Auntie M comes to town!!!!

We enjoyed a wonderful family dinner while Aunt Monte was in town from Alaska. Cousin Amanda and Uncle Jon joined us for the evening! Joel was there too, but he was the designated picture taker :) (Grandma, GG, Grandpa, Aunt Monte, Austin, Uncle Jon, Cousin Amanda, Colin and myself... right to left)Here are the lovely ladies with the cutie tooties!Colin just started waving and saying "HI". Here he is with his Great Auntie M!!! Are their heads like almost the same size??? Colin's got one big'ol head :) These two are sooooo cheesy together and we love it!

A day at the zoo

Today is a very special day for Joel and myself. Today is our 8 year anniversary of being a couple (not married), but we have been exclusively together for 8 years! We celebrated the day by taking the kids to the zoo and meeting up with our good friends. It was nearly 60 degrees outside making it a perfect day to be outside! Notice the black bear above our heads!

Here is Ross, Liam, Joel and Austin on the merry-go-round.
Colin and I got a rare opportunity to take a picture with the hippos (mom's absolute favorite animal!!!!)

Austin and Liam got to ride on the wagon.

Melissa and Hayden came to meet us as well. Don't you think Colin and Hayden would make a cute couple :)

Speaking of couples... lol! Austin and Liam decided it would be a good idea to hold hands so they wouldn't get separated in the crowd. Annette and I were wondering when this becomes weird??? Not any time soon :)

Here is the crew taking a train ride... All Aboard!!!!

Happy New Year... 2009!!!!

We celebrated New Year's Eve by riding around in Austin's new truck. I am sure that Austin will be begging to drive a real car by the age of 3 :)We took the boys over to Grandma and Grandpa's house to actually ring in the New Year. Uncle Chris came over to our house to celebrate.

The neighbors came over as well. Here's Joel, Justin, Phil and Keith.

And here are the ladies... Shelby, Tammy, Natalie, myself, Brodie, Britney and Maureen.


Joel and I got to get away for a night and visit our good friend Seth up in Silverthorne.