My First Nephew!... and other stuff.

My Brother Sam and his wife Brittney had a baby boy on Thursday. His name is James Samuel Strebel (son of Samuel James Strebel); he was born at 3:45 pm, weighed 8lb-0oz., and was 21 inches long. So exciting! He is the first niece/nephew in the family, so he is sure to be spoiled. The only problem is that they live so far away in Texas. Bummer.

He is so cute.

Samuel James and James Samuel

Brittney looks beautiful after going through all that.

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Trip to California

Last weekend James and I went to my parent’s house in Running Springs California. It is so nice to go home. I love it. The weather was great and it’s so fun to spend time with family. We didn’t do anything terribly exciting, just relaxed and enjoyed each others company. This is the only picture I have from the trip which was taken on the way

Oh yeah, we took my new car, a Nissan 350Z convertible. It is so much fun. I’ve always always always wanted a convertible, but this is not only a convertible, it’s kind of a race car too. We decided to just get it before we start a family and such.


One more exciting thing we are looking for ward to is our Cruise. In less than a month we will be taking a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise for our honeymoon and I can’t wait!! We are going to Jamaica, Haiti, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. It’s going to be so great. James and I have never been on a cruise before so we are very excited!! The temperature here is in the one hundred and teens (is that how you say it?) so we will welcome a week away from it, although I hear this is the hottest time of the year there too.

We have also been working on our garden and learning which things do and don’t grow here in Las Vegas. We’ve posted some pictures on the Beesley Garden blog…