Gibson's First Spelling Test!

We're so proud of Gibson for getting 100% on his first spelling test! Yay Gibson!

And I'm so proud of Brady for making the Dean's list! (p.s. the diploma's in the mail!!!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SASSIE!

Happy Birthday to the most beautiful, wonderful, sweetest girl in the world! We will be in Disneyland on Sassie's birthday, so we celebrated it a few days early.

Wonderful Diane, at Ma and Paws Bakery, makes her a special cake every year. Since she can only eat "Sweet Potato and Fish" dog food, Diane works her magic and turns in into something delicious! You should have seen how excited Sassie was when I brought the box into the house! She knew it was her birthday cake!

Sassie, eating ONE of the many slices of cake she enjoyed today.

A birthday feast for everybody!

I love this picture of Baby Girl licking her lips!

Pen and Pencil Set

My latest Pet Shop Boys memorabilia.

Mr. K A R A T E !

One night last week, Gibson informed me that he was going to put on his "karate" pants and do "karate" moves on the trampoline! Boy, were we in for a treat - especially since he let me videotape him! I LOVE how he starts out his routine in meditation and with a namaste.

Kitchen - 99% Finished!

Well, the kitchen is pretty much finished. The little things that still need to be done will probably just gradually get done when we feel like it. We're burned out, but are LOVING IT!
This is our backsplash. We found this great tile pattern that is the same as the tile pattern on the floor. We popped out the small squares tiles and replaced them with glass tiles. The glass tiles are similar colors to the granite; it all ties in together very nicely!

A close-up of the backsplash.

How the backsplash looks with the granite and the cabinets!

Brady built this new railing from SCRATCH! He antique-stained all the wood and made the design with the steel rods. It looks really nice - I'm very impressed with his work!

And Kaili - here's my kitchen table! I was so happy to find one that I liked in the right size. The end of a long journey....

Gibson Started Kindergarten!

My big boy started Kindegarten today! Wow!

Bear Lake '09 - Round 2

We were fortunate enough to make it up to Bear Lake again this year. It is one of our favorite places to camp. It's very beautiful and just a nice, relaxing trip.

Gibson and his cousin, Kayden.
Meili with her i-pod.

Karly and Nate.

Sassie - sound asleep!

Brady - sound asleep!!! :)

We had a really nice beach area with this great sand area for the kids to play in. They built lots of castles and moats.

Hmm. What am I doing? Oh yeah - what I always do at Bear Lake!

Brady and Gibson building a castle!

Hi Kirkie!

Cool dude, Gibson!

Sassie HAS to go out in the water whenever I go out there. I don't think she likes to swim - but she has to be close to me and keep an eye on me to make sure I'm safe! Here she is running back to shore - what a fast girl!