Bear

This is Bear taking a time out. Bear speaks for Maddy, he cries when Maddy needs attention, he drinks his bottle when Anders is eating, he hits other toys and gets in trouble, he takes naps and likes to watch movies and eat cereal. Last week at church Maddy brought kitty cat instead of Bear, four different people asked where Bear was.

I haven't watched any of the new Parenthood, I'm 5 weeks behind in Project Runway, I missed The Office and New Girl. And my productivity is absolutely measured in the TV shows I'm able to watch.

But look at this kid?!?

We did manage to finish season 4 of Friday Night Lights. I think it's the best season. Saracen buries his dad, Vince has to sell his soul to save his mom. And Tim, oh Tim.

Anders Kamalei

Anders was born on August 29th at 3:07 am. We were at the hospital and heard his first cry. We are a little bit in awe of his birth mother, he weighed 9 lbs 5 oz.

Maddy is still a little dazed but we've been home for 24 hours now and she asks to hold him more and more.

He is perfect and sweet and we love him like crazy.

2nd Annual San Diego trip

This is the epitome of life at Mana's. Swimsuit on & a nice coke waiting to be enjoyed.


We all headed to San Diego on July 12th. Adam got to surf several times including Baja Malibu. Maddy and I got our tan on swimming in the pool. We made just two beachtrips, one mall trip, one Target trip, two half gallons of chocolate malted crunch were consumed. Pretty mellow for us this year!

We also squeezed in a birthday party/baby shower with the family.

Adam's Triathlons

I've lost track of how many races Adam has done this year. The Boise Half Ironman, the Boise & Burley Spudman Olympic distance, Emmett's Most Excellent Triathlon maybe one more in Burley in September.

Anyway, he's awesome. The Burley Spudman he got first in his age group. The Emmett he got 8th place OVERALL. He beat his Ironman time from last year by 50 minutes. Every goal he set he has at least met, usually exceeded. He's got the bug and it's really fun to watch.

I know this post sounds like I'm bragging (which I am) but he put a ton of time into his training, a lot of early, early mornings and coaching sessions and special gear. Plus it's been a great way to stay busy and not miss the surf. ha

Summer

Started with Snow Girls reunion in Layton, Ut and then Grandma Eunice's funeral and finally we made it to our Pinedale, WY destination.

Reunion was perfect, Natalie Jensen was the perfect hostess withan awesome backyard. It is so crazy to see the girls you did a lot of stupid things with grow up and be in charge of all these kids we had around. I don't have any pictures, awesome.

The cool thing about funerals of grandparents is getting to hear about their life. The life they had way before I knew them. It's also pretty incredible to hear family friends talk about how much they loved her.

Pinedale. Maddy kept hitting John and missed all her Toy Story toys. Sarah and I watched lots of silly/good TV. (Hello Melissa & Joey fans!)We made it to the lake, we played with a brand new mini horse andwatched Jake feed thecalf, Cody. Weate lots oflicorice and chips and salsa. Perfect right?