Luke arrived on Thursday, September 8th at 11:32 pm. He was 9 lbs 1 oz and 21.5 in long. Here is some video of when Gemma got to meet him for the first time.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
This video cracks me up! We were at home getting ready to go hiking at Red Rock Canyon so we had Gemma's backpack out. She LOVES her backpack and always is excited to see it. Ben and I were both getting things ready to go and I walk out to the kitchen and find this....
Here's another video that I took when Gemma and I were getting ready for the day and found a house fly in my bathroom...
Gemma is talking ALL THE TIME now. There is usually a running commentary of the day going on. "Mommy, we're going to the store. Mommy, now we are driving. Mommy, can we listen to the radio?" She also is asking, "What's that?" about everything!!! She knows all her letters now and their sounds and still loves to 'read'. She is such a cuddler these days and since I have spent lots of days sick on the couch in the last 5 months, she is content to just sit next to me and hang out. She is so much fun! Much to my pleasure, she also loves looking through the baby boy clothes and things that I have set out and getting things ready for her new baby brother.
Here's another video that I took when Gemma and I were getting ready for the day and found a house fly in my bathroom...
Gemma is talking ALL THE TIME now. There is usually a running commentary of the day going on. "Mommy, we're going to the store. Mommy, now we are driving. Mommy, can we listen to the radio?" She also is asking, "What's that?" about everything!!! She knows all her letters now and their sounds and still loves to 'read'. She is such a cuddler these days and since I have spent lots of days sick on the couch in the last 5 months, she is content to just sit next to me and hang out. She is so much fun! Much to my pleasure, she also loves looking through the baby boy clothes and things that I have set out and getting things ready for her new baby brother.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Easter 2011
We had a great Easter weekend in Vegas. We were lucky to have some good friends in town from Phoenix to spend the weekend with. I have more pictures to post from my other camera but I can't find it right now, so that will come later. We had a fun hike out at Red Rock Canyon and a fun date night out, but mostly we just relaxed and hung out. 
Gemma had a ball finding the Easter eggs that we had hidden in the back yard. Here she is sharing candy with Daddy. 
Gemma decorating eggs a few days before Easter. She is a great little helper in the kitchen!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
OK- hard to tell in this picture but yes, that is snow falling in Las Vegas. Last week in snowed for a couple of hours one morning but nothing stuck around.
Gemma's first (and probably last) dance class.
Family Christmas photo. It was quite an effort to get this picture taken, but here it is. We were so lucky to have Pops, Shannon and Jason all out here for a super fun Christmas!
Our little diva insists on wearing dresses everyday.
Auntie Shannon and Gems
Friday, September 17, 2010
Gemma 1, Bear 0
OK, so I don't write on this web log - ever - but I'm compelled to write an hilarious account of ANOTHER wildlife adventure for our family.
Background: My 10 year College Reunion was last weekend in Colorado Springs. We were lucky enough to have some good friends invite us to stay at their place on the South side of town. The Hansens (Melanie and Gizmo) live in a great neighborhood, and we knew Gemma would have a ball playing with their little ones, so it was shaping up to be a great trip.
When we got to the Hansen's on Wednesday, we saw six or seven mule deer (doe) grazing in their beautiful neighborhood - what a sight! Gemma thought it was pretty cool, but was happy to move along to playing with the kids. Well, we consistently saw deer in the morning and at dusk, and on Thursday evening when we were returning to the house, we saw a really impressive eight point buck just down the street from the Hansen's.
Dads tend to get excited about wildlife, and this was no exception, so after we drove away, I was still exclaiming, "What a great big buck that was, huh Gems?!" Well, we pull up to the house and Melanie comes trotting out and says, "Carys (one of her two-year-old twins) was just at the window saying that she saw a bear... Oh my gosh there's the garbage can that it must have been going through!"
Sure enough, there was the tipped over garbage can! I thought "Wow! We just missed a bear!" And quietly breathed a sigh of relief because we haven't had the best experience with bears. I set Gemma down, and she makes a B-Line (whatever that is - it seems the appropriate term) to a point on the curb, just to the left of the tipped over garbage can. When a two-year-old moves with this sort of purpose, you know they are excited.
Sidebar: Temporal distortion is basically the phenomenon of a short period of time seeming like a longer period of time, or visa versa.
At that instant, I project my line of vision toward where Gemma is walking, as Melanie says, "The bear's right there!" There, sitting PERFECTLY still, but facing away from us, is the backside of a black bear. Stacey and Melanie will agree with me when I say that Gemma was literally no further than seven feet from the bear.
Dad instincts kicked in - I jumped between Gemma and the bear, snatched Gemma up by whatever I could grab (sadly, I missed one of her armpits due to the speed with which I was moving, and Stacey said she just saw poor Gems' arms, legs, and diaper in a flash), and nearly fell over as we changed direction to get away from the bear.
Fortunately, the bear was startled by our flailing and scampered deeper into the clump of trees where it was sitting. After we got Gemma back into the house, once my heartbeat was out of my ears, and Stacey's kneecaps stopped shaking, we saw the bear had moved on to the next garbage can, and were able to get some pretty good pics and video. Eat your heart out National Geographic!
Gemma 1, Bear 0
THE BEAR!
Me and my Sweetie - Air Force is about to pummel BYU...Background: My 10 year College Reunion was last weekend in Colorado Springs. We were lucky enough to have some good friends invite us to stay at their place on the South side of town. The Hansens (Melanie and Gizmo) live in a great neighborhood, and we knew Gemma would have a ball playing with their little ones, so it was shaping up to be a great trip.
When we got to the Hansen's on Wednesday, we saw six or seven mule deer (doe) grazing in their beautiful neighborhood - what a sight! Gemma thought it was pretty cool, but was happy to move along to playing with the kids. Well, we consistently saw deer in the morning and at dusk, and on Thursday evening when we were returning to the house, we saw a really impressive eight point buck just down the street from the Hansen's.
Dads tend to get excited about wildlife, and this was no exception, so after we drove away, I was still exclaiming, "What a great big buck that was, huh Gems?!" Well, we pull up to the house and Melanie comes trotting out and says, "Carys (one of her two-year-old twins) was just at the window saying that she saw a bear... Oh my gosh there's the garbage can that it must have been going through!"
Sure enough, there was the tipped over garbage can! I thought "Wow! We just missed a bear!" And quietly breathed a sigh of relief because we haven't had the best experience with bears. I set Gemma down, and she makes a B-Line (whatever that is - it seems the appropriate term) to a point on the curb, just to the left of the tipped over garbage can. When a two-year-old moves with this sort of purpose, you know they are excited.
Sidebar: Temporal distortion is basically the phenomenon of a short period of time seeming like a longer period of time, or visa versa.
At that instant, I project my line of vision toward where Gemma is walking, as Melanie says, "The bear's right there!" There, sitting PERFECTLY still, but facing away from us, is the backside of a black bear. Stacey and Melanie will agree with me when I say that Gemma was literally no further than seven feet from the bear.
Dad instincts kicked in - I jumped between Gemma and the bear, snatched Gemma up by whatever I could grab (sadly, I missed one of her armpits due to the speed with which I was moving, and Stacey said she just saw poor Gems' arms, legs, and diaper in a flash), and nearly fell over as we changed direction to get away from the bear.
Fortunately, the bear was startled by our flailing and scampered deeper into the clump of trees where it was sitting. After we got Gemma back into the house, once my heartbeat was out of my ears, and Stacey's kneecaps stopped shaking, we saw the bear had moved on to the next garbage can, and were able to get some pretty good pics and video. Eat your heart out National Geographic!
Gemma 1, Bear 0
THE BEAR!
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