The Unknown

Today I am just grateful to be one of the unknown here in LA.

I know it may come as a surprise to some of you, given my gorgeous face and long & lean model figure, but the paparazzi are not chasing me all over town documenting my every move; that's why I have to do it myself!

Yesterday Sarah and I were at our neighborhood park hanging out with some friends when I noticed that someone outside the park was videotaping something going on in the park. Then when I looked more closer I noticed there were paparazzi standing around outside the park EVERYWHERE! Then I spotted her, the poor actress that was just trying to play with her babies. When she'd push them on the swing, the cameras went crazy and when they'd go look at the ducks in the duckpond, the paparazzi ran, following close behind her.

Although the $$$$$$$$$ that comes along with that profession would at times be nice to have, I am so thankful that Sarah and I can go wherever we like and that I can play with her in the sand or push her on the swing, or make quacking noises at the pond, knowing that if someone's snapping a picture it's because I asked them to!

4 Generations--UPDATED!!!

Sarah's Great Grandparents, Papa and Grandma (Bill and Marcella Weldon) celebrated their 60th Wedding anniversary this month and to celebrate their children took them on a Mexican Cruise. Because they boarded their ship in San Pedro we were able to have everyone over for brunch when they arrived back on land. After my mom spent a few days with us here in Santa Monica we headed down to Carlsbad to continue the celebrations. 60 years deserves LOTS of celebrating! We went to a Padres Game and almost everyone (Sarah, Papa, MJ, and myself excluded) got violently ill with some sortof flubug. My Aunt and Uncle and PnG had to delay their trips home until they were better. Poor folks. I am just grateful we escaped it.

Grandma and Aunt Patty gave Sarah Jane a lemon. I think they wanted to see her cute face shrivel up from the sour...no shrivel! She LOVED it and couldn't get enough.

Whenever Sarah and her Papa are together they have a wonderful time. The were having a good time playing with Papa's Padre's hat before the game.

It was fun having Aunt Judi and Uncle John here. They had never been to our house before and we love visitors. Their grandkids were going to be at their house when they got home and I think Sarah was making them more excited than they already were to hug on them.

Come back everyone...we miss you!

Cameraless

Girls camp was excellent, AmAzInG even! I will write more details later. I forgot to take my camera out of my bag. Actually I was either too busy with other things or knew many of my friends were there taking pictures. SO, I am just waiting for them to post pictures on their blogs so that I can steal them and post them on mine. More details AND pictures to come! :)

**Hint, Hint MOH, Rachel (maybe yours are copyrighted), and Nicole!!!

Missionaries for Dinner

We had the missionaries over for dinner tonight. I enjoy having them in our home and they usually leave us with a nice message. Up until a few weeks ago we have had sister missionaries. They were amazing...Friendly, upbeat, hardworking, normal.

Well, now we have Elders and having them over for dinner was a totally different experience. Richard and I both kept thinking, "The church sends these boys to teach people the gospel?"

Let's see, where do I start?

**Elder Anderson offered the prayer over our meal where he proceeded to say, "Please bless the food that it may be healthy and low in calories." Followed by serious chuckles as he finished the prayer.

**Everytime he put out his hand to have you shake it, he would pull it back. I don't think we ever got a handshake.

**Sarcasm, sarcasm, sarcasm. Now, we will admit that maybe we perpetuated this, as we aren't the least sarcastic people on the block.

**He was trying to remember people in our ward and wasn't describing them in the nicest of ways. "Is he the one with the wierd hair, she's the Korean who's not Korean but she has squinty eyes, etc." It leaves us pondering what our description will entail?!

I do have to give credit to one of them. He seemed to have his head on straight but the poor fella has a delinquent companion. Bummer for him and the rest of Santa Monica.

I also realize I might get struck by lightening for posting this but it has to be said!

I'm supposed to be finishing my devotional for camp tonight as well as packing my bag. Sarah and I are heading back up to girls camp in little bit. Instead of doing all the things I NEED to be doing, I am blogging.

I just realized I never posted this video from our trip to Yellowstone and I love it because it shows how happy Sarah is when we are outdoors and just how talkative she is.

All Grown Up

Well, not all grown up, but sometimes it seems like it. Sarah Jane is almost 9 months old...where has the time gone?

Just today (and it's only 11:15) she has grown leaps and bounds.

This morning she crawled, really crawled. She has been army crawling and is speedy at it, but this morning she did the real thing!

Then when I went to re swaddle her because she was fussing and still needs to nap, she was kneeling in the corner of her bed, ready to pull herself up. (yes, she still has to be swaddled to sleep)

Looks like Richard has an assignment tonight---lowering her crib!

Oh and yesterday she got tooth number 2!

SWEET SIRRI

After 10 days, countless tests, 1 big surgery, lots of tubes and bandages, needles, and a full body scan today---Sirri Marie is on her way home! The body scan came back clean---there are no more tumors or cancer in her body. She will have to be checked every 3 months for the next few years, but that we can handle!

Sirri, we are SO PROUD of you and are happy you get to go home. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!