Amelia and Joel

I finally have a picture of Amelia and Joel to post on our blog. I love these pictures. Joel is already two months old and weighs 15 pounds. Amelia is a proud big sister.

I feel so bad that I am unable to post pictures from my trip to California but my camera is broken and I cannot download the pictures. I went to California for two weeks to take care of Kimberly and her family after Joel was born. Kimberly had many complications and needed a lot of help. Brad is a wonderful father and takes great care of his family, but he had to work and Kimberly needed someone with her for a couple of weeks till she got on her feet. I loved being able to be there and play with Amelia, hold sweet baby Joel and do whatever I could to help their family through a difficult time. It was fun playing play-doh with Amelia, going for walks (dinosaur hunts), and snuggling Joel while he slept or change his diaper. Kimberly is a great mom and I am so proud of her. I love being a grandma and feel so blessed to have the wonderful family that I do. I was even able to spend the weekends with Amy, Joshua and Emma. Such a treat! (Kacey was in Florida for the launch of the satellite he has been working on for the past couple of years.) We went swimming, went out to dinner, rode bikes around the block and played games. Thanks, dear family, for all your love and support of me while I was gone. I am so blessed! Love you all!

I love this picture of Joel and his daddy. It shows just how big Joel is. He weighs 9 lbs. 11 ozs and is 21 inches long.

Welcome little Joel Wilson to the family!

Kim and Brad had their baby boy at 7:11 Sunday morning on September 6th 2009. He wieghed 9 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 21 inches long and of course he has red hair. He had a very difficult birth with some complications. Kim was in labor 24 hours and then the doctors decided to do a C-section. Because of the complications Kim had surgery 2 hours after the delivery to make some repairs. They are both doing well now and are on the mend. Joel is our little miracle baby. We love you Kim, Brad, Amelia and Joel! The Wilson's have truly been blessed!

Here's the gang at the zoo and visiting the arboretium in Portland. They had a great day and Savanna loved the animals at the zoo. She pointed and laughed all day. So did Kristen but we won't make an issue of it!

We went to washington to visit Grandma Brinkerhoff a few weeks ago. While Kendal, Alissa, Korbin and Kristen rode scooters we took care of Savanna. We had a very fun day going to see "Jake" the alligator man, eating a donuts at the bakery, eating fish and chips at the "Bowpicker", and going to the tourist traps at Seaside Beach. We love going there and always look forward to going back again next year. Who wants to come and join us? Let's have a reunion!

Our Oklahoma Trip

Here we are posing in front of the Memorial for those who died in the Oklahoma City bombings.

Korbin and Kristen pose by the sign at the Oklahoma City Temple.

We stopped at some of the tourist traps and found this huge indian.

This is the largest cross in North America. It is in Texas of course. Don't mess with Texas!

More from our trip to Oklahoma

We took a week long trip to Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. We camped the first night in Colorado at a beautiful lake.

Korbin and Kristen sit and relax by stream.

Here we are posing with the Hall family. Scott is my second cousin. His grandpa (Darrell Brinkerhoff) is my dad's brother.

Korbin and Kristen pose with friends from the Stockton ward in Missouri.

We stopped in Oklahoma to visit my Aunt Irene (my dad's sister) and Uncle Jack. We had a wonderful time getting to know them better. We spent the night with them and enjoyed their beautiful log house, 25 acre farm and lake. They were so kind to us, cooking wonderful meals and giving us a comfortable place to sleep. We were so sick of hotels that we felt truly blessed to have such a wonderful family.

Savanna'a birthday

Alissa, Savanna, Joshua and Emma play with Savanna's new birthday toys.

Here we are relaxing on the deck.

Karl and Karen enjoy having family time.

4th of July Celebration

We had a nice 4th of July at home. Picnic, frisbee throw, and fireworks. Kristen and Karl fight over the frisbee but Joshua says it's his.

Kacey lights the fireworks and put on a very nice show for us all to see.

We all sat around on the driveway and watched the fireworks. After each one we all clapped and said "Yay. daddy!"

Joshua loves all the attention!

Hiking to the Grotto

Joshua and Emma are ready for a hike. They loved the canyon and fresh air.

Emma gets ready to put her toes in the icy water.

Joshua wastes no time finding a stick to throw into the water.

Korbin and Kristen hiked a little further and ended up above the falls.

family togetherness

Kristen, Kimberly and I thought it was funny that Kristen is so much taller then us. Here we are getting ready for church and Kristen has her heels on and Kim and I are still trying to get ready to go.

Kendal and Alissa take a minute to feed Savanna. Sweet smiling Savanna!

Kacey and Joshua play outside. Joshua loved having so much room to play.

Kacey and his family pose for a picture before hiking to the Grotto in Spanish Fork Canyon.

Korbin's Homecoming

Here are a few pictures from Korbin's homecoming. We had a big group of family and friends come to the house. These pictures were taken after most of the people had already gone home. It's too bad we don't remember to get out the camera more often.

Alison, Alissa, Kristen, Amy, Emma and Liz visit in the family room after most of the crowd had left.

Jeff, Dave, Karl and Amelia have a fun visit together.

Kimberly, Amelia, Kristen, Alison, Amy, Emma, Ben, Alison (Jeff and Liz's daughter) and one of Adam and Karen's daughters share a relaxing moment together.

Elder Korbin Blunck returns from serving an honorable mission. Welcome home! We are so excited to finally see him coming down the escalator. Our whole family was able to be together after two years apart. The grandchildren are so excited to finally meet their uncle.