More New England and birthday celebrations

Isla had lots of fun visiting grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends while in Maine and Mass. She especially enjoyed meeting her new cousin Gemma and playing with her cousin Edie. Isla also seems to have a special affection for her uncles as you can see in the previous post's pictures.

We are now getting lots of snow. Isla loves sledding and is very proud of her first snowman.

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate Isla's birthday!

Isla's Birthday pics

Here are some pictures from Isla's birthday party yesterday.

New England visit

Here are some new pics. Text to come...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Finally, an update.....

Isla is having a great fall season, helping mom rake leaves,dressing up for her first Halloween, going camping, and visiting grandparents.

Havin' Fun

We are all well. We had a bit of a computer problem for the last month but we are now back in business. Love to all, Barb, Will and of course Isla

Noelle and Charlotte visit

Hi everyone,
Sorry it has been so long since the last post. I have posted three in a row, so check below this post for a couple more new blog entries.
Over the forth of July weekend a couple of Isla's friends came to visit. Charlotte is the big sis' and Noelle is lil' sis'. Both of them are great and Isla had a wonderful weekend with them (though she thought the fireworks were a little too late to keep).
The final picture is of Isla in her Wimbledon best. She was pulling for Rafa (if you couldn't guess).

Summer fun

Here are some recent pictures from the local pool. Isla has been having a lot of fun jumping and splashing around in the kiddy pool. She has also taken an interest in big walls. In this case it is our big passive solar wall with the river rocks. She hasn't made it off the deck without some parental aiding but it looks like she may soon be able to get the first move. The final photos are of an unidentified flower in our garden. It definitely isn't a local variety of flora and will soon be removed.
Note that there is another new blog entry below this one...

First family camping trip...

A couple weeks back we went on our first family camping trip and tested the new van. Here are a couple pictures from the weekend. Love to all, the Jones'

Camping in Yosemite

Hi everyone.
We have finally updated the blog with some new pictures. Barb has been really good about talking pictures recently so we should be able to keep them coming for a week or so...
We just picked up our new family camper van. On the way home Isla and Dada stopped (briefly as it turned out) in Yosemite for a frolic through the ElCap meadows. Mama couldn't make the trip since she is in a class all week.
Isla did really well considering it was about eleven hours driving in two days. We can't wait to have our first full family camping experience this weekend.
Love to everyone, the Jones'

Pictures from India

Baba is on a business trip in India. I am currently in Bangalore (Bangaluru) India but got to travel to the city of Mysore over the weekend. Mysore is famous for a palace that once was the residence of the King. After visiting the palace we went to the zoo. Here are some pictures from both. Love and miss you all, Baba