Just a little upset!

Although Jack isn't very happy, he still is a doll.

Get it EXCITED for Sept. 27th.

I thought you would all like a little taste of the season to come...it sure made me excited!

Go Rockets!

Look at the Judson video I posted...Joel loves it! I will get more pics and videos up later.

Berry picking

Here is Mitch's special feature. It is kind of funny!

Mitch Video

Hey, I checked out the site Em posted about to see what Mitch was up to and I found a u-tube post with one of his special features. It is kind of funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii6XRotyMzA

Check it out...I am not sure how to post a u-tube clip directly onto the page, sorry!

More of Bowen

This is the after picture of Bowen's haircut...exucse the girl in the picture who also needs a haircut!

Here are a few more of Bowen with some of his gifts from his birthday and party!

The drum was a huge hit...no pun inteneded! I don't know who has enjoyed it more...

Bowen, the girls, or ME! Clair says I rock!

This is Bowen's tool belt and tools. Sorry about the blurry picture! Bowen got this Spiderman chair and it is just his size. He loves it! He sits in it all the time.

He is too cute.

First Cut

Bowen got his first hair cut on the day of his party. Stephen's mom cut it right before the guests arrived. He DID NOT like it one bit. He was moving all over the place. Stephen's dad was trying to hold him still, but Bowen wanted to watch what was going on all around him. At least his hair isn't hanging over his ears any more!

Train Cake!

Here are a few pictures of the train cake I made for Bowen's party!

Pics on TEAM CALL

I have LOTS of new pics, but too many to post on both. I am still having a hard time with downloading pics....it is taking forever. It didn't use to do that. Anyways..take a look!
Brit

I'm having issues posting anything!

Mitchell is now listed on the "News Team"

I got an email from Mitchell Sego today, so I looked on his news stations website: ktva cbs 11 news. He is now listed as a member of the "News Team." Here's what it said:

Mitch Sego
E-mail Mitch Sego
Article Last Updated: 08/17/2007 02:36:17 PM AKDT


Mitch Sego is the meteorologist for CBS 11 News This Morning, which is weekday mornings starting at 6. He co-anchors the show with Lauren Maxwell. You can also see his outdoor series, Get Out, Wednesday evenings at 6 and Thursday mornings at 6.
Mitch arrived at 11 News in May 2007. Before coming to Alaska, he worked as a meteorologist for OU Nightly and News4Norman, both student produced, full-length newscast at the University of Oklahoma.

It is from the University of Oklahoma that Mitch earned his degree in Meteorology, along with minors in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish in 2007.

Mitch grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He learned Spanish serving as a missionary for two year for his church in Vina del Mar, Chile. He is active in church and community events. He is a big outdoorsman and also enjoys sports, namely soccer, tennis, and cross country skiing.



Way to go Mitchell.

Trouble Posting pics

I can't post pics right now! Anyone else having trouble. I don't know what the deal is. Help! I have some really cute ones right now!

Cake Eating Machine!

So, Bowen ate about 3/4 of his little personal cake yesterday! At first he just kind of stuck his fingers in the frosting. Then he plunged his face in it! Then He started eating like his life depended on it! He wouldn't even look up at me to take his picture...too busy eating! I am SOOOOOO surprised he didn't get sick! Like his Papa said..."You only turn one once!" Go Big Bowen Blue!

Happy Birthday Bowen!

Uncle Don's family always has a baby picture on birthday blog posts...so I decided to copy cat them!

Happy Birthday my sweet son Bowen!

I can't belive he is already a year old! Time goes by so fast ...

when you have sweet checks to kiss every day! :)

New Call Blog

Okay so the Joel Call Family is starting a new blog. We will still post and comment and totally be apart of this one, but Joel wanted to do our own family blog too. So here is the website joelcallfamily.blogspot.com. We will have game highlights in football season. So hope yall enjoy. PS Kate you looked adorable on your first day of school!!!
Ros do you think you could add a link to our website on this blog too! Thanks!

At school...

Once we got to school Kate posed with the Bryson Elementary Bear in front of the school and then we waited in line to get in. Once inside we gave her teacher a potted flower and posed for a few more pictures. (Notice the crying kid in the back...she kept trying to escape and was out of control...already stressing out Kate's sweet teacher & some of the other kids too!)

We gave Kate hugs and kisses and then she got to work!

Going to school...

Here is Kate at home getting ready to head off to her first day of Kindergarten! The cones are traditional German gifts for the first day...kind of like Easter basket...the kids get them when they first start school and they carry them all day but can't open them until they get home. I made Kate the large pink one...the other one is from our sweet German neighbors! Clair had to put on her new backpack too! They are SOOOOO proud of their cool High School Musical backpacks!

First Day of School

It is with total mixed emotions that I post these pictures! It seems like just yesterday I was holding her in my arms for the first time. Where has the time gone. She looked so grown up and pretty this morning. Her eyes were shinning and mostly confident with a trace of uncertainty of what this new adventure would hold for her. She was brave...only I, her mother, could see that small part of her that wasn't sure of things. My little girl...off to her first day of school!

Back To School Dinner & More!

Last night we had our special family dinner...Back to School Celebration. I made School pasta...shaped like letters (great pasta and holds it shape REALLY well!), spinach salad, garlic bread, and green beans. For dessert we had a brownie pencil! We ate in the dinning room with cloth napkins and everything. The kids loved it! Clair wanted to know why I gave her two forks! Kate wanted to toast with the fancy glasses! After we ate dinner Stephen gave the each of the girls a fathers blessing. Then we quickly ate our dessert and watched HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL TWO! It was a fun night....but a rough morning...Kate was up at 4:00 AM sick to her stomach and has been sick every hour since! Poor girl! Keep her in your prayers...she will be SO sad if she misses the first day of school! :( Anyway...here are pictures of the fun times!

Swim Party Cake

Some of my girlfriends in our neighborhood decided we would have an end of the summer swim party at our neighborhood pool. Everyone brought some snacky type foods for a lunch. I decided to bring a few things including a fish cake....it turned out SOOOO cute. I got the idea from Family Fun...the best magazine and website for ideas for kids! I didn't get any pictures of the party (watching three kids at the pool is hard enough without trying to take pictures too), but here is a picture of the cake! It was a HUGE hit!

Facing the Music...

and the on-coming traffic! :) We put Bowen forward facing a few weeks early. He was SO long his poor legs were all squished up in his old seat. I am sure it was a huge safety violation (as Clair says). I must say, out of all our kids, he acted the most cool! He really likes his arm rests, but other than that, there was no excitement! (Remember Clair...her eyes were as big as dinner plates and she was gripping the edge of her seat for dear life!) Anyway, I just wanted to share the pictures from this big coming of age event!

Twilight Series hits the news!

USA Today had this article about my favorite series!


Vampire tale takes bite out of 'Potter'

Move over, Harry Potter.

After three weeks, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in J.K. Rowling's series, has been knocked off its perch atop USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list by another fantasy aimed at teens.

Eclipse, the third book in Stephenie Meyer's series about a girl whose boyfriend is a vampire, enters the list today at No. 1, edging out Hallows (No. 2).

Little, Brown reports Eclipse sold nearly 250,000 copies its first week. The publisher is printing another 100,000 copies after a 1-million-copy first printing. Hallows sold a record 11.5 million copies in the 10 days after its July 21 release, according to Scholastic, which declined to release sales figures for the past week.

Meyer's back story nearly rivals that of Rowling, who was a single mother on welfare in 1995 when she finished her first Potter book after conjuring the boy wizard on a train ride.

Four years ago, Meyer, 33, was a stay-at-home mom in Glendale, Ariz., with no plans to write a book. But after a vivid dream about a girl talking to a handsome young vampire, "I starting writing it down so I wouldn't forget it."

Those 10 pages became Chapter 13 in her first novel, Twilight, published in 2005.

When she began, Meyer says, "I wasn't a writer; I was a reader, but I was curious to see what happened next." She kept writing, telling only her sister, who urged her to try to sell it.

In one of those rare success stories that inspire unpublished writers, Meyer found an agent via the Web and got a contract.

Eclipse is Meyer's first book to make its debut at No. 1. Before its release, she had been no higher than No. 39. It's also boosting her earlier books. Twilight, in paperback, is No. 10; New Moon (2006) is No. 31.

Many of her readers are girls, but Meyer is thrilled when boys tell her, "My girlfriend made me read this, but I really like it."

The books mix fantasy with romance, without sex, drugs or foul language. Meyer's "pet peeve about the (young adult) genre is that there seems to be an empty spot for novels where kids aren't doing drugs and having sex."

Meyer, a Mormon who studied literature at Brigham Young University, says her novels "aren't overly religious, but my characters, even the vampires, think about religion."

Did you know today is....

National Creamsicle Day
Wiffle Ball Day (Debuted in 1953)
Senior Citizens Day
Color Book Day (1457)
National Financial Awareness Day
Driving License Test Began (1893)
Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday
Felix the Cat's Birthday
National navvajo Code Talkers Day
Victory Day

So pick your favorite and party hard! (Unless you pick Senior Citizens Day...just nap to celebrate that one!)

Big Boy

Look at this handsome boy...

don't you just love his sweet lips!

Looking old! :)

How old does Bowen look in these pictures? I think he looks so grown up in his ringer tee, baseball cap, jean shorts, and camo crocks! He is totally growing up too fast...of course he is ALMOST one! :)

A series worth reading

If you want to read a good series, boy have I got the one for you. Stephanie Meyer, a BYU grad has written a New York Times Best Seller, as well as two follow up books. The last book came out yesterday. I bought it, but I haven't started reading it yet. I have so much work to do and so little time to do it, so I can't start to read my book until this weekend. That way I will get a little work done first. I do feel like Eclipse (the new book) is buring a whole in the shopping bag I have it hidden in. I'm serious...these are wonderful books. I even have a few friends that are not really into reading, but they LOVE these books. Seriously...pict up Twilight today, you won't be sorry!

In the Middle of No Where

This month my travels take me from the West to the East. For the last week and a half and most of next week I will be in New Mexico. Today my training took place in Hatch, NM. My co-worker and I stayed in Socorro, NM last night. When I told mom that I was staying there she insisted that there is nothing there. I ensured her that when traveling there before we found a little, very nice resturant. I took a picture to share with her. Enjoy our little patch of heaven in the middle of nowhere!

Growing Up TOO fast

Jack is getting so big and he changes everytime I see him. I had been out of town for about a week and when I came back I was shocked to see how much he had changed. I had my camera on me, so I had to snap a couple of pictures. I have a video of him too, but I'll have to post it later. I don't have the patience to do it now. He is so cute and such a good baby. I love to see Brooklyn interact with him. She loves to hug, kiss, and pretty much love all over him. It's good to know that the Kootch Disease lives on in another generation. I love to see Brooklyn grit those teeth together right before she hugs Jack. It makes my heart sing! :)

A few more from the museum...