Some summer photo's

I took a trip to Eureka Ca. to have a last farewell to my wonderful Grandma Swiss's Eureka house.

She was moving to Utah to be closer to have kids.

This is the cousins hanging out in the front room .

Who knew a box could be so much fun!

The beautiful park down the road

Grandma's kids. My Dad on the far Left. Uncle Dale, Aunt Jeanette, and Uncle Jerry.

the last goodbye to Grandma's house.

Northern Cali is so beautiful . . . I had to stop for a picture!!

The drive was only 5 hours and it was heavenly

Emerson travels really well and was asleep for half of the trip.

James built a crazy computer that is housed in an aquarium .

Just hanging out

This kid is just getting too big. I love hanging with my little man.

His favorite things are TRAINS, TRUCKS, and CARS.

Sound like a boy to you?

We ripped out the false fire place and put a new one in just hours before a big party at our house, needless to say, I didn't get a lot of sleep that week and my hands were completely black, stained by grout for the party, but we finished it. . . a miracle.

The party was fun. . . looking back I was too preoccupied to take pictures at the party, should have done that.

The finished Product.

( I am dying to repaint this room now that we have the fire place in. I had envisioned a travertine tile with a white prefab wood surround, more blues colors when I picked a cooler tone for the room. . . now I really want to warm the walls up with a different color . . . Maybe in a year or two . . :) . . )

Before the summer ended we went to SF for some fun and enjoyed a walk through a tunnel aquarium . Emerson loved it.