Question

I'm going to Disney Land next week and am contemplating renting a stroller or bringing my own. I have a bob stroller, should I take a less bulky stroller? (Although the Bob is really comfortable and has a great sunshade for Emerson.) Have any of you taken strollers on plans and have advice? Thanks

7 months

Emerson will be 7 months tomorrow. Wow he is growing so fast. He has two bottom teeth and can almost crawl.

House Up date

While I was in Utah we ordered and had delivered the roof tiles. I can't wait to see the finished product.




We are getting ready to Stucco the outside of the house. This is a picture of the back of the house, the blond doors open to the master bedroom.

During the last few weeks my husband has been concentrating on wiring the whole house for cable, internet, power, phone, -He loves it-

Family Photo's

So I'm at my parents house and I found some old pictures of James and I and the fam.

Surprise for Grandpa Swiss

Emerson and I took advantage of the Delta coupon we got from flying in Dec. to come and see grandpa Swiss for his 60th birthday.

Wouldn't you like to sit next to this kid on an air plane!!


Our visit was a surprise for Grandpa, and he was surprised :)

The house progress

We have a front door!!


and windows


There is a back room we refer to as the bat cave. There are no windows and the access is through the washroom. We added a few feet to make the room bigger after the initial cement pour.


I spent Saturday afternoon water proofing the back porch, Very sticky business.

Gary Cooper

A friend of mine said when a pet has been missing for more than 14 days he is likely not coming back. So here is my fair well to our cat Gary Cooper. Almost 2 years ago my Mother-in-law found a abandoned litter of kittens on the country roads. I asked James if we could try to have the cute black and white kitten for a week and give him back to his mom if the cat wasn't our style, turns out, the kitten became one of the family. The kitten was named Gary Cooper because it looked like he wore a tux. Gary was extremely playful, not a cuddly cat. He was polite though, we trained him to to knock on the screen door when ever he wanted in the house. He did have a problem with peeing on the bathroom rug. When we moved the problem went away. He was very protective of his turf. If another cat came around (which they did) Gary would hiss them away. He would follow me all around the house. If we went to bed with the door closed he'd paw at it until it opened, which was a problem because in our current residence our bedroom door doesn't shut well. Two weeks ago I let him out and he hasn't come home since. There has been no trace of him around the neighborhood, so good bye Gary, you were a fun cat.