More Summer Fun at Brookie's House!

It's HOT and the summer is nearing it's end... so we ventured over to Brooke and Jared's house for one last day of swimming fun before school gets into full swing. Rachel, Jared, Meredith, Mike, myself, and all of our "munchkins" were there. We swam and BBQ'd hot dogs. We made it into a family movie night. The guys rented a movie and all watched it together in the living room while the women watched a "chick flick" in Brooke's bedroom. At the end of the night Brooke, Meredith, Amber, Paris, Camille, Sophia, Layla, and Dominick where all piled together on Brooke's bed. Amazingly enough, we all fit, and it was quite a sight! Too bad I didn't get a picture of that!

Blessed to have a GREAT Grandpa & Grandmother!

Summer is coming to a close, so the kids and I thought that it was time to get out of the house and visit the ranch before all of the frenzy and madness of the school schedule begins! We visited with Grandmother and Grandpa and as always enjoyed spending time in their beautiful yard. Paris climbed on Grandpa's lap and I couldn't resist getting these pictures. Now these are pictures that are worth far more than 1000 words!

Good Looking Fellow

When my camera is with me, and I'm with my kids, I can't help but "click" away! I love my little man! Isn't he a good looking fellow?

Some Experimental Photography

I was recently asked by a young woman in our ward if I would be willing to take her senior pictures. I was so flattered and so humbled all at the same time. I love to take pictures, but I am no photographer. So, I decided to do some study on photography and how my camera REALLY works and then took the kids down to Knights Ferry for some "experimentation." These are just of few of my favorite pictures from the photo-shoot. What do you guys think?

Twilight Book Release Party!

So... finally the time is here, the fourth and final installment of the Twilight series is to be released! Borders in Turlock was having a release party on Friday August 1st. Brooke, Rachel, Meredith, and myself all met at Borders and hung out for all of the fun and did the countdown to midnight for the book release. In these pictures we are just playing around. Brooke is pretending to be "Victoria" and Rachel is "Bella." The night was so much fun! "Alice" read our fortunes and was surprisingly accurate, Rachel and Brooke participated in an "Edward vs. Jacob" debate and were the absolute life of THAT event, and then Brooke arm wrestled for an earlier place in line for the book. She wresteled the biggest woman I've ever seen, and held her own! Congrats to Brookie! After the party we all went to Brookes and read until about 4:00am and then finally crashed! Thanks Brookie for a fun night out with the girls! I love hanging out with my sisters!