Happy baby

Ryan is such a smiler! Everywhere we go people will say "What a happy baby!" He loves to smile and coo at you which makes you smile right back! (This is good when you are changing a poopy diaper that's shot up his back and requires a wardrobe change.)

Baby food

Ryan had his first baby food on Sept 1, his 5 month birthday! I think he enjoyed the rice cereal.

2 cute girls

Rocking the sunglasses!

Too sunny!



Sweet

Thank you Gamze for sharing all your toys while we stayed with you. Thank you for paying extra special attention to Ryan and giving him lots of LOVE and kisses!

Visting the Gunvers

We enjoyed our visit to San Diego immensely! We arrived Friday night and woke up Saturday morning to abelskievers with lemon curd, or strawberry jam or syrup! Yum! Then we went to the lagoon and had a wonderful time! Gokhan did his great BBQ and De made a delicious pasta salad to go with the corn on the cob and watermelon. What a great summer dinner eaten outside!



We enjoyed our visit!

Yup, that is 107 jars/containers of baby food. GTM had Gerber, Earth's Best and Beech Nut on sale so we stocked up! Thanks also to Aubry for giving me some chicken and beef!

Misc

Happy 5th Anniversary! Joel surprised me with 2 dozen long stem hot pink roses! Jed babysat for us so we could go to dinner at Chilie's and see the final Harry Potter. A nice night. We are looking forward to September when we go to Vegas (without any kids!) to see The Lion King!

We went to Nommy's school to "help" her get ready before school started.

Laura loved all the toys and books!

Did you forget there was a crack in between the beds?

Yes, YOU are the little brother!

Joel's races

Joel went to the Fontana NASCAR speedway to race his motorcycle. He loaded up the truck the night before and took off first thing in the morning. He had on all of his protective gear, his knee high boots, gloves, helmet and body suit with a spinal column protection that makes him looked hunchbacked.
We showed up about 11am and watched a race. Then we went to the garage and had lunch. Racers were allowed to use the garages built for the NASCAR drivers. Joel brought his BBQ and cooler and cooked hamburgers and sliced a watermelon and a pineapple. Delicious! We watched him on another race and then went home for naps. He was in Class 1, which is beginners. On the straightaway, he said he got up 160 mph! His starting lap tie was 2 min 30 sec but when his last race of the day he clocked in at 2 min 5 sec. Practice makes better!


Laura the night before "helping" Joel load his bike into the truck.

I know it's hard to tell, but that's Joel!

Grammie's Birthday at the Races

Ryan says happy 4th of July!

Laura waves to the horses


Happy Birthday Grammie! We love you!