Fabulous Quote of the Day!

A beautiful day at my favorite beach - Capitola

We loved having my beautiful mom come visit us last week! She was so helpful and fun!

This is Prince Philip with his "twin" Lady Anabelle. We love her and her mom too!

Ladies, check out Elder Callister's article in the June issue of the Ensign! He says, "Women ought to be praised for all the gifts they possess - including their attentiveness to their personal appearance - that so unselfishly add to the richness of the lives of others." So next time I'm at the spa getting my nails done or spending extra time on my makeup, I will remind myself of what an unselfish good deed I am doing!

Does anyone else have a baby that just loves to be held more than anything in the world? I have to admit that I really love to taxi Philip around everywhere but I have been extra tired lately and unable to hold him all day. So, a little visit to the baby store has changed my life! I have to let everyone know about the Ergo baby carrier. It's amazing because I can hold Philip (he's well over 20 lbs.) on the front, hip or back for over three hours and it doesn't hurt at all (like the baby bjorn.) He loves it and will even nap in it.

Hooray!

Much to celebrate this week... Nick finished his last final Monday and is officially done with his first year of Law School!! Everyone tells us the first year is the hardest so it is wonderful to have it over and for Nick to have done well. Nick is excited to start working at Ellman Burke in San Francisco in a couple weeks. We are all excited to have him home until then!
Thomas and James are loving school. James has bonded with Teacher Katie and Thomas made me a special bead necklace at school this week. The boys were so excited to get a trampoline today. The 11 foot tramp takes up our entire backyard basically but it's totally worth it because we predict it will wear them out each day and make for an early bedtime.
Philip is now 6 months old! He is still very sweet and is rolling all over and sitting up well on his own. He is a strong little guy. He loves to watch his older brothers and they are so cute to play with him and help keep him happy. I finally got around to decorating his room. I love sailboats and had fun decorating his room with a nautical theme. It is bright and cheery and he loves the mobile above his bed.
I got a great job this week as a community advisor at Stanford. I am excited to get involved and plan student events next year.
We are loving our boys at the ages they are at right now and I almost wish I could freeze them at this age because they are so precious. Thomas and James are so clever and are always making me laugh. The other day at lunch I told them they could each have a prune for a treat (my boys are like little French women, no joke). Thomas said "I'm THREE years old. I need THREE prunes." I said, "Okay, you can each have three." Then James held up both hands and said, "But I have TEN fingers. I need TEN prunes!"
Don't worry... I did NOT give them ten!