Life in California

In the past two weeks we are lucky enough to have had quite a few highlights.

Caulder found and LOVES the dishwasher!







He also LOVES his sisters! Whether it's pulling Annie's nose or












"looking up to" Claire as she does her hair.










They dish it out right back when they make him dress up as their prince!











We have had family staying with us which has been great! First it was Grandma Shirley (always willing to clean our house and be a captive audience for one of the girls many "shows")out for
Savannah's birthday















then Grandpa Con and Grandma Gloria (the girls can't get enough of her bedtime stories!) joined in on the fun and to top it off












we had Aunt Tami, Baby V, Aunt Debbie and cousin Aislyn (three peas in a pod when you add Aislyn to the mix of our girls) in for the Savannah's baptism. The girls and Caulder were on cloud nine while entertaining the group.










Savannah's baptism was wonderful with so many family and friends there. We are so proud of her! Afterwards she chose to host a fantastic barbecue with all her friends and their families. She was the center of attention, as it should be, and loved every minute of it!











This last photo was taken of Caulder staring out the window as daddy left for a church meeting... He adores his dad!

The girls, Grandpa and Todd played hookie from school and work to spend their monday in Monterey, which was fun although quite a bit of driving for an afternoon in the sand. And yes, gas is two cents more expensive for all of you because we are still blowing through it despite record prices!

Caulder is working on his fourth tooth in two weeks, and has earned a new nickname- "Turbo." He crawls from room to room before you can blink!

Claire recently dropped off the monkey bars onto her stomach and arm, and fractured her wrist. Puts her in a gel cast for 3 weeks! She was excited to show it off to her friends at school, but was pretty disappointed when she found out she couldn't go to gymnastics! She is still as sweet as ever and so is her cereal. This morning she poured herself some rice chex and then asked if she could have sugar on it. I told her she could have 1 spoonful. She proceeded to go to the untensil drawer and pull out one of my large serving spoons! Can't pull anything past that one!!

Savannah is a very big and mature 8 year old. She has been a big help in the mornings with Caulder when he wakes up before mom or dad, by taking him from his crib and bringing him in to me in bed. What service! I couldn't ask for a better deal!

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Savannah is eight!

We celebrated Savannah's 8th birthday by starting with a favorite lucky charms breakfast in bed, followed by Grandma Shirley flying in for a visit and then we braved Club Libby Lu for Sharpay(HSM)Pooch Parlor Makeovers. I say braved, because there is no experience quite like entering a store that has picked far too small of a location for so many teeny boppers (I think there were about a hundred or so in about 1,000 sq ft plus merchandise) all wishing they were Hannah Montana, and coming out singing either jonas brothers or hannah montana because the same songs were playing over and over. Savannah, Claire and Hanna thought it was the best! Home for cake and ice cream and a few more neighborhood friends who surprised Savannah (she is still talking about it.) She scored some great presents and is very excited about her upcoming baptism and family visits this coming weekend...