Hey all! I thought I would finally try this out! Here is a pic of Jack and his new hair cut. I thought the spiked look would be fabulous!

One more hiking pic.... we were right above the cloud line for this one. We climbed some boulders and once we got to the top, this was our view. It was spectacular!!

Here we are, dancing in the streets at a street music festival. There are outdoor festivals and concerts almost every weekend.

Hello, my lovely fam. (: I am loving that we are now using this blog!! Char, I love the pics of Nolan and Caleb. I miss you all so much!!!! Here are a couple of more pics from my life here in Cali..

Kim, two of her roommates, and I went and played in the mountains last weekend. We camped in a boulder field and then hiked about 10 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail....absolutely breathtaking.... I can't wait to go again-very soon. I still can't believe that all of this natural beauty is, quite literally, in my back yard here!

Nolan and Caspian

We can't leave out the little guy who has been having so much personality lately. He can definitely hold his own in this household. He has 2 favorite words lately: No, No, No and Move. He also very cutely says 'I love you' before bed.

It looks like the Caspian drama is over. He had the mass in his neck removed via surgery last week and is healing nicely. The biopsy showed that it was indeed plant material. They believe that he probably poked himself with a stick and somehow a plant bacteria was festering inside. Pleasant, but we think he is going to be fine.

Never a dull moment

So much drama in this branch of the Lemke world. This time courtesy of Caleb. We have had a second stitches incident. Caleb in all his clumsiness was running in the kitchen and fell. He hit his head on the dining room chair leg and opened up his little forehead. I whisked him off to the pediatrician's office (luckily they were still there) where he proceeded to get 5 stitches. He wasn't nearly as traumatized by this whole ordeal. After a frosty from Wendy's, he was jumping on his bed later that evening. Crazy kid!

My birthday...

The girls going out...