Happy Fall - 7 Months

Abby & Brooke

Too cute to scare!

Silly hair!

We love you Jack!

Swinging in the park

Happy Birthday Uncle Erik

True Fans...

For the true fans (okay probably just Grandmas and Aunt) you will have to go back all the way to August to see all of the updates!

Lots Of Updates!

Abby & Brooke are awesome! They are full of smiles. They have fun playing with each other. They love to babble and it occasionally turns in to yelling as they each get louder than the other.

We are overjoyed at the blessings of being their mom and dad. These updates are long over due but we just needed to take some time to enjoy our visitors and then just spend time alone with these amazing girls.

Have fun with the updates!

Abby & Brooke are 7 Months Old today!

Brooke Abby

Michael's Birthday

Daddy & Brooke

Daddy & Abby

Abby & Brooke Go Swimming For The 1st Time!

The Bowles Family invited us over to go swimming for our very first time!

The Schneider's got our bathing suits while they were in France!

Brooke, Heather, & Abby

Jack Fleming

Our dear friends Aidan, Renia, and Jack Fleming joined us in Colorado Springs.

We love you Flemings! Our journey together through singleness, marriage, and now becoming parents has been incredible. Our friendship and the path we have been on together will forever bless our hearts. The alley just won't be the same without you at the other end.

May the Lord bless your new adventure!

Fallen Firefighter Memorial

September 19, 2009

Fallen Firefighter Memorial

Colorado Springs, CO

Grandma Love!

1/2 Birthday

September 18th - Abby & Brooke celebrated their 1/2 Birthday

Brooke, oh so excited!

Really I get to touch it!

Ahhhhh, pure joy!

Abby wasn't so sure, what is it? Maybe I just want to play with Grandma's dog instead.

But then she figured it out, she is my daughter, and this is cake after all!

We had a fun time celebrating with both Grandma Jeannie and Grandma Kathy. Michael I decided we were actually celebrating one year of parenting, 6 months x 2 babies!

Blue Eyes!

Abby

Brooke

Thank you cousin for the most amazing gift in the new camera. We LOVE it!

Melodie & Reece Visit!!!

We are so lucky to have had such great visitors this summer. My cousin Melodie and her son Reece came to visit us over Labor Day weekend.

Reece could make Abby & Brooke belly laugh!

Do it again Reece!

Melodie & Reece took Brooke on her very first ride down the slide!


On our way home from the neighborhood park, loving where we live!

Reece liked Brooke's swing.

Best buddies watching Planet Earth together.

The gondola ride to the top of Vail Mountain.

The view from the top!

My favorite photo of the entire trip! They were not just on top of the mountain they were on top of the world together! I love you cousin, thank you for such an incredible time together.

Mr. & Mrs. Cotton

We traveled to beautiful Red Stone Colorado on September 5th to witness the marriage of our good friend (and roommate over the summer) Anna Ingram to awesome guy Eddy Cotton.

It was only a 1 1/2 hour drive but with two 5 month olds sometimes you just need to stop at the park to eat, change poo, and just relax with Daddy!

Sweet Sarah Paige helping us get ready for the wedding.

Abby & Brooke love Pastor Tommy even when he isn't feeding them.

Mr. & Mrs. Cotton!

Rafting

Rafting the Shoshone portion of the Colorado River with Helena, Erik, and our good friend and awesome raft guide Alan Barry. It was a fun day in the sun.

Thank you Schneider Family for cuddling Abby & Brooke all day!

Looking towards our first rapid "Tombstone".

Lunch on the beach along the river!

Sitting in a hot spring looking at the next portion of the river we are going to raft!

We all had an incredible day, thank you Alan for making it so great!

That will for sure be a top memory with Helena & Erik.