Digital world

I have been online looking at blogs from some of my friends from high school. They all have CUTE blogs that they have designed using digital scrapbooking. So I thought I would try it out. This is my first page that I have designed. It's not the best out there, but I am learning on my own and hopefully I can get better.

SO BIG!!

Alexandra loves to play "Soooo Big!" Miles took the bottom picture. He did a great job!

Here is a new video of Alexandra & Caden.

The Week of the Desks

Two Sundays ago (June 10th) we were driving home from Church and we were stopped at a stop light. On the corner of Clayton Way and Concord Blvd. there was a big desk with a sign that said "FREE." I said to Tim, "Look a free desk" more teasing than being serious. We drove passed it and and he called Chris immediately asking to borrow his truck to haul this desk to our house before anyone else took the desk. Chris and Tim went back, picked up the desk. They said it was heavy and big. They didn't know how to two of them lifted into his truck at all. Chris had to go somewhere. So Tim called J.M. and Max to haul it into our house. It WAS big! But it was free!

Then on Thursday (June 14th) we were on our way to a park for a picnic with our friends. On the corner of Concord Blvd. and Denkinger there were about 20 school desks sitting out. Once again I said to Tim, "Look free desks." He said we would pick one up on our way home, if I really wanted him to. We got home and we forgot to get a desk, so I made him go back and pick one up. When he got back he had brought home 2!! One for Miles and one for Caden. They were so excited!! They put all their school supplies and books in them immediately.

What we learned: Concord Blvd. has sweet stuff for FREE!! Hurray for free stuff.

Cute Babies ... Best of Friends ... Upcoming Terrors in Nursery

We were at the park Tuesday night celebrating Chris' 35th Birthday (he's SO old) and realized I had my camera so I took some pitures of our all babies who have been born since March. It will be fun to watch them grow up and be friends. Looks like little Tyler will be the "ladies man."
From left to right: Sophie McKissick ~ April 12, Tyler Cook ~ April 18, Lauren Jacobs ~ May 17, Alexandra Doll ~ March 12.

Here are all the mommies holding their cute babies!! Tammy & Sophie, April & Lauren, Hayley & Tyler, Me & Alexandra.

Jana & Anthony's Wedding

Tim's baby sister Jana got married this weekend. Everything turned out beautiful. Thursday night we went to the Oakland temple for Jana's endowment session. Friday we helped set up for the reception and we had a family dinner at the church. Saturday Jana and Anthony were sealed in the Oakland Temple. It was a short but sweet ceremony.

The kids were surprisingly good, for being such a long day. Miles was "Mr. Photographer." He took almost all the pictures that he wasn't in, and he did surprisingly well. We had 260 pictures on our camera. That kept him busy most of the day. The highlight for Miles was that he caught the garter at the reception. He was so excited and kept running around with it. Alexandra looked beautiful in her black and white dress. (And not in the HUGE bow on her head in the first picture.) But she was the happiest all day after I took off her dress and carried her around in her onesie during the reception. Caden had fun running around with his cousins and friends. Tim was busy being the DJ for the reception.

Memorial Day Weekend

Last weekend was Memorial Day. So on Friday we took the kids to see Shrek the Third. We went to the re-opened drive in theater. I think we will do this more often. It was great! Kids 11 and under are free and you get to take in your own food. That was nice and cheap. Plus the kids can talk with out bothering everyone in the theater and I could wear my PJ's!

Saturday we took the kids swimming. We were at the pool for 4 hours. I even brought my camera to take pictures of Alexandra in the pool, swimming with Tim. She doesn't seem to mind the water. But we only keep her in for about 5 minutes.

Monday we went up to Mt. Diablo. The biggest "mountain" (it's more like a hill, compared to Utah moutains) in the Bay Area. We stopped for some Subway sandwiches and then had a picnic at Mt. Diablo. First we stopped at "Rock City" and climbed around the rocks. Then we drove up to the top and looked around. We could see Concord, Clayton, Walnut Creek, Martinez and Danville. Miles got a little scared being up so high. Alexandra was a trooper and survived the day. We went to Tim's parents' house afterwards for a BBQ. The boys swam in Grandma's pool/slide. Miles said that was his favorite thing he did that weekend.