Welcome baby girl

 Welcome to the newest addition to our family.  Name: ? 6 lb. 4 oz. 19 inches long.  Ori has been a little concerned that she's being replaced.  I didn't know a two-year-old could articulate these concerns, but she told Caitlyn on the way home from the hospital that she was sad.  Caitlyn asked her why and she said, "because I don't like Darth Vader and Kylo Ren.

 Is that why you're sad?"

 Yes.  And because my mom and dad don't love me anymore."

"They love you.  They had a baby so you could have a sister to play with."

"Why?" asked Ori, then she sighed and said, "I miss my mommy."

"She'll be back home soon with the baby, said Caitlyn.

"Why?"

I'm sure she'll soon adjust to the baby and be glad to have a sister.

Several of her aunts have been to see her already.
We're very grateful that everything went well with both the baby and Sara.  The baby was taken by C-section about 3 1/2 weeks early to make sure that everything went well for the mother.  We feel especially blessed.  Especially since Sara was so happy about how things went that, she said, "I might even consider having another one."

Also this past week we attended an Alonzo Laker Cook Family reunion. Nan did all the work to put it together and it went very well.   It was well attended by the Vernon Cook Family, the Phyllis Smith Family, and Laurel Cook Jorgeson (Grant''s daughter) and her family.  Krell Cook and Barbara Cook Peterson (Melvin Cook's children) were also in attendance, as well as Kay and Russell Canning (Lois Cook's son).  I spent some time talking to Kathy (Smith) Phinney and discovered that Alonzo Cook left several journals.  She said her dad had given them to Stephen Hunsaker.  I didn''t know about these journals, so I looked on Facebook for Stephen Hunsaker and found his son.  I don't know why I didn't realize the man was too young to be my first cousin, but in any case, I was directed to his father who soon called me.  I told him that at our family get together I had heard he had the journals and I was wondering if I could borrow them to get them digitized so we could share them.  He told me he didn't have them because he had donated them to the church.  He said they are almost all digitized and will be on line for all of the family to enjoy.  He was a little unhappy with me that I "hadn't invited him to the reunion."  I told him that it was all done on Facebook, and I didn't think to make any effort to find any extra cousins, but that I really had no excuse.  I now have his phone number and will let him know if we have another one.  I also owe him a visit.  He invited me to come anytime, but if I come at lunch time on a Monday or a Friday, he'll take me to lunch.  He goes to a little place by his house every Monday and Friday and has two carne asado tacos.  Twice since he has been going there he has ordered something different, the chile rellenos.  I told him I'd lend him a copy of dad's book, and since my Mondays and Fridays are booked for over a month, I think I'll visit him on another day to take him the book, then when he's done with it I'll pick it up and eat lunch with him.  He also said he has a greenhouse with three hundred tomato plants, and it sounded like he might give me some.  Ample reason for me to show up :)
I know Bruce Oblad took a lot of pictures at the reunion.  I only took a couple:

 I had a really good time talking with my cousins.  We were there (in 100 degree heat) for almost 5 hours.  Roy told me I better not complain when we go to one of his family reunions--for 1/2 the time and probably 1/2 the temperature, too.


Crista came down for the weekend because Matt is out of town for work.  We've had a fun time with her and Ruby.  We also got to enjoy Ori Saturday night and most of Sunday since her mom and dad were busy at the hospital. We also had a lot of the family over for Sunday dinner.  

Max was sick last weekend.  This is the aftermath on Monday.
They were all wiped out.