Emma's Dance Recital

After a lot of anticipation Emma finally had her first dance recital. She did so well and looked so pretty. Her group was the first to go on and she was not shy at all. At the end of her dance she kept bowing even after the other girls were leaving the stage. She is going to be our actress/dancer. At the very end of the all the dances everyone came out for their final bow. We were unable to use a flash so many of the pictures of the actual dance did not come out.

Their teacher Kathleen talking to them before the dance.



It was a really special night. We are so proud of our little girl.

Catching up

Nothing to exciting has been happening on this end. Emma did have her kindergarten orientation and next week we will go and actually register her. She is very excited. I told her I was worried about her finding her own classroom and she said "don't worry mom, you could just draw me a map." She is really growing up. Gosh time really does fly. Jacob has been Jacob...all boy. He keeps us busy, that's for sure. His new thing is not wanting to sit in the shopping cart, he wants down so he can run around the entire store and give his mom an anxiety attack :)
We are coming to AZ June 26th, can't wait to see everyone.
Enjoy the random pictures...

Mendocino Lake

Last weekend we went to the lake, which is only 20 minutes from our house. We didn't think it was going to be so warm out so we didn't bother bringing swimsuits...mistake. The kids didn't seem to mind, they got in the water anyway. You should have seen how big Jake's diaper got :) Mason even got in the water. We had alot of fun.


Emma even caught a fish (haha it is a plastic fish she found). Her and Jacob thought it was the coolest thing.


Alex was afraid his head was going to get sunburned. He is so cute XOXO.


After a long day of play the kids were exhausted. Play hard...sleep hard.

Enjoying the weather

It has been so nice here lately. Emma just got her first bike so we took Jacob and her to the park. They had so much fun riding around like crazy.




Home sweet home

Let's keep in touch.

We thought creating a blog would be a great way for us all to keep in touch.

An update on us... It is hard to believe that we have already been in California for 7 months. We are settling in over here nicely. Things are going really good for Alex and work. He is enjoying spending more time with the family. Emma just started preschool a couple weeks ago and of course is loving it. We have her kindergarten orientation coming up, which is just crazy to think about. Jacob changes daily. He is turning into such a little man. He surprises us with new words all the time. As for me I am really enjoying being closer to my family. It is really beautiful here. Northern Ca. is so green and there are wildflowers everywhere.
Hopefully we can figure this blog thing out and keep on updating and sending pictures. We miss you all.