Little Puffer

No trip to the San Fran Zoo would be complete without a ride on the steam train. It's really cool, and we have a train lover in our midst, so we just had to!

To keep Max happy in line, we let him hold a ticket. He was quite proud.
Hee hee, I have a ticket!
Look at that!
See?
All aboard!
Ridin' the rails!

We went to the beach this Saturday after picking Jared up from the San Francisco Airport on his way home from Asia. I just had to post this picture... working on the rest. But seriously, isn't he just the cutest baby? Love this boy! Can't believe he'll be 2 in less than 2 weeks!

Nikki

As I have been working on blog books recently, I've really enjoyed all the pictures I have of my nieces and nephews in there too. I figure when they're older and they come to my house, they might like seeing themselves too. So, here are some recent pictures I got of Nikki, who just turned one.

She is getting so fun, developing a little personality. It's funny to look at her, because she looks SO MUCH like her big sister Lizzie, only Liz had these startling blue eyes, and Nikki's are brown. What a cutie!!!!

Day at the Park

Just a beautifully random day at the park. Max will be two this month, and I know all sorts of craziness is about to ensue with the new baby, so I cherish his chubby, dirty, face all the more. What a joy this one is!

I WON!!!!

I won a photo contest!!! It's not really a huge deal, just a gardening website that I order from a lot, but I get free seeds AND they are using my picture to sell the product! You can see it here! Mine is the pretty one in the bowl. Does this mean I can claim to be published?:)

Pearl Girl

I am so proud of my Pearly. She played "I am a Child of God" for her best friend Makayla's baptism tonight. Yesterday, she didn't want to. And this morning, she REALLY didn't want to... as in Pearl, you're wasting time crying when you could be practicing... and then when she played it to warm up for prelude at the baptism, she only made it halfway through. So, I prayed and prayed she would have a good experience, because I KNEW she could do it, and she did FABULOUSLY. She made a few minor mistakes but just kept going, I am so proud of her. And I'm so grateful that it went well - this means she'll try again and be less nervous next time. She's growing up so fast! What a good girl. Love her so much.

Happy 4th

Happy 4th of July! Doesn't get much better than naked sparklers in Grandma's pool:)

As a side note... on this particular day, after "going" accidentally in Grandma's pool, I caught him sitting on the side holding his boy parts and saying "go, go!!!" Sorry buddy. Doesn't work that way:)