Blessed

We blessed Joshua at home on July 16th. Here are the pictures:The men. Joshua was blessed by his dad with the help of:

Great Uncle Richard Clark, Uncle Brian, Great Uncle James, Dad Jim, Jay Seaver, Bishop Matt Lahn, and Papi (Gpa Mike O'Neil)

And, I finally did his blessing outfit photo shoot today, the 24th. Here is our handsome little guy!

Happy 4th of July!

Here are a few pictures for you all, in reverse order:

Joshua, today, on his first 4th of July.

June 24, 2011Michael lost his first tooth! June 4Mom-O came to stay with us and save us from ourselves!

We are very grateful for all her help, and we sure do miss Mom-O!

The 4 kids, June 1

One of us didn't want to cooperate - and it wasn't the newborn!

Here are the best shots.

It's a boy!

I know most of you just want pictures, so here you go.

Before After Happy Daddy!

See those dimples! Chin and cheek. ADORABLE!

Born on Grandpa's birthday!

Meeting the siblings

The "O'Neil picture" with blanket.

Cute feet. Kindof long and skinny. I think they are like Mom-O's feet.

There he is!

Joshua Douglas

5-13-2011

9:18am

8 lbs

Welcome, Spring!

Well, it's not the 4th of July anymore... this is what we've been up to:

-Eric was baptized the first Saturday in August. Mom-O, Papi, and Jenny came in for a visit and to see Eric on his special day.

-School started in August. Eric is in 3rd grade, Michael in Kindergarden. Kate is "homeschooled" ha ha ha. Jenny was here to help us end the summer/start the school year.

-Kate turnd 2 in October. Lisa also turned 2.

-We had a fun Halloween with the ward trunk-or-treating. Not sure where the picture proof is, but we had a Ladybug (Kate), a fierce diety Link (Michael), a regular green Link (Eric), and a witch (Lisa, in natural form, with added costume to look the part).

-The kids and I enjoyed a Thanksgiving in LA with my family. It was busy and fun, with all of the cousins around. We gave Papi (my dad) a wind chime with a chime for each grandchild - making the total 9. Since then we have happily learned that there will be 12 by the fall! We also celebrated Mom-O's 60th birthday!

-We had a lovely CO Christmas at home, and then went up to join Jim's family.-A Happy New Year came and went, complete with snow that prevented our family party guests from arriving.

-Jim turned 3 in February. Michael turned 6 in March.

-We also had a few other events and somewhat made-up holidays in between it all. Examples: Eric sang with a CO Springs boys choir, we celebrated pii day where we at pie, we had green eggs and sprinkled pancakes for Dr. Seuss's birthday, and Eric won the Jordahl (school) Idol Judges' award of $25!

-The baby should come in about 8 weeks - I CAN'T WAIT! Bring it on! My body is done cooking this little one. Here are some spring pictures we just took today. Yes, these are the same green bow ties on the boys, but they went so well with Kate's Easter skirt that they just had to wear them! Enjoy!

Sir EricMr. MichaelLady Katherine

Here are a few more pictures I found on the camera - it's been a while since I took the pictures off! This is just a sampling of life around here since last 4th of July!

Crazy Christmas pictures.Kate's getting her 1st haircut in January!

Eric's 1st pinewood derby - end of January.

We went bowling on a "snow day" in February, which was really just a "freezing cold" day.We had lunch with daddy on that "snow day". Cute picture of Michael - with pizza on his cheek as proof that we ate at the Kaiser building!Michael's 6th birthday in March.The Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade (Proof that we have Jim in the family)Kate and Grandpa, reading, on one of our trips back to Longmont.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! We had a great trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house! (a.k.a. home to Longmont) Here are the kids, in matching painted shirts.

Eric was having a good time... Michael was too... See the blue on his cheek (his right, your left)? He fell asleep on the drive up with his blue necklace on. Yep, he had a tattoo! We spent a good part of our evening watching the clouds to see if we were going to get a tornado over us. (We didn't, thankfully.) Here is Michael, checking it out...

Kate had a great time, and has started calling Grandma/pa "Bakaa". And, her hair can now go in a ponytail (although we started the day with 2 pigtails, until the ride up when we lost one).

What a great way to start our week of official family vacation!!!

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring, everyone! Here we are, in a rare family picture, complete with crazy faces. Spring is my favorite season. Everything comes alive - the brown turns into color all around! Get outside and enjoy it, before it gets too hot!

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!