Still waiting.......

The baby is not here yet, but we're happy to say that he will have a name when he arrives! We've decided on Elijah David-Eli is what we will be calling him. We're very excited to meet him! My due date is on Friday, so he could be here any time. We'll post pics. ASAP!

Thanks a lot doctor!

I don't have time to say much. I have to go pick up Kobie from school soon, but I could not let any more time pass without sharing our news. Well, on Wednesday my doctor wanted to do a quick ultrasound to see if the baby's head was down. I asked her to check to make sure that the gender of the baby was a girl. Hmmmm, guess what?!? It's a boy. Pretty crazy. I'm glad we at least have a LITTLE time to prepare. This has definately brought some new excitment for us. Although we would have enjoyed another girl, a boy will even us out a bit. It just feels a little more complete, I guess. Hard to describe it. Not sure on a name yet, we'll let everyone know soon....hopefully!

I Like To Keep It Short and Sweet-maybe not so sweet!?!

I just wanted to share some news that we have known for awhile. It's a.....girl! We did not call everyone to let them know when we found out. Just G-ma & G-pa Bowling and Carter. We knew that the info. would get spread eventually. Sorry if you all have not heard yet. We really need to make better efforts at keeping in touch a little more with everyone. We love you all very much and are greatful for our wonderful friends and family. Capt. Insano-hope you had a fantastic, fun, wonderful, lovely B-day! Ezra-we're glad your surgery went well and happy to hear your doing good. Your such a strong little guy! Oregoneons-sad you won't be coming this month, we really enjoyed getting to spend a little time with you this summer! Miss ya already-hope it's not too long before we get to see you again. Once again, love you all and GOOD NIGHT.

Summer 09' cont.

our yearly car washing

BCF!!!

Silly sisters

Grandma and Lilly at the zoo

Here are some more pictures that we did not have the time or patience to load on our last post. We wanted to keep you all guessing on the "when in Rome" picture, but that was just our hotel in Reno. For our 8 year anniversary we went to Reno for the night. We wanted to go to the Reno temple, but it opened late. We did hit the Sac. temple on the way home. We enjoyed eating at a yummy buffet and our fancy hotel room. We really enjoyed being away from the kids for a whole night. First time ever...thanks again grandpa and grandma! We will post some more recent pictures soon. Don't hold your breath, though!

Summer 09'

Hillbilly Lilly

Cuties!

Rubicon ready

Thanks for all the hard work guys.....there's Cort, hiding behind the water jug

Backyard livin'

Our huge sunflowers

When in Rome.....

Our good friends Heidi and Nicolaus visiting from Gilroy

Lilly, more than meets the eye

More Family Fun Photos

Kobie with his coin collection.

Bella relaxing with a drink.

Dave and Ava.

Rich and Dave with their daughters dressed as Cinderella.

Apples to Apples ... Whaaaat?

This is Sherrie, Lisa, and Jessica since Jessica never blogs. We're helping her because she has three busy little children. Tonight we spent the evening together after getting kicked out of Mom and Dad's house--it was past curfew for the temple-going grandparents who are getting up at 5:30 tomorrow morning. To update Jessica's latest, we've done some Disneyland, had some t-ball, um.. dance, a few birthdays. Sorry no pictures now ..... stay tuned. Possibly. Here's some pictures of a wild, good time. (A Sabbath day appropriate wild, good time.)