visitors

Just a little after school got out, my parents and sister and neice came for a visit. They planned it to coincide with Max's birthday, so that was awesome too! They were on a baseball trip as well, so they came to us after being in Kansas City.

Rachel! Josh had to stay home because he just started a new job.


Tina!


Cousins... Rachel has always been so good with all kiddos, especially mine. She is very kind and knows how to play and include them, no matter what age they are. She taught Zoey and Grandma some new phone tricks so we were all doing funny texting while in the same room!! It made for lots of laughs.


hanging with Papa...


And Leo, just couldn't handle all the new people and the attention! Here he is playing and attacking Rachel. The first day they were here, he never took a nap, so he was like a crazy overtired kid.


Grandma made us a yummy dinner one night!


Cheers!

Summer Evenings

I love the long daylight hours of the summer. We have plenty of time after Ross gets home to eat, play outside, and walk the dog. Some nights we take the frisbee on our walk. The light was pretty this night, so I brought the camera along. Since I had the camera, I also had the dog (I wasn't catching frisbees) and those two don't go very well together. Leo just tugs and tugs so that he can be part of the action.





















And here is a guy and his great dane. There is a girl who walks this dog as well, and she is a lot smaller than the guy, so the dog looks like a horse! Plus, this guy sort of looks like Ross's brother to me.


This is serious frisbee throwing. spell check is telling me I'm spelling frisbee wrong... weird. I had to go look it up.


Happily jumping along in the tall grass. He always wants to know where everyone is, too. Kind of sweet.


I had to stop and hold Leo back to get some nature shots. he is not happy.



so I tortured him with more as everyone moved forward playing... (evil laugh)


And there is this perfect heart in the sidewalk along the way...


we stopped for some more posed pictures. I think this type of lighting can make for a different atmosphere in pictures but it is a personal preference.









in different light, more vibrant.








And back to playing.








Instructions, or discipline. Can't remember.



Serious frisbee throwing again. With puffy cheeks. Ross puts his breathing into frisbee throwing.


joe america, jr.


he was the only one who would get up there.





tired, happy pup.

First and Last Day of School

Here are the annual first/last day of school photo comparison! Not in the same location, because we were still in the apartment when they started school.

And not one together, because they start and end at different times now.


Here is Max - 3rd grade. He did really well adjusting to a new school. Teacher was great and kind and supportive.





And Zoey - So brave starting a middle school in a new place and not knowing anyone! That was hard for me to watch from a far. But, she did well, and learned a lot.




We love you, kiddos and are so proud of you!

Max and the Music Video

There is a fairly popular local band, FACE vocal band, that have members who are alumnus of Max's elementary school. They do a lot for the community and Colorado schools in general. They have a fun dance song and made a video at Max's school.



It was a little chaotic getting everyone set up right and making sure the music played and no parents were in the shots....




It's funny to see the still shots and then watch the video... It was actually neat to watch this being filmed and see the final video as well... this is the lead singer-






Some of them are taking this very seriously!







This next shot is actually the same shot of Max in the video!








Here is the video! Watch close at just after 2:18 and you'll see Max bust a move!