Early Summer Days...

Lewis's latest fascination has been Volcanoes which he pronounces enthusiatically, "Wahhhh-too"! He loves to take his little red toy that he thinks is a volcano to the park, the pool, and in the bathtub. Whether he fills it with sand, water, or bubbles he'll gently tap the top as if it's erupting and it entertains him for quite awhile.. If he doesn't have his handy red volcano with him, he loves to make his own out of wet sand, blankets, or pillows. Even when I hand him a triangle shape tortilla chip, he says, "Wahhh-too!" Lewis is starting to get into waterfalls now and can easily access them on youtube with my iPhone. One of his favorite things to do remains throwing rocks or anything that will make a splash into water.
So that's been our play theme to start off the summer and we've been having a lot of fun with it... Kaaa-Boom!!!

Spring Trip to Utah

We had a wonderful visit and got to see all of our families. Lewis loved seeing his grandparents, cousins, and especially the rocks in the river! After a long day of fun, out door activities Lewis was plumb-tuckered out...
Here's a link to see video at the river: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQvyGp3l8I

BREAKING NEWS

Deanna has been spotted in the kitchen!!

No seriously, this is Lance, and I am making a rare posting to our blog to express my gratitude to Deanna for finding such a great place for our family in Irvine. I give her a lot of credit for making it happen after telling me about her favorite park and "dream neighborhood" for so long. We love our new home!

Home Sweet Home

We moved to the promised land... Irvine!!! We've only been here 2 weeks now, and it's everything I was hoping for and more..
When I first discovered Sweet Shade Park, I knew it was where we wanted to be. For the past 2 years I've been driving Lewis out to this park. And now there it is, right outside our front door! The park, the pool, the great neighbors and schools and don't even get me started on the shopping. Hello, Whole Foods! It's everything a mom of a 2-year-old boy would ever want. Lance has taken Lewis to the pool and hot tub 3 time this week and it's February, people.. We're living the dream, baby!

It's 2011!!!

We're looking forward to a whole new year...

Let It Snow!!!

Ok, so maybe Lewis is still too young to fully appreciate experiencing his first snow fall. I know there will come a day when he's begging us to take him to the snow! The photo of me in front of the apartment building is West Cambridge, aka, Condo Row, just south of BYU campus. That 1st floor window is into the living room where "The Purdy Sisters" lived during most of college. Lance lived just 2 condos down at East Cambridge, and we were in the same ward for 2 years; however, we don't remember ever meeting each other. Now 15 years later we're married with a 2 year old, and life is good! Crazy how things turns out. Lance and I enjoyed visiting our old college stomping grounds together with Lewis and truly appreciate our family. It was worth the wait! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving vacation in Utah visiting our families and look forward to seeing more of them over Christmas.

Our baby boy turns 2!!!

We had a great time celebrating Lewis's birthday with family and friends, but we decided we'll give Chuck E. Cheese a rest for a few years!
A little story about Lewis just before he turned 2 years old... Lewis and I were at the water park where I was feeding him fish crackers. To my dismay, each time I handed him a fish cracker, he would throw it into the water, then after a while pick it up and eat it. This is something he has never done before, and I was so worried he would get sick from the germs!
A few days later, we were reading a book together and it finally hit me... As I pointed to a page showing fish in water, I realized that Lewis had thrown the fish crackers into the water before eating them because he knew that fish belong in water!
This is one of the many examples demonstrating that kids know more than we think. There was a method to his madness. What an insight into the beautiful minds of children… I realize more and more every day that it's the small moments I appreciate the most.