Happy Fourth of July

I think the cookies speak for themselves....it's a flag...and it's a cookie.....yes, it's a flag cookie:)

Baby Jack

Here's our newest nephew, Baby Jack! He's such a babe. I love my sisters babies 'cause they're always so cuddly and so happy. Jack is no exeption. This is him just 6 days after he was born. He was 10 lb. something oz. and 23 in. long.....oh baby! Just look at all that hair!

Summer Fun!

So we really have been doing a lot in the past few months since our last blog...

We've had some company come and see us!
Jeff and Carly came out in June for a very fun visit. It was so much fun to see more of Dallas with them here. We found (by accident) the Holocaust Museum, which we enjoyed going through, and also a fun place to eat called Gators...super fun, super good food and super hot, ahhhh, another day in a Texas.

Upgrade Complete!

The long awaited day has finally come! The day when; no longer shall we squint to see if Froto dropped the ring, into the fiery pits of Mnt. Doom. No longer shall we have the hesitation to sit across the room in thought that "thank goodness we have sound"! No longer is our movie watching based solely on story lines, but now also a "great visual epic". Upgrades are now not limited to Carter, Teal'c, and Jack O'Neal, but have been extended to us by the same forces that drive "Adama to Earth". To enjoy the quality of picture that went from man to "Hulk" and we liked it when he got angry! We are pleased to announce the arrival of the newest form of technology at the Rock house. Samsung LN46A650! aka Thor's Hammer

Say Cheese!

I'm so glad we did manage to grab a camera and take some pictures with everyone around. I think we've got a pretty good looking family!


The Spurgiesz Family

The Johnston Family

The Cotter Family

The Spurgiesz Family

The Perfect Pair

On the morning of our last day in San Diego the adults got to play The Perfect Pair game while Mom watched all the kids outside. The sad part was that even though I helped write the questions Justin and I came in last! We were the Newest Pair ,our prize was airheads. (notice the Pear trophies)

Nadia and Buck were the Bronze Pair ,their prize was snickers.

Scott and Melissa were the Silver Pair, their prize was Hot Tamales.

Oh, the Perfect Pair ! Tanya (pregnant with baby #3) and Brian won the title in a tie breaker, their prize was boxes and boxes of Nerds!

All the little people

These are the people that make it all worth while...the little people:)

Liam and Addison at the beach (cousins)

This was too funny. Aside from the Blues Clues shorts ( we left ours home this trip) Justin (26) and Joshie (3) have the same taste in clothes. Shorts, t-shirt, white socks pulled up to the shin, and of course skater shoes...it's a mini-me moment!

They may be small, but...

Jacob



... these kids are fast, confident, gravity defying, loud, smart, energetic, fearless, negotiating, multi-language speaking, hair pulling, constantly talking, always inventing and cool to be around!





Addison





Josh, Addi & Jake






My peeps!

Fun in the Sun

On our third day in San Diego we took a short hike to the beach. The hike was fun and the weather was nice and sunny. It didn't take long before Justin decided he needed to take a dip in the cold ocean, here's the frozen body surfer...

San Diego 2009

This is the sweet house we stayed in for a few days. It was a geat house with lots of space and even more fun toys than are pictured. It rock'd