October 2009 Pictures!

October was quite a month! We had a lot of things going on. As you can see by the pictures, we had a lot of snow. Actually, this was our fifth snow storm of the season. The only difference with this last one was that it dumped 2 feet of snow on us. School got cancelled for 3 days in a row. Ariel stayed home one day too. So we had some fun playing with the snow, building snowmen and tunnels. We will have to see how this winter will be. So far, lots of snow. We also had JoLynn's and Ariel's birthdays this month. That was fun, although we didn't do much. The kids were really excited about Halloween though. They had been counting the days for the past 2 months. We had a party at church the night before Halloween and the kids got to play all kinds of games. The night after that, we got to go out and got lots of treats. The weather was perfect, so we got to stay a little longer than usual. We are now counting the days until the next baby arrives...

September 2009 Pictures!

September was a quiet month. The weather started to change faster than normal here in Denver. We already had a snow storm, although it did not stick to the ground. All the trees have started to change and it won't be long until we get some real snow. The kids are enjoying school. Kylie had her first field trip. She was really excited about it and talked for days before and after the trip. Both the kids are very excited about Halloween coming up. We are sill trying to decide what they will be this year. We will have a party in our ward the Friday before Halloween, so both will be picking up a lot of candy this year. We have lots of birthdays in the family during the month of October, so we will be in touch...

August 2009 Pictures!

August was another busy month. The biggest and most important thing that happened was that Kylie started school for the first time. She was soooo happy to finally start and meet new friends, do homework, etc. Austin went back to pre-school too. Both of them go in the morning to the same school and they are doing great. We also got to go back to the Beatles tribute concert they do every year at Red Rocks. It was a lot of fun and, once again, it was a sold out show. We will go again next year. Ariel got to do some more travel. This time he stayed in a hotel one block away from the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Reserve Building, hence the pictures. The other big thing that happened this month was that we had to sell our car in preparation for the arrival of the new baby. Three kids would not fit in that car. We got lucky and sold the car in 18 hours. It was quick. We then had to hurry and find a mini-van, which we did. We like it a lot. We got a Honda Odyssey. We also finished the kids room. We painted them, got them a bunkbed and some more new furniture and they are all set. The baby room is ready too. The weather remained mild through August too. This was a very strange summer. We had very few days above 90 F. It will be good to see the fall come in September and watch the BYU football games.

July 2009 Pictures!

July was a fun and busy month. We started by going to Utah to visit family and friends and to spend the 4th of July there. We had a blast. We got to hike with the kids to water falls, visited Paula and her family, visited Maqueca and her family, walked around BYU, hiked the Y on the 4th, went to the zoo at Thanksgiving Point, took the kids to the movies for the first time (didn't go so well), saw two firework shows, etc. We did everything we had planned to do there. We also announced to everyone that we are expecting baby #3. The official due date for now is December 19. We are very excited. We are not going to find out the gender this time. So let us know what your guess is. Kylie and Austin have picked names already. After Utah, we came back to Colorado and continued to enjoy the mild summer we are having. We took the kids camping for the first time. We only went to the back yard, just in case. It actually went very well. The kids enjoyed it. We will do it again this summer before the weather changes. We will venture out next summer once JoLynn is not pregnant. Ariel got to go to Holland in the middle of July for business. It was his second time there. We took so many pictures in July that we have to have 2 posts to make them fit this time around. The continuation to the pictures is below this post. August will be a fun month too. JoLynn's belly will continue to grow, the kids will both start school, and towards the end of the month we get to go to Red Rocks again for another concert. We hope to get a little less rain in August as well before fall comes.

July 2009 Pictures - Part 2

June 2009 Pictures!

June went by very fast. We started with Kylie's birthday on June 7. She had her birthday party the day before and it was a lot of fun. Both kids got bikes the day after and we have been going to the park a lot to teach them how to ride them. So far Austin is the speedy one and has no fear of crashing. Kylie is catching on, but takes it much slower. We had a lot of rain in June too, with several severe storms and funnel clouds. It was fun to see all the storms. Because of all that water, all Denver is very green and beautiful. So we have been enjoying the outdoors and our backyard quite a bit. Just yesterday we got to go to Red Rocks again to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform. It was great. The weather was perfect and the views were beautiful. The place was packed. Even President Monson attended. Nobody was expecting that. We will be back at Red Rocks in August for another concert. In July, we will start by going to Utah for a few days, so we will have lots of pictures from that trip next month.

Kylie's Birthday Party!

This morning we had Kylie's birthday party at home. She invited her favorite friends and they had a lot of fun playing games and running around. Kylie got a lot of fun presents. She is turning 5 on Sunday, June 7.