Evan Robert Harney!

Amy & I are excited to announce the arrival of our nephew, Evan Robert Harney! That gives us 10 nieces and nephews and the 11th is on the way! =)

Evan was born to Amy's sister Mindy, husband Jason and sisters Clara & Laura on Thursday, July 26th at 11:55 a.m. Mindy was in the hospital all of 19 minutes before Evan made his entrance... good job getting to the hospital Mindy! That's 4 minutes earlier than you got there for Laura's arrival. =)

He weighed 6 lbs. and 8 ounces and was 19 inches long. His parents are still trying to figure out what to do with a boy! =)

Here's a picture of our visit with them yesterday... it's the best we could do. Check out Kaylin's fake smile, T.J.'s mischievous grin, and Evan screaming and not even remotely aimed toward the camera. Oh well! Good times, good times....

Fun in the Sun... and in the Pool!

Yesterday, we went to the home of Amy's Aunt Joyce & Uncle Gene for the annual family pool party / birthday party for Grandma Massey. Grandma was celebrating her 96th birthday! It was a beautiful day and their pool is a lot of fun... water slide, waterfalls, etc. Trevor enjoyed hanging out in his floatie raft and getting sprayed by the waterfalls. In the picture above, Uncle Steve Nations had pushed him back into the little "cave" underneath the waterfalls and he was laughing and smiling. The video below is of Kaylin... she's pretty cautious around the water but gets more confident each time we go to a pool.

Downtown Disney!

Our friends Scott & Amanda and their kids were down in SoCal recently to go to Disneyland. We got to see them and our friends Gus & Cami (Scott & Gus are brothers)! These pictures were taken in Downtown Disney after we'd all just eaten together at the Rainforest Cafe.



It was great to catch up with Gus & Cami!



Hmmm... we're all in this one... so who took the picture? =)

8 Years Together!

Amy & I celebrated 8 years of wedded bliss today!

We take turns planning what we do to celebrate and this year it was Amy's turn. The big surprise she revealed today is that she got tickets for us to go together to FishFest, a big multi-band Christian music concert on July 28th! But today we went to the Orange County Fair and had a good time hanging out together, checking out exhibits and eating junk food! The surprise of the day though, was getting to see Wierd Al in concert for free! Hilarious! If you haven't heard the story yet, you'll have to ask us.

Horsin' Around

The "Horsey" seems to have some issues...

60 Years of Marriage!

Congrats to my Olson grandparents! They recently celebrated 60 years of marriage! Since we weren't able to be in South Dakota for the family gathering, we sent this picture along.

Here's a video that my step-mom Earlene put together for the occasion... she did a great job... check it out! (Music by Alan Jackson)

Some Recent Videos....

WARNING: These videos are classic home movie material... they may not be necessary to watch unless you really love our kids and want to see what they are up to lately. Otherwise, I'm guessin' that we enjoy these videos more than most people will! =)

I was hanging out with the kids a few nights ago and got a kick out of watching Kaylin sing and run around for at least 20 minutes straight. These first 3 videos show some of that evening... how she was singing non-stop... mostly songs she was making up on the fly... but also mixing in parts of real songs she's learned. You can see that she's quite a ham in this setting...









Now, in this setting... the finale show for parents after a week at Vacation Bible School... she is in her shy mode. In order to go up front to "perform" she wanted to hold Ms. Corinna's hand the whole time and only occasionally could you see her lips move with the song lyrics or her doing the motions. However, about half way through the performance her brother decided that he was quite willing to be in front of people, so he took off toward the front. That's him in the red hawaiian shirt in the front. Later, he even climbed the stairs to be near sister!



Last but not least, T.J. has been insisting that he at least attempt to feed himself at meal times...