May 2012 Pictures!

May was a fun month. Spring (summer) is finally here. We have been able to get out and enjoy the sun. On Memorial Day we took the kids to hike Three Sisters park. It was great. Even Jason hiked for a full 2 hours without any trouble. The kids also finished school this month. Austin is done with kindergarden and he's ready for 1st grade. Kylie will be in 3rd grade next year. So, both Kylie and Austin will be in school all day. Also, Kylie finally learned to ride her bike without trainning wheels. She was very excited about that, until a couple of bad crashes. She is taking a break from riding for now. June will be fun. Kylie will be turning 8 (she is getting baptized on July 7. We will be going to Utah to visit grandparents and friends too.

April 2012 Pictures!

April was a very busy month. We started with Easter, of course. The kids were really excited about that. Jason really had fun. This was the first Easter when he sort of knew what was going on. He quickly learned that the more eggs he found, the more candy he got at the end. He is a smart kid. The weather in Denver has been very warm, maybe too warm, for this time of the year. So we have been able to go outside and enjoy. This may be a long summer unless we get some water soon though. May will be the last month of school for the kids, so we will be able to start doing things like camping, hiking, etc.

March 2012 Pictures!

March started with Austin's 6th birthday. He is getting big. He enjoyed blowing the candles on his cake and getting some cool presents, which included mostly airplanes. Next up is Kylie. She will be turning 8 in June. That's a big one.
March was suppossed to be snowy here in Denver. Instead, it was one of the driest on record. We have already had some big fires not too far from home.
Austin also got to compete in school with his eatable car. None of the cars really did all that well, but the kids in Austin's class had a lot of fun.
We are now starting the process of looking for a new home. We have seen a few houses in our area and we will keep on looking. It is time to get a little more space for the monsters to run around.

February 2012 Pictures!

February was a very snowy month. It was the 2nd snowiest February on record for the Denver area. One storm alone dumped almost 2 feet of snow on us. The kids had a lot of fun with it though. Even though the snow is now all gone, we expect to get a lot more before the weather gets warmer. We also finally switched the kids' rooms, and Jason and Austin are now sharing a room, while Kylie has her own. Jason is now sleeping in a 'big boy' bed and he has done very well with it.

Other than the snow, February is usually a very quiet month for us. Austin will be turning 6 on March 4th, so we are excited about that. We will then be looking forward to Kylie's 8th birthday.

January 2012 Pictures!

January was kind of a boring month. Not much going on. It has been a very warm winter. Not much snow and a few 60+ degree days. We did have Kylie's baptism preview this month. We are all set for July 7th (Staurday) for her big day. We are excited about that. We will post more pics for February, including the big snow storm we just had.

December 2011 Pictures!

December was a very fun month! It went very quickly. The kids had plays and parties in school. Mom and Dad had some Christmas parties to attend to. Jason had his 2nd birthday! He is so big and doing so well. We have a lot of fun with him and he makes us laugh a lot. Ariel and JoLynn celebrated their 10th anniversary too. Christmas was great too. We enjoyed staying at home and spending time with the kids while they had fun with their many new toys and games. We also enjoyed the 11 inches of snow we got just 3 days before Christmas. In summary, 2011 was a great year for our family. We got to do a lot of fun things, travel far and wide, and enjoyed seeing our kids grow and learn. We look forward to 2012!

November 2011 Pictures!

November will go down as a record low in pictures taken for us. We just didn't take that many. It was a bit of a busy month though. We had both sets of grandparents visiting us within a 2-week period. So, we spent a lot of our time with them running around to see them or showing around town. It was fun. The kids enjoyed having them around and getting all kinds of presents and treats. Thanksgiving was good. We had some great food and enjoyed 70F weather. It made it great to go outside and take kids to the park, play football, etc. We can't believe it is already December. We have lots of Christmas parties and things to attend. We have the tree up and there are lots of presents waiting. December will fly by too.