FOURTH OF JULY FUN!

JULY 4TH 

was a busy day!

First Allie and I got ready for her little bow making party (for baby girl Riley coming in September)

and Eric and Jesse played in the 

Father-Son golf tournament out at The Fort!

In the afternoon we went to Blake and Cherie's for some swimming and food!

Cousins are so much fun!!

If only Lauren was here!! (And Dalton too)

Notice our little 

Star!

Baby boy just couldn't quite make it for the 

                                              FIREWORKS . . .

He was so tuckered out that the noise and light did not even rouse him!

Easter

A couple of years ago we started going to Allie and Jesse's house for Easter . . . its usually so nice in Fresno this time of year and we like to do pizza's in the pizza oven!!

Time for the ladies to start chopping and preparing pizza dough! 

Becca, me, Allie, Margie and Aris all dolled up in our aprons!

Jesse making sure the oven is nice and hot for cooking the pizza's!

Great Grandma and Grandpa eating pizza and checking Jed's monitor . . . he was napping and great grandparents want to see their baby boy!!

Oh how we missed Lauren - so I included a picture of her from just before Christmas last year.

THE HUNT

Jed decided to be happy once he realized he was not going to win the battle of the hat . . . it stayed on!!

I just know I can get BOTH of these if I try hard enough!

Ohhhh . . . wats dat??

Ummm . . . this water is better than any egg I found!!

I love my papa!

Gama and papa with little man!

Water, Water Everywhere!

It will come as NO surprise to learn that 

Little Man Jed 

LOVES his WATER!!

(Seems like every other  blog post is about Jed outside playing in the water!)

We are so happy to have some nice weather to play outside in.

Since grandma loves to water her garden . . . its a perfect fit!!

His mommy (Our daughter Allie) was hanging out and snapped these pics!

Since Jed is growing so fast, he needs to be watered too!

Such fun!!

We could do this all day long!

 More please!

 Such 

a 

HAPPY

BOY!

I hope he will enjoy watching these tomatoes and the other veggies grow!

(And maybe he will not be too picky this summer to eat some too!)

So much fun!!

Family Christmas Picture . . . Better late than never!

I never did get around to blogging anything about Christmas this past year . . . but I did want to share the FAMILY PICTURE!

We had such a great time, but sure missed Bruce and Melissa who had to stay back in Hawaii for work.

Although they were missed, you have to admit that Hawaii is not a bad place to be for Christmas!!

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

Wishing you the gift of "presence" with your family in this Christmas Season.

 Jesse, Allie & Jed Penner, Darlene & Eric, Lauren Hanson

 We had so much fun taking these pictures!!  Lauren's boyfriend Dalton got in on a little of the action!

 Jesse, Allie and Jed

Dalton and Lauren

 Dalton and Lauren made this little jacket for Jed.

Love it!!

Can you believe this little guy!!  Sort of want to take a little nibble out of him!!

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!!

ONE YEAR CELEBRATION!!

Eric and I had the privilege of driving down to celebrate Lauren's one year sober birthday!!

We had an awesome weekend and on the last day grabbed some photos!!

 Dalton (sober 2 years - we celebrated his "birthday" too!), Lauren, Eric and me.

 Our treasure!

 No day goes by without a few practice swings!!

 Lauren and Dalton

 Lauren and her daddy!!

Lunch at an amazing Thai place in Malibu with some of Lauren's dear friends!!

We are so proud of Lauren's day to day walk and we are amazed and humbled by the friends that sit at this table in support of her and each other.  Love you all!

Crazy Little Scrunchy Face!

Mr. Scrunchy face loves to laugh and smile!  He loves to make this funny little face where he scrunches his nose and squints his eyes!  I just love this little boy!!  Bye the way, his mom used to make the funniest faces . . . maybe that will be my next post!!

Baby boy's sweet smile!

This is the best!!  I love riding on my daddy's shoulders!

Everything makes me laugh!!

Random Pics

A couple of random pictures!  

Jed visiting Grandpa at work and Allie and Jesse in Monterey this summer.

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!!!