Happy 29th Anniversary

Well, yesterday was my mom and dad's 29th anniversary. So they called us on Sunday night to say they were driving down to Fallbrook as soon as they got packed, and were going to spend their anniversary visiting us! We were very surprised, because we had not heard a word about this before. I understand it was a very last minute decision...something about mom "kidnapping" dad. =) We had a fun day with them, exploring our home, the neighborhoods where Stephen and I are looking to buy a house, hanging out at the beach, and visiting roadside fruit stands.
Does dad look like he is reverting back to his childhood? He wanted to jump off the swing! I promise I did not dare him! Mom was shocked that he didn't wind up in the emergency room. =) Thanks for coming down mom and dad, and Happy Anniversary!!!! I'm scared to think of what you might do next year on the big 30th anniversary.

Strong Baby

Are you tired of videos yet? I just love this baby!!!

Flying Baby/eating out

In Hawthorne, there are about 3 resturants that you would consider going to. One is a little Mexican resturant run by our Indian hotel owners (does that give you any clue about the food?), the second is McDonalds, and the third is a cafe called Maggies. Maggies is the best of the three. They make thier food fresh, but even that you get sick of after about four or five days straight. Isn't Jesse the cutest? He kept us sane.

Talking baby!!!

Here's video #2. We had nothing better to do in Hawthorne than to pay attention to Jesse, so we took a lot of video of him. While Stephen was gone all day, Jesse and I went for walks at the park. The park was on the opposite end of town from our hotel, but I could walk to it because the town of 4,000 people is only about 1 mile square. The walks were a great use of time, and I loved the exercise; but I blew the tire on the stroller. So, I stopped taking walks after that. (Jesse gets heavy when you carry him around the park for an hour, and your back starts to hurt.) Thankfully the tire didn't go until about 5 days before we went home.

Jesse in Hawthorne, NV

Well everyone, we are finally back from Hawthorne, NV. It seems like we have been gone much longer than 2 1/2 weeks. Stephen worked every day we were gone except for one, and most of those days were 10 or 11 hour days... poor guy. He was so tired. We drove all day on Wednesday and got home around 5:30pm. Jesse did great in the car all day. We are soooo glad to be home! Here and following are some videos we took while in Hawthorne.