Friday, November 14, 2008

A quick trip

A couple of weekends ago, the whole family took a very, very quick trip out to Colorado because Mike had an interview with a civilan flying company in Pueblo. The trip went way too quickly...we were only in Loveland for 2 days! We got to see some family but unfortunately we couldn't see everyone because we just didn't have enough time, so hopefully we can take another trip out soon to see the rest of you, or at least when my sister has her baby (yeah for Katie, Reed and Micah!)

Sophie had quite a set-up. She had a DVD player that she could watch Sesame Street movies on, so she did great on the trip. You can see Dixie chilling out in the sun in the back seat. Elsie did great on the drive out, but she didn't have very much fun on the way back. Now I think she's traumatized because she cries whenever I put her in her carseat!



Grandma and Sophie watching Sesame Street

Grandma is a brave, brave woman. She only made it about 10 minutes before having to come back to the house!




I was trying to teach Sophie how to play "Annie's Song" by John Denver. That's the only song I know how to play (but I can play a mean "Annie's Song," that's for sure!)

Grandpa and Sophie made up a new version of pool. Grandpa would break up the balls, and then Sophie would grab the ones she could reach and put them in a pocket for him.


Auntie Carol and Uncle Bryan stopped by...



Sophie's favorite uncle, Abel (sorry Reed, Chris and Craig!)

We had an early birthday party for Sophie (she turned 2 yesterday! My little baby is growing up!)





Great-grandpa Mel


Great-grandma Ruth





On our way to Pueblo we stopped in Castle Rock to have dinner with our friends from college, Chris and Kelly. Mike and Chris were roommates in college and best-men in each other's weddings. It was so fun to see them and to see their house and their baby room (can't wait to meet you, Briar!) It was just like old times! (Kelly, I tried to download an old picture of Mike and Chris from our wedding like you did on your blog, but it didn't work for some reason! I'm going to try again because it is so fun to look back at those pictures!)

On a side note: Sophie's birthday was yesterday but we aren't having her b-day party until Saturday, so I will definitely post pictures of the party girl when I have them!


















Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Looks like Daddy forgot to remove an item of clothing before he put Sophie in the tub. (Just to make it perfectly clear, it was Daddy who forgot, not Mommy!)














Saturday, November 01, 2008

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween! Sophie and Mike had fun carving pumpkins a few days ago. Now Sophie loves to point out all the pumpkins she sees!



These are from Sophie's Halloween party at her school. Sophie is sitting next to her friend, Sarah. Sophie was Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street (she's the fairy godmother's daughter, for those of you who aren't avid Sesame Street watchers!)



These next pictures are from our Halloween party! Elsie was a cute little lady bug (which is fitting, since our nickname for her is "Elsie bug!")



I don't know who invited these rednecks to the party! Check out the muscles on that one on the right!



Sophie, Emma, Hannah and Sarah



We took the girls trick-or-treating and they had a great time! They figured it out right away, although at the first house, Sophie's friend Sarah ran into the house and her mom had to go chase her down. It was pretty funny!








These are a couple of pictures from a few days ago. The weather has been really nice here, so Sophie and Mike played some soccer and baseball outside in the backyard.













Monday, October 27, 2008

You guessed it...more pictures of the girls!







On Sunday after church. Daddy had changed Sophie out of her Sunday dress, but I guess she still wanted to wear her sunday shoes.



We went to the zoo this last weekend, since the weather was so nice. We tried out the platform option on our stroller and Sophie really liked it! She could either stand on the platform or sit and face whoever is pushing it.



"Who dat?" One of Sophie's new favorite phrases

We ran into one of Sophie's best friends, Hannah, and her dad.



















Sorry, I don't know why this picture came out sideways. You'll just have to turn your heads to see Elsie's cute smile.





Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Hide and Seek

Mike's newest creation. Enjoy!