Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Long Blogger Silence = Long Blog Update

Hello friends and family!! As many of you will be excited to know, we have become reconnected to the cyber world. We now have Internet - Hurray!! So forgive me, but I am posting an extremely long blog to fill in all of the things we've been wanting to share the past couple months. Since it is so long I decided to group it into categories.. Enjoy!! We'll start with the main attraction:





#1) Grace She has had a little cold, but is eating and growing wonderfully. She is really starting to coo and smile. She really likes to talk to people and I have a hunch she is going to be pretty social.


In this shot she is wearing an outfit that I used to wear when I was a baby





#2) The Great Outdoors





Last month Cameron took Josiah on his first father/son camping trip at Lake Skinner. Josiah's favorite part of camping was, hands down, roasting s'moresCameron and Armando (friend and co-worker) take all the boys hikingThe Three Amigos : Keith (Kee Kee), Josiah and Jordan


#3) Mommy and Daddy


Though we have had our hands full, we have been blessed to be able to sneak away for some "mommy and daddy time." For Valentines Day we (along with Grace of course) went to the Getty Museum. It was a VERY cold day, but it was fun to have a little adventureThis sculpture cracked us up... What would you title it? My favorite part of the Getty ironically was not Van Gough's Irises
or even the lovely Monet's, but the spectacular view:
FYI- the Getty at night is enchanting and makes for a very romantic date
For My Birthday Cameron took Grace and I for a splendid picnic on the Santa Rosa Plateau
#4) Church Life
Our church has been so supportive during this exhausting season.
Many brought us meals and cute girl clothes when Grace was born.
It has been exciting and fun to develop and deepen relationships there:
Above are some of the young men Cameron has been meeting with for the last year. They have become close friends It has been an exciting 'Spring season' for Cam at work. The youth ministry is growing and many students have made significant life changes in the past several months. This shot is from a recent retreat in Palm Springs that has brought a great deal of new life to the team.

#5) Family Fun
On a normal day, much of my time is spent either out in front of our house
supervising Josiah and Jordan speeding around on their trikes or here,
watching them be excavators and road builders Here are the boys decked out in their rain gear:
Though the rain kept us inside for a while (the boys were going crazy!), it has brought many beautiful blossoms. Here is a shot of the Magnolia's from our front yard:
Lastly, but by far the most entertaining, the boys got into a bit of trouble a week or two ago (you may have to click the play button twice):


Okay, I couldn't resist, one more... this is Josiah singing. He loves to make up his own songs which are sort of a compilation of what is floating around in his head. And just to help translate, his first words here are "Ding Dong 'tar" which means he is strumming a guitar and it is making the noise 'ding dong'. It is accompanied by some air guitar attempts as well:

34 comments:

Ruth (the blogger) said...

YAY!!! So excited to see this post. Looks like you're doing really well, considering how full your hands are!!! Grace is beautiful, and your boys are RASCALS! :) We can relate. :) Very nice how well you and Cameron kept your cool with the wall art. :)

Ruth (the blogger) said...

I always have a song that reminds me of different chapters in my life, and "Cathedrals" is for you, Jenelle!!! :)

I can't really remember how I did it, but you go to playlist.com and register, then it's free to make your playlist. You just type in all your favorite songs. I think there are instructions on playlist.com on how to post it to Facebook.

Cellar Door said...

Hey I was at the Getty on Valentine's Day too! now I'm sad I didn't see you! :)

thanks for the update....you guys are wonderful.

-Grete

kristin said...

OH MY GOODNESS. I cannot believe the artwork on the walls! I bet you guys were shocked, mad...and many other things. Wow.

LOVED seeing pics of Grace. And the boys have grown SO MUCH. I loved seeing how big Josiah and Jordan have gotten. Wow! I'm sure they keep you on your toes!

Anonymous said...

Ding dong 'tar.... I'm sitting here in misery.... Our family has the musical talent don't we Jen?

Claire

Anonymous said...

Oh sweetness! I love your kids and I sure do love you two! Thank you for the updates and know that we love you dearly and pray for you by name, often. xooxo
Jill
www.aaronandjillbaker.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

I LOVED THE ART. A TRUE MEMORY TO HAVE FOR LIFE. YOU CANT HELP BUT LAUGH AT THEM CLEANING IT UP.FYI USE MR.CLEAN MAGIC ERASE PADS MY LITTLE NEPHEWS THOUGHT PINK NAIL POLISH WAS A GREAT IDEA AND IT TOOK EVERYTHING OFF. MISS YOU GUYS LETS GET TOGETHER SOON, I NEED TO MEET LITTLE GRACE!
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