Thursday, August 28, 2008

California Dream'n

Yeah we're Dream'n we were still there!

Morgan got to meet her new cousins. Believe it or not, Morgan is the oldest. Bode (left) is Haylee's third child and is about 20 hours younger than Morgan. Kasen (right) is Kalli's fourth child and 5 weeks younger. They had a great time playing together and while in CA. It was so fun to have my two sisters there with their babies.

While in CA we spent the day on Lake Oroville on a party boat with about 40 of Brent's family members. Brent's borther has a ski boat for tubing and wake boarding as well as the wave runner above. After a some deliberation but not much, Brent's parents were convinced to take the wave runner for a spin. Judy(68) and Paul (72) had a pretty good time and so did the kids and grandkids watching grandma freak out.
We also got to attend the wedding of my best friend from High School that was held at Lover's Point Monterey. Needless to say it was beautiful. As we enjoyed a faboulous lunch at the reception, we were able to watch dolphins jumping in the bay. I was so glad we could attend. Congrats Melissa and Sean!
While in Monterey, we took 17-mile drive to the Lone Cypress and passed Pebble Beach Golf Course. Wow I miss the beach!
We were also fortunate enough to be able to attend the finialization of the adoption of three more siblings for Brent. That makes 13. These three beautiful children have lived with Paul and Judy close to four years now. James, Jessica, and Cody, welcome to the family!
Finally the most important thing that happened on our trip to CA was blessing our sweet Morgan. We did it in my parents back yard with more than 70 people in attendance (hence the reason we didn't do it at chruch). Brent did a fantastic job and had us all in tears. Morgan was a little angel. P.S. Her mom made the blessing dress (thanks for your help Kristi) and Morgan wore her lace booties I brought back from my mission in Belgium (not pictured here).

5 comments:

Sarah McM said...

Fun blog! I love the picture of the three babies with Bode the GIANT. He's not even particularly fat. He's just BIG! So cute.

I am quite impressed with the blessing dress! You plan on using it for any future girls?

Oh, and congrats to Melissa!

Unknown said...

Paij, Morgans blessing dress is beautiful! You did such a good job!! :)

Terry and Kalli said...

great pics sis! wE SURE MISS YOU ALREADY!

Jen Ketcher said...

Paij, awesome job on the dress. It looks fantastic. I'm very impressed.

Megan, John and kids said...

I love that picture of Morgan in her blessing dress! Great job Paij! And, of course it's great to see Paul and Judy on the wave runner, that would have been an interesting experience! I wish we could have been there, oh well. What a fun trip!


Morgan Kennedy Collins

Morgan is one month old!