Birk Adventures

This is a cute video of Emmy that I uploaded about three weeks ago but never posted. It's outdated but pretty cute! (I didn't post until today--9/16 but blogger insists it's August 25 since that's the day I uploaded it. If only I understood computers better!)

My dad's family has a 60+ year tradition of going to Balboa Island in Newport Beach. We went for a week and had a great time! I love vacations for so many reasons. I love living in the same house as so much of my family. I love having so many people around wanting to play with my kids. I love eating Mom's cooking. I love playing games. I love time with Adam and my girls. And, of course, I love all the Balboa traditions: big breakfasts, tennis, sitting on the beach, playing in the waves, catching sand-crabs, walks around the island, Balboa bars, sitting on Grandma's bench, church with the family, picking out T-shirts with Larry, the fun zone with Grannie, and the list goes on. A couple highlights from this year specifically were: going to an Angels game, wetting my pants on the tennis court (thanks to my siblings being so inconsiderate as to make me laugh so hard I couldn't control myself!), seeing Suzy, Danny, and Peter (my mission trainer), and hearing a brother in chu

I used to get bothered at people that went weeks or months without blogging. Well, now I am one of those people, which kind of bothers me. Maybe things will settle down now that Adam is back in school. Anyway, lots of great things to blog about! First of all, my girls are getting so big! Here are some ways I know they're growing up. Mini: says her own prayers can wear her hair in a ponytail or pig-tails doesn't need naps (sometimes I still try because I need it!) loves to carry a purse rode a pony all by herself And I always have her do this because it cracks me up that she's so flexible Emmy: sleeps through the night (hallelujah!) laughs reaches for things (no grabbing yet) rolls over both ways (I promise she has hair even though she looks bald here)