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

Photos from the spring

Here are a bunch of recent photos. All is well here. Isla is still amazing us on a daily basis. Without further ado, here she is...


I have places to go!!!!

Helping mama with the yard work!!

Don't bug me until I have read my paper, had my coffee, and finally, eaten my blueberries!!

16 Months

Isla is 16 months old today! She has been learning all kinds of new things lately and understands more words than we care to count. She says a half a dozen words too.

It is hard to believe we have been back from China for only 3 months now. We say that because we cannot imagine our lives without Isla and even though the days go by so quickly now, it feels like Isla has been in our family since the day we decided to adopt 3 years ago.

Here are a few more recent pictures (the tricycle picture is from this morning - thanks Aunt Mary and Grandma Dot!)

Finally more photos from the wedding