...eight months old and so much more!

paige turned eight months old on may 1st...she has two new teeth and is about to crawl!

our moms and more group ended for the summer...here is a picture of our group with our kids (we are missing a few people). what a fun year- i miss it already and am so anxious to get started again in september. this group has been a saving grace for me as a new mom!

meeting little marty...what a cutie. he is so tiny- i forget how small paige was as a newborn!

first swim! (check out the video below)

A FUN FILLED WEEKEND IN APRIL...

the princess gets her food (these pictures are for you matt)!

celebrating uncle drew's birthday. drew loves paige!

drew and kyle

drew and allison- when you have two older sisters you get to know their friends pretty well over the years. and allison has been in our life since drew was like 8...so there you go!after an amazing home cooked meal we ran to the dairy before it closed...yum!

paige and i got to go to melissa foster's baby shower too...what a fun weekend!

and finally... valley bible church @ the crossing... (the church i grew up attending) celebrated their 20th anniversary. it was a fun celebration and kind of like a family reunion. i was grateful that aaron & paige got a chance to see just how special vbc is and the community of believers that have been a part of my life through the church. many people visited and we saw some funny old videos and heard from most of the founding elders about how it all began. those of us who have been on the worship teams over the years got to go sing with the band and we took so fun pictures of old youth group friends. i don't think it is possible to have a perfect church- but vbc has set the bar very high...it is a sincere and loving place that seeks to know God and share his love. i am grateful for growing up there and always enjoy visiting when i am in pleasanton. thank you Lord for a wonderful group of people who have taught me so much and who demonstrate your love and grace...i look forward to the next 20 years!

tim with paige and us girls...tim has been the youth pastor at vbc for a long time and he is awesome. i learned so much from him about God. i honestly loved my high school youth group experience. he is a great guy and he loves the Lord...he took us high school punks on many adventures from mission trips to yosemite...i have even hiked half dome with him a few times. he was the pastor who married aaron and i...and well we just think he is swell!

paige and makenna always have fun together

all of us went through the youth group at some point...so fun.

this is a group of us that all graduated in the 90's...does that make me sound old? we went through youth group together and have a lot of funny stories!

paige tried to get in on the picture

natalie me sarah & allison (i love these girls)poor tate was so distraught over paige's loud yelling that he cried a few times...eventually he got over the shock of her screaming and grabbing him...but i just think she is too much women for him right now! as you can see in the video she's a man-eater!

so we are back...i was out of town to sell some of my home made crafts at a christmas boutique...very fun and i will tell more about that later! here is the latest news and pictures around here. paige is growing and getting more chubby by the day! she is officially 13 lb. 3 oz. and 24 1/2 inches...wow i just cannot believe it. she is wearing 3 month clothes and her newborn pants all look like capri's on her!

Tate Bowen was born a few weeks ago and we cannot wait to meet him...i am already calling him paige's little boyfriend...if nothing else i hope they are friends someday...they are only a few months apart! check out dan & melissa's blog for some really great photo's and video!

paige loves aunt ev's big sink for her baths!

paige and brent got along really well...even though she kept pulling away from him in her swaddler.

i love kim!

uncle ray and i bonded...he taught me the "usc fight song" and "climb up sunshine mountain"...i think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. uncle ray was always a fun uncle growing up...when we would visit we were just as excited to see him as we were to see aunt ev.

she was in a great mood on this day...she was so happy in fact that she kept falling asleep while we were trying to get pictures! she is smiling a lot now...i just cannot get enough of her smile!

our little cat on halloween...

...sorry girl...no candy for you yet!



we had fun at the pumpkin patch...although it was way too much money in our opinion...but paige got her own little pumpkin and we got some great pictures...so it was not a total loss.


there was a perfect space where a pumpkin was missing and paige fit right in it!
we had to get a few shots together!

aaron and i went on our first date w/out paige. my mom came over to help us out and babysit. we went to the shane & shane concert...they are amazing. i love them and have not been able to see them in concert...so i was in heaven. i love them. and what an exciting thing that they are just as good live as they seem. "pages" is a great album...check it out.


paige loves her new swing!

this was at 5 weeks old...one of my favorite paige pics!