Maya's 1st Steps & The 4th of July!

We hope that you all had a Happy 4th of July! We ventured to Urbandale, Iowa for a vacation with my family. Urbandale always is a fun place to be on the 4th of July -- huge parade, fireworks, and lots of other festivities. Gabi had lots of fun with Grammy Mary and Papa Gary. Papa and her did sparklers on the night of the 4th -- she loved them!


Here are a few pictures from the parade! Gabi took home a ton of candy!

We spent a lot of time just playing around the house. Some of my parents neighbors let Gabi borrow this car and a little scooter that she enjoyed driving around.


My parents were able to watch Maya take her first meaningful steps! She was sooooo proud of herself! Here are a couple of videos of her walking between Joe & I.

On the way to Iowa, we stopped and stayed with my Grandma Dorothy. Aunt Virginia, Uncle Gary, Allie, & Brad were able to come over to visit. They threw a birthday party for all of us! It was so fun to see them and be lavished with gifts, cake, ice cream and party favors! Thanks you guys!!
The girls did great in the car! Gabi never got tired of Joe saying, "Look at the corn!" Trust me, he said it a lot! It was nice just to relax and spend time with my family! I miss them so much!

We put our house on the market last Friday. The sign went up while we were gone, so it was quite a shock to see the "For Sale" sign in our yard. I still don't know what to think. I love this house, but I'm excited for our future as well! Cross your fingers that it sells fast!!!

I forgot to mention in my last post that the Big Horn Wild & Scenic Trail Race 50K (32.4 miles) that Joe & I did while in Wyoming went well! Joe won and I was 31st (10th female). It was a beautiful race and we're happy that we were able to run this year!

Lots of love,

Joe, Tara, Gabi & Maya