January in a Thousand Words

This month was a busy one!  We had a restful New Year's Day and then the month went into overdrive.  We went to Utah and back, with our radiator giving a miraculous performance on the way home.  Within 24 hours we were welcoming our friends the Barruses, who were trying to warm up after a winter in South Dakota.  Unfortunately, we couldn't show them a rousing good time, because the van revealed it's crippled radiator.  So, the next week was spent trying to get that fixed.  It runs much better now, hope the Barruses will come back again.  A few days later Nathan started through a series of unfortunate events which finally landed him in the ER needing a few stitches in his cheek/lip.  Meanwhile, Gideon has reached the 2 month milestone and earned himself 5 shots and an oral vaccine, all for being perfectly average at his checkup.  So here's hoping to a peaceful and uneventful February!

December in a Thousand Words

This post is coming to you on the principle that late is better than never.

December was, not surprisingly, a busy month.  A month during which I finally got the desktop up and running again.  So, this collage is full of photos from the second half of the month, because I'm to lazy to find and compress the ones I had marked on the laptop.  Yes, it did snow in Tracy!  No, not nearly that much, more like what any place with self-respecting weather would call "a trace."  To find snow to play in we had to head home to Utah for Christmas.  We had a lot of fun there with the whole family, and even blessed baby Gideon while we were all together.  Hooray for holidays with family.

Temple Trip

For the final activity of the year, the primary hosted a special program with refreshments at the Oakland Temple.  We decided to go to the activity and enjoy the Christmas light display at the temple.  We were glad we went, even though we all got to bed too late.

Just the guys, I wanted to see how well the camera would take a night shot.  Turned out pretty well, I thought.

The whole family.  Gideon is in his car seat, I forgot to bring his hat, so he couldn't get out.

I discovered I need more practice with the remote and that using the edge of the water fountain will ensure that water droplets get in the picture.

The view from the balcony.  Kind of crazy to see palm trees decked out in Christmas lights, but it was beautiful all the same.

November in a Thousand Words

November was a busy month around here.  Soccer season ended, the whole family (minus 2) came for Thanksgiving, and we added a 4th little boy to our family. Click on the photo to enlarge.

Boy Joy!

Joyfully announcing the addition of our fourth boy!

Gideon William joined our family at a reasonable hour Thursday morning.

He is tall and skinny, just like his brother and dad.

He is surprisingly alert and seems to have a good sense of humor.

His brothers love him very much.