Parker Days

We made it to the Parker Days carnival this year...what a blast!  We went with Steve's partner Jason and his family.  They have a daughter just 2 years older than Emmy....a built in friend to ride all the rides with!  It was perfect and the girls had so much fun.  Wyatt went on a few rides, but mainly just enjoyed walking around and seeing all the crazies that attend carnivals!  We also met up with some friends there....The Johnsons, so at one point we had a lot of kids to wrangle to all the rides.  Made for a perfect day.

Jaylee and Emmy

Brayden, Jaylee, Emmy, Elliott and Wyatt

Wyatt's 3rd birthday with the Huggett's!

We were lucky enough to have our good friends, the Huggets in town for Wyatt's actual birthday!  They are now a family of 4 too....with identical twin girls!  It was so fun to visit with them and watch our kids play together.  Wyatt, Tage and Rylan are just 5 months apart, so they had a blast....and any time girls are around Emerson is in heaven!  We kept busy playing in the yard, going to a park, out to eat, a pool party and to a Rockies game.  So fun!

this little guy had a blast at the Rockies game

Wyatt turns three!

I can't believe how fast my little man is growing!  He is such an awesome boy, and I sure do love having a boy!  That said, he is ALL BOY, ALL the time!  Everything is trucks, dirt, bikes and bugs.  He has the most darling (and loud!) personality....in such a little body.  So lucky to have him.  We had a great day celebrating him turning 3, he was thrilled to pick out his CARS cake this year....as long as Lightning McQueen was on it we were in good shape.  Wyatt was spoiled by all of our friends and family, the day could not have been any better.  He sure is going to be an amazing big brother to this little guy.

love, love, love these two!

Happy 3rd Birthday cowboy!

Preschool Graduation

Emerson graduated from pre-k in May!  She loved every minute of preschool, and will miss Joyful Mission Preschool dearly.  Lucky for me, Wyatt starts there this fall....so we won't be too far.  In just 2 years of preschool, she came so far and learned so much.  We were sad to say goodbye, but very excited for her next step as a kindergartener.   One of Emmy's preschool friends, Brooke will be in her kindie class which we are thrilled about.  It will be great to know a familiar face in a big new school!

"Muffins for Moms"

Ms. Monique

Ms. Doreen

my beautiful preschool graduate...

Pre-K class...graduation day

Emmy, Addison and Brooke

Right of passage....Emerson is graduating preschool and Wy is moving on in!

Birthday Girl

Our baby girl is 5?!!!  How can that be?  We had a wonderful day celebrating Emerson's 5th birthday with friends and family.  Luckily the weather was a perfect spring Colorado day, so we were outside the majority of the party.  Emerson got great gifts, lots of crafting items....she is in heaven.   Emerson is a beautiful and spunky little 5 year old, her personality is one of a kind (or maybe 2?...since she is a mirror image of me on personality!).  We love this girl so very much!

Easter

We had a beautiful Easter Sunday this year.  Steve and I hosted his family and my brother Brad...Adam was still living in Breck and my parents were out of town.  Steve smoked a pork shoulder and we spent the majority of the day outside playing.  The kids enjoyed their Easter baskets and hunting for eggs before church.  Wyatt ate every piece of candy in sight...probably why he was a disaster in church...or maybe he's just a typical nearly 3 year old boy!!!

typical....

Albuquerque

We had a nice long weekend away to visit Steve's parents down in NM.  They were down at their home down there for a few weeks, so we decided to pack up and enjoy the 80 degree weather they were having.

**note, taking a newly potty trained little boy on a 6+ hour road trip was not ideal!!!