Monday, September 29, 2008

My Baby Laura


Was going through some pictures I have and came across this cutie. Laura spent many of her vacations in Mexico when she was little. This was in San Felipe and she was having lots of fun at the pool at the campground we stayed at. She was quite a little trooper, putting up with firecrackers popping all around and big brothers who let her follow them around the beachfront campground. Her first trip to this campground was when she was only 6 weeks old. In this picture she's around one year old.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Mystery Hand


Maddie's little hand was looking for something... I was sitting outside the tent reading and just happened to look up and see this little sweet hand trying to get out I guess... what a cutie! (Yes, I'm in love).

Smokey the Bear


Smokey wouldn't be happy with Maddie "playing with matches"... but she was being supervised... by her daddy!

Grand Canyon Fun September 2008


More pictures from our Grand Canyon!

Grand Canyon Fun!


We met Shawn, Laura and Maddie at the Grand Canyon and then Paul and Shawn hiked down to the bottom and spent the night and came back up the next morning. Quite a hike! We had a wonderful time (spending about 5 days with them)... Maddie was the star of the show! Fun times!

It's a.......


GIRL!!!!! Laura is feeling great and is excited (as is Shawn) that they're having another little girl. Little Maddie will be a big sister. Yippee!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

What's it going to be?


We are anxiously awaiting Sept. 3rd to find out if Maddie is going to have a brother or sister. The fact of the matter is, whether it's a boy or a girl this new little baby doesn't have any idea of how lucky he/she is to be getting such a special family! Sept. 3rd is a big day for Molly, too, as she gets a closer idea of when she will have their new little boy. Needless to say, I will be anxious to talk to both Laura and Molly!

A Mama Bear and Two Cubs


Mike and Laura and kids saw five bears while in Tahoe. These two cubs were following a big mama bear. They saw bears at 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.... during the day you're pretty lucky to see a bear and get pictures. We hear them roaming around in the night when it's dark but the kids hit the jackpot in seeing them AND getting pictures... keep going for more pictures of cute kids AND bears!

Emily 2008


This sweet little face belongs to our Emily! She's starting dancing classes soon and tomorrow 9/2/08 she begins her second year of preschool with a new teacher. She's such a happy girl!

Aiden in Tahoe


Four year old Aiden on a ferry ride on Lake Tahoe. August 2008.

Mike, Laura, Aiden and Emily


This is one of my favorite little families (I have three favorite families in my life)... They have lots of fun together and have recently been doing a lot of camping in some of the same spots we used to take the kids when they were younger. They really get around! Aiden and Emily love camping with their mom and dad!

BEARS!


Mike, Laura, Aiden and Emily vacationed in Tahoe last week and were treated to some bear sightings. The pictures speak for themselves... They called me from Tahoe and when their Daddy prompted them to tell Grandma what they saw, they said they saw a cow. Apparently the cow they saw made more of an impact than the incredible bears... after more prompting they said they saw a bear, too.