Granny's Surgery

Granny was diagnosed with Colon cancer this spring. But, Praise God she came out of surgery cancer free! She is recovering well and much more quickly than we all imagined! Yay for Granny!

Camping

We had a blast on a weekend camping trip this summer with a group of friends. We camped in Santa Cruz by the beach. It was a bit chilly until we drove up the coast a short ways to the beach. The kids had a blast playing with friends, climbing trees, making smores, and chasing the waves!

Celebrating 10 years in Cancun!

Jeff and I had a wonderful weekend in Cancun in July. We celebrated 10 years of marriage!

I like to drawings!

Here's some of the latest refridgerator art from Keilani. It's a picture of grandma. See the resemblence?




And here's Jacob's picture of the family:

Family Time

Here are some pictures of our anniversary lunch- we took the kiddos back to Rusch Park where we got married. Notice the same bridge in our wedding picture below! This week we also spent a day at the SF Zoo to reward the kids for filling their "speaking nicely" sticker charts.

Our first decade anniversary! 10 years of marriage!

Happy Anniversary to us! Still lovebirds!

June 26, 1999

Disneyland! 5 days- so super fun, so very tiring. We all had a blast.

The Birthday Princess

Keilani Mei had a magical princess birthday yesterday. She turned 3! Her big gift was a big girl bike- princess themed of course. She got piles of gifts from family and friends- I've never seen so much fru fru princess stuff in my life! I didn't like dresses, pink, or barbies when I was little, but as Kei Kei gathers more of these things, I've decided it's all pretty FUN! Keilani is such a bright and cheery girl - she's beautiful inside and out. Happy Birthday Princess!

There Will Be A Day - Jeremy Camp

Praise God- there will be a day. Romans 21:4

A great visit

A couple of weeks ago we had our good friends here for a visit. Their 2 oldest kiddos had a sleepover while Mommy Backlund took a little break. It was a busy day for sure, but I found out that I can hang with 5 kids- for a few days anyways! I took the kids to Bounceopolis in Folsom to get some of the energy out and later we had a movie night and then it was sleepover time. I sat in the room until they fell asleep and it worked! Check out all the cute pics. Can you tell who has a crush on who?