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Monday, June 17, 2013

Fathers' Day

Fathers' Day was so much fun this year!!  We did presents and had a great BBQ.  It was such a fun day and so fun to finally have our dad home!!  We missed him when he was gone on his work trips.  He decided to grow a beard to see if people at work would realize he is 38 not 26 so you will see the starting of this beard in these picts.

Present time

One of Dad's favorite presents

Enjoying his hilarious cards from the kids

From J Man

From Lady K

OUR FAVORITE CARD by Baby R


From Little L

On their way to church

Mom and Dad, yes I think he looks older, I don't know if I like it or not

The men at the BBQ

The ladies waiting for their dinner.  Yes, shades are a must out here in Colorado!


Daddy's big helper

Enjoying dinner in our "backyard" aka strip of grass.  Yes, this is the whole backyard!

Garage Sale

Last Friday Little L and her friend decided to earn some money doing a garage sale.  They helped their moms go through and clean out their homes so that they would have items to sell.  It was a huge success and they earned a lot of money.  J Man and Baby R sold drinks and cookies an earned quite a bit too.  Great job you little business men and women!

J Man's drinks and Baby R's cookies

Lady K and a friend keeping an eye on things

Little L and her partner in crime!

Summer Party

We loaded up our van (16 passengers!) and drove to the closest reservoir for a summer party.  It was a fantastic day!!

Our van, full to capacity plus one!

Little L with her friends

J Man and his buddy

Big B, Lady K and a bunch of her friends!

Mr. M and his buddy

Mommy and Baby R

Last Day of School

Last day of school party put on by Little L (Otter Pops out in our  "backyard"
The kids all had a great school year!!  Here are some picts from the last day (sorry Mr. M, I forgot to get picts for you!)

Last day of Kindergarten

Baby R, Big B and Mrs. Meyer

Little L with Mrs. Jensen (4th grade)

Lady K with Mrs. Singh (6th grade)

Mrs. Howard

Mrs. Thurston

J Man with Mrs. Mueller

Seven Months

It is unbelievable!  Big B is 7 months!!  Here is a little peak into his world.
He loves lying and playing in the grass, especially if there is a nice breeze.


He learned how to climb stairs

He loves to climb up on everything

He spends most of the day hunting in the corners for food

Such a cutie!

He is such a HAPPY boy!!  We love his laugh and cheerfulness!!

Look mom, one hand!!

Colorado Rapids

My good friend Kat got us tickets to go to a Colorado Rapids soccer game.  It was  a ton of fun.  We were introduced to the whole scarf thing and had a blast watching the game and cheering our team on.  Gooooooooooooal!!



Costa Rica

Just 45 pictures of our awesome Costa Rica trip!!  Dad was there on a two week work assignment and I joined him for four days.  It was amazing!!
First night at dinner

Our hotel room

Breakfast on the hotel patio

Outside the hotel

Touring around San Jose

A fun public square.  I rode a bus to San Jose and had a great time touring around  and then had to spend the next hour walking around asking where my bus was.  I think I walked about 3 miles in my flipflops!

Ahh, the pool after a long day walking all over town

Dinner with work friends up on a hill overlooking the city!

The view at night

The workout room with windows for walls.  It reminded me of Marty in Madagascar running toward his mural.  haha

Another day another pool.  Living the good life!

My breakfast on the patio

Yum!!

A fruit stand on our way out to the pacific coast

Dad's favorite restaurant in a beach town on the coast

Shopping for the kids

Our awesome hotel room in the Miguel Antonio rainforest!! I loved the view of the beach!!


The view from the balcony looking in

The "hallways" through the hotel.  It was all outdoor!!

We loved our Pina Colada!! Sin alcohol (without alcohol)


My Red Snapper

The poolside bar

More views from the balcony

Just outside the hotel lobby

The hotel lobby.  No walls, just a roof and tons of beautiful plants

Hotel lobby

The poolside bar at the "family pool"


Just relaxing on the balcony

Ahhh, paradise!

Our hotel, Si Como No (yeah, why not?)

Entrance to hotel

Swimming at the beach.  We rented some lounge chairs and an  umbrella for the day.  So fun!

The white sand beach at Manuel Antonio Rainforest

On our hike through the rainforest


On our hike


Last night on the coast

San Jose temple


A cute list Baby R made for herself before our trip.  Pretty amazing for a Kindergartner!