Film Festival

My brother Ben came up the idea that my family have a film festival where we all make a movie and upload them to a blog. Check it  out here.

For a Wonderful Father

It's official

Matt is now an Attorney. The last step of becoming a lawyer after you have passed the BAR is to take an oath. They had a ceremony in Down Town Denver where Matt took that oath, so now it OFFICIAL! We were so happy to have Matt's parents come and share the occasion with us.  Thanks to my mother-in-law we have pictures of the event.

I couldn't help but laugh (inside of course) at one of the speakers when they addressed those who had just passed the BAR and said that they were now finished with Law School and with taking tests. So not true. We still have one more BAR to take and 6 months of school left.
Nevertheless, Matt has worked so hard and I am so proud of him and all that he has achieved. Through it all he has continued to be a wonderful husband and father and has always put us first. We love him so much.

When you take your children camping...

they will want to get straight to work by hacking away at a pine tree with a piece of fire wood (Blake), dig in the last camper's fire ashes (Tyler), and taste samples of dirt and rocks (Lacey).

 When they are finished they will want to go for a hike. On the hike you will come to a river.

 When they see the river they will want to roll up their pants and put their feet in.

 They will probably get their pants wet and want to take them off.

 Chances are when they take their pants off  and continue walking in the river they will slip and get their shirts wet and they'll want to take them off too (We had to convince them to keep their underwear on).

 Playing in the river will make them hungry. So you will go back to camp get on dry clothes and roast hot dogs and marshmallows.

After dinner they will announce that they have to go potty. You will tell them to "water" a tree. Chances are that after they "water" a tree, they will think it is so fun that they will want to "water" a tree every ten minutes for the rest of the trip. Seeing all the trees will remind them how much they love to go camping, that they will ask you every day after your return home to take them camping again. 

                                      

(Lacey's expression most of the camp out)

The view from our tent.

Al Borland

Look who we had over for dinner!

Okay, so it wasn't Al Borland, but I would rather have this cutie eating next to me than anyone famous.

We celebrated Lacey's birthday while her Grandparents were in town.

She didn't even hesitate to go for it.

Notice the death grip around that cake.

I think she liked it. 

She also liked her presents...

but unfortunately when you are the youngest you don't get to play with them for very long before an older sibling takes over.

A little bit about my 1 year old girl:

• She loves "patty cake" and "here's a ball for baby"
• She loves the phone and pretends to talk on it when she gets a hold of it. She can say hello, but with out the consonants. Close enough, right?
• She is a major sweet heart
• She loves to flirt with older boys and men, but women make her nervous. 
• She loves graham crackers and bananas
• Of course she loves her daddy and will often yell "Da" when she wants him. Oh, and if Matt comes home and doesn't acknowledge her she is very offended and will cry until he does. 
• She loves her older brothers...most of the time. 
• A huge fan of chocolate. That's my girl. 
• She is our little ray of sunshine with her little happy personality. 

Things worth Celebrating!

First and foremost Matt passed the Colorado BAR! YAY!!!!!!I am so proud of him! 

We broke in our new tent by having a backyard camp out.

Yummy S'mores

We celebrated Easter...

and discovered we had a talent in wearing Easter eggs.

Blake graduated joy school and cut his hair for cousin Carter.

Tyler also cut his hair for Carter and has learned how to go potty standing up. (Not sure if that's worth celebrating since it's messier, but he is proud about it).

Lacey had RSV (not worth celebrating), but she didn't have to go the hospital and she is 100% better. She is also getting closer to crawling.

The only way Lacey would do her breathing treatments with out being hysterical was if she had her Teddy Bear.

Grammie and Granddad came for a short visit. We celebrated Matt passing the BAR, Grammie's birthday and Cinco de Mayo, by going to the zoo, eating frozen yogurt and yummy mexican food. This of course was the only picture I took that day. 

The boys also went on their first father's and sons camp out. 

I had a night all to myself (after Lacey went to bed)

Matt survived the Father's and sons camp out with Blake and Tyler

My floor has been mopped (That really is worth celebrating)

Matt is taking the Arizona BAR so we could possibly move back to AZ

and I have the most wonderful husband and kids on this planet!