Hi all. This is our baby. I was so excited when they showed us the ultrasound, it made it so real. We saw the heart beating and he/she was moving around. The doctor said every thing looked good and that the baby was about 3 inches long now. The due date is August 3rd.

Christmas was good for us, I wish we were back in Oregon to share it with you all but at least I have a big family here to celebrate it with. It has been very cold here and we have had some snow this month and more to come, they tell us to expect more this week.

We send everyone our love and hope to see you ALL in July.

Love Aaron & Alida

News from the California Binghams

Gma and I just heard from Shane and Kristy. It was great to hear their voice and know that things, albeit tough, are still manageable. It will be so much nicer for everyone when this economy of ours turns around. I know most of our family is struggling just like everyone else. That fact doesn't make it any easier to swallow that pill.

We got a few pictures of the California grandkids and thought it would be fun to share them with the rest of the family. We are encouraging Shane and Kristy to use the blog also. Anyway, here is a couple of the kids on Christmas morning. Danny on the left, Shayna and moster man Jacob (Bezer). This was the "let's have a nice picture for everyone" pose. Then we have the Santa has come pose. Gma and I spent Christmas with them last year and really enjoyed it. We feel like we don't get to see enough of them. They grow pretty fast when you are over 60 and watching from the sidelines.

Wanted to bring a little sunshine into the lives of those of us that are suffering from the winter blues. Looks like SoCal is a difficult place to survive.

Look close and you can pick out all three kids in the sand. Jacob and Danny are obvious. It may take a bit of study to find Shayna.

Well, Love to all - WRITE!
Gpa and Gma

Gma and I decided to take a little drive to the sunny beaches of Western Oregon on New Years Day 2009. Gma just had to put her feet in the sand and feel the warmth of the tropical sun. There is just a little stretch of the truth going on here. This is the beach just south of Devils Churn on Cape Perpetuia. Gma is standing in sea foam - looks like snow but it isn't. We had just been up at the view point just above this and saw foam floating in the air. It must have been about 150 feet down to this beach. As you can see Gma still hasn't figured out how old she is. She just had to get out int he weather and feel the foam. We both got soaked in just a couple of minutes on the beach. I love it - it keeps us both young.

This is a picture of Devil's Churn. It is one of the places Gma and I like to go for fun. There is some spectacular sea action happening all the time. It was very wet and rainy with strong winds when we stopped this time. There were actually people down there during this storm. We weren't silly enough to do the same. It was an awesome storm to watch from the warmth and safety of the car.

This really was a very fun day. We are hoping everyone will have a very successful 2009. We are looking forward to next summer when we will all be together in Montpelier. Remeber there are no excuses - everone will be there.
Love to all Gma and Gpa.

Happy 2009!
We had our annual, hopefully LAST... bishops new years eve breakfast. There were about 14 or 15 kids here most of them until 3:20am when we sent all but Nathan and Emily home. They stayed over night and are still sleeping at nearly 11:00 am... G-Pa is sleeping too. That is how the chose to start the new year. We have a showing of the house tomorrow so we will be cleaning and preparing it today ... wish us luck. I keep saying we don't need a hundred to come look at the house to be able to sell it... We only need that ONE!! Our prayer and good wishes go out to each of you our children and grand children. Shane and Kristy we loved the pictures, the kids have grown so much in the year we haven't seen them... keep the pic coming. Tina and Matt we hope you get out of your drive way soon... hope the melt doesn't cause too much trouble. Aaron and Alida best wishes on the. BABY!!! Alida I pray your queasiness will go away soon. We are very excited for the new one. Amber and Chris hope this year is even better than the last, good luck with the new job Amber...COME GET YOUR KIDS... Ok I just remembered Emily is driving I will throw them out soon. Jared... where are you? we have seen him about 5 hours total in over a week,,, but we remember dads visits home when we were dating... I monopolized his time too. Have a Happy New Year and we hope to bemoving on to our new adventure and see more of the non Oregon families next year... Oh did that sound bad... we want to see the Oregon family too... Realy we do. :) Love ya G-Ma