Wrapping presents

We draw names for Christmas for my extended family. We decided to let the kids draw pictures  on the wrapped boxes (we wrapped with packing paper and paper bags) instead of doing the stamping this year. All the squiggles are from Liam and all the pictures or letters are David's. They had a blast and it kept them busy for about 30 minutes! :)

And that concludes the 100s of pictures

that were on my phone from the summer! :)

Scenery at our house

More happy mornings.

Breakfast!

I love who and what I get to wake up to!

made some great food at the Edlins and saw Emily and Danielle!

Made a quick Ikea trip

We went to see Ali and Abby and got to eat Pumpkin Cookies! :)

Idaho>Oregon

Utah>Boise

Colorado>Wyoming>Utah

First day of the drive back to Portland

The Mosleys threw David a birthday party the night before we left

He really liked the cupcakes.

I love my boys.

More camping

scenery around where we stayed

With one plug in you can stay warm at night & make breakfast in the morning
We would have made breakfast over the fire, but the wind was blowing so hard that the fire was blowing sideways across the grass. :/

Even in a tipee you can make hot chocolate

We spent the night in Estes -- IN a tipee!

more super yummy food

We also went to Avery Brewery and fell asleep after all the driving

We went up to Vail when Abby visited

David, Liam and Liberty

Shopping with Liberty

Water Park with Liberty

At the zoo

Evening at the Reservoir

Playing!

David painted Liam's toenails with whiteout

Drive to Boulder

Costco run with the Mosleys

We got to see Uncle Quin at the airport when he was flying through

From the door of the gym to the door of the car...

We spent a lot of days playing in the sand

Artistic picture of crocs. :)

A meal we had weekly. Ribs, Corn, Salad.

I made Orange Chicken for the first time!

David drew a person on the side of the house with his fudgesicle

We loved riding bikes!

The boys had a nightly pillow fight

The boys on the carousel-they LOVED it

Business Truck and Grumpy Liam

Michael teaching the boys about super glue

haha. This is right before we took the binky away.

I love my hubby!

Fikkert Visit + Colorado Mountains = Awesomeness

It was really cold and raining in the mountains. Hence the black plastic bags.

I'm pretty sure David's man was frowning because he was drawn on our couch!

Liam has the funniest face when he's laughing hard

If you are wondering why I am posting a BIZILLION pictures over the space of a week, it is because I downloaded 800 pictures of our life off of my phone. They are definitely not high quality, but I want to remember all these times, and a lot of times I didn't have my DSLR with me.

Pretty much every drive we took was like this

Sonic Happy Hour Strawberry Slush + Beautiful scenery

Another day at the Reservoir

David prayed for snow (IN AUGUST) and we got a huge hailstorm

Bible Time with Daddy in the mornings

The Garveys came to visit so we went to the zoo

David with the Swine Flu in August.

Michael makes great hamburgers, but they are SO TALL

Around the house.

Just starting to rain on the bike path by our house... Liam was JUST learning to ride a bike!

There were ginormous brown grasshoppers that blended really well in the rocks. Maybe they were locusts or something?

Liam is in the background plundering my poor tomato plant. Michael is being a model weeder. ;)

Costco trips are the best.

David at the Reservoir

We are really proud of David's stick people

David's first picture of a banana

We all did really well until we were an hour from home

^^ view of Boulder

David's stick figures (liam got a chance too)

It wasn't that bad of a drive and the boys did great.

Road Trippin it to Idaho for the Cools family vacation

I got to come back to Portland for a WEDDING

Watermelon at the Mosleys

The boys coming to wake me up

at the Reservoir with Maddie

David talking to Uncle Nathan on the phone

like I said...rain is not a joke there...we had our wipers at full blast!

4th of July

At the Reservoir

I love these little guys

Lots of yummy food

Brothers

Evening walk in the puddles

In Denver the rain is serious

More life with little people

Summer in Denver (late afternoon the clouds would roll in)

Denver Zoo

Life with little people

David really liked drawing sunshines when we lived in Denver. :)

Denver Weather in May

Fashion Shoot with Emily of Glenna Fashions

Model: Emily of Glenna Fashions

FAAABULOUS nature

Wildlife picture for my Dad

The drive was unbelievable with all the yellow aspens lining the road!

We even got to see the moon rise. :)

and here is me, enjoying one of the most glorious places to be in the Fall: Rocky Mountain National Park.

my favorite denver kiddos

I am a photographer

David!

Photos courtesy of Abigail Olson