Yam It!

Our Thanksgiving started with the obligatory early morning football game. This was first year that ol' man Hiram didn't get hurt.

We were disappointed that the whole extended Alba family wasn't able to get together but it was nice just having our little family, although we were missing Adam and Andrea (literally and figuratively)

Hiram did his best making his first turkey. He brined it and everything by himself but we all got a good laugh when we tried to carve it and realized we had cooked it upside down.

This was Patrick most of the dinner. He would loudly exclaim "Yam it!" and then laugh himself silly. This "joke" lasted throughout the day as even Nick joined in in the Thanksgiving cursing.

We were glad Andrew and Trisha were able to make it. You can see Patrick perfecting his "creepy brother". We have numerous photos of him doing this.

Baby Nick had nothing to eat but jello (which he made mostly by himself) and got most of it all over his face. His giggle makes the angels smile.

We had a great Thanksgiving and have so many things to be grateful for.

Our Family

This is us.

We make cute babies, see? (and our babies chose cute spouses)





This is all of us.

We jumped on the chance for a family picture when Adamdrea were in town for Andrew's wedding. Allison did such a great job, we can't thank her enough! Didn't she do a great job?

Trisha's Shower

The Alba family threw a shower for Trisha last Saturday. We had a good time, thanks to Chach and Allison for all their help! Here are a few of our favorite pictures.She's working it!
Nerf guns? Obviously something Andrew registered for.....
The Joel Alba's
How cute is this face?



Isn't she darling?

Family and Friends

We'd love to see you there.

Has Beens

We've had a busy weekend. Here are some highlights....

Hiram and the kids had fun at the "Blue Man Group" concert.

Maddie had an accident and ripped off a large part of her toe.

Andrew had another show and did a great job.
If you haven't heard, Andrew is nominated for a City Weekly "Slammy". If you haven't voted, tomorrow is the last day. His category is Mellow Rock and he goes by the name "Aye Aye". You can vote here.

Nick had fun skiing with his dad.

Wife Wars

Nick and Zach always find ways to entertain themselves during church. The "wife wars" are our favorite.

We haven't been posting often, we've been busy. Our family continues to do well. We enjoyed having Adam and Andrea home for Christmas and we are excited to be getting a new daughter-in-law (Trish) in the coming months.

Adam and Andrea are still in DC, Adam starting his second semester of law school. Andrea recently started the paralegal program at G.W. University. We are proud of both of them.

Michelle is busy working. She works at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, as well as Hiram's company, IGES.

Andrew is busy getting ready to release his CD this coming Saturday. We are proud of him and his musical endeavors. He and Trish plan to marry in May sometime.

Patrick just had his wisdom teeth out and he was a trooper. He is getting ready for his internship in Honduras next month. He has also started volunteering at the Guadalupe center, teaching English. He will turn 19 in July when he will begin the mission paper process.

Nick and Zach are both spoiled and well. They have a lot of homework and hang out with their friends a lot. They spend a lot of time on the family "Wii".

We are all happy and healthy (despite last night's late night trip to the ER with Nick. It turns out it was just heartburn and not the WPW Patrick had.) We are keeping busy and we always love visitors! We will try to post something more frequently.

Congratulations!

We are THRILLED!

Faces, Food and Fun

Adorable Andrew

Yum....cheeseburger!

Bearded Braden (Michelle took this picture right before she dropped the lens to Hiram's brand new digital SLR camera on the concrete. Oops! Good thing she is Hiram's favorite daughter)

Never-Not-Cute Nick

Brown Steve, also known as Giovanni

Terrible, Tiny Trisha (although tiny, we wouldn't never think Trish was terrible)

Wacky Zachie

We had some unexpected company for dinner this week. These two boys (Braden and Brown Steve) are never expected but we always love their company.

2007 Century Bike Ride

Hiram's Company, IGES, sponsors a charity bike ride every year. It is a fun event for the family. Andrew, Patrick, Trish, Hiram and Zach all rode this year. It was Zach and Trish's first year and they did great.
Andrew made the shirts this year. He designed and made them himself, they turned out really nice!
Jane and Michelle volunteered to drive again this year to make sure the bikers were safe. Jane got tired of waiting for the riders to arrive at our first pit stop and took a little nap. (Last picture on the second row) Luckily, we didn't have any accidents this year.