newport beach in october!

i love this stuff!

yep! it doesn't get much better than this!

saturday we decided to hit the beach one last time before the weather turned cold (turned out we had all sorts of time on our hands - it was 98* on halloween). we went with our friends, the andersons. we had a great time even though the weather wasn't fabulous. we even saw a whale (we think).

october 11, 2008

waterfall/they have water here somewhere!!

coleman and our friend, clara, enjoying the ride

after we went swimming in ice water...

this is like the shower, but so neat 'cause there are rocks to walk on! - and the water is FREEZING!!!

hmmm... i think i'll jump right in

cole and i went on an adventure with our friends, sally and clara. we hiked up to a waterfall and ate lunch and played in the water. cole LOVED the water and the waterfall. he has absoluteley no fear! he played 'till he was as cold as an ice cube then we went home. thanks sally and clara! we love hanging out with you guys!!

october 1, 2008

joshua tree

these are joshua trees. pretty cool. it's amazing they can survive out here!

getting a good look at this weird tree...

hmmm... dad! what IS this?

you see cole, you put your hand in like this and it's called a hand jam

best buddies chillin' in one of their favorite places - on a rock

last weekend tyler and i decided we'd had enough of the normal grind. we ignored the laundry and the messes and other mundane things we should have been doing and headed for joshua tree. it's about a 2 hour drive from san dimas, but we figured it was worth it to get out. we're missing how easy it was to spend a lot of time outdoors in utah. the trip turned out to be really fun! coleman especially had a blast!!! he loves to be outside. he had an especially good time eathing the sand and rocks. tyler got a couple climbs in and i just enjoyed being outside and taking a few pictures. lots of people took pictures of tyler climbing. we were in a pretty high traffic place. unfortunateley, i couldn't quite balance watching cole who was tied in to the back of my harness and belaying tyler and taking pictures. sometime we'll have to bring a friend to be the photographer. :) we have to go back anyway. this park has a 5.0 climb - we've gotta do it just to say we did it. there are so many easy climbs that we could start at 5.0 and then go to 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, etc. i think they have all the way to 5.13 (i'll have to check with tyler) anyway, fun weekend getaway.

Labor Day!

Cole loved having Bryce to play around with! They were like two peas in a pod!
We went to the park the last day we spent with the Flamms. The little guys had such a fun time seeing all the new sights and playing together. Cole was in heaven even though he was soooooo tired!
Cole loves climbing on Tyler. It's one of his most favorite passtimes! I love to see them hang out together and enjoy fun guy stuff.

Ok - I'm way behind! We've had a great time here in CA so far. We've had a lot going on and experienced a lot of new and exciting things. Life with Cole helps us remember how exciting everything really is! :) We loved hanging out with Cody, Michele and Bryce over Labor Day weekend. I hope I can finish getting these pictures together along with the others from Sept. before too much longer. I can't believe how time flies!

LOVE

We're so lucky to have such a loving family! This week has stirred up a lot of fun memories! We LOVE you so much, Grandma and Grandpa!

Playing Catch-Up Again!

Tyler and I found a great deal for printing digital scrapbooks and we've been inspired by their deadline to catch up with the months we haven't scrapbooked. The deadline is Tuesday and we're almost caught up! Here are a bunch of pages in a completely random order!

Evans Family Pictures!

Wow! I finally got the pictures of the Evans side of the family together and on a page! We had a fun time taking these - we laugh at how much everyone LOVES getting their picture taken (ha ha!) Anyway, here we are!