photo shoot!

My good friend crocheted this darling hat for Tristan so it of course screamed photo shoot! The kids were oh so thrilled, as you can imagine ;) I did manage to get some really awesome pics and just have to share them!!!I'm in love!!!

Birthday Party Madness! Clone trooper style...

The most serious clone trooper out there, complete with helmet made from milk cartons, gun from tp/papertowel rolls, and armor out of water bottles :)Death star pinata, cake, and suckers for the clone treasure hunt!before the madness... the red clone himself and of course princess leia!Pin the 'saber on vader' The princess' face during most of the party... :) and most of her life... hahaHis new army outfit and bike

If you can't tell from the mass upload of pictures it was quite the production! I spent about 2 weeks making a clone trooper outfit, why the red one you ask? Because he was the 'good clone trooper'. I also made a pin the saber on vader poster, and painted the death star pinata, which rich made. They played games including a clone trooper treasure hunt, which I made covered suckers for, and they used their homemade light sabers out of fun noodles to become proficient in 'the force' and to fight darth vader(aka daddy). I also made an awesome red clone trooper lego cake. Kai loved it! They ate pizza and we made yoda sodas out of lime ice cream and sprite. It was a huge hit! Kai even got a new bike for his birthday. It's slightly big, but he is doing well and riding without training wheels. What a big man :)

Happy 4th!

This is probably my favorite picture as of late :)

Haha I love how they both look like they are in pain in this pic :)We got to spend the 4th with Nate, Sarah, Dan and Katie and it was so much fun. We went to the parade in the morning, which the entire second half is a huge squirt gun fest. The kids brought squirt guns and buckets of water and had a blast. Then we had a bbq and swam in Uncle Dan's pool. We continued to have squirt gun fights which I won, just ask Rich ;) We went to Boulder again for fireworks, which we've done every year and I swear they get bigger and better everytime! They were HUGE! The little man wasn't so thrilled with fireworks at first, but soon gave in and fell asleep! Yes, during fireworks... Great day, so fun to spend it with family :)Ha they both were a bit tentative about the sparklers :)

Miss her...

Rich's Aunt Nancy (his mom's sister) passed away recently from complications with Diabetes. We had the opportunity to become closer with her and Dan when they moved to Vegas almost a year ago. We will certainly miss her and her family misses her, but we were once again reminded that we can all be together again some day. We were grateful to be able to spend that time with her and we were blessed to be able to spend time with Rich's Uncle and cousins during and after her passing. We love them :) Here's a few photos of our time together

Rich's Aunt Judy and cousin Alli

Cousin Rob, Katie, and Nate with Dan

It has seriously been 4 days and 4 nights...

Kai just realized the other day that he had a camo shirt, shoes, hat, and shorts and decided to put them all together and be an 'army'. If you'll notice he has an army 'badge' on as well :) He has literally worn it for 4 days and 4 nights straight. I told him they needed to be washed and I was priding myself on the fact that I was being one of those moms that let their children express their creativity through what they wear. Unfortunately, I couldn't stand the dirtyness anymore. There was some fit throwing, but they were eventually washed and it continues to be his favorite attire as of late. Good stuff...

Guess who's 3 mo already!

I cannot believe how fast this little guy is growing! He's already 3 mo and is totally chunkin out! He is definitely a chubber :) He is such an amazingly good baby, sleeps all night long and has been since about a month old. He is so easy going and so content. We love him so much and we're so grateful to be his family :)