My oldest brother Chris finally has his little princess. This baby is literally a dream baby. Early on in their marriage Sherelda had a dream about her little girl. She had dark hair and they would name her Aubree. 12 years and 6 boys later...she had Aubree! We are SOOOO happy for you guys!
Here are Chris and Sherelda with their little sweet pea. I am sure she will be in A LOT of pink!
I have to say, celebrating the 4th of July in Canada is a bummer. No parades, no fireworks, no bbqs or pool parties...Go figure. To save the holiday, Zach wore his "Property of the United States" t-shirt and I made a traditional flag cake and called all of the Americans I could think of that lived close by to make sure they had done something to celebrate and invite them to our house. My fellow Americans, the Wong Family, came over to eat the delicious cake. Minn Va is from California too! :) Darren is Canadian, the only one out of all of us, but we let him have a tiny piece still. Mostly because he wore such an awesome tie to our little party! And Dad, remember this t-shirt? I wear it every year! Tie-dye 4th of July. Groovy. Thanks, I think. :) The cute Wong girls remind me a lot of my nieces Leneah and Kaela. They are my pseudo-nieces up here I guess. Anyway, I am proud to be an American... 
I love another holiday! This week we get 2! July 1 is Canada Day and July 4 is well, July 4th! :) Anyway, we started out the day with delicious fried "eh"-ggs and strawberry-banana decked out canadacakes...I mean pancakes.
To end the day we had Arnold and his aide Fabian over for hamburgers, chips, grapes, and grape pop-Justin's favorite. Of course there had to be jello involved-also Justin's favorite! This was my first time making a Canadian jello flag. Just a pan of strawberry jello jazzed up with some vanilla yogurt. Easier than the American flag! Anyway, we love summer, nice weather, and barbecues!
Zach had another first in his life...STITCHES! He broke into one of the latched cupboards and was going for the blender. While doing so he knocked out the little chopper attachment thing and the blade landed perfectly behind him so when he stepped back, he stepped right on it. :( I was right beside him, but only noticed when he started crying. It happened so quickly. It was SO sad/scary/panicky, but everything worked out okay, we got his stitches, and he really hasn't seemed to take note of his injury at all. I am sure this is the first of MANY accidents/injuries we will encounter with this busy guy. Sorry Zach! Feel better soon!
It's a little more than an inch long, 5 stitches. These pictures were taken three days after it happened. It is looking better, I think.
His cute tiny foot all mummy wrapped. It was sure fun for the nurse in me to do a dressing change! It has been so long!
The doctor said Zach couldn't walk on it. . . yeah right. I tried so hard for the first few hours after it happened to keep him in my arms and off the foot. Zach wasn't going to take that though. So I devised a little scheme to let him be able to walk on the ball of his foot, but keep the pressure off of his heel. It seems to be working well. He has not slowed down one bit. He looks pretty cute running around with a wadded washcloth taped to his foot!
See, he is still extremely happy!
Here is the master gardener with his pride and joy. Justin has talked about his garden ever since we moved here. All through winter he talked about how he couldn't wait to plant a garden. So, we did! We found a "rent-a-garden" plot close to our house. It is 30' square or the size of half of a volleyball court :). We planted corn, beans, carrots, peas, cucumber, zucchini, potatoes, tomatoes, and squash. We planted them all from seed so it has been fun to see our little seedlings mature. Good luck garden!
Another lovely view.
Awww...Justin really is the best dad. Thank you honey and Zach and I love and appreciate you SO much. The last week in California was fun, but hard. Especially the plane rides! Thanks for making life easier!
Like father...
...like son. There is this great place in California called Pat and Oscar's. Anyone who goes there has to at least get the greek salad and the breadsticks. They are the BEST breadsticks I have had in my life. So, since Justin didn't get to go there, I tried to recreate the ribs, salad, and breadsticks of Oscar's. The salad was great, but the breadsticks needed some work. Happy Father's Day to all you daddies!
Zach LOVES the beach! He just loves getting dirty.
My little goober.
I don't know what to say.
The original UBB and one of her beach babies...Katie
Zach just relaxing in La Jolla
Katie and I sporting the wetsuits before our long journey
Zach preparing the kayak
My brother Chris, the sea creature, leading us out.
Professionals already. I thought we were going to get flipped by this wave. I was happy we didn't. I had just washed my hair! :)
How picturesque. Us, the ocean, and a pelican flying. All we needed was the sunset. Actually, any sun would have been nice. 
What a fun day. Hours later, we were at the temple for Cody's first time through. It was so awesome to be there as an ENTIRE family.
This was sad, and hilarious at the same time. Cody kept dribbling around Zach and Zach just kept running in circles chasing the ball.
Our baller
Uncle Harvey taking Cameron, Reagan, and Zach for a wheelbarrow ride!
Zach with his cousins Michael and Reagan...doin' the diaper.
I love my house. This is basically an ode to my dad...and mom I am sure because it looked SO good and SO green this time I was back.
Check out all those daisies!
This is to show how tall those daisies are. Zach is 29 inches I think. 30 with his shoes on.
Just another cute shot.
A stream leading to a shallow walking pond to cool your feet off. This was my project with my dad years ago. It was so fun to do together.
The newest addition to the backyard...no, it is not the Tijuana fountain, it is the HOT TUB! We all love that! Just thought I would add that Dad and all of us kids put the sheet rock (?), slabs, whatever here on the back porch circley thing. Thanks for teaching us to be handywomen Dad!
