This is yucky...

That tooth NEEDS to come out but she won't let us get near it. Maybe we'll be more forceful about it this weekend and see if we can get it out. Sorry about the food on her teeth, she was eating while we took this picture! This is the closest I could get to touching her tooth. She's not very brave in the slight-pain department.

This just looks bad.

Babies

My youngest sister is expecting her first baby! It will be fun to have a baby in the family again. Luke is at an age where he just loves babies. We had a friend's baby at our house for a few hours yesterday and he just loved it. He tried to give him toys, feed him his bottle and just pointed at him with his grunting noises all the time he was up. It was really cute to see him love this little guy. Watch out Kathy, I'll have a 2 year old ready to baby sit by the time your new one arrives!

California

It's official. Derek accepted the job with his current company back in California. We'll be moving to the Fontana/Rancho Cucamonga area in the next few months or whenever our home here sells. This is it... I hope. We knew our AZ stay would be short (didn't think it would be this short) and we wanted our next move to be one that stuck for a long time. We think this is it! As my old professor would say, we're off to the 'Land of the Fruits and Nuts' again. Frankly, after living there for decade, it feels more like home, or as our CA Realtor says, 'God's Country'. I'll sorely miss our church and friends here, and the kids are old enough to miss their friends, too, but God is always faithful to provide and we are so glad to have had this time with these precious friends.

Say Cheese

Nearly every time you point the camera at Luke he makes this face until the flash goes off and then he laughs a silly laugh. If you're takinga picture that doesn't need a flash, that confuses him and he's not sure when to end the 'cheesey' smile.

Sleeping

This seems to be a theme of a lot of posts, lately, but here we are again. After a late night out, this is how I found Jack on the floor of the school room during our afternoon quiet time. He took 'quiet' seriously and barely made a peep for the whole hour he slept in this position.

This one's for Mom

Look! I have living, blooming flowers on my front porch that I planted myself!! They won't last with the heat coming but here they are. And Mom, I know the name of it-- a geranium. I actually got them because they reminded me of the ones in Grandma's back walk area (Krebs) in that white planter.

The Ice Cream

They ate it in character: Anna with a book, Jack being silly, Leah with it running down her arms and Luke just plain cute. This is his first ice cream cone ever. He was mesmerized.