The best of cousins . . .

How cute are these kids?!?

The Californian P90X Arm Wrestling Champion . . .

For the past month and a half, Jesse has been working out and seriously gaining some muscle. Confident in his new found strength, he challanged one and all to an arm wrestling match. Once the gauntlet was thrown, Jesse bested his dad, his brother and Becca's good natured boyfriend. Only Becca, in a parody of Over the Top (count yourself lucky if you don't know what movie I'm referring to) could defeat him.

Fun Family Vacation!

Two weekends ago we packed up the kids and drove to San Diego for a fun visit with family. We left early in the morning and headed straight to Sea World where Jesse's mom and Dad met us for a few hours of fun. Spencer, Kim and the kids came to meet us too. Ezra was in heaven - Sea World and cousins!

Ezra was reved up and ready to go early in the morning. How can one not be ready for a drive when decked out head to toe in Cars paraphernalia?

The boys decided to sit in the splash zone during the Shamu show. Ezra couldn't have been happier when they got wet!

Ezra enjoying the rays with Uncle Spencer, Eric and Daniel

Later that night, Jesse and Spencer went lobster hunting.

Saturday we drove to Julian and went apple picking with Spencer and Kim and some of their friends. It was so much fun. The scenery was beautiful and the weather was perfectly cold. After apple picking, we had dinner in a fun little diner and bought a ton of pies.

We spent the weekend playing games, eating yummy food and having a great time with everyone. Ezra had so much fun playing with his cousins and we had so much fun talking and hanging out with everyone. We love all the Plumbs and Solanos!!!

Welcome Home Grandma and Grandpa!

Jesse's mom and dad just returned home from serving an 18 month mission in England! We are so glad to have them back in the states where we can visit them!

Here they are with baby Henry and cousin Melanie.

Ezra and Grandpa hanging out at Sea World.

3 Weeks Old

It has been three wonderful weeks since our sweet baby, Henry, was born. He's eating like a little piggie and has the chubby cheeks to prove it. At his doctors appointment today he weighed in at 10 lbs 5 oz - that's almost a pound heavier than he was last week! He is such an easy going little fellow. He eats well, sleeps well and loves to hear my off-key singing.

Yesterday, the three of us braved the mall. They two boys looked so cute in their double stoller, I had to capture the moment. Notice how cosmopolitan Ezra looks carrying his Starbucks hot chocolate. Besides for a the ear grabbing incident (Ezra had decided he was done shopping and yanked on Henry's ear) our solo shopping trip went quite smoothly. Here are a few pictures of Jesse and Henry, taken a few days after Henry was born. The last four were taken while Jesse was examining Henry's impressive arm span. The first picture was just too sweet not to post.

All in all, I would have to say I'm so blessed to have my three guys in my life!

Henry Brigham Plumb has finally arrived!

After many months of waiting, Henry is here! He was born Friday, August 29th at 5:34 am. Everything went well and baby and mommy are doing great.

Stats:
8 lbs 15 oz
21 inches long

Otto Plumb

Say Hello to the Newest Member of our Family:

Ottobahn "Otto" Plumb

I personally think Cami lost her mind on Saturday, but we have been visiting the pet store pretty regularly (my usual tactic of repetitive temptation is highly effective). This time we started off playing with some rather nippy but irresistably cute (and stupid) English bulldogs. At $4000 a pop, that's about $8000 an IQ point. After one of the puppies made Ezra bleed his own blood, Ezra was quite finished being excited about dogs. And then Cami decided we should look at the rat terrier (which happened to be the only dog in the store we could afford) and SHE fell in love with him. Hard not too- look at those big brown eyes! He's just a little guy!

So we put our money down and went the 100 yards over to Walmart (don't worry Spence, we had our nice clothes on) to buy all our doggie stuff. I'm not sure what Petland was thinking, setting up shop right next to a store that sells everything they do at half the price. Seems like poor planning to me. They actually tried to sell me a kit that included a spray to help me crate train the pup. You see, you can spray this chemical in your yard where you want the dog to go to the bathroom, and the chemical mimicks the smell of urine, so when the dog sniffs it, he wants to go pee in that spot too. I mean what a great idea! I can't think of anything else that smells like pee and is available for less than $10 a bottle. Hold on (potty break). Okay I'm back. Man, those guys are geniuses!

So now Otto is OUR rat terrier (Rat Terrier means that he's bred to catch vermin, not that he Looks like a rat... 'cause he doesn't), and he's a perfect fit for our family, right down to the fact that he loves our leather couch more than his doggie bed (which he wet the first night we had him). Ezra actually likes Otto's doggie bed more than he does.

Ezra also likes Otto's cage, which puzzles Otto greatly. Otto keeps Ezra occupied (meaning, out of self-inflicted danger) for hours, which pays for itself in spades.

Ezra is still our favorite (even though Otto can play fetch and he either can't or won't), which is why he gets cookies and Otto doesn't.

California Trip!

Last weekend we had a great vacation! Early Friday morning, we packed up and drove down to San Diego. We spent Friday at Sea World and had a wonderful time! Ezra is truly an animal lover. We spent the rest of the weekend hanging out with family, swimming and going to the beach. It was so much fun! We got to see brand new baby Melanie (she was only a week old) and the rest of our cute neices and nephews who live in California.

We had such a fun time at the Zoo. We spent a long time watching these belugas swim around. When Ezra saw them (and a lot of other large animals) he exclaimed "Oh, Whoa!"



Here, Ezra is enjoying the last of our ridiculously expensive, but ridiculously delicious churro. As you can see, he stuffed as much in his mouth as possible.

Shark Bait! The shark exhitbit was the only open pool of animals that Ezra didn't try to climb into. Atleast he realized THEY would eat him.

We took some really priceless videos, so once we transfer them to our computer, I'll post them.

Melissa's Baby Shower

At the end of May, my wonderful cousin, Melissa, had a baby shower. It was so much fun to see her and her little boy, Carter. Her shower was so much fun and Ezra had a great time playing with Carter. The kept holding hands - it was so cute!

My Grandma and Me

My Grandma and Melissa

Pregnant Bellies!