Newton Trip

At the end of September all of our family traveled to Newton to cheer our niece Danica on as she played volleyball. It was a great weekend filled with family time!

Eli and Addi had a wonderful time playing together...I see those two getting into trouble together the older they get!

Ooopps- turn your head to see this one! Daddy and his baby girl!

One of my favorite pictures- Grandma and Grandpa with all of their grandkids!

Turn your head again...Happy 3rd Birthday Elijah Ray!

Our baby boy isn't a baby anymore...he's a biggie boy of 3 years old! Can't believe how quickly
they grow and change! He is such a sweet boy- loves to shower his Mommy with kisses....and tackle Daddy! He's all boy...likes to collect rocks and dig in the dirt. How we treasure our little boy!

Other Happenings

Eli had to have hernia surgery...he wasn't too excited about it...

Heading home after surgery- Eli did great and was snuggling with his new animal, Spotty!

Sweet nieces- all dressed up for the wedding! (Danica, Blakely, Jordyn, Brylee)

Aaron and several friends have been working on pouring a patio for us...Eli sat and watched them work for a long time.

Rainy-day Play!

Gabe & Jenna's Wedding

Our nephew, Gabe, got married to a wonderful young woman, Jenna, the first weekend in June. Trinity was the flower girl.

Daddy & Eli all dressed up!
yummy- cake!

Finally- the dancing started! Brennan and Trinity danced and danced together!

And Addi and Eli shook their booties together!

Miss Maggie

Our sweet Maggie is filling out, growing so big, and smiling and cooing for us!

She loves to be talked to and will smile and coo back in response.

We took a trip to Mimi and Papa's to meet aunt, uncles, and cousins...Zach loved her and would have held her the whole time if we'd let him!

Miss Maggie at 1 month- such a biggie girl!

6 weeks old and giving us lots of smiles!

Meeting the Grandparents

Sleeping away...

Snuggles with Papa
Love from Grandpa

Taking a sun-bath with Mimi

Meeting Grandma Margaret for the first time...who she is named after!

Easter 2011

Easter egg hunt!!

Coloring eggs with Mimi!
Trinity and Brennan showing off their collection of eggs!

December

A few highlights of December...

Christmas...always a magical and special time!

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's- just missing a couple of the cousins!

Happy 4th Birthday, Trinity!

Trip to Omaha

We took a trip to Manhattan to see my brother Justin and his wife, Amber. We then headed north to Omaha to visit our nephew Beau and his wife, Kari. We went to the zoo and had a great time visiting with everyone!!

Summer Fun

A quick trip to the Garden City Zoo with a niece, a nephew, and a family friend! It was fun...and hot! We had to get Sonic on the way home!

Trinity's first year of swimming lessons...she did so good!! She's now a little fish in the water!

Always need a little help from Grandpa!! He's the best at shooting Nerf guns!

Who can resist this face?

Summer Play

Happy Father's Day, Grandpa! Giggling with Grandpa- what fun!!

Hugs and kisses from Grandma...just part of being a grandson- they aren't too bad!
Like my new dress??

Eli's first time to use scissors all by himself- he was concentrating so hard!

Summer time fun

What a great way to spend a summer evening- having a sleepover! We watched Toy Story and of course no movie is complete without popcorn!

Another summer highlight- watching frogs! Trinity was drawing pictures of this frog....

...Eli was being a boy and trying to step on it!

A frozen summer snack and swinging- all part of summer!

Carousel Time

One Saturday afternoon Shayne & Christina's family and ours went to Burlington, CO to the carousel and had a picnic at a park- what a wonderful afternoon and evening it was!

Eli Ray

Ayden

Addison