Tired from all the catching up!!

Yep, we're done!


Enjoy your summer :)

Cherry Creek Arts Festival 2009

We so enjoy going to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in the summer. Usually it is pretty hot, but this year, not so much. The kids love the kids area, and creating their own projects, and we love looking at all the different kinds of art, and people that you see at the festival. One of the highlights of our summer...



The family


The finished spin art projects


Jake hard at work



Blake hard at work

Kate's swimming lessons 2009

Monkey walking


Wow-off the diving board with apparently no fear!


swimming with miss Hillary


I love that all three have taken swim lessons here with the wonderful instructors, in the pools that daddy swam so many hours, and so many competitions! We love Willow Creek :)

Blake - swimming lessons 2009

Backfloating against his will :)



Blake's favorite kick board across the lanes


Jumping off the diving board. "You better catch me!!" (can you hear the fear in his voice??)


Doing his bobs


We LOVE Willow Creek swim lessons!

Jake - swim lessons 2009

treading water



learning to dive properly


swimming laps.....



...with the help of the kickboard after a few!

Fourth of July 2009

Watching the wonderful (short) Highlands Ranch parade :)





Kate - sorry I don't know how to turn my pictures!!




the boys

Family Reunion 2009

The younger generation all lined up - look for Kate "the baby" between the bars :)


Mmmm....costco cake


Kate and "the nice lady" Andrea playing ball



The next generation cousins on the stairs (blake and Kate at the bottom)


Everyone had a fun few days playing golf (between rain storms), hiking, rafting, dinners, fireworks, and much more.

Summer Catch Up :)

It's been a long time since a real post, and I have so much to catch up on....

Jake has lost a few teeth!



The boys enjoyed a week of "Camp E.D.G.E.(Experience and Discover God Everywhere) Vacation Bible School.



I got the three to smile at the same time :)