Smiles in There

Saturday, July 7, 2012

4th of July events!

Fourth of July this year was fun, even if we couldn't have fireworks. It helped a lot that Jason, Ethan and Leah were here.

The kids got a new car and their license!

Their first car ride, without a parent in the car, was to our house. And then we went to Dairy Queen.

And later that night, because I knew the sunset was going to be stunning, we took some pictures. It was fun! They are hilarious!

Happy 4th of July!

Then because we couldn't have fireworks, I bought a bunch of glow sticks and after it got dark, we oohed and aaaaahed over the glowstick show!

Family pictures.

The twins turn 17 on the 9th, and so we had a little birthday party for them while they were in town. It's hard to believe they are 17. Blows my mind! Such nice kids!

And I'm trying another 'month of photos' challenge...I never manage to finish any challenge any more, but i"m trying. This was July 6....sunshine...which we didn't have a lot of...at least not when the light counts like at the end of the day! So I took this shot for my 'sunshine' photo. Today I'm supposed to do a close up. We'll see what I manage for that!

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Horseback riding

Horseback riding at Grand Lake. SO beautiful!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

June fun!

Ahhhh...cousin love!

BayLea wanted a bagel so I went and got Taylor and Catie and we went to Main Street Bagels!

And then we went to the toy store! Everyone is a kid in the toy store!

BayLea got a super cool new soccer ball!

Hanging with Taylor & Catie at the Pool!

Ah, June! Love having all this free time...to sleep in, to take little trips, to hang with the cousins, to play in the pool! We are really are enjoying having the pool in our neighborhood! We have utilized it quite a few times (and may head there again today!). This time we had Taylor and Catie with us. Taylor swam lap after lap. Catie wouldn't get in...but Uncle got her for that!