The middle of July...

We had very special visitors the middle of July...Tom's big brother Pete, our sister in law Tammy, and our three adorable, sweet nieces Katrina, Bekkah and Olivia. We had a great time with them and were so grateful they got to come and be with us! The first night they were with us, Katrina (she's 8) sang a cute song about Grandmothers. After her little performance, Taylor decided she had to perform too...so the next few pictures are of her singing and dancing and Max holding her hand dancing (there's a video at the bottom of this enourmous post ;-). While they were visiting, Taylor had her 4th birthday on July 15th; so she had a super special birthday and celebrated with her cousins!

A fun day in Denver (catching up from this summer)

We decided we'd take a vacation day and have a fun, family day in Denver so we took the kids to the Children's Museum, Casa Bonita and the Butterfly museum. It's always so much fun to do special things with them and watch them have fun!

taking a little break (Cam's napping).

I know the above pic is a little blurry, but it's Taylor's picture of a butterfly. It was so cute, she'd take a picture of a butterfly and then turn the camera around so the butterfly could see the picture of itself! We were getting a big kick out of her!

Taylor is wearing her 'butterfly dress' for the occasion. and this is Max's favorite hat...his "monster hat". It's my favorite too! I actually paid full price (something I NEVER do--it was only $5 though) because I thought it was pretty stinkin' cute! ;-)

holding Rosie the spider again...this is our second time visiting her and last time Taylor and Max both held her...this time neither did! funny kids! ;-)

yes, a little late posting these pics (she's actually 7 1/2 months) but oh well!

It's Moving Day!

I really have a bazillion other things to do, but we won't have internet for a few days and I just had to get the pics of Taylor and Max being oh, so affectionate up for you (these pics just crack Tom and I up!). It's been a whirlwind of a summer though with a lot of ups and downs. This move was pretty unexpected; but it will be good. Here are some pics of the house from the day I first looked at it. The landlord was there working on it. Since that day, brand new carpet and kitchen and bath floors were put in, which is a big reason why we decided to move into this house. we are SO excited for this backyard! It will be our first official fenced-in backyard!

and yes, we're an affectionate family :0)

oh, they are going to love this picture when they are older! ;-)