainey. She majored in English. Now she's working on her masters in Art History so that she can fall back on teaching if nothing else works out in the fine arts realm. I am happy for her because she has definitely stayed true to herself, she is pursuing her goals, and she is independent and happy.

Kids Club, Here We Come!

Yellow Duck? Check. Reading materials? check. Hot pink shoes? Check-check. Let's go! Whenever we get ready to leave the house, Brooklyn grabs just the essentials, copying her mom. Does she look like she's ready for preschool or what? Actually, it's just another day of going to the gym... and that means, Kids Club, here we come!
Here is her smile-for-the-camera face.

Side note - she now prefers the "big sister" bib. Today she replaced a stained old white bib with the dancing-bunny-big-sister-bib all by herself. Apparantly this fashion-conscious toddler prefers to eat in style!

Just another Pizza Night

So how do you like the new bib? Pip thought it was just another hand-me-down, Tina didn't even notice it. Finally before Jim left for his meeting and after the meal was finished, we made my dad read it out loud. Later when Jeff read it, he thought it was an eye-test because we made him read it first without then with his glasses on, just to see how blind he was. We had to point it out to Calvin after we had him take the bib off, then back on again. Carol still doesn't know because she was at a baby shower, so Caden will tell her tonight.

I guess we'll soon find out who's actually checking out our blog! :)

3 Days to Celebrate 3 Years

Caden's 3rd Birthday was quite a reason to celebrate on the long Labor Day weekend. It was also an excuse to escape the extremely hot temperatures in the valley - I don't know how people survive summers in the desert! Don't the waves look beautiful! It was great weather for the beach - everyone else must have thought so too!

Caden's B-day

Brooklyn had a great time at her first real birthday party. Games included duck-duck-goose, throw a waterballoon at the "thirsty" tiger (drinking fountain), and pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. Brooklyn loved running around with other tots like herself. And of course, she couldn't get enough of those cupcakes and ice cream!

Brooklyn's Favorite Magazine

Brooklyn loves to "read" the Friend magazine. I point out familiar objects in pictures, she repeats them, then she makes up an nonsense story. It's pretty cute that she's already so interested in books and magazines - what an studious gal!

Uncle Eric

Stephen's brother Eric stayed with us for a week before returning back to BYU for the fall. Brooklyn became fast friends with Eric. They sat next to each other in the car for 12 hours or more. Here are some pics of the morning before Eric left.