It's a BOY!!!!

We are so excited to have another boy in our family! Samuel Benjamin Lee gave us quite a show during the ultrasound and we are happy to report that he appears to be healthy and growing appropriately for his age. He was caught sucking his thumb in this picture.

Kindergarten!

Our oldest, Spencer, just started Kindergarten this week. He has been waiting all summer, asking just about every day if school was going to start soon. On the first day of school he was up, dressed, backpack on and lunch bag in hand waking me up at 6:30 AM, so very excited. I only cried a little when I left him the first day. :) He didn't cry at all, just got in line no problem. He rides his bicycle to school while I push the mini-Lees in the stroller. That way, I get about a mile of exercise in and I know he has gotten to school safely. On the way home he rides the bus, another first he was really looking forward to as well. We got a call that first night from his teacher asking if Spencer was okay and explaining why he had come home with quite a big scrape down his leg (playground accident). He even got to see the school nurse and have an ice pack. What an exciting first day! The second day they chased the Gingerbread man around the school and got a gingerbread cookie. Spencer thought it was awesome, he loves school. There are about 15 kids in his class and they have a teacher's aide as well, which coming from LA ,that ratio is amazing. While I miss Spencer, I am loving having only 2 at home, and when 1 naps for 2 hours I feel like I'm on vacation!

After Hurricane Irene

Thankfully we are all safe. Our power is on and the only damage we had was a leak in the roof and a flattened garden. Our neighbor's tree was uprooted but luckily missed their fence and house. Here are some pictures of us and our hurricane party as we tried to stay sane being inside all day.

Hurricane Irene

We picked the best place to move to! First an earthquake and now a hurricane, in the SAME week. We have not yet been told to evacuate, and living where we do on a peninsula the traffic getting out on the 1 highway would be pretty terrible. Also, Spencer has to stay close to base. So we are preparing here at home:
camping stove, check. flashlights, batteries, emergency supply kit including first aid kit, check. emergency radio, check. enough yummy food and water for a few days, check. Enough sustainable food (MRE's etc) for longer duration, check. full gas tank, check. filled Zofran prescription, CHECK! no sense feeling nauseated during an emergency :) Charged portable DVD player for kids, check. "safe room" set up to ride out the storm, check. duct tape and tarps to cover potential broken windows, check.
Ready or not, here comes Irene! Stay tuned for pictures once the power comes back on and the mess is cleaned up.

Lee, party of 6!

Yes, 6! We are expecting another little blessing in March and are soooo excited! That makes 4 kids, 2 adults, and 1 family in desperate need of a minivan :) Soon our days of squeezing 3 carseats into the backseat of a Toyota will be over!

Spencercito wants a brother and Lily wants a sister, so they said they would settle for twins. Thanks guys. Also, Spencercito insists the boy be called Samuel the Lamanite (from the Book of Mormon), not just Samuel. They both are so sweet and shower the baby with hugs, kisses and tickles all day.

As for other news, its been QUITE a while since my last post, but I have been busy with photobooks for the kids, moving across the country, staying sane for 5 weeks while hubby was away at officer training camp for the Air Force, and trying not to make too good of friends with the bathroom toilet.

Here are some recent pics from our NYC trip. We went all over our past stomping grounds at Columbia, Serendipity, Manhattan Temple, Statue of Liberty, etc. The kids loved it, they definitely have our "city bug". We LOVE the city!