Happy Birthday Noah!

Noah is TEN yrs old! Thanks to all the friends and family who came out, and to Kris and Harmony for hosting the event. Bummer about the unexpected chilly weather but we all had fun. In this pic Steve drenched all the dry by-standers. Noah is getting so big and smart. We love our time with him. Happy bday buddy.

We had so much fun camping! The campground is in the middle of the desert in between Vegas and St.George. Howard Hughes use to own the property and we toured his house which overlooked the hot spring. The weather was beautiful. The campground was grassy so we didn't have to worry about Elijah eating dirt/sand again. I can't wait to go back!

Hole in one!

The other day Elijah picked up this golf ball and shoved the whole thing in his mouth. It was so hilarious!

BEACH BUMS

This one is gettin' framed for sure!

Actually, this is obviously not one from California, but it's definately blog worthy. Elijah is a professional "puller-upper" now and is keeping his momma on her toes.

".. must ........ reach .... gumball ........ lid ...."

"I LOVE MY MOMMY!!!"


"hey, this looks good enough to eat"... (CHOMP!!!)

Elijah loved the sand and was going after it ALL DAY, so finally Liz just let him take a bite or two, thinking he would learn his lesson. Well... Liz spent the next couple of days gettin' sand out of his nose, mouth and fingernails. They both had a great time and Eli slept surprising well while in Cali. (I wished we could say the same for when he got back to his own bed). With Elijah being mobile, Liz is understanding more and more that mothering is a (more than) FULL time job with very few (if any) breaks.

EXCITING WEEKEND

So Liz and I had an AWESOME weekend, separately, in California. She went with "the wives club" (the wives of my study buddies) to the beach and stuff where she and Elijah had a great time. I went to Indio, CA on a dental mission with the Flying Doctors and some classmates where we had an incredible time giving injections and yankin' some teeth out. Those who went got a ton of experience and the trip couldn't have gone better. I had a virgin Pina Colada that I'll be dreaming about for months. When I get Liz's pics I'll add 'em... so stay tuned!

Alone In the Dark

So I was walking out to my car the other night and I thought this looked like a pretty cool picture; with the light, tree and car combination. It was pretty late and I guess I was one of the last to leave the study session. Good 'ol trusty Sentra... she's always there when I need her the most!