Carmel!

Allie and Jesse took some time this weekend in Carmel.  I stole these off of her blog because they were so cute!!  Such fun looking at the seals and listening to them make noise!

Don't you just wonder what he is thinking as he looks out over the ocean??

 Love the little smile on his face . . . I can just hear him saying "Wats dat?"

 Such a sweet little face with those big eyes!

 So glad the kids get a chance to pull away and enjoy the coast!!  

Little Man is ONE!!!!

Little Jed turned ONE last week!  It truly seems as if time has flown since that little boy was born!!  Grandma and Grandpa can remember holding that little 6 lb. 12 oz. boy and wondering what would he look like as a little boy, what would his personality be and would he love to be at grandma and grandpa's house?

Well, we are beginning to see how his little personality is developing . . . 

Jed loves:

light switches

wheels

saying "wats dat?"

water water everywhere "wawa"

opening and closing anything - boxes, doors, cupboards

outside

noises

his mommy and daddy

grandma and grandpa

food 

dogs and kitty's . . . 

Jesse thanking everyone at the party for coming and for their involvement is Jed's life.  

Mommy is pointing to Jed's first candle!!

Jed learned how to raise ONE finger to say

I'm ONE!!

Grandpa and Grandma helping out little man with his cake eating skills

Oma and Opa helping out a little bit too . . .

Time to wash that face with Auntie Lauren helping . . . for the record Jed does not like his face washed too much!!

My Auntie Lauren is the best!!

Instead of gifts, our family and friends brought shoes for the children in the little village we work in every year in Northern Thailand.

Happy Birthday little man Jed!!

Memories

Recently I have been looking through old pictures!  So much fun.  Here are a few pics that bring back so many memories!!

 

Lauren and Allie enjoying some Ice Cream.  They are about 4 and 2 in this picture!  This is from when Eric was in residency and we lived in Loma Linda in Southern California.  We had so many backyard picnics on this table!  I loved the table cloth because you could just wipe it clean!  I remember this being a time when the girls wanted to dress themselves.  They also loved to make homemade ice cream and eat it out of cones.  What a mess!!!  I would love to have some of these moments back!!

Hanging out in Hawaii at my parents house one summer.

At the Clovis Balloon Festival - this picture was taken about 5:30 AM.  After the balloons launched, we rushed home in time to see them land in the field next to the house near Woodward Park.

On a family hike in Carmel when the girls were in High School

This is one of our Christmas card pictures.  The girls were in high school - Lauren was a junior and Allie was a sophomore.  Not to sure what's up with my hair - but oh well!!!

Visiting Lauren

The past few days Allie, Jed and I had such fun visiting Lauren!  We spent Thursday evening and Friday with her, headed off to San Diego for the weekend (Lauren came down on Saturday) and then back to her house on Sunday and Monday!

We had such fun and here are a few pics from the weekend!!

We did get a family pic, but I'll post that later!

 Allie and Lauren our two beautiful girls!

 Grandma with baby Jed - he showed off his mad swimming skills to Auntie Lauren!

 Lauren and grandma sure do love little Jed!

Jed was so happy to see his Auntie!!  She was happy to see him too!