Jeanne's Trip to Pennsylvania

Jeanne was able to go to Pennsylvania in the second week of this month for her mother's 80th birthday/Mother's Day. A bunch of the family got together for it and had a lovely dinner at a restaurant on the 10th.

Yosemite May 2008 Trip

Here are the long-awaited pictures of Yosemite! We were there the first week of May. We enjoyed a 10 mile bike ride around the park, an 8.5 mile hike around the rim of the park, and also hanging out with friends and family in our campsite. The picture on the bottom left is of Vernal Falls with a beautiful rainbow we saw during the hike. The top left picture is us taking our lunch break on the bike ride. Above are some pictures of our group.

Joshua's Baseball Season

Joshua's main season has ended, but he was just unanimously chosen by the coaches to be on a traveling tournament team. So in the next few weeks, we will be able to see some more of
So. Cal.! Congratulations Josh!

May Update on the Puppies!

They are getting so BIG!! We have officially sold 2 of the 7, and last night the breeder arrived to pick up his 2 also. (He was the man we got Shelby from and that was a part of the breeder's agreement.) So we have 3 puppies left to sell. Here are a few pictures of the ones that are left. (The 2 bottom pictures are of the puppies playing outside, and the top is them resting in their cage.)

Jared's Baseball Season

Jared loves his first season of baseball!! His coach and several teammates go to our church and he enjoys hanging out with them. Here are several shots of Jared on second base and behind the plate.

April Update on the Puppies!

The puppies are now about 25 days old and are starting to stumble around and have 'puppy fights'! They are very cute, but still look like little sausages with legs! Here are some pictures of Joshua and Christina holding their favorite puppies. The picture on the top right is one of the boys yawning really big! We will start advertising in a couple of weeks after they are completely weaned.

Puppies are Born!

This morning at 9 AM Shelby went into labor and by 10-10:15, she had the 1st puppy!! About 4 puppies later around 2 PM, my mom was pretty sure was done... but 2 more came for a grand total of 7!!! There are 4 boys and 3 girls, so the girls in this household are still outnumbered :) The picture on the bottom is of everyone desiring to help with the birthing process, which kind of got out of hand until mom shooed us away! The one in the middle is of the puppies sleeping, and the one on the top is Shelby laying on her back nursing her babies :)

Puppies!!

Well, this has been a while since I last posted anything on here... but I think the most exciting thing in everyone's life here at the Mumper house is that Shelby is pregnant!! She is due in the next week or so... we have the whelping box all ready to go! Here are some pictures of Shelby as a puppy... hopefully her puppies will be as cute as she!

Jared and Shelby

Jared and Shelby.... Jared is in his basketball jersey (this is his first year in sports and he is very excited to be playing like his big brothers!)

Shelby's Sad To See Her Grandparents Go

Shelby's Sad to See Nan and Pop Go! :(

Our Last Day With Nan and Pop :(

We are very sad to have say goodbye early tomorrow morning to Nan and Pop... we keep praying that somehow this heavy rain will prevent them from flying from LAX! We enjoyed a nice dinner tonight at a restaurant and went around the table and discussed our highlights from our 2 weeks together... here are some pictures of from the dinner... my favorite is Pop and Mom laughing!

Nan and Pop- our second trip

On January 2nd we headed down to the L.A Zoo! We saw everything from gorillas, zebras, seals, and kimono dragons to crocodiles and snow leopards. This was a special visit because the last time Jared was at the Zoo was when he was 5 months, so he really had a great time seeing and identifying all the different animals. There where several times that we couldn't see the animals because they where hiding, so Pop used his infamous "animal calls" to call them into view! (We just pretended we didn't know him!) No, just kidding!

On the way home we decided to stop by the famous burger place: In-N-Out. Here's a picture of everyone chowing down on their burgers:

Christina and Claudia

GREAT Blue Whale at the Aquarium

Nan, Jared, and Pop at the Aquarium

Nan and Pop- our first trip

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! We love having Nan and Pop here.... for Christina's 8th birthday on the 28th, all of us drove down to Los Angeles and saw the La Brea Tar pits and the Long Beach Aquarium. After the aquarium, we walked down by the Long Beach docks and got to board the ship that was used for the movie Pirates of the Carribean; in the movie it was called the Interceptor. We came home so tired from all the walking but enjoyed a wonderful day together.

Nan and Pop are here!!!

Finally, Nan and Pop are here!!! They arrived to a rainy California, just after we had been bragging about the nice weather! We are having soo much fun making Christmas plans and doing shopping... well at least Nan and I are, Pop seems more interested in wrestling with the boys :) We will post some pictures in a few days....

December 2007

Wow! I haven't posted anything for awhile! We enjoyed thanksgiving very much, spending it at a friends home here in CA. Right now, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our grandparents, Nanny and Poppy! (Dad's parents) We have exciting things planned for their stay here in CA over Christmas and New Years... only one week till they get here! Can't wait! :) We just got our Christmas tree last night and we are in the process of putting up decorations.

Beakley's 2007

This morning our good friends the Beakley's, who have been staying with us for the past few days, are heading out for Arizona to go see their grandpa, who is dying of cancer. Please keep them in your prayers for the next few weeks as they are with him over thanksgiving.

Mumpers at the beach

This is dad's older brother Steve's family, Uncle Steve, Aunt Lisa, Adam, and Alec. We are at the beach in New Jersey Summer 2007.

Again on vacation at the cabin in Pennsylvania this past summer 2007, my mom was taking the picture. We had just got back from a long hike. Miss this place!!