What a wonderful time of year!

No, it is not because the season is changing and the holidays are just around the corner... It is season premiere time for all the networks. If the excitement of new episodes makes me a shallow person then so be it!

Bon Voyage Laura!

My darling sister Laura is leaving for her mission to South Korea on Tuesday. We were all in La Canada this weekend to say goodbye and see her off. She gave her farewell talk today and did a faboulis job. The whole fam is here minus Regan, Pete, and Noelle. We missed you guys! Everyone is flying back to their various locations tomorrow morning, but Carson and I are sticking around. Becky is due any day now and I really want to be here for the birth. Hopefully there will be some baby Facer pictures soon.
here is our family picture. We left a spot for Regan, Pete and Nellie. B is going to photo shop them in. I'll let you know how that turns out.
Dad and Carson. I love how he is cheesing it up!
Our little family after church
Carson thinks Oliver is the coolest.


Becks got a new camera. She took this great picture of me and C's hands.
Carson in his dolphin pose.
Celebrating chelsea's birthday.

Nothing like a baby's laugh!

Here's Carson watching Baby Einstein on the computer. I don't know why numbers rolling by on a train are so funny, but I guess I am not sophisticated enough for this kind of humor.

Bath time

The newest addition to the Bonner family.

And no, it is not a baby. I got an incredible new street bike. That's right, I am now one of those bikers who thinks they are a car. I've been doing spin classes at the gym for the past few years and finally decided to take it outside. A friend of mine who is an avid biker bought a new bike and sold me hers. She and her husband usually do a 28 mile loop a few times a week, but I'm not ready for that yet. For the past two weeks I've been doing a 16 mile loop from my house to Lake Herman. I am slowly working up to the big one. I'll let you know when I get there. Man, what a workout! When I get home I have a hard time walking up my stairs. I've only fallen once so far. I have the click in shoes and you have to be really careful to un-click before stopping. This morning I only un-clicked one shoe and ended up falling over on the side where I hadn't unclicked yet. Anyways, it really hurt... I'll survive... I guess. Thanks Steve for watching Carson so I can get out and ride a few times a week.

Carson "The Big Kid" Bonner

Carson loves being around other kids, especially big kids. I take him to story time for 0-2 year olds at the library once a week. All the other kids sit on their Mom's laps and Carson crawls and climbs all over the other kids. He has no interest in kids his age and younger; he like the older, cooler kids. There is this play place at the mall where the ground is soft and all the things to climb on are soft. Carson loves it. He has no fear. He likes to put himself in the middle of all the action, which usually results in him getting trampled. You've gotta love boys.

Fires in La Canada

I've had a lot of phone calls and emails asking if my family is alright and if they had to be evacuated. They didn't and they are safe. They live further down the foothills. Scary though how close this fire is to them. Thank goodness that the Santa Ana's aren't blowing. If they were I don't think any of La Canada would still be there. The fire is moving more towards La Cresenta now. My mom said it hurts to breath and their eyes sting and burn all day long. Lets all hope that they get this fire under control soon and that the fire fighters and those who's homes are threatened are safe. NASA's JPL a half mile from my parent's house.

Can you imagine having this big, beautiful house with flames right in your back yard?