Morgan and Cade came along to join in the festivities with us!
Alex was able to be there to party with us.
Look at how grown up our little boys are now!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Nick and Josh Graduation from Middle School!!
Ahhh, my little boys are almost all grown up!!! Nick and Josh graduated from Orinda Intermediate School with top honors - we're so proud of them!
Morgan and Cade came along to join in the festivities with us!
Alex was able to be there to party with us.
Look at how grown up our little boys are now!
Morgan and Cade came along to join in the festivities with us!
Alex was able to be there to party with us.Look at how grown up our little boys are now!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Spring in Shelter Cove
We went to Shelter Cove this weekend. It was supposed to be kind of a crummy weekend with rain and wind, etc., but we needed to get up there and check on t
hings. Turned out to be a GORGEOUS weekend! Sunny and warm, gorgeous cloudless skies, bright blue ocean full of seals...
The house is coming along nicely. All the siding is up and looking great. They are trimming out the windows and other woodwork and will be starting on the decks soon. The views from the decks are absolutely amazing!!!
Nick, Josh, Alex and I went down to the beach to hang out in the afternoon. We all sat in our beach chairs and read our magazines and books and listened to the ocean and watched the seals.
Then Alex, Nick and Josh discovered a giant piece of driftwood, more like an entire redwood tree trunk, perched on top of the cliffs above the beach. So they decided it needed to be ro
lled off the cliffs and onto the beach. It took much rocking, rolling, pushing, shoving, climbing, posing, etc. but they finally sent it crashing down to the sand below. Josh said that now it made more sense. For it to be on the beach and not on the cliffs. Whatever. Mission accomplished.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Long Awaited Updates
Yeah, yeah I know. I am really bad at updating this blog. It's not like I don't have TONS of free time on my hands right? Well, I'll try a bit harder, since we've had Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's come and go with nary a word from the Laney Clan!!
Anyhoo, we've made quite a bit of progress on the Blueridge House since I last posted - it's actually looking like a house!
We've had some ma
jor window leakage problems, but Gary has slapped the window company around a bit and got some replacement windows for his trouble. He's also had to smack the people at Home Depot upside the head on more than one occasion. They have shipped the wrong lumber, the wrong trim, the wrong tie-downs, the wrong plumbing supplies, the wrong electrical supplies...in fact, we're not sure if they have ever got a shipment right the first time! But the views from the house remain spectacular!
We continue to have the most gorgeous and talented grandkids on earth. Kadie is by far the most brilliant 7-year-old on earth, and is in the midst of creating a Leprechaun Trap for St. Patrick's Day. Kadie is a fantastic big sister and takes great care of Laney and baby Crew.
Laney is riding her blinged-out new bike all over the place and likes to spend time at Grammy and Grandpa's house. As you can see, she wears Grandpa out, then uses him as a pillow!!
Crew is crawling faster than the speed of light and is doing his best to keep every cabinet and drawer in the house empty and unloaded at all times. He constantly has a smile on his face and is the happiest little boy around.
Skylar
is the most adorable little toddler on earth and is so cute we can't stand it. She's learning all sorts of new words like "mommy" and "on no!" and "happy", which she seems to be most of the time. She keeps Kylie and Mike hopping, and loves to chase Hero around the house and yard. She really, really, really wants to come visit Grammy soon...she told me.
Nick and Josh are busy playing basketball for OIS and doing very well. They like to practice at the church while I organize the nursery toys. Then they come into the nursery and snag all the treats! They are participating in many of the events at OIS, the highlight of which (so far this year) was Tom Sawyer Day. Josh dressed as Injun Joe In Disguise, and Nick dressed as...Becky Thatcher! Quite a fetching little photo op!
And, we have a new me
mber of the family!!! Meet Chaz Michael Michaels Jack Bauer Yuri Shastakovich!!! The best little mouse-catcher-in-training you've ever seen. He likes to sit on my lap while I type. (So does Gary, but he's too heavy.)
I'll post more later. Hopefully not LATER later, but just a little later...
Anyhoo, we've made quite a bit of progress on the Blueridge House since I last posted - it's actually looking like a house!
jor window leakage problems, but Gary has slapped the window company around a bit and got some replacement windows for his trouble. He's also had to smack the people at Home Depot upside the head on more than one occasion. They have shipped the wrong lumber, the wrong trim, the wrong tie-downs, the wrong plumbing supplies, the wrong electrical supplies...in fact, we're not sure if they have ever got a shipment right the first time! But the views from the house remain spectacular!
We continue to have the most gorgeous and talented grandkids on earth. Kadie is by far the most brilliant 7-year-old on earth, and is in the midst of creating a Leprechaun Trap for St. Patrick's Day. Kadie is a fantastic big sister and takes great care of Laney and baby Crew.
Laney is riding her blinged-out new bike all over the place and likes to spend time at Grammy and Grandpa's house. As you can see, she wears Grandpa out, then uses him as a pillow!!
Crew is crawling faster than the speed of light and is doing his best to keep every cabinet and drawer in the house empty and unloaded at all times. He constantly has a smile on his face and is the happiest little boy around.
Skylar
is the most adorable little toddler on earth and is so cute we can't stand it. She's learning all sorts of new words like "mommy" and "on no!" and "happy", which she seems to be most of the time. She keeps Kylie and Mike hopping, and loves to chase Hero around the house and yard. She really, really, really wants to come visit Grammy soon...she told me.
Nick and Josh are busy playing basketball for OIS and doing very well. They like to practice at the church while I organize the nursery toys. Then they come into the nursery and snag all the treats! They are participating in many of the events at OIS, the highlight of which (so far this year) was Tom Sawyer Day. Josh dressed as Injun Joe In Disguise, and Nick dressed as...Becky Thatcher! Quite a fetching little photo op!
And, we have a new me
mber of the family!!! Meet Chaz Michael Michaels Jack Bauer Yuri Shastakovich!!! The best little mouse-catcher-in-training you've ever seen. He likes to sit on my lap while I type. (So does Gary, but he's too heavy.)I'll post more later. Hopefully not LATER later, but just a little later...
Sunday, November 8, 2009
We spent a fantastic weekend in Shelter Cove with Leisa, Josh and the little ones. Check out the progress the crew is making on the remodel! We've got a roof now, and getting ready to install the windows.
It's pretty scary watching the workers up on the roof - Cade has been using his climbing gear to stay safe! Here's a shot looking down from the lot on the hill above.
The surf was unbelievable this weekend - record-breaking swells of 20 to 25 feet with waves 30 feet and higher. I went down to Black Sands Beach to go jogging. There is usually a 200 ft to 350 ft wide area between the beach and the cliffs where I run, but this weekend there was absolutely NO beach! The waves were crashing clear up to the cliffs - I've never seen anything like it!
You could hear the surf crashing from miles away. The waves were crashing against the cliffs and rocks and the spray was shooting higher than the roofs of the houses. It was just amazing. Morgan and Cade had a treasure hunt for the little girls; Big Josh, Nick and Josh went golfing til the sun went down and it was too dark to see, and I got to sit in a warm cozy house with adorable baby Crew...the perfect weekend!
It's pretty scary watching the workers up on the roof - Cade has been using his climbing gear to stay safe! Here's a shot looking down from the lot on the hill above.
The surf was unbelievable this weekend - record-breaking swells of 20 to 25 feet with waves 30 feet and higher. I went down to Black Sands Beach to go jogging. There is usually a 200 ft to 350 ft wide area between the beach and the cliffs where I run, but this weekend there was absolutely NO beach! The waves were crashing clear up to the cliffs - I've never seen anything like it!
You could hear the surf crashing from miles away. The waves were crashing against the cliffs and rocks and the spray was shooting higher than the roofs of the houses. It was just amazing. Morgan and Cade had a treasure hunt for the little girls; Big Josh, Nick and Josh went golfing til the sun went down and it was too dark to see, and I got to sit in a warm cozy house with adorable baby Crew...the perfect weekend!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
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!
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!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
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!
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!
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