California Wildfires

Just to let everyone know, we are doing good. During school the children are not allowed to play outside. Here is a map of the fires. We are west of Long Beach near Rancho Palos Verdes.

Remembering Dad

Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of Tommy's father passing away. We spent the evening listening to music & Tommy recounting stories of Dad. All the children & Lagea wish they could have met him. He is missed everyday.

Nana

Nana came to visit Sept 22 -Oct 2. We had a wonderful time! Our oldest son got her addicted to Slingo. It's bad when the grandson has to tell Nana to go to bed :) They had a great time teasing one another.

We took her on the Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car that goes through San Pedro. We also spent a Saturday afternoon at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.

Lagea & Nana also went to a taping of Dr. Phil. They wouldn't let us take pictures inside the studio but here's a sneaky shot taken outside :)

Alyssa

The 3 year old daughter of our friends Scott & Juliette was diagnosed with Leukemia on August 2nd. She was started a chemotherapy immediately. She is now receiving radiation treatment as well. Alyssa & her family have a long road ahead of them. Please keep them in your prayers! Here are some pictures.

Back to School

I can't believe another school year has started! Here are all the children's grades:

1: 9th grade

2: 8th grade

3: 5th grade

4: 4th grade

5: 1st grade

The fact that my oldest is in High School makes me feel old!

~~ Lagea

Our Dogs

We just found all of the parts to our video camera. This would have been great when we had all of our kids. Anyways, check out our dogs :)

Ladies Retreat

On August 24th & 25th Lagea was able to attend a Ladies Retreat with our church. She had a great time connecting with other Christian women.

The Original Mull Kids :)

Here are the original Mull kids during June of 2007. What a beautiful crew!!


From Left to Right: Cassie, Tommy, Gina & Dina

Lagea's Parents

Lagea's parents now have their own blog!! Check it out!

http://jimandlynetta.blogspot.com/

The Mull Family

Here we are together before the Michigan kids departed.

Our August Birthday Boys!

Guess which one is 14 & the other 6! :)

Last Day at Beach

The Tourist Thing

Lagea & "Miss Emily" to the kids around town looking at the favorite tourist spots.

Lagea & "Miss Emily"

Some of you know Lagea was a nanny for a wonderful family here in LA in the early 90's. We have had the pleasure of spending time with the Bennions since we relocated. The children are now 23, almost 19 & 16. The middle child is fondly refered to as "Miss Emily" by Lagea. The two of them spent time together on Tuesday taking the Mull children around Beverly Hills, Bel Air & Hollywood.

Our First Garden

This is our first harvest of cucumbers & tomatoes. Tommy is in heaven!

Uncle Lance!

Yea! Uncle Lance stayed with us while he was in LA for business. He's now back in Russia but we will see him next summer.

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

We attended the Grunion Run hosted by the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium http://www.cabrilloaq.org/. We didn't see any spawning grunions but we helped hatch some. We also were able to look through the aquarium.