Channing Blessing

On August 7th, Josh gave Channing a baby blessing. Hayley's parents and sister were still in town. It was nice to have most the families together. It is a wonderful experience to see your children growing up and living close to God.


Grandma always enjoys holding her grandchildren.So does Grandpa.
Mom, Hayley, and baby.
Channing did well - without crying or fussing for the evening.
Kate found a flower for her hair to match her dress.
Family group shots.


The star of the day.
Loving parents.

Channing at 2 weeks

Channing at 11 days old. Unfortunately, Rick and Sue have been busy with commitments to scout & girls camp and with Nathan's move. We haven't been able to spend much time with them. Hayley's mother, Sue, has been a blessing. She has been helping Josh & Hayley since Channing was born and will be here one more week. We appreciate her being able to take 4 weeks out of her schedule to help.

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Moving Nate from Logan

We drove to Utah to help Nathan move from Logan to Orange County. He graduated from Utah State University with a Masters degree in Accounting. On our way there, we spent a few days in Provo where we celebrated Bella's first birthday.

Some of Ben's family was able to attend. Patrice, Giovanni & wife, and Alex & fiance.

We don't know where Jarrod came from. He is so much taller than the rest of us.
Ben owns a scooter and let Jarrod and Alyssa practice driving it.


Not sure why she gave us this look, but it was cute photo of Lyssa.
Katelynn is getting very good at riding her tricycle.


Grandma enjoyed being with her grandchildren while in Utah.

We found a very good Mexican restaurant while there. Kate was bored in Tylers stroller when this was taken.
On our last day, we stayed in Provo and had dinner by the pool with Ben, Lyssa and Bella.

It was good to move Nathan and his family back to Orange County to be near us. We will miss Alyssa and her family more as they will be the only ones not here. Fortunately, we have the webcams.