This & That

I can hardly believe it is already September! How did that happen? How can summer be over?? The past few months have been really busy for us and September will be no different. The month of August we spent a lot of time outside and at the beach. Here are some pictures to catch up.

She's crawling everywhere.

Adler wanted to play with her brother and got upset when I told her no.

In our matching shirts......when I returned from Austin.

At the beach for Jessica's birthday party.

Adler likes to dance to the music.....but in this photo she turned the music up too high and scared herself.

Pretty girl.

Owen imitating Adler.

She does actually eat food on occasion! She's getting better and better.

Owen riding his bike.

Back to Texas

Adler and I headed back to Texas a few weeks ago for a quick trip. I was actually in Austin for work.....I spent 2 days with the Texas Breastfeeding Program. What an amazing program! I learned so much and came home with awesome ideas on how to promote breastfeeding in Nevada.

Here's Adler on the airplane playing peek-a-boo. Such a wonderful traveler!

Where is Adler???

If you look closely you'll see 2 small teeth!

My mom was nice enough to take a few days off work to take care of Adler for me while I worked. Thanks Mom!!!

Good Grandma bonding time!


I managed to have lunch with my aunt, uncle and cousins that I haven't seen in years (seriously). It was great to see them!

Mary and Madison came into town one day too! Oh, how I miss all of my family.

I spent a day/night with my college roomies at Tracy's house. SO fun to hang out with all 4 of us together again! I miss these ladies!

How hard is it to get 2 little girls together for a photo????

VERY difficult. But this one is pretty cute. Adler really enjoyed all of Cecily's fun toys.

While we were in Texas the boys took a boys-only camping trip. If I can ever pry Micah's iPhone out of his hands, I'll download his pictures and post them.

Owen/Family Pictures

In July when we were in Texas, my mom had a photographer take some photos of us all. We had a bunch of pictures taken of Owen, since I hadn't had his pictures taken professionally this year. I thought these turned out really cute of Owen......such a big, handsome boy now! Not a trace of baby left (sniff, sniff).

My mom really wanted some pics of her and Fred with the kids.....proud grandparents! I love the one of my mom and Adler.

Three generations of women here.

We don't have many family pictures of the four of us, so I really like how these turned out.

Group Shot.....we're missing Brian though!

Movie Night & Beach Time

We have some friends who have back yard movie nights occasionally......this is SO fun! Last weekend the kids watched a chipmunk movie.


Ethan, Kameron, Jessie and Owen

Sunday was beach day. Owen was very proud of his puddle of water that he and his dad built.

Colin and Adler chillin on Tahoe

The cold water didn't seem to bother Adler one bit!

Owen is happy in this picture, but he can't stay in Tahoe for long. His skinny little body starts shivering after a couple of minutes.

Just for fun.....another Adler-getting-air photo.

National Night Out

Every summer the Carson City Sheriff's Office holds a National Night Out Event for the kids. Different law enforcement departments take part and have fun things for the kids to see and learn about. The National Guard opened up 2 of their helicopters and Owen got to check out the pilot's seat.

I hope this is the only time I ever see my husband and son in the back of a cop car.

At the end of the night the 2 helicopters took off, impressing thousands of kids (and their parents).

The thing I remember the most about attending this event last year was......I was very pregnant. It's amazing how quickly this year has gone by. Soon I'll be planning a birthday party!