43399 It has been another great season of summer swimming with the Turtle Rock Rockets and the Irvine Swim League. Clemency and Hadley participated for the second year with the local swim team, enjoying the spectacle that is Irvine swimming. This year Hadley was still too young to compete in the full swim team but […]
Read MorePenelope on the move 8.5 months, originally uploaded by Craig vR. Penelope has been the quickest of our kids to get mobile and now at almost 9 months she is pulling herself up on things. There are a couple of short videos up on Flickr of her doing her thing. This one is particularly funny […]
Read MoreUPDATE: Fixed the link above for you. Still on catch up with another addition to the timeline of Penelope’s first year. A lot of fun this month with Jo and Jem visiting so backgrounds at Disneyland, the pool, the beach and at home. Enjoy.
Read MoreSo as to not out do the van Rij side of the family it is with great pleasure that I am able to announce the arrival (if not a little earlier that expected) of Clark Benjamin Slater on Monday the 29th July, coming in 3 weeks early but at the substantial size of 8lb. Matt […]
Read More42813 42804 42810 It was a week ago that Julie gave birth to her first child, a little boy of 8.6lbs. Here are some photos and the announcement from Jono on ths happy occasion: Greetings family! Once again, I’m writing in the early hours of the morning, the caffeine and adrenaline long worn off. However, […]
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