June 2011 Pictures!

June started with Kylie's 7th birthday. We had a lot of fun that day. We took some time off and played all day with her and her brothers. We can't believe how big she is now. She is looking forward to turning 8 next year already. Earlier in the month the kids finished school too and they are now enjoying the great weather we are having in Denver. They've been swimming and playing outside a lot. All three have pretty good tans. July is going to be a lot of fun. We will start it taking some time off in Hawaii. We will also go camping later in the month. The kids are looking forward to doing all that.

May 2011 Pictures!

May was a fun month. We started with a lot of rain though. We got all the water we did not get during the winter, which is good. Our lawn is looking great. After that, the weather got really good and we are now able to enjoy it. Austin graduated from pre-school. He had a lot of fun at his field day and graduation party. Kylie is now ready for her last week of school too. She is also turning 7 next week. During Memorial Day weekend we took the kids to a couple of fun places. First, we went to Devil's Head, which is a great hike to a fire watch tower sitting at about 10,000 feet. The kids did great hiking all the way up there. It was an awesome 360 degree view of the front range. The forest we got to hike through is beatiful too. We will be back later in the year to camp around there. We also took the kids to Dinosaur Ridge. This is only about 15 miles from home. It's a area where there are all kids of dinosaur fosils and foot prints. The kids loved it, especially Austin who is quickly becoming a dinosaur professor. June will fly by. We will busy with birthdays, outdoor stuff, swimming, etc. as well as getting prepared to go to Hawaii at the end of the month. Should be fun!

April 2011 Pictures!

April was a bit of an uneventful month. We had enough good weather to play outside and grill some burgers a couple of times, but it can still get cold enough to snow. At least we are getting a lot of needed rain and our grass is green again. Kylie got to bake he first loaf of bread and she was very proud. Austin keeps learning about dinosaurs and talks to EVERYONE about them. Jason keeps getting big and is starting to expand his vocabulary a little. He is teething again, so he hasn't been the easiest to deal with lately. The kids enjoyed Easter as they do every year. We don't think Jason had a clue of what was going on, but he enjoyed opening the eggs and finding treats. He caught on with that very quickly. The kids are getting ready to finish up school later in the month. We hope to take them to a museum later and camping too. Then we will go to Hawaii and have some fun with them. Ariel continues to play a lot of soccer and Jolynn is still training for some races and going back to BYU to finish her degree, which is close.

March 2011 Pictures!

March started with Austin's 5th birthday. We can't believe how quickly time has gone. He was very excited about his cake and presents. Apparently, Jason really liked the cake and literally stuffed his face with it. The rest of March was a bit strange here in Denver. This is suppossed to be the snowiest month in the year. Yet, we got nothing. Just a couple of minor 1-inch storms. It is going to be a very dry summer if we don't start getting some snow and rain before it gets really hot in June and July. We already had a few fires in the mountains. At least the weather has been great. We hit 65F and 70s a few times this year so far, and we may even see close to 80F this next few days. The kids have been on Spring break for a couple of weeks. It has been good for them, although they have continued to do homeworks and practice their math and reading. Austin is getting really good at it. We are looking forward to General Conference at the beginning of April.

February 2011 Pictures!

February was, for the most part, a pretty uneventful month. It usually is. We had a few very cold days, but also some very warm ones. We got close to 70F a couple of times and there is no snow on the ground. Ariel got to go dogsledding early in the month up in Leadville, which is in the mountains. It was fun. Kylie got to have her first science fair. She worked very hard on it and was proud of her display. Jason keeps on growing and getting faster. He loves playing chase and wrestling. Austin will be turning 5 on March 4, so we are excited about that and can't believe how fast time has gone. We are looking forward to welcoming the Spring in March and getting to enjoy the outdoors a little more. We are also counting down the weeks until we get to go to Hawaii later this summer.

January 2011 Pictures!

The first month of the year has come and gone. Time is already flying for us. The kids have been busy with school. Unfortunately, they have not had enough snow this year to play with. We had a couple of storms, but they came with extreme cold. Kylie and Austin got sick a couple of weeks ago. We had to take them in to see the doctor pretty much for the first time ever. They both recovered quickly. JoLynn and Ariel were down too for a couple of days. Jason escaped all that and was just a little stuffy. Ariel got to go to Orlando earlier in the month for his annual 'work' conference. He got to attend the Universal Studios for one of those days. It was tough to leave the 70+ degree weather. But the weather in Denver has actually been very nice for this time of the year. Last Friday we were in the mid 60's. It won't last, but it makes us look forward to Spring. Kylie will be having her first science fair project this coming week. She is excited about that. She decided to test whether the level of water will rise as ice cubes in it melt. She thinks it will. So she will learn something.

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.