The ZOO

Our good friends, the Steadmans, invited us to go to the zoo with them.  I think the last time I went to the zoo was when Morgan was about 3 or 4 years old.  It's been awhile.  We were really excited, and so were the kiddo's.

Here's a nice photo of the drive down.  That's the Steadman's mini-van in front of us.  I THINK someone is waving at us in there somewhere, and that's Collin pointing in his mirror.

Funny thing....when we got there I noticed a Canon booth set up.  I guess you could give them your credit card info and they would let you "borrow" a Canon and a nice lens for the day.  You can see in this photo that they were EVERYWHERE.  I was rubber-necking the entire time.  (it was a little embarrassing whipping out my ol' Canon Xsi.  Oh well.)

I have fond memories of this drinking fountain.  I'm not sure if there's more than one now, but I remember this thing from when I was a kid. :)

Crede had fun with his "map" again (he has a love for those....just check out our Lagoon Day post) and I think he even carried around a bag (it totally looked like a purse) the ENTIRE time.

That middle photo is of Morgan, Grace, and Alaina.

 

Our crazy kids.  Maybe next time Lilah can be in the photo too.

 

 

Our little family.  Lilah is about 2 months old here....

Big shoes to fill.....

 Gage really looks up to his older brother.  He follows him around the house, he loves playing with him in their bedroom that they share ~ and I think that it's pretty cool to have 2 boys in a row.

Here's Gage trying on Crede's shoes one night.  

PS ~ I think Gage is pretty darn cute.

Snapshots

 I didn't take these photo's for any reason in particular ~ I just wanted to take a few of Lilah really fast.

Obviously, she's not in the best of moods....and I think it's cute.  I love her little pouty face.

We're so happy you're here.

Working my way BACK

Seeing as I'm a few months behind here, I've decided to post our most recent photo's and then work my way back. If you stop by every so often, keep going back and you'll find new posts...if you care to :)

First up: Lilah on her blessing day. I loved, LOVED this dress. If you didn't know this already, we don't like to find out if we're having a boy or a girl when I'm pregnant. We like the surprise.

Earlier in my pregnancy, we went in for the "big" ultrasound. During the ultrasound, the technician says, "Well, it's a girl." Chance and I just sat there, stunned. I was super bummed that our surprise was ruined. But guess what?! I got to go shopping. GIRL shopping. What could be more fun than that?! So I found this website that sold christening gowns and fell in LOVE with this dress.

We didn't want any of our friends or family to know that WE knew what we were having, so I just told everyone that this store had an amazing return policy...(like a 6 month grace period). :) Anyway, Cute dress, cute baby, one amazing day.

Chance was able to give our daughter a name and a blessing and it was so much fun having all our friends and family there to support us. We had a fun get-together at our home after and ate until we were sick. I heart eating. Anyway, enjoy the photo's, and know that I love my little family and my husband that has the values and morals that are important in this world today. Love you Chance.

First Day of School

Here's my 2 goofballs on their first day of school. Grace started Kindergarten this year and was pretty hesitant once we got there to drop her off....but no tears. (yay!). Morgan started 3rd grade which is pretty weird. See, I can remember back to the days when I was in 3rd grade. This gives me a lot of stress because now I totally have the responsibility of being a good parent. If I screw up big NOW...my kids will remember. So. Much. Pressure.

Aren't my girls cute though? I think so.

Lagoon Day...

 This was our kids very first visit to Lagoon.  Some of our good friends (The Steadmans) were able to hook us up with super discounted tickets.  We all decided to go together ~ and our kids had a BLAST.  I made the mistake on going on a SICKENING ride first thing in the morning, and I have to say, I didn't feel right the rest of the day.  When did I offically get old!?

We ate lunch there, got a sitter for that night, and took the kids home.  The adults then came back that night.  It was a blast.  After some pretty hefty coaxing, I was talked into going on "Wicked" with everyone.  I was FREAKED OUT.  But guess what?  We ended up going on it over and over...probably a total of 7 times.  We were officially one of the last groups on the ride.  It was SO much fun, and we're totally looking forward to another visit next year.

Thank you Steadmans!!

 

 Grace was hilarious on these.  She couldn't figure out the steering, so she just basically spun in a circle all by herself the entire time.  HA!

 And then there was Crede with the map.  He would NOT let that thing out of his sight.

 

 

 

Newborns

 Of course I needed an official "newborn"photo shoot with my new little girl!  I have to tell you though.....it's SO difficult with 4 other kids needing attention.  I'm also going to give a little dis-claimer.  These are by FAR from perfect....I just love them because they're of my littlest.  Enjoy!

Baby Lilah