Fall Update

Jacob loves the sand box!

He loves Papa's cows even more...his first words included, "cow" and "moooo".

On September 30, at the ripe old age of 16 months, Jacob took his first real steps.  He was so proud of himself and kept tipping over because he was giggling so hard!

This might be my new favorite picture of Maya...she loved the face painting she had done at the Homecoming BBQ!

Jacob loves to take a shower!!

At the garden's pumpking harvest...I think Milan and Maya were arguing over who was the snazziest dresser! ;-)  Jacob just smiles as usual...

The kids stole my phone and snapped some selfies in their new playhouse at Joyce's house!

Gio & Gabi

Maya & Gio

We took the kids to the Wyoming state cross country meet in Sheridan a few weekends ago.  We ran into one of my most favorite people of all time...Coach Sanchez.  He was our cross country and track coach when we ran at UW.  It was so good to see him and our buddies/former teammates, Chris & Greg!

Whirlwind Trip to Colorado

We headed down to Loveland to meet my parents and check out their potential new digs!  We are so excited that they are moving closer.  They gave Gabi an early birthday present...a new camera!

After we left Loveland, we headed towards Denver.  Joe had to attend a party for work.  I took all kids to my friend's house to play Bunko!  It was so fun to see all my old buddies!  The next day, we headed up towards Lake Granby to meet our friends Dan & Julianne for a weekend of camping.  They had just bought a popup camper as well and have two little boys (between Maya and Jacob's ages).  It was a beautiful location and fun times were had by all!

Enjoying the Sulpher Springs hot springs

Getting a little relaxation in with our camper in the background.

Sweetest boy...not quite walking yet, but he was perfectly content to crawl through the grass!

Couldn't beat the view!

The whole group before we headed home!

Go Pokes!

We made a trip down to Laramie to cheer on the Pokes!

I think she got tuckered out!

Back to School!!

Gabi will be in 1st grade this year.  Maya will start Kindergarten.  Their classrooms are right down the hall from each other. :)  So excited for school!

Summer Fun

Here are a bunch of pictures from this past summer!

Cooper Canyon Hike:

Can you tell from Maya's hair that it was humid?! :)

It started raining on the way out of the canyon!  Hard!

Everyone soaked, but smiling!  Fun day!

Summer Ice Cream buddies

Good Morning, Jacob!

Jacob loves to look out our windows...they are the perfect height

Strawberry Harvest!

 A weekend at the cabin:

The Gomez Family came to visit us in July!  The kids had so much fun playing together and it was so good to see them all!

Noah Gomez & Jacob

Having a sleepover with Gio and Marco in the camper!

A mom and big kids hike to the top of Windy Ridge.  Cadence, a relative of the Halls from Texas was staying with us for the week!  It was so fun to have her come along.

We made it to the top!

Gio & Gabi hiking back down

 Running through the fountains in Sheridan

One front tooth gone....

She swallowed the tooth, so this was her explanation to the tooth fairy!

 Two days later...the other front tooth fell out!

Hudson is getting big.

We had lots of black eyed susans this year!

Jacob's favorite thing to do! Ride the 4-Wheeler with Papa Dave!

Fishing with Daddy

Gabi sure does love her Papa Dave!

I think he loves her too! :)

Gabi ran track this summer and loved it!  Here she is in her first 800m run finishing hard!