Anna our climber and walker

Anna is a major CLIMBER! She climbs anything, she can even get onto the couch all by herself now, and luckily knows how to turn around and get herself down safely too! She has 6 teeth now and is still not quite 20 pounds (we are waiting impatiently for that milestone, because then we can face her forward in the car, she gets pretty carsick at times). She ADORES her daddy and her face lights up any time he enters the room. She is a smart little one that is for sure.
Here is a video of her first steps, she is walking better than this now, but still crawls often. Every day she chooses to walk a little more, I know it is just a matter of time before she is off and running:)

Isaac's First Day of School!

First Day of Preschool!!! (Like our Awesome chili pepper plant:)


Isaac is going 3 1/2 days a week to a wonderful teacher's house. Here he is the first day walking up to the front door. Notice he is WAY in front of us and has no fear, only excitement!
He's been going to school for 3 weeks now and LOVES it. Every day starting around 8AM he is asking if it is time to go to school yet like EVERY minute! I finally had to teach him how to 'read' the clock and not to ask me until the big hand is on the 9!

So Sweet!

Cousins, they totally started holding hands all on their own!

Happy Happy Birthday

Birthday party for Isaac and Anna in Iowa! You can tell Isaac knows what to do with the hat...Anna thinks it tastes good:)

Not quite sure about this.
YES!!! A SCOOTER!!!! He was thrilled and has had so much fun scootering around:)
Anna's favorite present! She LOVES to play it. She also loves any type of music. I think we may have a musician on our hands. It does run in the family:)

Cousins, Brothers, Daddy's, Uncles

Cousins!!!

Anna and Mark! They are so cute!

Our attempts to get all the cousins in one shot. As you notice our kiddos are moving at all times and John and Mark are just posing...

So Sweet

Aunt Abbie's Bridal shower.

Above: one of the bridal shower games was to design a bridal dress using only toilet paper! I think everyone did a pretty good job.


Opening presents.
The whole clan.
Sisters and mom
Me and Abbie

YEAH! Aunt Abbie's getting married!

I got to go with Abbie to pick up her marriage license at the court house!

More Iowa Fun

Swimming and Grandma Deb's and Grandpa Gary's
Anna LOVES the water. She has NO fear, which of course is scary to mommy:) She had a Blast swimming in the pool.

Jesus loves me this I know

Playing, Singing and Dancing:)

Good Morning

Our bright eyed and busy tailed morning girl! She LOVES her mornings and is so happy (as long as she gets her milk:)

Fashion Show

Trying on the wedding outfits!
Papa and Anna: Anna just wanted to go to bed, we were kind of torturing her making her try her clothes on at bedtime:)
Handsome Boy

Just Hangin'

VERY HAPPY to be out of the car!!
SO BIG, Love my awesome fluff head going on thanks to the Iowa Humidity:)

FInally to Iowa

After the LONG drive we finally made it. We hung out at Grandma Netty and Papa Dave's the first day.
Aunt Abbie and Isaac
Grandma Netty, Anna, and of course Cheerios
Aunt Ashley, Earl and the kids

Tiny Town

On our way to Iowa we stopped in Denver for a day. We went to Tiny town. A little park full of tiny buildings and a train! Isaac LOVED it.


Of Course we rode the train.