Peek-a-boo

This is James' new game. We are amazed.

Alcatraz

So we went to Alcatraz as a little day trip! These are the pictures---as requested---but they're not that great! Sorry. We had a fun day riding the ferry out to the island and seeing the little community there. It was pretty amazing. Glad I didn't have to live there, whew. It made me glad for my freedom.

The Beach!

We have been waiting for a sunny day to go introduce James to the beach, so here are pictures of our trip. Yay for living close to the beach!!

California!

We've made it to California and are settling down. We are excited to be here! Kyle has gotten right to work (music writing, and work for his dad)....here is his office in the back yard. It is a nice little set-up. Sorry it is kind of dark, but the shed is back through this gazebo-thing.

Here is James in the backyard. This was one of the only sunny days we've had so far. Its been mostly cloudy!

Here is a video of James entertaining.

Lots to update

So, we have a lot to update! Kyle graduated in April! Yay Kyle! Also, we decided to accept the offer for admittence into James Madison University in Virginia. So after staying in California for the summer, we are going across country to reside in the east! We are excited for that new adventure, but really sad to leave Provo. It's bitter-sweet. Fortunately, we were very blessed to find a great apartment there in Virginia. It will be an upgrade for us--it has a real garage and a separate laundry room and tons of closet space. So that makes the move a little easier.


I just finished teaching, so we have a couple days to pack (we haven't even started) and store our stuff and we'll be heading out to California this week. We are really looking forward to our summer in Califoria with Kyle's parents. I forsee many trips to the beach....I am especially happy to finally be home with my little boy.

Here are a couple pictures of our Memorial day adventure to the Timpanogus caves. It was a fun family outing and the perfect day for it.

Kyle was quite the trooper to carry James in the carier all day---I still had to tell him to slow down! Here is James getting ready to take a nap about halfway up the mountain.

James has made some milestones in the last month or so. He can roll over and he does this all over the room as a mode of transportation. He is pretty pleased with himself except when he wants to go forward--can't quite coordinate arms and legs enough to crawl yet. He can also sit up on his own!

Here is him playing his little piano. He's a natural---so far he had played it with his tongue, chin, hands and feet! Whatever gets it to make noise!

This is just a classic one that I had to put in for the record. He was really sleepy. Side note--he was awake and smiling while Kyle was bouncing him on his knee about 30 seconds before I started recording.

The James Show

We can hardly believe how fast James is growing and changing. So here are his newest developments...some of which make us wonder :)

Holds his own bottle!

Easter outfit...thanks to Nate and Renee!

No idea what he is doing.

Maybe thinking about possibly starting to crawl.

A deep talk with dad.

Excersize? Not really sure about this one either.

Megan and James doing a lip buzzing thing.

Good News!

Well, we have some great news! We have been waiting to hear back from Grad schools and we finally got two acceptance letters last week!! (Go Kyle!) One was at James Madison in Virginia, and the other was at University of Louiville in Kentucky. We are still waiting to hear from two more schools, so we don't have any decisions made yet. We are just grateful to know we don't have to use our non-existant backup plans. What a blessing.

James is just about 4 months old now. He continues to grow and to keep our lives fun and interesting! He is talking a lot lately, so we tried to catch it on video. Here are some pictures of our growing boy.

This is what I leave in the morning. :(

Discovered his toes...check out the leg rolls!