Being an Edwards

leah belle!

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I have been watching my neice since Oct. 2009 and she has become a big part of our family!

She is soo precious and we love her soooo much!!Eric and Leah!

princess leah!

cousin Alex and baby leah!

cutie!!

Fruit Bat and Butterfly 5th Birthday party!

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Cheese and crackers

Sadie's Bat Wings!!
Concentrating on the sprinkles!!! yummy!

Fruit Kabobs!!

Fruit Bat and Butterfly Party!

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We had so much fun getting Sadies party ready.

What a great time we had!

We decorated graham crackers.

Sadies cute cards!!

I love, love. love the wings!!!

Christmas Dinner in Lodi!

2010-02-13T12:33:00.000-08:00

What an absolutely BEaUiFul TaBle and overall atmosphere!!!

Jordan covering his face, Ben, Sammy, Sadie,
Tara, Eric, Tommy and Mark! What a great set of cousins!

"Fancy Nancy Sadie"

Love her picture pose!!

Washing her new baby doll!

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CHRISTMAS 2009

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The Edwards had a very MARVELOUS Christmas this year!! We are very thankful and blessed. Life in Galt has been great!
Sadie LOVES Fancy Nancy~

Jordan was thrilled to get new "work" boots!

Eric is shooting us with a present that ended up being a poster for the boys room!

This year Jordan got a new Haro Bike, Eric got a ton of board games ( he loves games) and Sadie got a baby doll that she can bathe! Lots of legos and pink things crowded the floor as well!

Sadie is a gymnast!!

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She LOVES her gymnastics class!!

She working hard on those straddle rolls and cartwheels!!!

FiRsT dAy of ScHOol!

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Jordan started 4th grade. He has Mrs. Dawley for a second yearm which he was THRILLED about! Eric started 2nd grade with Mrs. Cuevas. We love both those teachers!!

Jordan is ready!

Thumbs up for Eric!

They are such good buddies walkin' to school!!!

Camping in Tahoe!

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Hiking up to cascade falls..dunno where Eric and Sadie are!!
There they are!!!!

Sadie kept putting the camping chairs in a little circle so that she could talk to the boys about butterflys and ladybugs. At one point Sammy finally had enough

and said, " can we talk about cars now!!"

Nothin' better that sittin' around the camp fire!

The JOEL Griffitts Fam...in LODI

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The cute couple...

Grandma and Anna

Eric and Megan

Grant!

Eliza and Jordan

We had a wonderful week with them..it went by way too fast!

Joel and Jimmy come to visit~

2009-08-27T23:06:00.000-07:00

Jimmy and nephews eating

"spicy cheetoes"

on Gramma's couch...scary!

(shhh...don't show gramma)

Eric and Grant jumping!

Sadie and Anna drank Tang...so with orange mouths and a sugar high
they played for hours!!

The red wagon was so much fun that day!!

Gymnast Sadie!

2009-08-27T23:02:00.000-07:00

Sadie started a little gymnastics class and she LOVES it.

It is so fun to watch her tumble and show such enthusiasm.

Have I told you lately how wonderful she is?

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

BABY LEAH!! 8/02/09

2009-08-27T22:51:00.000-07:00

OK...
I see Leah everyday. I was able to be with my sister through her labor and was there when Leah took her first breath. Erin and her new little family have moved down the street and I get my "baby fix" everyday!! I don't have too many pictures, but I think that Leah has more photos than any baby, EVER.

Erin needs a blog..big time.

Annual Family Campout!

2009-08-27T22:34:00.000-07:00

We camped at Fallen Leaf Lake ( across from Lake Tahoe) this year with the Billy's family and my Mom & Dad. I love that we all go camping together every year, though my mom keeps saying it's her last ( there are motels down the way if she REALLY wants a bed :) ) It was a GREAT weekend! We hiked, rafted and swam. The weather was absolutely PERFECT and the company couldn't be better...oh ya...the food was scumptious (thanks to mom's perfect peach cobbler!)

Hiking to Cascade falls, my favorite Tahoe spot!

Sadie (4) and Jack(2)

Billy getting the firewood ready!

Grandpa and "the grandsons" hanging out at the fire pit.

Erin (my lil' sis) and Paul Flores!

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Great looking couple... July 4th, 2009

Cute little cake!

Flower girl~ Sadie

Mom and kids on the "Big Day"

Dad and Kids

Peach Day...for Annie :)

2009-07-29T09:23:00.001-07:00

So many peaches...peaches for me!

Our tree had an abundance and my friend, Annie, caught me at the right moment to say, "let's can them"...so we canned and froze and dehydrated. This is a first for me. I was happy to have somebody give me a little push in the right direction.

Our jars!

Dehydrated...yummy!

Beautiful peaches...the skins came right off!

Thanks, Annie!

Princess Tea Party!

2009-07-26T18:55:00.000-07:00

Sadie the princess...her ballet class had tea parties with a princess.

It was sooo cute~ she loved it!

Sadie with Belle from "Beauty and the Beast"

Dancing with Belle and the other little dancers.

Miss Lisa serving tea and cookies to her guests.

(sorry, sadie looks possessed...forgot to fix that)

Swimming Lessons~

2009-07-26T18:46:00.000-07:00

After a long day of swimming, Sadie is wiped out! When she is in the water there is no stopping her. She doesn't stop for hours!

Eric and Sadie were in swim lessons together. They loved it!

Eric with the green "noodle" and Sadie with the pink "noodle" of course!

Summer and Swimming!

2009-07-26T17:54:00.000-07:00

Jordan loves getting an ICEE at every swim meet!!

A few swimming buddies: Andrew Behrmann, Jordan,

Davy Crosier and Bryce Ipson

Go Jordan! Freestyle!
Looking to see his time! He got better every meet!

Jordan is an amazing kid and swimmer. He was Gator of the week, which is a very special recognition, but we were absolutely delighted when he received the

"Coaches Choice Award" for the 9-10 boys! What an honor. He worked hard, improved and was respectful to his coaches and team members. We are very proud parents!

San Destin, Florida...MAY 2009

2009-07-26T17:19:00.000-07:00

Zada Meyer and Nana brought us on an amazing vacation on the white sandy beaches of Florida. It was such a great experience for us as a family

to just relax and soak up the sun.

Jordan loved body surfing and finding shells.

The sand is soooo white, its blinding!!

Eric loved building sand castles and finding shells.

Sadie loved the water...she is our little fish.

She also made us gourmet sand food! :)

A beautiful view from a restaurant in Seaside, FL.

Getting wet ~perfect water temp.!

(I will post more Florida pic's later)

Ryan's Birthday - May 31st, 2009

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The twins...just 30 years and one day apart. They get to celebrate every year together and they love it. There are usually 3 parties between the 2 of them. :)

Eric got to choose the cake...so he decided on Chocolate Muffins ( from Costco) with Chocolate ice cream and chocolate sauce...hope ya'all love chocolate!

More presents and partying with cousins, Mark and Tommy, overseeing!

Ryan's Birthday and everybody dressed up for church.

What a handsome bunch!

Eric's 7th Birthday- May 30th, 2009

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A Boating Day with the Bomars on Lake Oroville!

Feather and Scott had prepared a great BBQ and waterskiing adventure!

Eric played in the mud...all day!!!

Eric and Sadie with Lucy and Cloe..what a great day!

When we got home, Uncle Chris and Auntie Kirsten had balloons and cupcakes ready for the evenings festivites.

sunburned and happy :)

Great present!

Plane Day with Dad~

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Beale Airforce Base - Air Show Day

The kids had a great time with their Dad

and met up with our friends,the Bomars.

Jelly Belly Plane!!

It was a little hot so they all had their "water packs."

Cool planes!

Egg hunting!

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Sadie finding an egg on the trampoline!

Everyone say "cheese"

Jordan searching for the next egg!

Are we having fun yet?

Easter~

2009-04-16T13:14:00.001-07:00

Another GREAT Easter...done!

Jordan, Mark, Maddie, Bradley, Eric, Tommy

Sadie, Zachary and Sammy...

Jack was asleep during the photo shoot!

FINDING EGGS!

Uncle Billy helping Jordan up into the tree to get the egg!

Picture perfect..

a girl, a dress, a basket & a purple egg

Grandpa and Grandma with the "little ones"!

A DAY AT THE TEMPLE!

2009-04-16T13:02:00.001-07:00

On the day before Easter we had a Ward Temple Day! It was a PERFECTLY beautiful day!

It had been raining all week but warmed up for picnic and festivites.

Time for some family pictures around the temple!

Mommy and the kids
&
Daddy and the kids!

The boys in front of the awesome water fountain.

We decided that we want one of these in our yard! :)

Sadie was getting pretty tired and was not going to be happy in any more pictures..but Ryan is still looking cute!

Spring Vacation

2009-04-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

Jill and Maddie and Bradley and Zachary came up from Vegas to play!

Zach wanted to play the violin with Eric and this is what he came up with!

Eric and Bradley are good friends! I love this picture!

One day during break we went to Auburn to visit more cousins! Sammy and Sadie are ALWAYS having "kodak" moments!
They always find fun where ever they are!

Sadie's Hula

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Nana sent Sadie a lil' hula outfit from Hawaii for Christmas...month's later she showed us her moves! ALOHA!

"Allegro" by Eric Edwards

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He's gettin' good!

Saying "goodbye" to LA~

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A girl on a mission!

Sadie is a little traveler. She was soo cute with her suitcase. She lead the way!

They look like they will collapse at any moment!

Breakfast at the AirTel!
Goodbye, we'll miss you all!

Uncle Royce and the boys!

The after-party at Royce's~

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Thank you Connie and Royce for the wonderful

"Tribute to Mary Jane Clouse Wood"
Pam, Nancy, Jean, Abby, and Connie...the girls! :)

Jordan, Eric, Chris, Royce, and Don...the boys! :)
Love this picture!

Listening to Royce talk about his Mom...

Uncle Chris is about to dunk Jordan in the "hole"..or maybe throw him in the cactus...hmmmm?!?! We LOVE Uncle Royces back yard!

Carnival: Memorial Luncheon for ADA-B

2009-04-01T16:08:00.000-07:00

Uncle Royce showing a beautiful picture collage of Mary Jane Wood (Ada-B), put together by Connie (Nana)
Great Uncle Don Clouse, Mary Jane's little brother and his beautiful wife, Jean.

What an awesome lunch!You can't get much better than

Carnival in Sherman Oaks, CA. It was soo nice to see all the family and close friends!

The children...the love!

ANDERSONS SPLIT SOUP~

2009-04-01T15:18:00.000-07:00

Our First Stop

on the way to Los Angeles was in Santa Nella. We met up with Uncle Chris and Auntie Kirsten to have brunch and travel to the south lands together. Yummy soup... :)

CHRIS AND KIRSTEN

ERIC AND SADIE

JORDAN AND ERIC

SaDiE aNd HeR BiKE!

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Princess Bike!
She a natural on the bike..no fear~

Daddy's stayin' close behind on the scooter :)

Go Sadie Go!

Creatures of the Zoo~

2009-02-06T16:37:00.000-08:00

SAMMY SPIDER
SADIE the BUTTERFLY

Birthday at the Sacramento Zoo!

2009-02-06T16:21:00.000-08:00

Sadie had a great morning with Grandpa, Auntie Ali, Jack and her wonderful friend/cousin Sammy at the zoo!
Here is the VERY NOISY monkey. Sadie and Sammy had to plug their ears. It is quite the experience!
We had a perfect day at the zoo. When I asked Sadie what her favorite thing in the reptile house was, she answered, "the crickets!" Creepy crawlies have never been her favorite. When asked what her favorite animal, she answered,"the elephants!" Then I said, "there were no elephants." Then she said, "oh..then the parrots and the ducks." Love those wings!

Tractor Time~ Kodak moment!

Yummy picnic with Sadies favorites:

Saltine crackers, cheese, salami, apples and grapes, and don't forget the pink lemonade and Pink cupcakes!!

"OH"~ I absolutely love the hand-over-the-mouth excitement Sadie feels when she gets a great present.

Luckily, she got great presents from all her friends, so picture her in this pose with all her gifts!!

Sadie's 4th Birthday!

2009-02-06T16:10:00.001-08:00

SADIE GOT A PINK BIKE!!!
CATERPILLAR CAKE~

SADIES~ PINK BUTTERFLY CAKE!

It took Sadie about 5 minutes to blow out her candles ( or so it seemed) it was quite funny!! We are not sure where she was blowing.

Happy Birthday my sweet Sadie Baby!!!

More Lego creations by Jordan~

2009-02-06T16:05:00.001-08:00

HOUSE ON STILTS

lots of details within the house!

Good job Jordan!

Pinewood Derby #1

2009-02-06T15:55:00.000-08:00

Jordan did great this year in the pinewood derby. He is a bear this year and is loved to helping his Dad make and design the car. He was watching the DVD "School House Rock" , the one with the inventors on it, and was asking me what he should invent. I am looking forward to see what he will do with his love for building things!

THE AWARD WINNING RED FLAMED CAR!

check out the money on the back, we got it to be

exactly 5 ounces

using quarters, nickels and dimes!!!

Jordan Boardin'~

2009-01-21T18:01:00.000-08:00

~Here are a couple of quick snowboarding videos of Jordan taken by Ryan's cell phone! He is such a great lil' snowboarder. He makes me very proud!

Out to Dinner!

2009-01-18T19:58:00.000-08:00

We went out to eat one afternoon/evening and I had the camera with me so I took a few pictures. All the kids got to have rootbeer and they were all attached to their straws. I thought it was pretty funny. So here they are!

Jordan caught on film!
Eric contemplating the taste of root beer!

Looking out for root beer thieves!

The gang at the booth!

Christmas Moments 2008

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Christmas was just great this year! Santa brought Jordan snowboarding boots, legos and a safe. He brought Eric, Heelys, legos and a safe and Sadie got a doll house and polly pockets. That was just the beginning of many wonderful gifts! We had a breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage. cinnamon rolls and mom's/gramma's famous Danish. After a few hours we ate again at Billy and Ali's up in Auburn. We had two dinners. There is a picture to show the ham and scalloped potatoes as well as the roast with mashed potatoes and gravy. I guess it ain't too bad having picky eaters cause those of us that aren't, get 2 great meals! I hope that everybody saw a happy, warm, loving day as we did!

Sadie and Sammy playing with presents!

Eric happy about his card!

The older Edwards just being happy about such a great Christmas Day!

Look at those smiles!

Santa brought Sadie a big doll house and polly pockets...she was beaming!

Eric's "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

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Sorry, it's sideways, but there were people in the way! Enjoy!

Jordan's big news!

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Jordan got glasses. These are not just any glasses.

They are TITANIUM! They are TRANSITION lenses.

He is very proud of his glasses.

He is quite handsome in them. Oh ya, he can see now,too!

ps..it looks like his glasses case is going to "bite" our cat, 'Cata!

eRiCs ViOliN rEciTaL

2008-12-09T15:56:00.000-08:00

Eric is amazing! He played so well! This was the "Edwards Family's" 1st recital ever! We are so proud of Eric. He LOVES the violin!

I think the violin loves him, too!

Feasting with the Fam~

2008-12-09T15:34:00.000-08:00

Eat, drink and try not to pop!

A Thanksgiving skit! What are we thankful for??

Grandma working on the skit with all the grandchildren!

THANK YOU Gramma, we LOVED it!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-02T15:18:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast in Auburn this year. Billy and Ali hosted a beautiful dinner. I did not have too much to contribute so it was quite relaxing. Jill &Ron Family came up from Vegas and we played a few GREAT games. There was warmth and laughter throughout the weekend. It didn't get many pic's. I'll add a few later. I just wanted to say how THANKFUL I am for my family. I love you all!

~ APPLE HILL~

2008-11-10T22:40:00.000-08:00

If you like Fall, then Apple Hill is the place to be!! The leaves were beautiful, the weather was a little chilled and perfect! It was such a great family day!

Jordan looking handsome as ever.

Eric cute as ever with his thistles!

Sadie looking a a leaf that Grandpa had!

Oh, how I love the autumn and these kids!

We were lucky this year to have Grandpa and Grandma go with us to help eat the apple donuts, apple fritters, caramel apples, and chocolate- caramel with nuts apples! Oh man was it a good eatin' day! ;0

Trick or Treat!

2008-11-03T16:05:00.000-08:00

Ninja man and Tinker lookin' for some fun! Where's the candy??

HALLOWEEN NIGHT

2008-11-03T15:51:00.000-08:00

Here are the boys with some friends on Halloween night!

We had such a great time. It was a PERFECT halloween!
Eric, Sadie and Jordan..can you guess what they are??

SCARY SKELETON DUDE GUY

TINKER BELL

NINJA MAN!

Don't mess with this guy!

~HALLOWEEN FALL FEST~

2008-11-03T15:38:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures from our schools

FALL FEST...the kids won guitars and sax's and fireman hats! They had their faces painted and their hair colored. Ryan put in some raffle tickets to guess the weight of that big pumpkin and actually won!! So we have a 76 pound pumpkin at home!

CARVING THE PUMPKINS!

2008-11-03T15:24:00.000-08:00

Eric drew the face on the pumpkin and Mom cut it...it's

Eric's EEEVVILL pumpkin~

Jordan carved and designed this one all on his own! Gross!

Sadie's cute pumpkin! She colored the green one

and helped Mommy carve the big one.

What are they up to??

2008-10-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

~SADIE~

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Sadie has been looking forward to wearing this dress since MAY!!!

She was so patient. Is was well worth the wait!

~ Jordan's creation~

Jordan is quite the chef...loves to "experiment" with food. He has always been a fan of HOT foods! Hope he remembers to wash those hands!!!
Here are the peppers! He washed and even dried some out in the sun!

Here is his creation! Way to go Jordan!

Who will be the first to taste??

~ERIC'S VIOLIN~

MY HUSBAND!

2008-10-21T15:11:00.000-07:00

My husband rocks!

This picture was taken earlier this year, but I don't have many pictures of Ryan.

This weekend, I left to go to a Mary Kay retreat and Ryan had the kids all to himself. He had to work on his car AND be a mom/dad. HE DID IT! He actually had great weekend. It was soo nice to come home to: my sister making me dinner, a fairly picked up home, and a happy family. I felt that my husband was happy this weekend, which made us all happy! Thanks, babe! Love ya!

THE MANY FACES OD ERIC~

2008-10-21T14:54:00.000-07:00

Jordan was doing a "photoshoot" of Eric
and I had to share!

Eric is an amazing person!
He was born with the best facial expressions!

He can't ever hide what he is feeling!

He makes us laugh daily!!

Thanks for being sooo fun, Eric!

Random things!

2008-10-14T20:56:00.000-07:00

LEGOS!!!!

Here is a lego castle that Jordan spent hours on. This is just the top and the picture does not do it justice. He and Eric have been "creating" for weeks. They love to build. They really are the epitome of boys! Their room has been disastrous for weeks but they have been in there playing, so I let it be!

BIKES!!!!

Here is a great picture that Jordan took of Eric riding his bike with Daddy running behind. I wish there was more time with Daddy, and more pictures like this.

WORMS~~~

OK...this is nasty, but again, if there are boys, insects will be found. Here is the wonderful Tomato BUG! Jordan is our little photographer these days and is doing a fantastic job. We actually did plant tomatoes this year. They even grew, along with these very "healthy" wormy things.

School Picnic

2008-10-14T20:46:00.001-07:00

Mom and Eric

Mom and Jordan

Sadie and Eric

Eric and Mrs. Funk.
Eric's 1st grade teacher

Jordan and his good friend, Clayton

We had such a great time eating a picnic lunch with the boys at school!! It was fun to see all the families there.

The Violinist~

2008-10-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

Eric LOVES his violin. Thanks to Zada Meyer (who is taking lessons), Eric gets to follow in his footsteps! Eric is taking lessons from Mrs. Nancy Kizer, who teaches the Susuki Method, which is a great way for Eric to learn to play!

AFTER ONLY ONE WEEK HE MOVED UP TO THE REAL THING!!

ERIC'S FIRST VIOLIN...AIN'T IT CUTE!

A sweet moment...

2008-09-18T19:46:00.000-07:00

Sadie was just in the kitchen eating a banana

and I sat down at the computer. All of a sudden she started to cry, a very sad cry. So I said, in a very comforting motherly voice, "What happened? What's wrong, sweetie??" She cried, "I am just sad that that grandma and grandpa's daddy died!" and started crying harder. We then had a little talk about where they are and that we'd see them again someday. Then she said, "I just really want them to come down so I could see them."

Just another touching moment in the Edwards home.

13th day of school!!!

2008-09-16T16:43:00.000-07:00

I finally got a picture of the boys on their way to school!!!

Jordan...3rd grade
Eric...1st grade...don't let him scare you :)
Bye boys!
Have a great 13th day of school!!!

Camping in Tahoe!

2008-09-16T16:03:00.001-07:00

The family overlooking Emerald bay. We hiked down to Vikingsholm and had a picnic on the beach. Eric's comment was, "We hiked all the way down here just for lunch?!" They did get to play in the water and sand. They had a lot of fun!
Pictures really do not do it justice!
The Story of Fallen Leaf Lake Campground

There was a "perfect" campsite that our wonderful friends scouted out for our 2 families. It was large with places for at least 5 tents!! It was surrounded by a dryed up creekbed. There were logs and rocks to frolick on and around. The children were quite content. We set up camp and started our fire for our "pocket/hobo/tinfoil/etc." stews. Little did we know that lurking around us were tons and tons of what we like to call, meat bees. Well, I don't call them that anymore, I call them, mean, nasty YELLOW JACKETS! If you listened to Sadie's song, you will here the part about the bees on her food. Well, that evening Jordan was minding his own business and just sat in a chair next to the fire. A nasty YJ somehow got in his shorts and stung him on his waist! Not a great start to our weekend. The next morning we started making our bacon early so that the nasty YJ's would not be as bad. We also set aside some meat away from camp. They were quite bothersome, but we made it though breakfast. In the meantime, the children were playing down this in the creekbed when we heard some serious crys. First, I saw Jordan screaming and holding his eye. Next, was my poor, sweet Eric with NASTY YJ's all over his head. So, I did what any mother would do and screamed for him to run to me. I was smacking him so hard on the head that I kept apologizing for hitting him. We ran into the tent, one YJ came out of someones clothing, we screamed and got out. Then we ran to the van, another YJ comes out and we screamed and scurried out of the van, then we got back in the van. When the crying began to subside the praying began. After a good 20-30 minutes, we made our way back out the van and stayed close to the fire. Jordan was afraid to sit in a chair of course.

All Eric had done was throw a rock which didn't land very far away from him. It landed onto a YJ nest in a hole in the ground. My poor boys. Eric had a few stings, Jordan had one under the eye, and I got it on the wrist. What drama had unfolded at the Fallen Leaf Lake campsite #21!~

Jordan's fire picture!

Trees at the Fallen Leaf Lake Campsite #21!

also photographed by Jordan!

Sadie sings at the table...

2008-09-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

My friend said that I really needed to video tape Sadie. She is at such a cute age. She loves to sing. She is a walking musical.. I love it! Sorry it is sideways, now I know that the camera can't be vertical. whooopsies.

Jordan's crazy week!

2008-09-08T14:55:00.000-07:00

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!

JORDAN IS 9 YRS.OLD!

He had a great birthday this year with lots of love from friends and family! We love you birthday boy!

Jordan told me that he did not like cake. So, when I asked what he wanted he said, "Snickerdoodles"!
So I made snickerdoodle "cake"!

Jordan had a big week. It started with getting two of his lower teeth extracted. He was very nervous but found that it was not so bad. Those teeth looked like shark teeth. The roots were very long because there were no teeth directly under to shorten the roots and push them out. Jordan was a great example to his siblings, who were all watching in amazement! Way to go Jordan!

Sadie is a Dancer!

2008-09-08T14:47:00.000-07:00

Sadie in her new Tutu!
She is sooo excited to go to her dance class!
Sadie was lovin' her class. She looked up at her teacher with awe and love. I was very proud of her as she danced and mimicked her teachers every move!

Kids and Roses

2008-09-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

FUN WITH ROSES!
It is a good day when you find the fun in rose bushes!
Eric"Spike tongue"

Sadie "Spike nose" Jordan "Spike face

NANA'S VISIT!!

2008-08-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

Nana came to California and we had such a GREAT time!

We missed our Zada and our Ada-B, but hopefully we will see them soon!

We went to a Japanese Restaurant and ate California Rolls and Tempura...ummmm!

Nana had a awesome craft for the kids! She did hand prints and foot prints of the children on white fabric squares. Then made them into different things, such as flamingos, hearts, pumpkins, and bats. They will all be sewn into a quilted wall hanging! Awesome!
We all went to visit Uncle Chris and Auntie Kirsten in Occicental. We stayed at the local Hotel where this picture was taken. It is such a quaint little town.

We love our family!

Family Reunion

2008-08-19T17:00:00.001-07:00

Our REUNION was absolutely WONDERFUL!!

We went to Lake Tahoe and played at the beach, rowed in boats and some even got to jet ski!!
We rafted down the Truckee River...it took 3 big rafts to accomadate the hoards of us!!
The cousins got to play in a variety of places...Grammas, Auntie Em's, Uncle Billy's, Hiking, Beaching, and Boating. We had Fiestas, Luau's and Itailian Bistros! What a week!
Grandpa and Grandma Griffitts celebrated their 40 years of blissful marriage!
Congratulations on producing such a magnificent family, and being an splendid example to us all!

Camping in Tahoe

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Cascade Falls in Tahoe is absolutely beautiful!
We went camping with our cousins! Eric got a little terrified when he thought his little Mario figure had gone down the waterfall, but luckily Daddy saved Mario from a
bumpy, soggy, torturous death!

Camping!!

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Early in the summer we went camping with some friends at
Mt. Diablo. I have stared at that mountain ( from my childhood home) my whole life and had never been there. It was sooo fun to camp under the BIG Oak trees. The kids caught a lizard, there were lots of lady bugs and the Big Daddy Raccoon that ate the neighbors whole pizza!! We stood at the tippy top of the mountain. We watched the fog roll in under us and felt like were flying in an airplane. It was the start of a great summer!

Sadie

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Sadie, Sadie, Sadie

She is the perfect baby of the family. She is sweet, loving, fun, and bossy. She is such a girl!!! She LOVES her swimsuit more than anything!! She is quite the fish. She loves to play house. She loves her friends. She loves to help mommy clean which is awesome. She is MY girl.

Eric

2008-08-19T11:15:00.000-07:00

Eric is the perfect middle child. He is sooo loving, generous and thoughtful of others around him. Eric loves to use his imagination. He loves to create characters, worlds, and even new languages. Right now, he has been talking about Xteon. Xteon looks like a metal ball that has many powers, who can live in lava for 2 years. Ask him and he will tell you a detailed story. He loves Pokemon cards and carries them around everywhere. He loves to build ships out of Legos. He is very excited to start 1st grade this year.

Jordan

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He will be starting 3rd grade and is ready for a daily schedule again. Jordan loves to be organized and loves to be with friends. Hmmm...kinda sounds like me. Jordan is a perfect oldest child. He is helpful, responsible, and generous. Jordan loves to collect things and decorate HIS shelf above his bed.