Memorial Day Weekend

What a busy weekend! The zoo, Pirates of the Caribbean, TGI Fridays, Iggy's, "Andra's" Bed & Breakfast, a birthday BBQ, family pictures, mini golfing, games, games and more games! We had a great weekend thanks to all of you who took time out of your busy lives to play with us. We love spending time with our families and sure made some great memories this weekend! Thanks!!! We sure love ya!

6 Months Old

Gabe turned 6 months old on the 19th of this month. I can't believe how the time has flown! We took him to the doctor today for his 6 month check up and immunizations. He weighed in at 16 lbs. (23rd percentile) and is 27 inches tall (75th percentile). Looks like we have a tall skinny kid on our hands. He is so full of energy and is interested in everything right now! He has perfected rolling over and rolls all over our apartment. He also scoots on his tummy and will be crawling any day now! He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks in place. It won't be long!
He continues to delight us with his shrieking and squealing and an occasional chuckle at some absurd thing we've done. John and I are constantly amazed at how much Gabe seems to learn and grow each day. We love playing with him, reading to him and showing him new things. I don't think we'll ever grow tired of watching him discover and explore the world around him. What a fascinating life this is!

We have a house!

Yeah! We have a house to move to in Dayton! We no longer have to worry about being homeless transients. We are going to be living in a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath townhome. It's privatized military housing so it's not on base, but very close. We are waiting to get more information on it, but from what we've seen we're excited. You can look at a floorplan by going to this web address: http://www.wpafbhomes.com/floorplans.php. Our floorplan is letter "i" under "new construction." Having found a place to live has taken a huge weight off our shoulders, now we can just focus on actually getting moved out there.

Mother's Day

It's been great to have John finished with school and to actually be able to spend some time with him this past week. He went back to work landscaping this week, but we sure enjoyed our week off! We spent a lot of time flying the helicopter his parent's gave him for graduation and we also took a trip home for mother's day. We enjoyed spending Friday night with my sister and her family. They took us to a restaurant called Johnny Carino's that was very good. On Saturday, we went to see John's 5 year old niece, Annabelle, run her first race at the Gateway in Salt Lake. We had a Mother's Day lunch with his family at Cowboy Grub and spent a few minutes in the park flying his helicopter.
Saturday afternoon, we celebrated Mother's Day with Cheryl and Dad. We had a great BBQ in the backyard and just enjoyed each others company! Taylor brought Meg and she put up with our family once again. And of course John took a group to the high school to fly the helicopter...
Sunday we had a short visit to Nana's house and were happy to see the Bunker family for a few minutes too. Erika and Brett were happy to introduce Gabe to Cougar!
We then ran to Lewis and Amber's house in Provo to complete our Mother's Day celebrations with the Barton family! We had a great dinner there and again had a great time visiting with family!
We love ALL of our mom's and hope you all had a great Mother's Day!

John's Graduation & Commissioning

Yesterday John graduated from Utah State University with his degree in Mechanical Engineering and commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force! We attended the College of Engineering graduation where he walked and received his diploma, followed by his commissioning. John's dad commissioned him, then Rose and I pinned on his new lieutenant bars. We wrapped up the day by having a big dinner at Cafe Sabor. It was an AWESOME day and we were thrilled to spend it with a lot of our family and friends! Thanks to all you who came to support us! Congratulations John! We are all so proud of you!!!

Gabe's not the baby anymore!

Lexi was born on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. 8 lbs. 7 oz. and 20" long. It was fun to go visit my new niece and Gabe's new cousin. It's hard to believe that he's not the "baby" anymore. It wasn't that long ago that he was a newborn, but after holding Lexi it made me realize how big my baby has gotten. It's amazing how fast they learn and grow! Congratulations Jenny, Philip and Big Sister Adyson!