Family Reunion

Today was Noah's first family reunion experience with Kris' family. We forgot how large the family really is, but Noah didn't seem to mind all the attention (being the only baby at the party) and had a great time getting to know everyone.

We took a big liking to Uncle Kevin and his crazy hair

Noah enjoyed visiting with his Great Grandpa and talking about how they're going out for drinks when he turns 21

We got tons of hugs and kisses from Grandma Candy and Auntie Emma

The Lucero family was visiting from Arizona too

Uncle Tyler

3 generations of boys

Great Grandma kept trying to find a cookie to give us

Cheap buy

Dad finally had a Saturday off and decided to spend it all with us. Noah let him sleep in and then we headed out for some Garage sales. Mom scored big! Dad found her a 35-105mm Canon lens that she's been looking for and bought it for $15 (reg. $150+/-, what a steal!). Of course that means she's going to be a little picture happy for a while.

Happy Father's Day

We made dad a card with Noah's embossed hand prints


Inside reads: "Remember that you will always have an extra set of hands to help you out whenever you need, and even when you don't"

Back: Natalie and Noah Corp. "Made with love and just a few tears just for you."

Dad had a great Father's Day. It started somewhat early with a wake-up call from Noah, a homemade card and a girftcard for dad to use to buys some tools. Then we had some french toast for breakfast and relaxed for most of the morning. We visited with one of Noah's many grandpas and then went out for dinner to one of dad's favorite places to eat. The day ended with mom and dad watching a movie after Noah went to sleep.

Family game night

When you run out of things to do and toys to play with... you start to get inventive.

Visiting Idaho

We had a great time in Idaho with grandma and auntie. It was nice to have a change of pace in a new/different environment. Karina was a constant bundle of entertainment, playing endless games of pee-a-boo and bubble blowing. We tried lots of new foods, soup being a new favorite. We made a visit to the YMCA for a try at the swimming pool, Noah had a blast, no surprise there. We even had a good time on the flight, playing with napkins and checking out the crowd. We're planning another long visit in early July, driving this time, not sure how well that will go over yet.

Mirror mirror on the wall...

Hey you!

How'd you get in there?


Hey, let me in...


I wanna play!

What aunties do best

They wake up early to watch us eat and even help feed us, they share their toys with us (and take them away when they remember why they liked the toys too) and they LOVE to do the same things we do (like hold our toes, throw our legs in the air, giggle, squeal and mumble jumbled baby language... try saying that 3 times fast)

What grandma's do best.

They kiss us all over (and over, and over again), feed us (even when we didn't know we were hungry) and spend endless minutes entertaining us by blowing bubbles when it seems to be the only thing we want to do.