Parker's Big Day

I have to admit, I thought I would be on this a lot more than I am. I recently read my friend Erin's blog (which I try to do everyday because she is a very wise woman) and her blogging has grown since she began so let's hope that for me as well. I just think this would be a great way for me to share about our family and life in general. I guess we'll just have to see where it goes.

ANYWAY...

Last Sunday our little man was baptized. It was a beautiful day of family and friends. Here are a few pictures of our celebration.

Back to reality...

It's been a GREAT 2 weeks off but tomorrow for us, and so many other families, it's back to reality.
Just to re-cap our 2 weeks...
-We drove 600 miles to Palm Desert to celebrate the Christmas season with the annual de Boom holiday party.
-We then drove 70 miles into Chino for my sister's annual holiday party.
-It was then 60 miles to LA for the morning to meet Mr. Charlie Olson...SO CUTE!!!
-We then headed 40 miles down to the OC to see friends and that evening, 100 miles back out to Palm Desert...
OH YEAH this was just the first 4 days!
-We then laid low for a few days and enjoyed Christmas with my side-now known as Papa (Jim), Grandma (Barbara), Auntie Stacy, Kyle and their doggie Riley.
-The day after Christmas we drove the 600 miles back to Chico.
-The following week we enjoyed some family time and cleaned-up the Christmas decorations, I worked a few days, we loaded the fridge, started the laundry and Zach graded some papers.
I hope you have a GREAT Monday Back to your reality!

Getting Started

So it's the new year and technology seems to be the theme for us. We set up our Wii, webcam and I thought let's just add a blog too. I don't know how diligent I'll be with this but I feel like I we may be the only one without a blog so I thought something is better than nothing.