Happy Birthday Erika!

Sunday Erika turned two....my baby is getting to be a big girl!


She has begun sitting on the potty, and has had success - thanks to big sister Nicole. It is great the Nicole and Elise encourage her and most of all HELP ME!

Nicole and Elise coached Erika all day on opening presents and the excitement of it. Erika was moderately interested. That all changed when the bubble machine made it's way out of the wrapping. The opening of presents was pretty much over.

Sitting with Mom opening the musical card. Those cards are pricy, but my girls LOVE them. They play with them enough over time that they finally make their way to the garbage when they break (or Ryan is sick of hearing the same tune over and over again).

Both sisters helping Erika along.

Notice how fixated Erika is on getting that bubble machine!

This is Erika trying to be the boss with putting the bubbles in the machine. It was a fiasco.

This is how Erika says "Cookie" - a talent that was taught to her from our friend Margaret Payne.

She did a great job blowing out the candles! She actually did it herself!

Vacation and Fourth of July

Sorry! No photos with this posting. I am in Idaho and away from my home computer where my photos are stored. For those of you who are connect with me on Facebook, you can see the photos from this trip under "Summer Vacation"

We had a great time in Utah, Montana and Idaho!

Thank you to Granny and Uncle T.J. and Aunt Jacqie for hosting all of us in Montana!

Thank you Jennifer and Heidi for hosting us in Utah!

We left San Jose early on June 26th for SLC. I drove with the three girls. It took us 14 hours to get there - many stops, and lots of construction on I-80

We left SLC on June 29th for Montana with Jennifer and her two sons, Connor and Damian

Joe W. dropped Kristian off at EFY at BYU Provo the same day.

We spent two great days with our Granny and Uncle T.J. and Aunt Jaqie.

We drove back to SLC on July 2 and Ryan flew in from San Jose and met us there - Yeah!

We spent the 3rd just chillin and visiting. We saw our good friends - The Peay Family - who we have not seen in several years.

We picked Kristian up from EFY on July 4th

Drove to Boise. Spent the evening with Jacci and Matt. Great food and a lot of fun!

Drove back to CA on July 6th with Jacci and her two girls, Eleanor and Alice.
We spent 10 days together in San Jose. I think it just about killed Matt to have his three girls gone for so long. THANKS MATT for letting them visit us in CA!!

Now we are in Boise - again. We attended Ryan's high school class reunion this evening. It was a good time. I actually knew a few people there, and we have reconnected with a few friends we had lost touch with.

We will be back in CA by Saturday. I promise....I will post photos next weekend.

Love you all!