A Typical Day in the Life of Hannah

Getting married (usually in the San Diego temple, usually to Aunt Darlene)



















Dressing up...



















...or down...






































...or as Tinkerbell (notice the "strapless" leotard...)



















Rocking Joshua and singing songs to him before bed/naptime














Trying to read a story to Joshua

A Typical Day in the Life of Joshua

Hats...

































...hats...














...and more hats (and panties, buckets, etc.)

Happy Birthday, Rebecca!

As most of you know, Rebecca's birthday was on August 2nd. Since we were out of town, I was unable to make her our traditional birthday cake on the day of her birthday, so we had it the week after. Since we've been married, I have made her a variety of birthday cakes, but they always include strawberries and real whipped cream (from a carton). The reason for these two specific items is simple. 1) Strawberries are one of her favorite fruits and 2) when we were dating, whipped cream and Cool Whip basically were the same to her. So, for her first birthday after our marriage, I made a cake with the real stuff in order to show her otherwise and it's been her birthday tradition ever since.

Anyway, this year I made a cake from scratch (not my own recipe of course). It was a lot of work and I had to wear an apron that was a little tight around the middle, but . . .





















I think it turned out pretty good.














However, the real reason I love celebrating Rebecca's birthday, is so I can celebrate the life of my most favorite person in the world. There are so many things I love about her, but there's just not room on this blog to name them all.

Even though the cake was hard work, Rebecca is definitely worth it. I mean . . . just look at her.














Yowza!


Happy Birthday!

A Day at the Beach

Sorry about the lapse between postings. Here are some cute pictures from our weekend trip at the beginning of the month to Irvine and San Diego. Below we are spending the day at Newport Beach, and visiting the Newport Beach Temple with Seth's sister Darlene and her husband Greg. We had a fun time with them, and a great day in San Diego while they watched the kids for us! Thanks again, guys.

We're on TV!

So apparently CNN did a story on the flood we had on Sunday and a friend of ours spotted us on the broadcast! If I'd known, I would have done my hair :D Okay, it's not very much, but it's kind of fun. Here's the link to watch the story. At about 40 seconds of playtime, you can see me hanging over the fence taking that picture of Seth wading in the street.

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-48192?ref=feeds%2Foncnn

Monsoon Season: Part II

So today a thunderstorm started while we were in church. When you look at this, you'll understand why I now feel stupid for being impressed by the pictures in the previous post! Thankfully the water was not this bad when we were driving home, although there were a couple of parts of the main road that were completely flooded.

Although the sidewalks are more than covered, fences have been knocked over, and small cars driving down the streeet look more like boats, people seem to be enjoying the flood. I keep seeing the same huge truck driving back and forth, enjoying the torrents caused by the wheels (pictures below), and yes, those are kids in their swimsuits behind that fence, and we even saw a couple of kids tubing down the street when we pulled up at the house, but unfortunately they left before I got the camera out. We just put together some major 72-hour kits last weekend, so we are mostly prepared for disasters like this, should it get any worse. Maybe I'll go put the finishing touches on the backpacks just in case...

Sorry about the weird spacing, we can't fix it!

Monsoon Season

Who says it never rains in the desert? Having lived here for not quite a year, I'm not sure if this is typical or not, but we've actually had a couple of nice storms lately. In spite of all the water you see in the pictures below, it actually only rained for a short time. The ground is very hard here and doesn't absorb the water very quickly. And you wouldn't believe how fast it dries up once the sun comes back out!

Here are some pictures of Seth and Hannah enjoying the rain we've gotten from the thunderstorms during the last week.