backyard fun

AUGUST 28. 2013

We love our backyard. We played outside for a few hours one night and ate otter pops when daddy got home from work. Nora was being such a stinker and refused to stand up. We were laughing so hard. Her little leggies are so strong she just lifted them up and held them there!

 ^^dirty little summer piggies.^^

 ^^SO funny. I have about a million of these pictures.^^

^^she finally stood up for a couple seconds!^^

Dresden and Nora

AUGUST

Dresden and Nora have the sweetest little relationship. They spend the most time together and Dresden has always had a special place for Nora. He is a great big brother and lets her climb all over him. If he lays down she ALWAYS goes over to him. I happen to have a few pictures of them together and I love them!

First day of 1st grade and Last first day of Pre-School

 ^^I about died when she got down like this! She kills me. I love her poses.^^

 ^^My big 1st grader! And I'm pretty sure she is a few shades darker than me. :)^^

Pre-School

 ^^Love my sweet boy! He was so happy to have his last first day of pre-school!^^

^^He loves his basketball shorts. That's what he wears almost everyday!^^

life according to the iphone

AUGUST

 ^^We are loving all the space we have in our house! The whole thing is hardwood except for the stairs and hallway upstairs. We needed a couple rugs to make it more comfortable when the kids are wrestling daddy and playing with toys! :) ^^

 ^^Nora loves the tree house as much as the big kids and Ava loves playing with Nora.^^

 ^^Ava's first soccer practice. She was SO excited and did really well for her first time. She was on a team that has been playing together for a few years. The coach was pretty intense too, most weeks he held two practices. One of Eric's assistance helped us get on the same team with her daughter. It was nice to know at least one person on the team. :) ^^

 ^^cute kids eating carmel apples. Sometimes they really do love each other!^^

 ^^helping me unload the dishes.^^

 ^^Nora was getting so good at standing on her own and even taking a few steps during all the soccer practices.^^

 ^^Dresden's first soccer practice. They were the Sharks! Dresden loved it and especially the running part!

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 ^^Messy blackberry baby.^^

 ^^I spoke in Church and our neighbors the Lauritzen's brought me over one of their beautiful giant flowers. They are the sweetest. We were extremely sad to hear about brother Barry's sudden passing last week. They were such a cute couple and our only Mormon neighbors.^^

 ^^Eric's work had a summer party and the kids had a blast. She literally lives in the woods in a huge house. They of course loved the pinata. ^^

 ^^After enough peer pressure they convinced Eric to do the Sumo suit. I'm proud to say he won! haha Too bad my phone died right after this picture and I couldn't video it!^^

Dresden had a meet and greet with his teachers and got to play with the other kids for awhile. Nora was happy to tag along where ever he went.^^

Colorado Springs Zoo

8.28.2013

^^We heard this should be at the top of our list of places to see so we were pretty excited to check it out. It did not disappoint. Zoo's are great but what makes it fun is being able to see the animals close up. There were so many animals that we could get so close to, it was fun for even Eric and I.

^^We realized when we got out that we all had on twinner shoes!^^

^^One of the coolest things for the kids! They loved feeding the giraffes and even petting them.^^

^^Their tongues are so long!^^

^^The views were pretty great!^^

^^The sky ride was so fun. I wasn't sure if they would even let us take Nora but they didn't say anything. It was scary considering there aren't any seat belts, but she is such a chill baby she was fine. We played at the top and got some cotton candy for the ride down.^^

^^Dresden is so funny! When he saw this sign he said something like "oh only girls can go up there Mom!" :) ^^

^^ I think the elephants were my favorite! A few minutes after we got there one came right over and got in the water to play around. We were so close it was almost splashing us.^^

^^We let Nora out to watch an elephant get cleaned off! She was very entertained.^^

^^ A big tiger and a grizzly bear!^^

^^Ava was so happy to be able to touch the animals and get so close.^^

^^ So crazy they are not really fenced in but the kangaroo's were just jumping around.^^

^^After we stopped at BJ's for dinner and of course some cookies with ice cream on top! Such a fun day together!^^