Jim and Garrett Visit

We had Jim and Garrett here for a week last week!  It was so fun to see them!  Joey took them fishing most days and they came with us to Colusa for Thanksgiving.  It was great to have them out to Redding!

Relay Race and Halloween

Kyrstin, Erin and I ran in a half marathon relay the day before Halloween dressed as 80's workout girls.  The next day, on Halloween, Joey and I went over to our friend Alicia and Adam's house to take their son Eli trick or treating with Owen.  :)  

Castle Crags Hike

Some pictures from our trip to Castle Crags which is about a 45 minute drive north of Redding.

Beer tasting a a microbrewery in Dunsmuir after the hike :)

Owen 7 Months

I can't believe Owen is already seven months old!  Here are some recent pictures of him.  :)

Don't worry, he didn't go out on the water in this raft.  Just playing in it before Joey did. 

Had to take the bassinet part out of the pack n play--he sits up on his own now

With his tennis racquet from Hayley

Joey's Backpacking Trip

Joey just got back from a backpacking weekend in the Trinity Alps.  The Trinity Alps are about an hour drive west of Redding.  For all of you who think of California as freeways and traffic and cities I hope these pictures of his weekend start to change your view.  Northern California is beautiful!  I have tried to convince Joey of that since I first met him, I think he is starting to come around...  :)

Drift Boat

 

Joey finally got his drift boat. :)  Our agreement was that if he ranked Redding 1^st in the residency match that he could get a drift boat.  Well, he held me to it, and now we have one.  We have had so much fun with it already.  I wouldn’t say Owen is having so much fun with it so far, but he is getting more used to it.  The infant life jacket is a little constricting as you can see from the pictures. :) 

The biggest fish so far is 19 ½ inches, but many, many more to come I’m sure…

This is a picture of Joey and some of his classmates out on the river after sunset

Owen's Baptism

 

Owen was baptized on Saturday September 17^th at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Redding.  We all had a great time celebrating such a special occasion.  We have really enjoyed getting to know people at our new church--everyone is so friendly!  Owen keeps everyone behind us amused at each mass with his smiles and coos (and screams) and squirming.  Owen’s Godparents are Cameo and Jay.  We are thankful to have such great examples as Owen’s Godparents. 

Eric and Mandy and their girls were in town for the weekend for the Whiskeytown Relay Race.  My parents came up for the weekend and watched Owen, Em and Anna during the relay for us.  The race was so much fun!  Our team, the Outlaw In-laws, got 2^nd place in the Family division (there were more than two teams in the Family Division too...okay, there were six teams in the family division, but still)!  Such a great weekend! 

Pictures from the weekend:

Baptism Breakfast on the deck

Hanging out with Grandpa before the baptism

Super Grandpa