goin' on a trip!!

We are leaving for our vacation on Wednesday. Woohoo!! I absolutely love going on trips visiting new places or old favorites. We are doing a little California driving trip up the coast to Monterey and then to Sequoia. We'll stop along the way at various beaches and whatever strikes our fancy- I always look forward to driving just about any stretch of the CA coast; the first part of the trip will be focused on the Big Sur section. Then over to Sequoia National Park where we will be staying at Hume Lake for 3 nights. I was the one pushing for this trip, because I thought it would be nice to go on one last litttle excursion as a family of three, before we have a newborn and have to wait again for a while to do much of anything. This is a good time too, because I am not miserably big yet, the weather is right, and we'll beat the summer vacation crowd, and most importantly of all, we have our tax return money in hand. Then after our family trip, we are meeting up with my parents to relax at their place in Big Bear. Hopefully, I will be posting some pics, when we get home. Now I need to go do laundry and pack.

My girl

Well, I thought that I would just try to post a short entry, since it has been a while. So I think I will write about one of my favorite subjects, my daughter. : ) I just can't believe how big she is getting; it doesn't help that she is very tall for her age and knows so much, sometimes she seems older than two. No! Stop growing up so fast! Of course, I love to watch her learning new things every day and delighting in the simplest things. She cracks me up sometimes with the silly things that she comes up with, and she cracks herself up too. I think that she is alot like her daddy. I am so interested to see what her little sister will be like. Will they be alike or will they be total opposites? We'll see.

Easter in retro

Well I wanted to write about Easter Sunday sooner, but I was waiting for these wonderful photos from Scott. Aren't these an adorable bunch of kiddos; Alyssa had a good time with her cousins Caleb, Jadon and Ella at grandma and grandpa's house. The weather was not your typical sunny easter weather. It was cloudy and cool, but at least it didn't really rain, only a slight mist, so the kids still got to enjoy playing in grammy and grandpa's yard. We had an awesome dinner put on by mommy Pelton with the traditional ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli, etc. and, best of all, strawberry shortcake for dessert! (my favorite) But the most important part of the whole day was celebrating and remembering the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He didn't just come and die on a cross, but He rose on the third day, just like He said He would. Hallelujah, what a Savior!!

It's a.......

GIRL!!!! We had the big appointment today. My doctor says that he gives us at least a 95% probability that we are having another girl. The sonogram was a pretty good one, and the picture seemed fairly obviously a girl and not a boy. But my doc always likes to leave a little room for the other possibility. I will be having a few more sonograms, I'm sure, so we can have some verification later too. In the meantime, we definitely need to be looking for girl names. We had a boy name already picked but no girl names. I hope Bryan and I can agree on something. You know how that goes. So, needless to say, we are very excited; we would have been just as excited if it was a boy. On the practical side a girl will be very convenient; we really don't need much of anything, except maybe a double stoller and another bed for Alyssa. And it will sure make sharing a room very easy.

Welcome!

Hey everyone! Welcome to our new blogspot. We hope to keep everyone better updated on what's happening with Alyssa really, and Chandi and myself as well :) So stay tuned for updates and pictures.