A wedding in Beverly Hills

I had the opportunity to spend a weekend with Aunt Katy and Jim in Glendale for my cousin Tanya's wedding.
It was a beautiful Jewish wedding in Beverly Hills. Here's the happy couple Andrew and Tanya!
Here Tanya being escorted by both Aunt Katy and Dennis down the aisle.
Here's a picture of Aunt Katy, me and Aunt Helen at Aunt Katy's house as we are about to leave for the wedding.
Isn't she a beautiful bride? :)
The happy couple about to cut their wedding cake. Congratulations to both of you!

4th of July BBQ

For 4th of July, we were invited to our friend's house the Heberleins for yummy BBQ and backyard fun. We all had a great time! Here's a picture of Hannah playing in their sprinkler and trying not to get hit by the ball coming at her.
Andrew trying out the slide. As you can see, he's not ready to let go of mommy's hand and do it all by himself yet.
Hannah, the expert slider.
Andrew wanting to try out to big boy swing.
Andrew munching on a piece of watermelon on my lap. This picture was taken by Kevin and Kaci's son Zachary who is 4 years old. Not bad! :)
They had a fun kiddie pool there that Hannah got to splash around in. Happy 4th of July!

God's Little Princess Devotional Bible by Sheila Walsh

God's Little Princess Devotional Bible by Sheila Walsh was a very cute book. It contains 337 pages of short devotionals. The stories range anywhere from "Why Worry?" to "Love from Above." With all the hype of princess stories like "Cinderella" that have a very unrealistic take on life a , this book puts being a "princess" into a different perspective. It talks about being the "daughter of a King," having God as our hero and what that means. It says the age range is 4-7 but I think 4 might be a little young for this book. My favorite feature of the book is the role playing and dress up ideas it gives. My daughter is a little young still for this section, but I can't wait to put on biblical "plays" with her. There did not seem to be enough illustrations in the book. I kept wanting to see more pictures to go with the stories, but that could also be because I have a 3 year old who mostly looks at the pictures and is just learning how to read. Overall this was an excellent book that I would recommend for a early school age girl.

Calling all Kindred Spirits

My friend Rheina and I thought it would be fun to throw a Anne of Green Gables tea party, so we hosted one at my house last weekend and had a great time. Above is all the yummy food that "Anne" would have served at one of her tea parties and that are mentioned in the books. We each brought/made something. We had caramel pie, shortbread, plum puffs, chicken salad sandwiches, cucumber cream cheese sandwiches and strawberries and whipped cream. It was perfectly scrumptious! :)

Rheina and Kathy looking lovely in their elegant pearls. The book that Rheina is holding, "The Anne of Green Gables Treasury" gave us the recipes for all the food we served.
Jan Holton and Kristina. Notice the red rose in my hat. That's the only thing I could come up with that was semi-Green Gableish.
Kristina and Jane (or Aunt Jane as Hannah likes to call her). I loved the country dress and straw hat interwoven with ribbon that Jane wore. Very Anne-ish. :) I had a great time ladies! Thanks so much. I can't wait for our next tea party in November at Kathy's house.

Andrew was dedicated!

We finally got Andrew dedicated. We started attending Lakeside Church last September, and we never had a chance to get him signed up for the baby dedications, so we finally made it happen.
Pastor Chris praying for our family and Andrew.

Happy Father's Day

For Father's Day this year we went with some friends Shaun, Kami and their daughter Alexis to SUSHI!!!! We had a great time. The food was great, the company was great, and the pictures turned out good too! :)
Andrew munching on edemame. Say "cheese!"

Hannah and Alexis posing for the camera.
Hannah being silly with whip cream on her face.

Andrew in Motion

Its been way to long since we last had a video up, but this one should make up for our absence. Andrew has started walking and we were able to get some of his better performances on tape. Now he's a walking pro and doesn't crawl anywhere anymore. Hope you enjoy!