Aliza Lu Lu

I don't know why she became Aliza Lu Lu, but that's what I tend to call her. Her name is Aliza Kate, and I've been trying to break the habit, but everytime I say Aliza Kate, Carmen says, "NO MOM, it's Aliza LU LU!!". Anyways, I just love this girl! She is so easy going and such a happy child. She really is a lot like her daddy in that way. David is rarely in a bad mood and most people enjoy being in his company. Aliza is much the same way! If all my children were like her, I would have more of them.

Here's some fun pictures of her playing in the new pool. Carmen is at a friends house and still doesn't even know we own this pool, but Aliza has already enjoyed time by herself in the water. I don't know that she will have as much fun with big sister in there with her, but for the time being she didn't want to get out to have to go take a nap.

The Beans are Sprouting Again!

The exciting news at our house is we are expecting baby #3!! This is what David found when he came home from work. Of course we would love a little girl, but we have our fingers crossed for a boy this time! This Beaniebaby should arrive sometime mid March.

Camping at Shaver Lake

This past week we did a joint family camping trip. We went with our good friends the Farley's and the Fobert's. The kids had so much fun being as dirty as they could be and playing together. We swam in the lake and had a jet ski and a boat. The kids had fun riding the boat and jet ski while the adults did skiing and tubing. Some of the kids did some fishing but never caught anything. Our camp site had a really cool cave and some big rocks that kept the big kids entertained the whole week. I've posted some pictures here, but like always, if you want to see all of them go to the link under "Pictures".

We've been BUSY

The month of June was a very busy one for our family. David was gone most of the month for work to India and Thailand and other places. My mom and niece came to visit us. Carmen had so much fun playing with Peyton. We also made it the County Fair with Grandma Bean. Aliza called every animal a dog! Goat, pig, cow...no matter, it was a doggy. I really wanted to post about each of these things, but time has just gotten away and this is what you get.

We also took part in our community to volunteer for the 4th of July festivites. Myself and a friend organized a "Decorated Bike Parade" for all of Mountain House. We had judges come out and pick 1st and 2nd place winners, who recieved trophies. The winners got to walk in the Mountain House 4th of July Parade! My good friend was the organizer for the big parade and called on all her friends to help. We spent long hours getting the parade set up and going, but it was so much fun and turned out so great! I've posted some pictures here, but if you want to see all of my parade pictures I'vel posted the link for them. We hope everyone had a great Independance Day.

Our next adventure is a camping trip with two other families. We are going for three nights to Shaver Lake. Between the three families there will be 17 people. It will be a lot of fun! (at least I keep trying to convince myself...)

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