Brave Girl

My independent 3 year old has decided that she likes to swim on her own.

John's Birthday

um.....I probably should have posted this before posting Bella's.....but John turned 28 on August 7th. He had to be out of town on his birthday, so we welcomed him home with a sign made by Bella and me and his favorite treat, a homemade cherry pie.

Bella's Birthday Party

She insisted on wearing my necklace with her outfit. She already is into accessorizing. I am very proud.

Bella turned 3 on August 17th. The day before we had her birthday party. We went to a local splash park and playground. We had some family and a couple of friends come. It really was a great time. Bella loved it. She especially loved the pinata....not so much the candy, as much as, whacking something with a stick.

Her presents were perfect for her too. Play shoes. Plastic food. And a Fancy Nancy book. What more could a girly girl want?

Radiohead Concert-Hollywood Bowl 8/24/08

I have many theories, some may say way too many, and one is that if you don't like Radiohead its because you haven't listened to them enough. So when they went on tour this year it was a must see. After a series of lucky coincidence and plain old good luck we (by we I mean Tim) landed some sweet seats. The only weekend they were in L.A. was on August 24th (Our 6th Anniversary). So I made the sacrifice and went anyways.
Tim Dance, his brother Dave and I flew down to LAX on Saturday and stayed at Phil's house in Redondo Beach (thanks Phil and Jackie!). We saw all sorts of movie stars at the concert (Ellen + 1, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Seth Green and the redheaded wife from "Friday Night Lights"). But that was in no way the highlight. The best 2 hours of music followed. Pictures and video to follow! If its possible I found a whole new level of Radiohead addiction. By the way I did make it up to Courtney and we spent last weekend together celebrating our 6 years together.-John


Excuse my shaking hands, its a long song ("Nude", from the album "In Rainbows")

iPhone

I have such a great husband. Today, John's company went out and got the new iPhone for everyone. Well, I have been talking about how much I want one and...he got one for me too! Yeah! It is seriously the coolest electronic gadget I have ever seen. I am not one for electronics, but this thing is amazing! If it is possible...I may love this more than my TiVo...and that is saying a lot, because everyone knows my love affair with my DVR.

Parties for Chase

I love this picture of John and Chase.

Chase and Brigitte...we are talking wedding plans already...

Christy and I with our new bebes.

My sister-in-law, Becca, with her girls and my boy.

My friend Lori and Chase.

My mom is so cute and stylish.

When we were in Boise, my mom and sisters gave us an open house for everyone to meet Chase. It was so fun. I was able to see so many friends that I had not seen in a long time. I loved showing off my beautiful son and I felt so blessed to have so many people come and support us.


Then when I got back yesterday, Friday, my sister-in-laws, Erin and Julie, and my sister, Erin, gave Chase and I a dinner here. It was beautiful. They out did themselves. Everyone was commenting on the gorgeous spread. Most of my Norman family was there and some good friends from my neighborhood. Again, I felt so humbled and blessed to have so many good people in my life. Unfortunately, I was not very diligent in my picture taking. You just need to know it was beautiful and my sisters are all amazing.

Chase's Welcome to Boise

Aunt Brennan and Chase

Brad Loves Chase.

The oldest cousin, Spencer, meeting the youngest cousin, Chase.

Anna-Bug with Chase-R-Bugs.

We headed up to Boise last week to see my family. Half of my siblings had not met Chase yet. It was so fun to be with them. They were so excited to meet him, we all love him so much.