Christmas is coming

We are getting ready for Christmas around here in Slagle town, with our 9 foot tree and stockings hung with care. The house is filled with the smell of cookies (some batches didn't turn out the best but dipped in milk no one minds). Remembering that Jesus is the reason for this wonderful time of year. Galilee was a star at her school Christmas program, it was very cute. Have a blessed Christmas.

Day in the woods

Galilee is a beautiful Fall Fairy. We went out in the woods today with a Gnome a mushroom and a Fairy. But "good thing we didn't run into any bears" said Owen the Gnome. We also found some "coconuts". The Fairy played it safe and stayed on the trail but the Gnome needed to go on an adventure so we are hoping no Poison oak was hiding during this adventure. The mushroom was rather grumpy and did not want pictures taken of her. That was our day in the woods. And we found our way back home before the rain storm.

Halloween

Josh I am updating my BLOG
I am making some cute Halloween costumes. I made Owen a Garden Gnome and Felicity a Mushroom costume. I still need to make Galilee's, I think she will be a fairy. So we are here is Stockton/Lodi yep this is where we are. Justin has had this darn Kidney stone for 5 weeks and is not feeling well. I am in a Wednesday morning bible study we just started a new study on Colossians I am hoping it will be great! Galilee is learning how to read and LOVING school. Owen is really funny and messy he is always coming up with the cutest things to say I need to write them down to remember them and post a blog about those things. Esther is chillin with Jesus. Felicity is getting bigger everyday she just had her 4 month check up and she is 11lbs 12 oz 23in. and is SLOBBERING everywhere.
Happy Fall to ALL

Chooo Chooo

Last weekend we all went up to Sacramento to the train museum we enjoyed looking at the trains. We also went on a 40 minute train ride it was a good trip. We had lunch and walked around Old Sacramento and the kids got to pick out salt water Taffy's at a candy store. It was a Good day.

YAY Fall

I Love Fall the weather is cooler the leaves change color and the kids are so excited for the leaves to fall off so the can play in the piles! Justin has already moved all of his sweaters to the front of the closet. Happy Fall to all!

Fall is Here
Helen H. Moore
Fall is here.Another year is coming to an end.Summer's finished,Summer's gone,Winter's round the bend.Fall is piles of crunchy leaves,orange, gold, and red.Fall is sweaters with long sleeves and blankets on the bed.Fall is football,Fall is pumpkins,Fall's where summer ends.And Fall is coming back to school,and seeing all my friends.

Monkey Bars

We were at the park on Wednesday and Owen was playing and he did the Monkey bars! I was pretty impressed, it was awesome seeing my little guy accomplish something new and he was very proud of himself, I am a little sad that I left the camera in the car so I didn't get to capture the moment. Galilee was also proud of Owen and said "I am 5 and in kindergarten and I can't even do the monkey bars"

School

Galilee started kinder garten today YAY! The day went so well. She woke up at 6:30 and was ready to walk out of the door at 6:45 I hope this excitment last for all of her school years.

She is in school from 8am to 2:45pm and she has 9 other students in the class with her. Her friend paige and her were wearing the same out fit this morning it was too cute. Galilee said school is SO FUN! We are so thankful that everything is going smoothly.

The City

San Francisco, so we went to the city and it was...

Expensive

-I got a flat tire on the way and it cost $542.00 to fix because we had to replace all 4 because the BIG-O tire place didn't have our same tires in stock!

Busy
-everyone decided that's the same place they wanted to be at the same time

A glorified freak show
- Pretty much streets lined with beggars doing anything for money, and most of them were not talented at all

and it was NOT

-what we planned the trip to be
-Relaxing
-peaceful
-fun
or
-a place to bring children




I can say the only place worse than San Fran is Oakland if you want to use a restroom.


And with all of that said, this is life we live and we learn

kindergarten here she comes!!!!!!!!

We are getting Galilee ready for kinder garten, she had her assessment test done a few weeks ago and PASSED she was showing everyone and was very proud. We met the principal. We got our uniform shopping done. YAY! (And she looks so cute) She woke up this morning and wanted start school. But we still have until august 25th.

San Diego

Me (Tamberly) and the kids have been in San Diego for the week while Justin was at summer camp being in charge of 150 students. We are enjoying our visit. Our trip down took 14 hours LOL it is an 8 hour drive. Clarissa came to help me with the children we stopped at the half way point in bakers field to visit some family swim and eat burgers. We also stopped at downtown disney to have lunch.

We spent 11 days in san diego. We went to the beach 3 times, swimming at a friends house, Galilee went to VBS for the week, we went to the park, the library, out to dinner, had smores, the kids played with their friends, we went to the zoo, and spent a lot of time with the family. It was a nice trip and the weather was wonderful.

Our Fourth of July Weekend

We had visitors this weekend! Nathanael and Tori came down from Hume Lake to spend from the 3rd to the 6th with us.

Justin Felicity and I were woken up by a huge pillow fight. Justin joined in, and I took some pictures and protected baby.

After the pillow fight we lazed around the house and played Settlers of Catan.

And for our fourth of july fun we went over to our "other familys'" house for some BBQ and swimming fun. And we got to watch fire works right from the Jones' back yard that are shot off from Lodi Lake. It was a very nice day of friends, family, and fun.

We hope everyone had a nice 4th of July holiday.

Lodi

This is our home

Definition of HOME

A place where one lives; a residence.
The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.
An environment offering security and happiness.
A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.

You are Welcomed in our HOME.

This week has kept us busy with it being summer vacation, we have gone swimming, played in mud and sprinklers, we had our first trip to the farmers market in down town Lodi (a very happening place) we bought snow cones, blackberries and fresh begels and the kids had fun going on the astro jump and slide and seeing a ninga turtle. We also brought Susie up to the airport to fly back down to San Diego (she came to visit for 2 weeks). Then we went to see a movie, Wall-E it was cute, and Felicity enjoyed her first movie.

Felicity-Reese

We welcomed Miss Felicity-Reese into the world May 31, 2008, 12:06 am, 5lbs 4oz. 17 3/4 inches and 6 weeks early. She was in the NICU at Mary birch hospital in San Diego from may 31st until June 9th she was breathing on her own after 4 days but then she had to learn how to eat and get off the feeding tube that took 5 days for her to master. I am glad to say she is a healthy, happy baby, as you can see by her sweet smile.

On saturday June 7th Justin, Galilee and Owen moved to Lodi and I stayed in San Diego waited for Felicity to get well enough to make the move and we were given the okay by the doctors on thursday June 12. So the family is all together now in NoCal, and we are loving our new 1700 sq foot house, and Justin is enjoying his new job and excited for the changes that will be happening at this church. We feel very blessed as a family with so many new things going on New Baby, New Job, New House.