December 2010 Pictures!

December was a fun and busy month. We didn't get an snow until December 30th, which is very unusual for Denver. That allowed us to spend a lot more time outside. On December 18th we celebrated Jason's first birthday. It was fun. We can't believe how big he is. He has been walking for so long, that it feels like he has been around for a lot longer than a year. Kylie insisted with playing Happy Birthday for Jason using the keyboard, even though she has no idea how to use it. So it was an interesting version of the song. On December 22nd we celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary too. Then Christmas came. The kids really enjoyed it this year and there was a lot of anticipation built up. Kylie baked some cookies for Santa and let him a note. They all got lots of fun presents and have spent a lot of time in their room playing with their new toys, which has been great. January and February are typically the coldest months here in Denver, so we will spend a lot of time inside.

November 2010 Pictures!

We didn't take a lot of pictures this month. Mostly because November is always a bit of an uneventful month for us. We weather is now cold, but we haven't really had much snow. Just a couple of minor snow falls. The kids are getting ready for winter break in a couple of weeks, which means Christmas and New Year is around the corner. We set up the Christmas tree already and slowly but surely presents are starting to show up. Jason keeps walking all over the place. He will be 1 year old on December 18. Time really flew by this past year. Ariel got to spend a couple of days in Provo while on business and got to see most of the family there. For Thanksgiving we stayed home and kept it simple, just the way we like it. A few people in our ward played football that morning (it was like 15 degrees). Other than that, we look forward to December when we get to celebrate Jason's first birthday, Ariel and JoLynn's 9th wedding anniversary, Christmas, New Year, etc. Should be fun.

October 2010 Pictures!

October was another fun month, specially for the kids. They got to go back to California with JoLynn to visit home in Ridgecrest. They had a lot of fun with the airplane ride into Las Vegas. Jason didn't like it so much, at least at the beginning of the flight. Once there, the kids got to play with their cousins, ride horses, go to the park, swim in the hottub, etc. They all seemed happy to be home 9 days later. Fall break in school was also over at that point and both Kylie and Austin seemed to be happy to see their friends again. Jason is fully walking and checking out everything. He is not shy with people, a lot like Kylie was. He loves playing chase and being tickled. He is a lot of fun. The trees here in Denver were beautiful this fall. They are almost gone now. We are waiting for the first snow of the season now, but it may take a while to come. We are having 60s and 70s pretty much every week. Ariel and JoLynn got to celebrate their birthday this month too and now we are getting ready for Jason's first birthday on December 18. Finally, the kids enjoy dressing up for Halloween again. We went trick of treating the Saturday before Halloween to some people in our ward. They really enjoyed it.

September 2010 Pictures!

September was a fun month. On labor day we went on a hike with the kids. The hike is only about 15 minutes away from home. It took us about 1 1/2 hrs to complete. The kids really enjoyed it. It was a beautiful day. On 9/11 Ariel got to go to the BYU-Air Force game in Colorado Springs with some friends. It is a great show. The game wasn't so good for BYU, but it was still a lot of fun. For the rest of the month we tried to spend as much time as we could outside. We got one of those bike trailers to carry the kids and they love it. We take them out everytime we can. Jason is pretty much walking. He still gets tired and goes back to crawling. But he is getting there quickly. He will turn 10 months in October. The trees are changing quickly here, although it has been very warm. We expect October to change that and we may even see the first snow.

BYU - Air Force Flyby

Air Force vs. BYU Flyby from arielduris on Vimeo.

Jason Almost Walking!

Jason is not quite 9 months old yet, but he is almost walking. He is really trying. It is tough to film the good and long walks. We got a short one here...

Jason Walking from arielduris on Vimeo.

August 2010 Pictures!

August was another busy summer month. We had some hot temperatures here in Denver, but September should be changing that soon. Ariel started the month with some travel back East and Bermuda. The kids started school that same week too. Kylie is happy to be in 1st grade and Austin is in his 2nd year of pre-school. Jason is getting big fast. He is crawling very well and already standing without help. He hasn't quite taken steps yet, but it will not be long until he does. We had a fun Emegency Prepardness Fair at the church the other day. The kids got to get on the fire trucks, ambulances, etc. They really enjoyed it. The even had a helicopter land in the parking lot. They do this every year in our stake. It's a lot of fun. We are excited for September. We will be watching lots of college football and going to the BYU games against Air Force and CSU. The kids have become quite the Broncos fans too. Fall will bring some nice weather here as well.