Morgan and Cade's wedding!

Just a few highlights, since I suck at blogging:

Girls' Weekend!!! (and Crew & Mike)

Leisa and I decided it was high time for a wild and crazy girls' weekend. So we loaded up her car with our duffle bags and Diet Coke and headed to Reno to party with Kylie. Actually, it was a modified girls' weekend because we took Crew along too (he's too tiny and cute to be away from his mommy and Grammy!) And Mike was there too (because he lives there, natch!)

Skylar was quite intrigued with her tiny little cousin. She just wanted to pat him on the head and poke him in the nose. She also took his binky away from him and put it in her mouth and crawled away every chance she got!










We partied hard. Actually, we were quite lazy and loved every minute of it! Here is a sample of what we spent most of the weekend doing:


We talked, we laughed, we ate. We watched movies, we talked, we laughed, we ate. We went out for pizza (the BEST pizza ever!) and Skylar enjoyed gnawing on the crusts and eating the yummy pizzookie (white chocolate macadamia nut was the best)



Check out Skylar - she's an ATB! (all terrain baby) She is very proficient at crawling. She is also very fast and fearless and will crawl up over and down anything and anyone.

Thanks Mike, for putting up with a bunch of crazy girls all weekend. And thanks Kylie and Leisa for making it so fun! And thanks Crew and Skylar for being so adorable!

The New Kid on the Block

As you may have heard, Morgan is sporting a sparkler on her left hand! Which means that Cade has decided to cast his lot with this wild and crazy Laney family (although I doubt that we'll be able to talk him into changing his last name to Laney...)


Cade decided to propose to Morgan while we were all up in Shelter Cove a couple of weekends ago. The whole fam was there, so privacy and romance were a bit on the short side. First of all, Morgan invited Nick and Josh to go to the Tea House for lunch with her and Cade. Hmm, romantic lunch? Not. Then, Cade suggested that he and Morgan go down to the beach and go fishing...and Morgan invited Nick and Josh along again! So Cade quickly clued me and Gary in, and we "suggested" that Nick and Josh stick around the house instead of going fishing.


So Morgan and Cade went fishing, and Morgan caught a lovely red snapper...which she decided to keep alive in her lunch cooler. While Morgan was trying to retrieve sea water in a plastic cup to pour over the fish, Cade got down on one knee , whipped out a ring box and popped the question! How romantic is that? Yeah, he'll learn that things never quite go to plan when any of the Laney's are involved, and especially if Morgan is involved!

Happy engagement! Save August 29th everyone!

Crew's First Sunday

Leisa takes such great pictures of Crew I just had to share a few!

And now...his first sneeze!

Welcome Aboard Crew!

Here is the newest addition to the wild and crazy Laney bunch! For years we have been signing all of our Christmas cards "The Laney Crew". Well now we officially have a Laney Crew, only he's actually a Waldron Crew. (drumroll please...) Now presenting Joshua Crew Waldron! Born April 10, 2009 at 4:20 p.m., weighing in at a whopping 6 lbs. 8 oz and 19 inches long. He is beyond adorable, and we all love to hold him but we have to get permission from Kadie first!

Little Crew was in an awfully big hurry to get here. His labor from start to finish was 45 minutes. Seriously! We barely got Leisa to the hospital in time - (Grammy, Kadie and Laney drove her there) - Josh got there about 5 minutes after we did and Crew was born about 3 minutes later - the doctor didn't even make it in time! Leisa was pretty ticked off that she didn't get there in time for some serious drug intervention, but glad that everything went smoothly, and even more happy that everything went QUICKLY!

Kadie was the first one to hold Crew (I think Josh might have held him for about 30 seconds first!) and she fell in love with him immediately! Then Grammy got to hold him, then Kadie, then Laney, then Kadie, then Josh, the Kadie...you get the picture. Kadie is an excellent big sister and very good at holding Crew and singing to him and keeping him happy. Laney has realized that Crew is not just visiting, but is going to be around for a long, long time and she thinks that's just great! She calls him 'Baby Cool'.


Kadie picked out this adorable little dinosaur outfit and the girls couldn 't wait to try it on him! I have the feeling he'll get dressed up in lots of fun outfits from here on out...

Mike, Kylie and Skylar came down from Reno for the weekend to see baby Crew and to hang out with the fam. Skylar and Crew hit it off and are going to be great friends!

Remembering Grandpa Laney

Grandpa Laney passed away just two weeks after his 89th birthday. What an amazing man. His funeral was probably one of the most spiritual and uplifting events I have ever been to. Everyone had wonderful memories to share, and it was so nice to see so many family members gathered.

Grandpa Laney served in World War II. He was in charge of the installation and set-up of all radio communication towers across the Pacific Rim Islands. He spent several years in the military before meeting Grandma Laney, sweeping her off her feet and settling down in Lehi. The Veterans of Foreign Wars honored Grandpa Laney and he had a military funeral with full honors. It was truly amazing and very heart-warming to see.

After the military salute, three of the veterans folded the flag on the casket and presented it to Grandma Laney with tears in their eyes. They told her that they were going to honor Grandpa this Memorial Day with a special ceremony.

Grandpa and Grandma Laney are very well respected and much loved in Lehi. So many people came to pay their respects, and the luncheon after the services was really wonderful. So many family members! It was wonderful to see them all and to get caught up.

We are so happy to have been able to spend time with Grandpa and Grandma. They came out to visit us just this last summer and we had so much fun. Grandpa's younger brother, Uncle Bud, came down from Chico with his wife Aunt Patty to see Grandpa and Grandma and they all had so much fun visiting and laughing.

We love you Grandpa and we will all miss you!

Shelter Cove

Hi there fam!!!

Requests have been pouring in for updated posts from The Laney Family Blog, so I guess I had better get a move on! One of these days I am going to have my life under control and I'll be able to do all the things that I keep putting off, in the meantime I'll try to keep the fam updated on the who, what, when, where and why of daily life in the Laney fam!

All of our hard work (mostly Gary's - he is a one-man demo team!) and efforts have paid off on the Shaker house in Shelter Cove. We spent a weekend there recently with the entire family (except Alex, who had to be a good girl and stay in school at BYU!) and we all worked very hard to get everything cleaned up, organized and put together. Now, whenever we go up there, we can just kick back, relax on the deck and watch the waves roll in...

Kadie and Laney had a blast! Playing mini golf in the driveway and searching for treasure at the beach. Morgan and Cade took Kadie to lunch at The Tea House, where she had a turkey sandwich, hot cocoa and scones, and when the waitress came by and asked if they needed anything else Kadie piped up and said, "Yes. Could you bring me another one of these?" as she pointed to the scone. She loved being treated like a VIP!

Skylar loved being outside. We took her to the beach, where she watched Kadie and Laney play in the sand and search for crabs and starfish in the tidepools. It was windy, and she didn't like the wind but she wanted to keep watching the girls play. When she starts crawling we are all going to be in for a lot of action!
One thing we learned was that when it comes to dining out, you really need to plan ahead. We thought it would be a good idea to get pizza from the little pizza shop at the Lost Coast Inn, but when we got there they were out of dough! Now we have their phone number on the fridge so we can call ahead. We ended up eating macaroni and cheese and a frozen pizza we found in the freezer at the Blueridge house.


We also thought it would be fun to go to the marina and get fresh crab, but we found out that the winds had been so strong that the crab boats had not been able to go out for several days, so there was no fresh crab! Luckily, Leisa had brought Rhodes frozen rolls and all the makings for mini pizzas - they were sooooo yummy!


(Last time we were in Shelter Cove we just happened to be at the marina on the opening day of crab season. Here is one of the little treasure we got from our "Crab Man" . Yum-O!)
The drive to Shelter Cove is just gorgeous. Just north of the wine country there are several fields filled with cows, horses and sheep, and there is a sign that says "Elk Crossing". Earlier this year we found out why. There, in the fields on either side of the road were hundreds of elk! Just grazing in the same field as cows and sheep! I haven't seen any of them crossing the road yet, but they are often in the fields.
We're looking forward to lots of fun and relaxing weekends in Shelter Cove this summer. Here is the view from the deck - Are you ready to come to the beach?!?