Uma Camp

Uma Camp is when mommy and daddy go away and leave me with my Uma (mommy's mom).

Some of our Friends

Aunt E - One of Brooke's best friends. E is in the process of becoming a full-time missionary. I can't think of a better person to serve God in another culture because of her love and respect for people who are different from her.

Miss Marie - Miss Rosie's sister and roomate. Marie made Lelia a beautiful blanket before she was born. We are so grateful to Marie

Miss Rosie - Used to babysit for the Toomey kids when the parents were away on vacation. Miss Rosie also made Lelia a number of blankets before she was born...all are just beautiful. She grew up in Annapolis and has blessed our family beyond belief. When we were kids one of our favorite parts of Rosie's visits were that she would bring each of us a bag of candy when she would babysit for us...maybe has something to do with my love of candy :)

Missy and Jimmy - Friends from church. Missy was in our small group. She met Jimmy on a mission trip to Uganda, his native country. This picture was taken at the beginning of Jimmy's trip to visit Missy in the US for the first time. At the end of his trip, a few weeks ago, Jimmy got down on his knee in front of Radio City Music Hall in NYC and proposed to Missy. Thier joy and love for each other is evident to all who meet them.

Bob Weigert - The Toomey family sponsored Bob when he was a Midshipman at the Naval Academy. He and 2 other Mids (Kent and Greg) became a part of the family very quickly. Bob, Kent and Greg were in the saber arch at our wedding. It was so special to have the 3 of them involved in our wedding.

Trick-or-Treat

Cousin Will in Colorado at a Halloween party. We hesitated to add this picture because we were concerned about the, obviously, stiff competition :)

Here is the little punkin' going to her first trick-or-treating at our church, Bay Area Community Church. We didn't accept any candy (it would have been obvious who it was for, ME) but we had a blast dressing her up and taking her out to see other kids' costumes. As you can see, she didn't see much :)

Meeting Cousin Will

Will is Lelia's older and only cousin. He is 5 months older. This is a pic of thier first meeting...Will liked her chubby cheaks the best :)

Nappin' with Mommy

Smile!

This was Lelia's first captured smile about 2 weeks after her first smile. She loves to smile at the star hanging over her play mat...it has lights that move around to the classical music it plays.

Grandma and Grandpa Clarke

Grandma and Grandpa Clarke's first visit out to see Lelia. They were here to see Lelia's first smile. She saved it for her dad's birthday, September 29th, 2007.

Lelia's first outing to Rita's Italian Ice at 4 days old.

Welcome to our blog spot!

Hello friends and family,

Tom and I are finally getting into present day by getting a blogspot. Now that we have little Lelia it has motivated us to get a spot where you can all view pictures and get updates on what is going on in our lives. We will let you all know when we have updated the blog and you can check it when you have time.

Love to you all,
Brooke, Tom and Lelia