Monday, October 29, 2007

Pumpkin time!





We carved some pumpkins last night with a high school buddy of Josh's and the Poulsens. We had tons of fun! Happy halloween to you all! Josh and I did the spider, Tasha and Travis did the Ghost and Abe and Kayla did the pumpkin, spider and cat.

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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Nov 03, 07:41:00 AM PDT:

You are good at pumpkin carving. Looks like lots of fun.
Love
Grandma B

 

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Sea World & Wild Animal Park




The family picture is at Sea World, and we are with Melanie and Kara at the Wild Animal Park in San Diego.

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More Disneyland photos




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Disneyland




We just got back last week from California for a Disneyland Trip. We met up with some friends in Anaheim and spent 3 days in Disneyland, and 1 day in Universal Studios. Then we drove down to San Diego and spent one day at Sea World with Melanie and Alan. The next day Alan and Blake ran a 10k Mud Run at Camp Pendleton and Donalee and the kids went with Melanie and Kara to the Wild Animal Park. We got home at midnight on Saturday night and the kids had their primary program bright and early the next morning. Sunday afternoon we had a nice nap. :) Erin and Rachel stayed with Grandma & Grandpa Hastings and family so Blake & Donalee could have a vacation too.

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Blogger Tanya said on Fri Nov 02, 09:13:00 AM PDT:

looks like so much fun we are going there in a couple of weeks!

 
Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Nov 03, 07:39:00 AM PDT:

I'm glad you had a good vacation that week. We need pictures posted of the mud run
Love
Mom

 

Scooter II (Rachel)

Rachel is almost 16 months old and has mastered the art of scooting. (Kyle is Scooter I, but Rachel has developed more finesse and technique). We have enjoyed not having Rachel walking. It keeps our baby, a baby. But her days of scooting are numbered, she has attempted a few steps on her own without the couch or mom nearby. So she will go from scooting to walking without ever crawling an inch.

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Blogger Tanya said on Fri Nov 02, 09:12:00 AM PDT:

that is the funniest thing ever! i love it!

 
Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Nov 03, 08:07:00 AM PDT:

She is a very good "scooter". I got to see her do it when she was here for Jordelle's wedding. Thanks for the video. Now it is recorded forever.
Love
Mom

 

Lauren's Baptism




Lauren was baptized on Saturday, October 13th. We had a very nice baptismal service. Friday night we had family and friends over to our house for a Chinese takeout dinner. We unfortunately didn't have any Birds who could make it Friday night. On Saturday after the baptismal service we were supposed to run to a baby shower, but it got canceled so we had the afternoon off and were able to go out to lunch at Sizzler with Jaime & Merrill, Lindsay, Chris, and Charlie Bird. We had a nice day.

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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Nov 03, 07:34:00 AM PDT:

So good to see so many Birds there. I am so sad I couldn't be one of them. Thanks Jamie for giving my talk.
Love
Mom

 

Lauren's Confirmation Dress



This is Lauren's confirmation dress. I decided as each of our kids turn 8 to have a portrait done of them to hang in their room so they can remember that their baptism is a special day.

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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Nov 03, 07:32:00 AM PDT:

Thanks for the great pictures. What a nice idea to have a professional picture. She looks so cute.
Love
Mom

 

Friday, October 26, 2007

Some wedding pictures






I've finally been able to get some pictures from our wedding - they were taken by one of Josh's cousins, so there is a lot of his family in them. I don't know if you heard, but dad got a black eye the day before our wedding and my brother-in-law, Allen, dove into the pool the night before and got a very big nose and goose egg on his forehead. Needless to say, we have some pretty awesome pictures. love ya!

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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Nov 03, 07:30:00 AM PDT:

Thanks for posting the pictures. Your Dad will always be able to remember his back eye. Hope you will get your wedding pictures soon.
Love
Grandma B

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

San Diego Wildfires

You are probably all aware of the major fires we have been having in Southern California the past several days. As hard as it is to believe, the fires are actually worse than the devastating fires we had in October 2003.

We first noticed the large clouds of smoke Sunday afternoon. That night the Santa Ana winds blew very hard all through the night. It was some of the fiercest winds we have ever seen. Turning on the news Monday morning we discovered that our area was ordered to evacuate and that there were houses burning in Rancho Bernardo, less than 5 miles from our home. At it's closest, the fire came within about 3.5 miles.

We evacuated to our stake center, which was outside the evacuation area. We stayed there overnight, monitoring the situation on the local news channels. Yesterday afternoon we returned to our home, although we are still in an evacuation area. We are actually barely inside the area and, at this point, the fires are mostly at the extreme south and north ends of San Diego County.

At this point, over 500,000 people have had to evacuate their homes in the San Diego area. Unfortunately, well over 1,000 homes have been destroyed. For the most part everything including the evacuations and firefighting have gone very well. Certainly the fact that we just went through this 4 years ago helps a lot.

Although this is day 4 of the fires, they don't expect them to be fully contained for another week. At this point we are very confident that our home will not be affected (other than all kinds of ash and debris from the high winds).

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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Nov 03, 07:29:00 AM PDT:

I'm so glad those fires are all over and so sad for the people who lost so much. Hope the cleanup goes well today
Love
Mom

 

Monday, October 22, 2007

Youngberg Update

Hey Family,

We just wanted to give you our job update. Toby was wanted in San Antonio, Denver and in Salt Lake (Midvale). We have decided to move to Salt Lake!!! We are moving on December 15 and then we will unpack for a few days and head down to San Diego with Chris for Christmas. We are excited to be close to family again. We are not sure where we are going to live yet. Toby's family suggested that we looking into housing since it's a buyers market. So we've been looking, but we will probably get an apartment near Chris. Here are a few pictures I just took of Makenzie. I was trying to get her to show her teeth. You can see them in the first picture, but it didn't come out very good, but it was the only one that showed her teeth. (she has 2 on the bottom)



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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Tue Oct 23, 11:40:00 AM PDT:

I'm so glad you are going to be in Salt Lake. Maybe I will get to see you once in a while.
Thanks for the cute pictures. Also thank for the one year old picture that you sent of Makenzie. It is also very cute.
Love
Grandma B

 

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

water colors

Isaac wasn't too sure about his dad burying him in the sand. And he squalled when his brother came and dumped a bucket of sand on his head. Isaac and Miles have really enjoyed painting with water colors recently. Miles face shows you that sometimes they think their paintbrushes are swords. Also- Wesley is doing really well and is staying with my aunt tonight.

 
 
 
 
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Blogger Alisha Youngberg said on Wed Oct 10, 07:53:00 AM PDT:

I'm so jealous that you guys get to go the beach. I miss it. Hopefully we'll be able to stop and see you when we come down for Christmas. What are your Christmas plans?

 
Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Tue Oct 23, 11:37:00 AM PDT:

It will probably be a few days before the air clears so you can go to the beach. thanks for the pictures.
Love
Grandma B

 

Big News!

I just realized that I haven't posted anything about our big news. Yup you guessed it(or you already knew) Randy and I are expecting our first child in the end of March. We are both so excited. We have no clue what we are having yet, but we will know on November 8th. I'll keep you posted.

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Blogger aunt choody said on Tue Oct 09, 07:50:00 PM PDT:

Great job guys! That is Big news. Keep us posted. That is really very exciting.

 
Blogger Alisha Youngberg said on Wed Oct 10, 07:52:00 AM PDT:

Congratulations!!! We are very excited for you guys.

 
Blogger thejencooper said on Fri Oct 12, 07:40:00 PM PDT:

Congratulations guys! We are so excited for you!!!

 
Blogger Tanya said on Sat Oct 13, 08:40:00 AM PDT:

yeah!!!!!! you guys will be great parents! i am so excited! we need to get together again!

tanya

 
Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Tue Oct 23, 11:25:00 AM PDT:

I'm so glad to know I don't have to keep my secret face anymore.
Love
Grandma B

 

Sunday, October 07, 2007



Trey's new skates!

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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Fri Oct 12, 06:38:00 PM PDT:

Hi Trey. You are a cool guy on your new skates.
Love
G. Grandma B

 

The Kids



Trey and Lucy have started playing together. It is really fun to watch even though they are also starting to fight with one another.

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Blogger Alisha Youngberg said on Wed Oct 10, 07:54:00 AM PDT:

Lucy is way cute. She has a lot of teeth. Makenzie only has 2 and she just started getting them in 2 weeks ago.

 
Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Fri Oct 12, 06:42:00 PM PDT:

Trey and Lucy are so cute together
Love
Grandma B

 

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Conference

Happy Conference!!!! Look what blessings we received:


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Blogger LaVerne Bird said on Sat Oct 06, 11:51:00 AM PDT:

I love the beauty of snow. I think it is appropriate to see new snow on the day we saw President Eyring sustained as the new counselor in the first Presidency. I love Presdent Eyring. And also to see Elder Quinton Cook as the new apostle. I thought conference was wonderful this morning.
Thanks for posting those new pictures

 
Blogger Tanya said on Sun Oct 07, 09:30:00 PM PDT:

i wish it snowed here! i bet the little sweetheart likes playing in it!