Karl and Angela Rees

Our camping trip last October in Alfred A. Loeb State Park (near Brookings OR) with Susan and Summer.

It’s been a busy few weeks.  The week before last went by quickly until Thursday, when Karl put in a half day at work, and then we all packed into the car to head to southern Oregon.  read more »

Thomas had neither the library nor his class to look forward to this week, but he and Angela still found things to do.  Thursday, they went a nice long walk with her visiting teacher.  Friday, they went to the first pool party of the year.  It was great weather, but maybe the water was a little too cold or maybe Thomas forgot he likes to swim or maybe Thomas was upset about falling in the kiddie pool and getting his face wet.  We had missionaries over on Wednesday and Angela cooked North Carolina BBQ pork.  They were a quiet pair, but Thomas was entertained, and it was still nice to ha  read more »

On Monday, Thomas and Angela went to a playdate.  There were 5 other moms there.  Thomas enjoyed playing outside with Ben (2 1/2 years old).  They played in the rain gutter.   read more »

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.