Yet even more contributors!!

Welcome Mark Jr. and Andy! This is wonderful! Let's see some pics and hear some tales. Thanks for joining and, again, welcome!

Here's your obligatory "pic in a Joey post".

Summer vacation 2007

San Clemente State Beach. We were able to camp for a whole week. It was so much fun and we had the most relaxing time. It was such a great holiday! I wanna go back!!!

Testing, testing, let's see if I can do this!!

Thanksgiving in a bottle. Easier than Turkey TV dinners!!!

yeah, I did a test picture and it worked, watch out... I'm a BLOGGER!!! UGH!

The cute things I do

Even pooping is cute when they are little!!

New Contributors!

Thanks to Liz, Leah and Erin for signing on! We look forward to all the news and fun times with you! Welcome.

And just because posts without pics are boring (not really, but I like pictures), here's me with a peanut M&M up my nose.

Little Buddy

Welcome William Calban IV. Billy and I would like to introduce you to our little buddy. Born on August 21st at 1145 in the morning, he weighed in at impressive 8 lbs 9oz and was 21 inches long. Little Billy was so excited to come he ended up getting his shoulder stuck and had to be assisted out with a vacuum and a very enthusiastic nurse who jumped on top of his Mommy to help her get him out safely. He didn't break his collar bone or anything like they originally worried about and is now a staggering 10 lbs 13 oz and 22 inches long. He's gonna be a big one.

New Contributor!

I am pleased to announce the addition of a new contributor to the blog, Mom! Welcome! We look forward to everything you have in store for us. Welcome!

In honor of this special occasion, here are a few miscellaneous pictures.

Here is the delicious dinner that Rhiannon made for us a month ago; Kabobs and Lemon Basil Eggs Foccacia. Thanks to some help from Mom and Giada De Laurentiis (prrrr!) this meal was delish!








A close-up of the foccacia.









And in stark contrast, this is what happens when you leave Quinlan unattended on the toilet for a few minutes.










Again, welcome Mom!

Visiting Hannah in August

So this is about a month and half old, but we took a trip to visit Hannah in mid-August. We took her and her district out to Outback and had a great time together.

Things we learned on this trip:
- Hannah has an acute sense of smell.
- Either Hannah is shrinking, Ethan is growing or both.
- Hannah is in good hands down there.

To the pics!


Hannah's apartment.










The view from Hannah's balcony.








Hannah, her comp., and the Elders in her district.







Ethan and Hannah; eye to eye.











The Belangers of Texas, soon to add Tim.







Hannah and her district.










The girls on the way home.








The boys, Quinlan asleep and Ethan splayed, homeward bound.