A Busy, Busy Week! And all of it was good.

One week ago today Mike's nephew Glen and his family arrived for a short visit on their way to Disneyland (etc).  We had fun visiting with Glen & Kim and entertaining the the little ones.  We are looking forward to their return trip next weekend.

But the HIGHLIGHT of our week was a mad dash to Pleasanton late Sunday evening for the birth of grandson #2.  Jonas Lyle; born at 11:33 pm on 9-9 (love the double digits); he was 22 1/2 inches long and weighed in at 8 pounds 12 ounces.

And we were back to see him (and his parents) on Monday.  Here is "Pops" getting acquainted with the little guy.  

On Tuesday I was
at the hospital
again soaking
up more of the
newborn goodness.

 

  

Wednesday was my first chance to babysit with grandson #1, Jude, as his mama has gone back to work.  He suddenly seems so big, at just over 3 months!  What a fun day that was.  I am so looking forward to a day or two with him each week.

    
Wednesday was also the day Jonas and his mama came home from the hospital.  So of course I had to stop by and see him getting settled in at home.

I ended up spending the night so his daddy could get some sleep in preparation for a job interview on Thursday.

 

And back again for a few hours today. 

A Very Good Week Indeed!!

Time is going by so fast!  And this will be a crazy weekend, with house guests Fri-Mon and a baby shower for Shannon on Saturday.

 So just enough time to post a few photos from last Saturday .... of the whole family!!
 

The star of the show~ 

he found his thumb!

with Aunt
Shannon

and Uncle
Kevin

getting practice for their big adventure, due in September

     all dressed up with Daddy and Mama, getting ready for his first wedding

                   a cuddle from Pops

 the whole family,  out for a walk and
brunch in downtown Pleasanton.

dis-Mantle

The baby is away for a few days and I can't see him or take photos. so I have to keep busy in other ways.

After seeing Catherine's post titled decorate I was inspired to re-do our mantle.  It had only two items on it and really was boring.  I don't think I'm quite done with ours, but took a few photos to get a better perspective.  (tell me if you detect a theme)

ok, I can't leave without adding a couple of pics I stole from facebook (color version of those on the mantle)

We just love that little one.  But wonder why he is covering his ears at this tender age.   Hhmm, must be a "guy" thing.

Welcome to Our World

On June 7th at 9:57AM our first grandchild was born.  'Baby J' weighed in at 7#5oz and is 20 inches long.  We are IN LOVE!!

in the delivery room

We were blessed to have
dinner the night before
with the new parents.





 And doubly blessed to be at the hospital for the birth. And the following day as well.  He is just prefect!

With his daddy in the recovery room. 

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 Sleeping in my arms, and again in Mikes.

"His Little Feet"

On Sunday "His Little Feet International Children's Choir" were guests at our church.  They are an energetic, joyful, well mannered group of kids from Honduras and Ethiopia ranging in age from 7 to 14.

 

Abysira and Eyob from Ethopia, Jesus from Honduras
having a quick breakfast before church.

We were blessed to host three of the boys and one staff member in our home, Friday night through Sunday morning. 

Eyob, Melissa, Jesus, Kourtney and Abysira in our backyard.

After their presentation at church.

Beach Trip

A week or so ago Mike surprised me with a trip to the BEACH!
 

I love it...probably in part because I'm not bothered nearly as much by allergies when we are near the ocean.

I love the sound, the smell, the beauty and yes, even the sand.   



  







Sunrise in Santa Cruz

 

Beach and trees in Carmel.

And dinner in Monterey.

It was a refreshing break from our in-land location.  Especially because it was unseasonably warm at home that weekend.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Actually today is sunny and beautiful; but this week we have had days of record rainfall.  We had mid-west type thunderstorms in a typically dry climate.  The rain woke us up in the night and drew us to the windows during the day.  Since most of the rain we get is light and spread out over longer periods of time this was a newsworthy event.

 Here are a few photos from a midday storm on Wednesday. 

  Our street was flooded, up over the sidewalks.  Two hours later the street was dry.

 




at this point there were
dark clouds, sunshine,
rain and hail....all at once

 

rain pouring 

over the gutters

rain and hail mixed

looking out the
front door, happy
that I didn't have to

go anywhere that day