12.08.2010

the grand canyon

I was hesitant to take our kids to the Grand Canyon (mostly because of the stories I've heard of their father's visits there as a boy).

We had a great time, though--nobody fell in.

We camped for two nights at a local KOA, headed south to visit Adam and Britnie in Mesa, then on to Tuscon to stay the weekend with Tim and Carmen.




12.07.2010

vacation

The girls received American Girl dolls for their birthday this year. One of our stops was American Girl Place. They enjoyed shopping there with their cousins, Morgan and Lindsay.

Phil and I rented this house in Grass Valley and stayed one week while his parents and Corinne watched the kids.

Then we were off to Disneyland!

swimming back at the hotel


Heading into Toy Story Mania, one of our favorite rides

Caleb outside the future home of Cars Land

Still more to come...

12.06.2010

seattle

After graduation, we stayed over and spent the weekend in Seattle. One of the things we all enjoyed was a Ferry ride in the Puget Sound. The weather was perfect!

The kids loved exploring all the decks on board the Ferry.



Time to play in the water!

Goodbye, Ferry!

All good things must end...goodbyes are so hard for my kids. They love their cousins so much.



12.04.2010

why, hello there...


Remember me?

How long has it been, 4 months?

I don't even know where to begin.

Let's see, what has happened since then...

Phil graduated from PA school in August! Woo hoo!!!

Here we are trying to get a family picture

Much better, except maybe for Jared's tongue.

When we returned home, Phil spent about a month preparing for his PA national exam. Early one morning (at about 6 a.m., in fact) we found out that HE PASSED, so we went to Chaps for breakfast to celebrate!

Phil Wilcox, PA-C :)


We were all so very happy and had been waiting for this glorious day for a long, long time.

more to come...

8.20.2010

Jared's first tractor ride

Jared sent me these pictures tonight from Gramma's house, with captions included...

I can't believe I drove a tractor today.

I drove to Uncle Donnie's House to get buckets of water.

And then to our baby house back yard to water the grapes.

Then back to Gramma's house.

And around the circle...about 10 times. I wanted to send a video so that you would know that I was not just sitting on the tractor, but the file was too big.

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Oh, how I miss my boys!

8.15.2010

kids' day in the park

We had a great time at Kids' Day in the Park!


This year's special guest was Clifford the Big Red Dog.

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8.05.2010

4th of July

I'm sad that I didn't get more pictures of the wonderful day we spent with our friends on the 4th of July!

We had a few of the families from our Friday preschool group over and had such a great time! The kids made flags, then we had a little parade around the backyard.


We're so blessed to know these sweet families.

a puppy party



Caleb turned 6 in June, but his mommy's a little slow in the blogging department!

Just follow the paw prints to all the fun!


Caleb in his dog house

puppy snacks



Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy!

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