Karl and Angela Rees

We had a lot of fun this past week with Angela’s family in Utah.  We hadn’t seen them since September, so Angela was going through withdrawals and Thomas didn’t have a clue who all these people were.  Thomas was very shy at first.  Even though he smiled at everybody, he wouldn’t let anybody else hold him.  But by the end of the week, he had no problem hanging out with Grandma or Grandpa, seemed to enjoy his Uncle Richard, and even let his Uncle Tavis hold him.  read more »

Another big week for Thomas—he went on his first campout.  We went Friday night to a church-owned camp called Lehi Park.  We had a good time even though there were several bumps in the road.  First, we left later than we wanted to.  Second, we forgot we needed gas (don’t worry we turned around and got it be  read more »

We took Thomas (and Wayne and Becky took Paela) camping for the first time this weekend. We all drove up to Lehi Park, a suprisingly isolted church-owned campground in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We were afraid it'd be rough, especially with how cold things were, but both Thomas and Paela slept much better than than usually do. Exclaimed Wayne, "We should go camping all the time!" Update (5/4/08): Added video.