Brent's First Hair Cut

There's the little boy.

It's coming along

Pete is nearing completion...One rock at a time.

Landscaping Continued

A dump truck of boulders for our rock wall along the driveway

Here we go...

Almost there!

And it's down! HE IS AMAZING. This is Pete and he has picked up, carried and placed EVERY rock on our wall! And he LOVES it!

Our old front porch

Our new front porch! ;) Or, so I thought it was. This is the pit I fell into and by the grace of God came out with minor cuts and bruises

Computer Difficulties

We are experiencing some computer difficulties which has prevented me from posting the most recent pictures of our landscaping adventures. I just recently bought a notebook so now I get to learn all the ins-and-outs of it all and as soon as I get the hang of it I hope to use this one to post the pictures...We are praying that we didn't lose all of our pictures on the Desktop computer but, unfortunately, it might be a possibility.

Anyhow, I will do my best to give you all a mental picture of the latest work...We now have the second tier up along the front. The side wall on the side of the driveway is nearing completion as well. Our front stairs are ALL gone ..Including the slab of cement in front of the door which I just happened to fall into and amazingly enough came out with only minor cuts and bruises (Praise the Lord!) Just another "Melinda Moment!"
So, things are coming along nicely and we're all looking forward to the finished product! :D

San Diego Adventures

The kids at the main pool in the fountain area at the Resort

The Van Voorhis Family!! They are a good looking family if you ask me!

This was one of the highlights and a must see at the zoo. Samantha LOVES Pandas. Thankfully the Panda was out and about for us to see.

Stopping for some Dippin Dots at the Zoo..We just got done going through the Panda exhibit and the line was very long!

I made sure Brian and Meredith had their on private ride (kid free) on the Skysafari (It was their anniversary day) Brian took this picture of Me, Tyler, Brendan and Samantha going across the San Diego Zoo

Here a are a few shots of the whales at Sea World. They were amazing to watch

Hanging out with Brent

Believe it or not but these pictures are all from one day! He is such a good sport!

Cassie and I were going through all of his 18 month clothing and decided to try a few outfits on him..I think he looks a LOT like Dad here (his dad.)

Yes, he is wearing snow gear in the middle of summer! We HAD to try this on him...He wasn't too happy at first but he soon warmed up to it. No pun intended.


He is just too adorable!

Here Brent is showing off his teeth! He now has three and one on its way!

These are some of my favorite times...He is fun to watch play but, nothing is better than snuggle time. He gives great kisses too! What a sweet boy!

He is getting into everything now...One day Cassie watched him as he pulled a big Pooh Bear off his little rocking chair and then climbed and STOOD on it in order to reach a frame hanging on the wall. Too clever! She has some pictures of it..I'll have to see if I can get them.

The Rock Wall

This is where the curve around begins...Pete is doing an amazing job!

The beginning of our rock wall

Been away

Lord willing I will have some more pictures to post soon. Hopefully of little Brent whom I haven't seen in what seems like soo long! I was in San Diego with my 'other family' last week (got back Sunday afternoon.) Brian and Meredith took the kids and me to the Paradise Resort right next to Sea World (and not too far from the San Diego Zoo) for some good times. There was a conference going on that they wanted to go to and so thought it would be a good idea to take us all for a mini vacation. We had so much fun, the Lord really blessed our time there, nice things happened to us during the entire trip which made for a very pleasant and relaxing stay. Brian and Meredith ended up skipping a lot of lectures to hang out with us...They took us to Sea World, Old Town and the Zoo!! Over all the trip was wonderful and just the right amount of time...However, I could get use to walking on the beach and swimming in the pools in the morning very easily. ;)

As for my parents...They have been working really hard in the yard and getting projects finished. The back yard is coming along nicely and we all look forward to having the fence completed. Pray for my dad has he still endures a lot of pain.

Let The Excavating Begin!

What our front yard looked like before the demolition began

Some more before pictures


Brendan suggested we put in a slide right here instead of more stairs. :D

Before, Steven and my Dad used a Jack Hammer to take out the first half of the stairs (with a lot of pain and hard work!)

After, and with a little help from our neighbor, the job gets done with less work and a lot less pain! (Pete happens to be in the landscaping business...notice his nice yard in the background)

What a mess (we just pray rain is not in the forecast!)

We are extending the driveway juuuuust a little.

More Pictures of BAM (Brent Alexander Morris)

BRENT THE WISE! This has got to be one of my favorites! I guess I should explain that these are Grandpa Morris' glasses not Brent's.

Brent has figured out how to pull himself up and as you can see in the next picture went right to running with assistance
He skipped walking....Actually he wasn't able to stop the walker and so he had to run to keep up with it. :D

Can you tell he enjoys getting around! It was so fun to watch him run around laughing. Oh, how they grow so fast!

Getting a bit sleepy

4th of July Church Picnic

Dad's special effects lens. Pretty cool, eh?
We're singing Patriotic songs

Melinda (Me) up to bat

(I know, I know, very poor form but, what can I say this was actually my first time ever playing softball and I have to say I rather enjoyed it!)

Diane (Mom) Catches the ball

Melinda runs home

(IF only it really happened like that! ;) )

Summer Fun and Summer Tans

A mangled assortment of legs...The kiddos enjoying a swing on the hammock after swimming in the pool

Tyler

Brendan

Samantha

Father's Day

Father and Daughter

Father's Day

Cool Dude Brent stylin in Steven's sunglasses

Father's Day

Me and Brent at The Roadhouse Grill for Father's Day (he was watching the waitress' line-dance and jumping up and down to the music)