Awesome Runners!

 I had a great day yesterday attending the Awesome 3000 races in Salem, Oregon, with Nate and family.  Adalei and Brielle were in the kindergarten and 4 year old races, respectively.  Here are pictures above and below of Adalei and Brielle before their races.  They were so excited and happy to be in the race.

 The race was held at the Williamette University stadium.  This is a picture of Adalei's group in the middle right before their race.  They were warming up.

 Adalei took #11 out of 178 kindergarten girls!  She did awesome! 

 They had the parents run with the 4 year olds so Nate ran with Brielle.  Brielle was #6 in the 4 year old race and #1 out of the girls!  Brielle did awesome too!

After the race we celebrated with pizza at a local pizza shop.  Then had Cold Stone ice cream!  It was a fun time!  I'm so glad they invited me to join them. 

In this last picture you can also see that Adalei has lost her first tooth!

Weston and Allison

When I was taking pictures, I accidentally took this video.  Weston just loved the video.  He watched it over and over.

We had a great time going to yard sales.  Benson loved these little skateboards!

My Week in Roseville

I had a fabulous time staying with Casey, Jenna, Allison, Weston and Benson.  Here's a few pictures that capture the happenings of the week.  

Above, Benson was in the backyard.  He loved wearing the bike helmets even when he wasn't on his bike. 

A cute shot of Allison above.  

Below a picture of Weston holding Allison and Benson behind.  The boys love their little sister and like to hold her often.

Allison is so cute in the picture above.  

Below, Jenna and the kids are on the couch taking a nap.  Jenna is such a good mom.

What a little angel Allison is! 

Below, Benson had a fun time with Charity's blocks.

Weston did great with the blocks also.

Here's Charity reading to Paisley and Weston.  She is the best aunt!

More naps!  Jason and Audrey above and Allison below.

Cute Spencer above.

Jenna helped me make this quilt for Allison.  It turned out great and I appreciated Jenna's help.  We got it done fast.

This is a picture of Weston and Benson after Casey took them to church on Sunday.  They are so happy and really enjoyed going to church.  They are such good boys.

Below, a picture of handsome Weston - he loved having me take his picture!

It was so hard to leave.  I was in California for 16 days and it still wasn't long enough.  It's always hard to leave.  I look forward to my next trip.

Weston can ride a bike by himself!

 Look at this - Weston can ride a bike all by himself!  He has learned very quickly and can ride up and down steep hills without stopping!  Casey has done a great job teaching him.  It is so fun to be here and watch him ride.

 Nate was in town on business and we had a barbecue in Casey's and Jenna's backyard.  The barbecue was delicious although the homemade ice cream made by me didn't turn out too well.

Allison is so sweet and so patient!  I really enjoy holding her.

Here I am holding the two new babies - #8 Audrey and #9 Allison!  They are both so sweet.  Casey tested me to see if I knew which baby was which and I was relieved that I got it right!  Audrey is on the left and Allison on the right side of the picture.

This was the family get together the first day I arrived.  Jason and Ashley were very accommodating to come to Roseville so I could see both babies as soon as possible.  It was an exciting day and really fun to be here with two new babies.

My Week in Folsom - April 2012

 Charity and Spencer had a fun time playing with the blocks.  Charity is the best aunt ever to all her nieces and nephews.

 Jason made us dinner using his cast iron pots.  We had a delicious potato dish and an excellent pineapple upside down cake. 

 Spencer playing in the backyard above and Paisley playing games on my new i-phone below

 Cute pictures of baby Audrey above and below.  She is so sweet and so cute.

 Spencer and his two loves - his new baby sister above and his cars below!

Ashley and Audrey on the rocker....

Paisley and Spencer had fun exploring at Intel.  It was a wonderful week visiting with J, Ashley, Paisley, Spencer, and Audrey.  The time just went too fast.

Family night at Chick-fil-A

Weston loved his face painted like a snake. It was nice to have Charity join us.

Cute Allison

First post from iphone

Audrey two weeks old

Allison Joia Tanner arrived tonight!

I'm so excited!  Casey and Jenna's baby arrived tonight around 6:30 pm.  She is 7 lbs 1 oz.  It is so hard being far away.  I can hardly wait to go meet her!  Congrats to Casey and Jenna!  She's so precious!

Audrey leaving the hospital yesterday! (one day old)

She is so cute!  I can hardly wait to go visit her!  I'm counting the days!