Look who's got teeth!

Madeleine now has 6 teeth...and she knows how to use them!

My sister is awesome!

I just want to declare to the world that my sister Sarah is awesome! She ran the Toronto Marathon on Sunday, October 19th. This was her first marathon. I can't believe it, but she ran it in under 4 hours, something like 3:45. Amazing! On top of that, she had bronchitis at the time. And, on top of that, she placed 20th in her class! I am so proud of her. I wish I had some pictures of her, but I'm sure I will get some soon.

Congratulations Sarah! You rock!

We Bought a House!

Today we closed escrow on our new house we bought! We are just thrilled. It has been an enormously stressful process, but it is all worth it. We are sad that we will be leaving Irvine. We absolutely love it here. However, we knew that the window of opportunity for us to buy a home was now, and so we jumped at it. We are moving to a community in Corona called Eastvale. Our home is a one-story, three bedroom plus an office house with real hardwood floors and great upgrades. We are so excited to move in. However, we now have a lot more work to do getting our house ready to move in and of course packing up our things. We will be completely in our new house by Halloween!







Madeleine just loves her new house. So much more room to spread out and explore!

Madeleine's First Trip to the Beach

On August 22, we went to our church ward's corn roast bonfire at Corona Del Mar beach. This was Madeleine's first trip to the beach and she had a great time. She just loves the water.





After munching on some watermelon, the three of us took a trip down to the water so Madeleine could get her feet wet. We weren't sure how she would react because the ocean water is so much colder than her bath water and even the water in the pool. Well, I think the pictures say it all.











Just as the sun set and darkness fell, Madeleine got sleepy and fell asleep peacefully in the sand near the warmth of the bonfire, even with all the hubbub of the others at the party. She is just so cute!