Trick or Treat

Halloween was so much fun this year. Avery was Tinkerbell and was very excited that she was getting all this candy. She wanted to open them right away and when she would get to the door and say trick or treat, after she got candy she would stand there and say one more...and sometimes even grab the candy herself! Blake lasted a little while but got very tired. He was the cutest little Hot Dog you have ever seen though! Zach was a ninja and dad bought him some cool ninja swords so that is what really made the costume.

Pumkin Patch fun

Here are a bunch of pictures of our family day at the pumkin patch. We had fun and so did the kids.

Costume tryouts again!

On Friday night Alissa and Bethany hosted a Halloween party for the kids. Don't they look awesome and they did an amazing job. The kids loved it! Thanks guys!
Blake and Bethany were having some fun and playing peek-a-boo with her hat. She was giving him the giggles.

Outside when the kids were hitting the pinata Avery opted to be held by Joe instead. Daddy was helping with the pinata and Avery likes Joe a lot!

Longmont Discovery Days

Last week we tried out the discovery days part of the Longmont museum. We went with a few friends and in this picture Avery and her friend Sofie are playing in a tabletop sandbox that was filled with orange rice. I think all the kids had a good time and we will have to try it again. She is getting to the age of crafts and discovery and of course doing it by herself.

Costume tryouts

Avery had to be sure about her tinkerbell costume so we tried it out at the YMCA festival last week. I think she was the cutest tinkerbell by far don't you?

The Starbursts Celebrate!

Zach's soccer season has come to a close and he did such a great job this year. He is really grasping how to pass and where to be to receive the pass. Their team lost only one game and in the last game he had a really awesome goal that just soared over the goalie's head. It almost hit the top of the goal but snuck under the bar. He is a good player and every season he plays he gets even better.
Congrats Zach!

Weekly Superbus class

Avery is really enjoying her Superbus class that she has each week. She is hanging upside down with Lauren after class....I love dressing her up and doing her hair too...

Sibling love

Avery loves for Blake ot get in her crib with her. Here they were playing together....

Crawling on all fours

After weeks and weeks of doing his little army crawl, Blake decided to get up on all fours to more around. He is getting faster and faster everytime I turn around. It is definitely something that makes him smile that he can sit and crawl.

Denver Zoo

After living here for nearly 2 years we finally made it out to the Denver zoo this month. We met up with neighborhood friends Stephanie and her daughter Lauren and also with Blake's godmother Alissa and the little boy she nanny's Nicholas.

The kids loved the train and here Stephanie and Lauren are waiting in line. Alissa and Nick are loaded up on the train and ready to go!

What a fun day at the zoo!

Happy 8 Months!

After a shower the other morning, I just pushed Blake's hair back with the palm of my hand and voila! Pretty handsome little guy huh!

Go Bruins!

We got to the Rose Bowl and tailgated with some of Andrew's friends from college. Here he is with his friend Mike. I am sure this tailgate was a little different then the ones they attended back in the day...but that is just a guess.







Even though Tim and Kelly are huge Notre Dame fans...no one gave them a hard time.

Andrew even had me decked out in UCLA gear! We were all ready to go, little did we know that the outcome of the game did not end in our favor...maybe next year!

Keeping up with the Elliotts

We were able to take our first vacation without the kids this last weekend. We headed out to Palm Springs to enjoy some R & R. On our way to the UCLA vs. Notre Dame game we stopped along the way to have lunch with some old friends, Kent and Aimee and their beautiful little ones, 3 1/2 year old twins Ava and Chloe and 1 1/2 year old Johnny. Andrew and Kent have been friends for many years dating all the way back to elementary school. It was so nice to catch up. The last time I had seen Aimee was at our wedding and she was pregnant with the twins.

Too windy for a round of golf??? Never!

Andrew and our friends Tim and Kelly Utrup joined us in Palm Springs, so naturally, the boys went golfing and Kelly and I did the pool and the spa!
The boys were really looking forward to some serious golf action...
but there was just a bit of wind. It was probably 40 mph winds on that day at the golf course, however, they were troopers because they played all 18 holes! Imagine that!

Avery first class

Avery started her first gymnastics class last week on the famous Superbus here in Erie. She loved it. We went out and bought a new outfit for class and she was so excited. A couple friends are taking the same class too. Lauren who lives one block over and Nicholas, the little boy that Alissa cares for. Don't they look like a happy bunch!