Finding his feet

Neal discovered his toes/feet the other day. Now every time he is laying down he tries to grab at them. It is so fun to see the new things he learns/discovers each day.

California

Neal and I are down in California visiting with my family and extended family and Neal is meeting everyone for the first time. It has been so much fun. We have loved being able to catch up with everyone and the warm weather has been great. We have had lots of days at the pool and just relaxing. Neal hasn't actually been swimming yet but he will get the chance on Wed before we head home.


Here are some fun pictures of our time down here. Also the video is a short little clip of the new sound that Neal likes to make. He is "blowing Raspberries" all the time now - it makes one messy/wet faced baby.

Seattle & Graduation

We had such a fun time in Seattle visiting with lots of friends and family and celebrating Anna's graduation. Neal has done well with the busy schedule that we have had since being here and has managed to take naps wherever and whenever he can.






Though we had hoped for warmer weather while here we got a variety of rain, sun, clouds and thunder. Quite the interesting start to summer.



Neal got to meet his great grandpa for the first time and got lots of play time with his cousins. We have had a wonderful time and will be sad to say goodbye to everyone.

Congratulations Anna

We came up to Seattle this summer to celebrate Anna's college graduation from nursing school. We are so proud of Anna and all she has accomplished. She has worked so hard to not only finish the nursing program but to do so with honors. She is going to make a fabulous nurse. Anna is so good with people and can always make someone feel welcome and comfortable. She is going to touch so many lives as a nurse and will have a positive influence on both her co-workers and her patients. We are excited to see were she ends up working and how she will use her nursing degree in the years to come.



Like we have said before Anna - there are always nursing jobs in AK and we would love to have you come out by us. Neal would love to have his Tia closer.

Congratulations again on all your accomplishments.

Summer has arrived

I think I can officially say that summer has arrived in Anchorage. The past few days have been absolutely beautiful. Today it got up to 80 degrees outside which is not too common for Anchorage especially this early. We have taken full advantage of the past few sunny days by going on lots of walks. And Yawkey loves being able to be outside again.


It has been wonderful, during Neal's morning nap, to be able to sit outside in the sun, drink my coffee, read my Bible and listen for him to wake up (since his bedroom window opens out to the deck). Neal has enjoyed laying out on the deck in the afternoons in the shade and playing with his toys and just "talking" about his day.



We sure hope this weather continues.

Congrats Natalie

We are so proud of you Natalie and were so happy to be able to share your special day with you. We can hardly believe that you are done with high school. You will have such a great time at college but we will miss you here at home.





Congratulations on all your hard work that brought you to your special graduation day. We love you

Toys - a new discovery

This last week Neal found his toys and how to use his hands to move them and now plays with them all the time- the video and pictures tell it all - Enjoy