breakfast

When I was in high school my Dad used to get up early in the morning and make me delicious breakfasts: french toast, pancakes, eggs and toast, hot chocolate, etc. I had early morning seminary (like a religion class for 0 period) so I appreciated the sacrifice then and now, though I'm sure I didn't express it much then (thanks Dad!). Anyway, that's just to say that I still really love breakfast foods. Our little family is pretty into breakfast. Sam always wakes up half starving, and I kind of feel the same. Lucy is being initiated into the Nations of Jorgensen Breakfast Club and we're so happy to have her. This particular morning we were eating Kris's favorite: oatmeal with peanut butter, honey, and milk.

pelona

She's still totally bald on top. And a little drooly. And probably the most perfect baby ever.

el amor de mi vida

How is it that I've been fortunate enough to be married to this guy? It's so easy to find new ways and reasons to love him.

la playa (my most frequent blog post title)

Some highlights from our most recent beach outing:
We saw 3 Amtrak trains so Sam was in heaven.
Both our kids love the beach. Sam loves to dig, he cracks up as waves crash into him, he splashes and stomps in the shallow water, he requests that we build sand castles so he can destroy them, and he's giddy until he's so cold he's shaking all over. We decided that Sam is most animated at the beach, even moreso than when we see trains and signals. Lucy loved watching the waves go in and out, she liked feeling the sand on her toes, and she was happy to have her feet dipped in the water.
It was a Monday, so there were hardly any other people.
The weather was nice and the sunset was gorgeous.
We live so close we only had to go for an hour and didn't leave feeling like he hadn't done enough!

The bad thing about our outing: we talked about how we will probably never live on the coast again after our time here, which made us sad. It also just made us more resolved to go as often as we can while we're here.

I wanna paint!

Sam and I were recently looking at our friend Chelsea's website. He was very interested in her paintings and kept saying, "I wanna see it; I wanna watch it," while we were looking through her recent work. He's been excited about drawing and painting lately. Below you'll find a pair of paintings that he produced after seeing Chelsea's work.

happy number thirty-two!

Any other well wishers for this guy today?

Let's all say something we like about him, I'll go first. He's the best friend I've ever had: sincere, gentle, great to talk to, passionate, devoted, bright, and soooooooooo good looking.

la playa

Last Sunday I objected to returning to our hot, damp house after church and we headed for a beach. We ended up in Del Mar, walking along an ocean cliff next to railroad tracks, as fog rolled in and the sun set. Magical. Sam got to see 3 Amtraks roll by (Amtrak is his favorite), got his church clothes soaked in the water (inevitable when you go to the beach straight from church), and we all cooled off.


There is an unspoken system in our housing complex wherein people leave unwanted items in the laundry room and anyone can take them home. A few months back there was a 9 foot surfboard by our laundry room, so we took it home. We love free stuff! Kris went surfing last week for the first time and loved it (the kids and I were still sleeping).