Fun in the Sun (at Grandma's)

Chase spent the morning with me so his mom and dad could work in their garden. We walked down the hill to Walker Middle School where Herm was doing Dream Center. Chase fell asleep and slept for about 45 minutes. When he woke up, we were in the gym where the kids were decorating cookies for their moms. He sat on my lap the whole time (but that was OK with me). When we got back home, I made him lunch, and afterwards, I propped the door open so he could come and go out to the deck. It was 70 degrees today, so we all enjoyed the weather.

February, 2010

Chase takes some of his first steps.

Chase gets to lick his first set of beaters (at our house, anyway). He didn't really know what to do with them, but I'm sure that will all change as he gets more opportunities.

Fun with Molly

Sometimes when you introduce a baby to a dog, you wonder how well it will go. We were so pleased that our dog, Molly, seems willing to let Chase do pretty much whatever he wants. When Molly needs a break, she leaves the room.

First birthday party

Chase turned one year old on Feb. 11, and we enjoyed
watching him eat his birthday cake (quite neatly, I thought)

Herm & I gave Chase an easel. Megan (math teacher) is writing
math equasions to get him started.

Christmas 2 of 3

Our Christmas this year came in three parts. First one happened at Thanksgiving in CA with Eric's kids since they are going to Japan. Christmas part two was on Christmas day at Jennifer and Brian's house. Here's Chase "riding" on Jen's Great Dane, "King".

The family voted on having finger food for our meal, so here's Brian and Andrew working at the grill checking on the fruit kabobs. The menu also included shrimp, hot wings, crab quiche, three kinds of cookies and a yummy caramel/apple bars.

Chase enjoyed ripping open the presents and chewing on the paper.

Jennifer got books that were on her list.

"Just what I always wanted!!!!"

"More presents?"

(There were more gifts given, but my camera ran out of batteries. :-( so I'll have to get pics from Andrew & Jen.)

Kids just want to have fun!

So far, Molly hasn't minded if Chase tries to get close.

We celebrated Christmas with Eric's kids at Thanksgiving since they'll be in Japan in Dec.

Sarah is the climber in this family.

Noah and Jordan

Pizza with the kids

We arrived in Oceanside for our Thanksgiving visit on Wednesday which gave us a chance to take 4 of the grandkids out for pizza while Eric & Sachiko went out for dinner and a movie. Our philosophy is to let the kids order what they want. Herm and I got vegetarian (shown above), Maya wanted mac & cheese, Sarah got chicken tenders, Jordan wanted Hawaiian and Noah wanted Gouda cheese pizza. While I don't think the cheese pizza was Gouda, J & N shared theirs with half cheese and half Hawaiian.

Note the cheese as Noah lifts his piece off the pan. It was very good!