Socializing

Here is a comparison of Joel and Dane:

Joel

Dane

I’m not seeing a whole lot of resemblance at this point. But I’m not worried because I don’t think I ever could have guessed that that baby was Joel anyway. The only similarity I see is the little scab on Joel’s nose. Dane has a tendency to scratch the heck out of his nose, too. Hopefully Dane won’t get all of Joel’s allergies. I’m crossing my fingers…

Last Saturday, we were the most social that we've been in a very long time. We started the day by driving down to Provo for Joel's cousin Jonny's mission homecoming breakfast. We had a grand time visiting with a bunch of cousins. It was good to see Jonny again; he is always so fun to be around. He was in a bike accident while he was in Taiwan and needed to get a blood transfusion for over half his blood volume. So he mostly had Taiwanese blood. I welcomed him into the Asian race.

Here he is again holding his nephew, Jack Jones Gillespie. Jessica and I swapped baby stories and tips.

We hung out at David and Sandy’s way after everyone else had left and played their Wii. Joel proved himself proficient at golf, bowling, and boxing.

Then we hung out with our old neighbors, Rob and Abby. They have an adorable new little baby, Liberty Ann. We loved being their neighbors and miss having them next door.

Then we met up with Kenji at Burger Supreme.

Then we hung out with our friends Natalie and Randy. We met their baby boy, Spencer, who is exactly a month younger than Dane. Except he his huge. I mean, Dane’s a pretty hefty guy, but Spencer was several inches longer and weighed way more. It was funny to see them together. I should have gotten a picture but didn’t think about it at the time.

Then we drove back up to Salt Lake to have a fondue party with Heather and Ryan. That was the best fondue I have ever had. We ate lots and lots of food (with cheese and chocolate fondue), chatted, and watched a movie. By the time we got back home, we were exhausted. But what a fun day.

Here is Dane expressing how much fun we had: