Lack of Posts

Sorry for the lack of posts. I temporarily lost my camera - which was going to be a good thing if I could get a new one but alas, Lauren found it packed away in the front pocket of her Dora backpack. I checked to see what the last pictures were of, and of course they are self-taken pics of her.

Meanwhile, I am spending all of my leisure time helping Vincent come up with a Halloween costume for Puppy Puddles (his stuffed dog). Not really, but he thinks I am and keeps asking if I've thought of something he could be. Yesterday he was looking in the craft cupboard for old socks to use for a costume. When I asked what he was going to dress Puddles up as he said, "It starts with an A and a P." -- Hmm, are you stumped? Duh, Puddles was going to be Peter Bourjous of the Anaheim Angels. "Okay ?!?"

Merry Maids

Lauren's Photo Shoot

One evening last week while the kids were getting ready for bed I heard Hadley & Lauren playing & giggling for the longest time. I found these pictures on my camera and realized how they were occupying themselves . . .

First Day Of School - 2011

The day before school started Gma Tigger & A.Molly came out to make the day extra special. Vincent had Kindergarten orientation and the kids went to see a movie while others napped. After dinner we went to the school to check the class listings. How fun to all do it together, come home for back-to-school cake & get blessings from Daddy. Morning time! (Even Gentry woke early - unlike the rest of the summer :(
To say Vincent loves Kindergarten is an understatement. He was so excited and was all about wearing collared shirts, wondering when they're going to get homework & best of all, sitting next to his friend Charlotte, here & in primary - they are great buddies.

End of Summer

Thanks to Chris' appendicitis we got a couple fun family days the last week of summer. We went to the beach, the movies, fishing at the trout ponds and took in a Quakes baseball game.

Each of the kids got to catch one trout. Gma & A.Molly met us up there in Mt.Baldy. We went back to their house for a BBQ & Chris tried cooking two trout.

Happy 2nd Birthday Gentry!

Guess who's 2?

Gentry had a rather cranky morning but her siblings were excited to shower her with gifts so that helped. Fun day planned: go to church, go to Upland to celebrate Gentry & Mom's b-day, hang out and have fun. Chris had other ideas on how to celebrate. This guy is so sentimental that he decided to commemorate my two-year anniversary of having Gentry by c-section by having an abdominal surgery of his own at the same hospital and everything! He was only off by about two hours but he didn't bring home a baby as a souvenir . . .

p.s. It was an appendicitis and he is doing fine.

Happy 7th Birthday Hadley!

I lost track of how many times we actually celebrated Hadley's birthday this year with different groups of our family. The Kings were in town a week before her actual birthday so we had a pool party with them. This is the picture of A.Molly and Hadley getting a huge display board of clothes for Barbie! 

Another celebration of all August birthdays (in attendance). U.Brookie, Chris, Hadley & Gentry. And it wouldn't be a party without a guy wearing a yellow wig - Ethan was all over that.
And then, Hadley's actual birthday morning. Favorite item has been the Unicorn Pillow Pet that I find Lauren sleeping on every morning.