Family Fun

Well, as some of you probably know I went up to Yuba City last week to spend time with my family. I got up there on Saturday just in time to set up the last of 3 tents in the back yard so that everyone would have a place to sleep. I wasn't able to stay as long as I thought, but it was fun while it lasted. On Saturday and Sunday we just hung out, ate, chatted, and laughed at the little kids - oh and of course played games. It's pretty much an unwritten rule that when our family gets together we spend a lot of the time playing games! It was a lot of fun, and a lot of crazy. We had all of our 8 siblings there plus all of our children. It was the first time that we had so many people together, we were missing 2 spouses but everyone else was there. There was a total of 19 of us!!! So, if that "gong show" wasn't enough we had decide that on Monday we were going to take it down to the beach and the boardwalk in Santa Cruz. Everyone was able to go except my sister Brie who couldn't get out of work. So Monday we left about 11:30 I think, and got to the beach to find perfect weather. The only weird thing was that there were absolutely no waves. I lived in Santa Cruz last summer and went to the beach a lot and I never saw the ocean as calm as it was on Monday. It was nice though, the weather was warm, there was a slight breeze and the water was wonderful. Some of the adults played a game of baseball, while others watched and played with kids. After the game was over me and my sister Ashely went swimming in the ocean. It was so nice. We just sat out in the ocean and floated and talked. We both wished there would have been more waves so we could have played in it, but I guess it was nice just to bob. I could have spent the rest of the day in the water, but Austin woke up from his nap screaming and by the time I got him calmed down everyone was ready to go back to the cars to change for the boardwalk. The boardwalk was a lot of fun. I went on one roller coaster "The Big Dipper" and it was great! I don't even remember the last time I went on a roller coaster. Ashley and I got to sit in the front seat, it was so much fun!!! The rest of the time I just walked around with Grandma and Grandpa, pushing Austin and watching all the grandkids ride rides. They had a great time! We ended up leaving the park at around 10:00 and luckily I wasn't driving because I wouldn't have made it, I would have ended up crashing at my in-laws, but everyone made it home in one piece. It was a great day and one that I am sure i will remember for quite a while.

teeth

So Austin and his teeth, I just don't know what to do. Not that there is a lot that I can do. If you can see in this picture you will notice that he now has 3 bottom teeth. Weird, but whatever. So the other day we noticed (due to the large amounts of drool) that he was teething again. We just figured that it was his 4th bottom tooth coming in, but no. Instead of him being normally weird he is just weird weird. Instead of getting his 4th bottom tooth he got a top tooth, and not just any top tooth, his top k9. As we looked at his teeth on Sunday we noticed that his other K9 seems to be on it's way out too. So our crazy son is going to look like a vampire with 3 bottom teeth and 2 top fangs! Lucky us! But as least he knows how to give good loves!

Jenedy

okay, So when I went to go on my job interview I left Austin with one of our friends, Jenedy. Jenedy and Victor live in the apartments across the street from us. Devon works with Victor and we are all in the same ward. Jenedy is an amazing artist and has recently quit her job as an art teacher and now stays at home and paints. Well, much to my surprise, when I went to the interview she took a couple pictures of Austin, and then that afternoon after we left painted an amazing picture of him! I had no idea she was going to paint him! The first time I saw this I was so stunned. It looks just like him! I talked to her later and she said that we had to come over and see it in person because it is so much better. I can't wait to go see it! So here it is. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. THANKS JENEDY! You are so amazingly talented!

If you want to check out more of her paintings you can go to www.jenedypaigepaintings.blogspot.com