Baby Blessing

Today we went to Jeremy and Kristy's ward to help bless little Cali. She was perfect. She never even squeeked. After wards we all came over to our house for a family dinner. All in all it was a great day.

Jeremy is such a proud papa, and a good one.

Look Eddie and Carline, I'm wearing the shirt. I love Jamaica Jaxx

I love this shot.

Have you ever seen anything so peaceful?

Earth Day: March 28, 2009

A friend sent this to me and I rather like the idea.  Here's a link to the movie:  

http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWD8pbK5t8

Whether or not you think it makes a difference, I think the act of solidarity and respect for our resources is a positive act in and of itself.  I hope you'll join me Saturday, March 28 @ 8:30.

One More Picture

This picture was left out of the last blog entry and I absolutely had to include it.  Nyah and Sade are holding the  beautiful cards they made me complete with decoration, drawings, cutouts and flowers- very creative girls.   I'm wearing a lovely crown that Nyah made me.  If you enlarge the pix you may be able to see the small green diamond that she cut out and glued on to embellish the crown.  But the piece de resistance is the small red gun she cut out of foam complete with a small heart shaped bullet in the barrel (that's what I'm holding in my right hand).  Oh, and a small drawn cartridge of bullets ( I mean, come on...one doesn't want to be caught unprepared ;-)  Don't mess with this old lady princess because her young niece is making sure she's packing heat!  

One more thing... in case you haven't seen Nena's blog,  Nathan and Susanne Fairbanks have started a blog.  I've added a link to it from ours.  Check to the right.

Good Times: Sunday, March 22, 2009

Today Mom threw a birthday celebration for Gordon and me.  Besides the usual cast of characters that we love- Jeff and troups, Jeremy, Kristy and kids- we had the added pleasure of GK and Susanne who brought Van the Man for us to meet (that kid has the most beautiful blue peepers).  Then to complete the mix, Kayla came up from Temecula.

A happy cake with crayon candles... how apropos is that?!?!

Our combined hot air made quick work of Operation Candle Blowout!

Madison and Devon take a rest from all the excitment.

Great Grandma VaNile with Gordon, Cherrly and most of their Grandkids... we just needed Matix.

Jeff and Logan talk to Sydney while she's holding Cali.

Jeffry, Logan, Lil'Sydney, Big Sydney, Devon, Mom, Madison.

Sade, Jeremy, Kristy Cali and Nyah.

Susanne, GK, Van the Man, Kayla

Cali with her Great Grandmother VaNile

I stopped by to see Mom after the Solvang Century (or Half Century in my case).  Jeremy and Kristy were stopping by Gordon's so Mom and I invited ourselves over to meet Cali.  She's a keeper.

Economics 101

Hey Campers! 

 Confused by all the depressing economic news?  Wondering what it all means?  Toxic assets?  Spread sheets?  Nationalization of the banks?  Bail out of the banks?  Looking for something to preoccupy you until Jeremy has time to post a picture of his newest little Bundle of Joy?  Then I've got the solution for you!

Last week on This American Life they did a piece called Bad Banks to help explain the current economic mess and possible solutions.  I just listened to it while cleaning house and it truly is Economics made easy.  To some degree it will terrify you and yet at the same time perhaps offer some glimmer of hope.  No matter how you feel I strongly encourage a listen.  

The program can be podcasted (is that a word?) as well.  The link is:  www.thisamericanlife.org/        This week it will be available on the home page.  If you want to listen later just search it on the website.  To further your economic savvy I would strongly suggest listening to two other shows done by TAL: Giant Pool of Money; and Another Frightening Show About The Economy.  

A client who has her MBA and works for a large prestigious law firm advising them on financial issues told me she  listened to these programs as well and sent an email out to employees of the firm advising them to listen to the episodes.   

So don't be afraid.  Give it a listen.    All the cool kids are doin' it.....

NEW ADDITION

I thought he'd have it up by now, but I guess he's pretty busy. Jeremy and Kristy are proud parents of a new daughter, Cali Sanoe Risser. I'll leave it to him to update his blog and give you the details.

New Design, Flikr Account

My favorite web designer released a new template for the public and I really like it. I'm currently translating it from Spanish to English and working out some other personalized extras but I want to know if anyone has a flikr account with a photo stream they would like to share. If you do, would you like to share it here on the family blog? I want to incorporate some more personal touches to the blog this time.