Cookies and Camping . Woo hoo!

Hi Everyone,
Our camera broke so its been a while since we last posted. we bought a new camera just in time for our camping trip to San Elijo beach, however. We had a great time and Lucas proved himself to be a natural outdoorsman. He absolutely loves the beach, too. We have some great pics below.

But first, we bought new appliances for our kitchen a few weeks ago and decided that the best thing to do the first night we had our new oven was to bake chocolate chip cookies. Lucas helped, of course.

Hope all is well.

Love,
Rich, Jen, and Lucas

















































Hmmm...I have an idea...

What if....















I stuck my finger in here...















And licked it! Yummmmmy.















Are they done yet?
















Pitchin' the tent...Lucas loves Dad's tools.





























Stackin' wood.















The view from our campsite.
















Our Friends Dan and Candy showed up.
Dan and Rich surfed both days.















Lucas surfed too!













































We walked to Starbucks and VG donut on Sunday morning.















Lucas' friend Shane from daycare ran into us at VG Donut.































The terrible twos have arrived...

We just returned from a trip to Dillon, Colorado
in the midst of the Rockies (elev 9000 ft) to see
Rich's sister and brother-in-law and his parents,
who had rented a house in the area for the month
of July. This was Lucas' first plane ride and he did
great.

On the way there Jen flew alone with Lucas because Rich
had already traveled to Denver earlier in the week on
business, and Lucas was a trooper for her. He read his
books and entertained the other passengers around him -
they all gave him an A+ as a traveler.

While in Dillon we hiked, biked, played some golf and had
a great relaxing time. Below are some pictures.

Love,
Rich, Jen and Lucas


Dad and Lucas on the Blue River.
















Rich and his family on the Raven golf course - thin air = long, long drives.

















Ready to hit the trail - ummmm well, sort of
(who gets to carry me?)
















The trail is freedom - a place where you can take care of your business
without the restrictions of modern society.
(just ask Loki the dog)

















Kickin' up the dirt with Grammy, Jennifer, Kym,
Loki, Dodger and Danny Boy.


















Dipping our toes in a cold mountain stream midway through.
















Trekking through a a grassy meadow with summer flowers in bloom.
(a little guy can look really small out here)

















Hitchin' a ride on the way down...

















Now this is the way to wrap up a day on the trail...

A hot tub...

















Some sticky smores...
















And a long snooze...


















The next day Grammy and Grandpa took Lucas to the library...

















































Hmmm...what next
















Reading makes you thirsty...

Hi Everyone,
We move into our new home in Vista on May 7.
We love it, especially Lucas, who now has more
room to run. Below are a few pictures and a video
at the very end.

We love you all and hope to see you soon.

Rich, Jen & Lucas


Hooray - our new home!
















We don't have dining room furniture yet, so for now it's Lucas world!















We visited Grammy and Grandpa's house over
Father's day weekend. Lucas learned the word "hot".































We went to the Wild animal park a few weeks ago.
It was just before feeding time in the lion enclosure.
The papa lion kept circling in front of us- he thought
Lucas was breakfast. He brushed right up against the
glass in front of Lucas just after the picture below was
taken.
















We fed the lorikeets.















And we fed the deer. Lucas loved it, but was getting tired.































Not sure what he was thinking here...
















The water park was the absolute best. One of the boys
kept spraying Lucas with water, but Lucas loved it.
(2 mins).

Our new home!

We close escrow May 7th

Hi all - just wanted to catch you up on what we have been up to over the last 3 weeks.

At the end of March we went out to LaQuinta to visit Grammie Lois, Grandpa Skip and Danny the dog. The weather was great - Lucas was able to swim and Rich was able to play a round of golf with his dad. Lucas, Grammie and I were able to join them for a couple of holes.









The following weekend was Easter...though we didn't take any pictures on Easter, our church had a "Eggapalooza" Festival the day before. Lucas visited the critter corral, the bouncy (video from Rich to be posted later), somewhat participated inthe Egg Hunt - he liked the props they had out better than hunting eggs and also had his picture taken with the Easter Bunny.









This last weekend we pulled the pool out - even though it was not the warmest of weather -- Lucas had fun splashing around and cried when we finally pulled him out.




We have been busy too...We are about to be homeowners. We bought a house in the Shadowridge area of Vista. Escrow should close the first week of May -- more info and pictures to follow...

Love: Jen, Rich and Lucas

Hi everyone,

It's saturday night and I just wanted to share Lucas' day with you. He went to our neighbors birthday party, and he got to jump in one of those inflatbale "bouncies". He had a great time. He is an incredible boy - check out the video at the bottom of the page to see how happy he made his dad this morning. ;-) It is a little long, but it is worth it. I did not coax him at all during the video. He did it all on his own. I swear.

Love you all,

Rich