Summer Concert

Before I came home from San Jose on Friday, July 13th, Sarah and the girls enjoyed an outdoor concert at the First and Main Town Center. I met up with them afterwards for some Sushi and some Coldstone Ice Cream. It was a fun date night after a long trip. To make the trip even longer we got the crazy idea of going to see Harry Potter while we were out. With Alicia sound asleep we decided to be that crazy family who takes their little ones to the late showing. It was fun and both girls did very well, Adrianna made the whole theater laugh as she bade a sweet farewell (buh bye) to the character who dies toward the end of the movie.

Swimming Lessons

Adrianna loves the water, ever since we went to Sea World in April and saw Shamu she has wants to go swimming. Grandma Terry enrolled Adrianna in swim lessons at the Flying Horse Ranch club. The first lesson didn't go so well as Adrianna was not familiar with the instructors and wasn't so sure about being in the water. She loved the play area though where she could enjoy the water without having to float. The next day went a lot better because Sarah requested a male instructor who Adrianna opened up to. We will take up lessons again when things are not so crazy, thanks Mom for signing her up, Adrianna now asks about swimming whenever she can.

Anniversary

 

Sarah and I had our 7th Anniversary this weekend on the 22nd. Though we will celebrate it next weekend by skipping town as a family, Sarah made a wonderful Blueberry Heart shaped cake that was just to die for. She has really outdone herself with these cakes, but even more so she has outdone herself as a wife and mother. The past seven years have been wonderful and I am amazed that we have been able to keep up during the past 2. With so many changes and surprises through our daughters who knows what the next few years will bring!

Business Trip

I was in San Jose last week on Business working with our Recognition Systems factory. Because I was only 30 minutes from Santa Cruz I made a jaunt down to the beach and I enjoyed a few rides at the Boardwalk. The "Giant Dipper" is still as thrilling now as it was then! It was fun to remember when we lived in Watsonville and would go to the Boardwalk to enjoy the rides and the beach. Though I longed to have my girls with me I had an enjoyable evening and a productive week working in California.

Adoring Fans

Our friends the Stone Family joined us for dinner, they have two wonderful boys Ben & Josh who were wonderful with Adrianna and Alicia. Here is a picture of all of them adoring Alicia, I know it is a bit dark but I couldn't help but post it. I love how Adrianna is hanging over Josh gazing at her sister. Sarah has watched these two boys grow up since Ben was an infant. We hope that our two girls will have a similar sibling bond that Ben & Josh do.

Odd Traits

This picture may just seem like another pic of Alicia sleeping, though that is a wonderful blessing that we enjoy, this picture has special significance. Notice on the lower right the little foot portruding from the swaddling blanket. Sarah cannot sleep with her feet covered, no matter how cold, she must have at least one foot outside of any blankets. It just goes to show that our children inherit even our oddest traits!

Jesus pick up me?

Adrianna and I have a bedtime routine of singing from her song book of songs about Jesus. She loves singing "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam" with extra special emphasis on "BEAM". But what really amazes me is that everytime we turn to the page of the song "I wonder when He comes again" with an illustration of Jesus gathering little children around his knee, Adrianna says: "Jesus pick up me?" I tell her of course he will pick her up just like her mommy and daddy do. My evening moments with our daughters are special times that I will always cherish.

4th of July Fun

We celebrated the fourth by going to the Briargate YMCA with some friends, where they had an open house of sorts with a Bar-B-Q and fun games for the kids. We had a great time and the kiddos got to expend some energy dancing and playing. Alicia slept through the entire event which worked out perfectly. Click here or on the album above to link to a video of Adrianna getting down to the song YMCA by the Village People!

Later that evening we went for a stroll around the neighboorhood as a family. Adrianna loves our new double stroller, she enjoys looking at Alicia in her car seat. It is great to be able to stroll around and enjoy the wonderful Colorado evenings.

Beauty Sleep

There aren't many things better than falling asleep with your daughter. I missed out on many of these opportunities with Adrianna, so I enjoy each and every opportunity I get with Alicia. Sarah has always said I am a type of baby whisperer, babies just relax in my arms. But I think this day it worked in reverse, Alicia was the daddy whisperer; she caused me to relax so deeply that we both fell into sweet beauty sleep.

Alicia's Blessing Day

Alicia was given a name and blessed today at Church. It was a wonderful day and we were blessed that many of our family could be a part of the blessing including the Abuelos who came from Utah (thank you Mom & Dad for making that happen!). After church we had a wonderful meal of Milanesa (a recipe Sarah learned from Abuela), and Sarah made a beautiful and delicious rasberry cake. It is trully inspiring to see our girls enjoying their Great Grandparents. It was a wonderful family weekend!