Silly, Part VI

Rebecca was playing "dress-up" last night!She always loves climbing on daddy to give him hugs and kisses.Here are some silly movies. When she's in the right mood, she does all sorts of tricks! She's talking now, using just beginning syllables of words like, "ba" for "ball". And she knows 16 signs, which she uses from time to time. She uses the sign for "please" a lot because she has to do it before she gets something she wants! We are very strict parents :)
P.S. I have to clarify that her usual pattern in asking for something is to SCREAM to get someone's attention, and THEN she uses the sign for "please". We are trying to exstinguish that scream. It is very nerve racking. If anyone has ideas...

Mc'Kin'

My mom (black dress) and all of her siblings!

The McKinlay Family Reunion was last weekend. Jorg and I made it to the Friday night dinner and saw several of my beloved cousins, aunts, and uncles :) My McKin are some of my best friends. I sure do love you guys and love my memories growing up with you...looking forward to Family "Conference" so much, I couldn't sleep at night! Here is a picture of the gang on Saturday. This isn't even half of us. There are many, but I know them all by name and treasure the fun times we've had together. Grandma and Grandpa sure dun good. Looking forward to 2010 for the next conference !

The Day of Jorgi

It was his Happy Birthday on Saturday! Jorg and I often sing "the birthday song" to Rebecca when she needs cheering up (it always makes her smile), so she thought were singing to her all day!We had a great day with Rebecca's Omi and Grandpa Jim in Brigham City. Dinner at Maddox. Then Jorg and Emily went on a date to see Mama Mia! (sooooo gooood) That afternoon we had Birgit's yummy marsipan cake and we went out on Jim's boat to catch some fish. Rebecca LOVED the water and the ducks. She kept saying,"duck, duck!"

Happy Birthday, Jorg! I love you more than all the ice cream in the universe! And Rebecca loves you more than all the duckies and horsies in the universe! Thanks for being our man.

Photo Booth

Our camera is broken, and the pictures of Rebecca's swimming lessons and Lake Tahoe are on my parent's camera. I'll get them soon, but in the meantime, here are some pix recently taken from my MacBook Photo Booth :) We received your request, Tante Berit, and these are for you!

Freedom Run

We just got back from a week in Lake Tahoe. It was such a fun trip! For now, here are the Freedom Run photos.

We arrived at the start after the race had already begun, so we were with the tail end of the 5K runners. But we meshed with the 10k leaders. We had a great time razzing them because they were just so serious! It was fun hangin' with my dad and brothers. I just love these guys! Before the race:After the race:

I found my good friend Abby (middle). She and I ran the 10K together a couple of times in our pre-baby days.

The race winds down the parade route. There were a bajillion people. It was awesome.

Happy Independence Day!

Natalie and Rebecca are such cute little cousins!

As you can see from these photos, they are buddies :)

We had a fun and full Independence Day. It was the first full day after Jorg's return. Rebecca got her daddy back and I got my eternal boyfriend back. We missed him so much while he was gone! We like him. And we like America! Here is our scrapbook page:Pictures of the Freedom Run to come.

Silly, Part V

Our brave little darlin' just learned how to climb the stairs and slide down, all on her own! Since it's her new trick, she wants to do it over and over. She was cracking us up tonight! Her pajamas are a little too big. But nothing can stop her...


She's still a binkie girl. We keep them in her crib only, but she snagged one when I was putting on her p.j.'s. In this clip, we tell her to take the binkie out. And she does it! We have been amazed, lately, about how much she understands of what we say. We (of course) think she's a genius ;)

Time Flies...

..when you're having fun!I can't believe it's now a funny game to hold her in the cradle position and say, "Look at the cute baby! Do you want to hold her?" She smiles and giggles. What? Wasn't she just barely a tiny baby falling asleep on my chest?! Where does the time go?

No Fair.

We stayed home for a week while Jorg was in Europe doing this:




Granted, he was on a business trip and was pretty busy most of the time. But still...no fair!