Night at the Zoo

Asper Kourt had a pretty cool show last night at the ABQ Zoo. It was so much fun to see them on a big stage and it was also a great excuse to dance right in the middle of our picnic dinner!

Ava and Brody had a blast dancing(to the music), running(everywhere), sliding(on their knees in the grass), pushing(their strollers around) and playing(with each other AND Dora and Spiderman)!

AND...

Happy 1st Birthday To Our Friend Thomas!

A 3rd Birthday for Brody-Man!

We can hardly believe 3 years have gone by since our little Brody was born... Our nephew's birth has such a special place in our hearts and we truly remember it like it was yesterday (or at least just last year)! Kurt and I had one of the most memorable and significant days in our dating relationship and our joy was made complete with Brody's long anticipated birth! I feel like God let these two events coincide in our lives on purpose, we have so much joy in remembering the birth of this amazing little man! It was a day of miracles and blessings- one we will not soon forget! Happy 3rd Birthday Brody! We definitely loved you even before you were born and are thrilled to be part of your life!

From Bethany Beach to Hanna

July was one crazy month! First we got to go on a wonderful beach vacation in Bethany Beach, Delaware for a week with the Herig and Harney crew and then we got to spend some time in Indiana being a part of the Sun/Bowser Wedding! It was such an exciting and wonderful few weeks... and then we came home... to a busted computer. If I felt out of the loop on vacation- try to imagine having no contact with all of your internet buddies (facebook, blogspot, gmail) when you get back home! I feel beyond out of the loop at this point, but so thrilled to finally have a new computer and contact with my friends (who I'm sure didn't even know I was gone)... In an attempt to catch everyone up, here are some pictures from our great summer vacations:

The Girls (JoJo, Ava, Dani, Lisa, Kelsey, Jordan and Kayla)

The Dudes (Kurt, Kevin, Tug, Jack and Bruce)

WaWa Wim (swim)- Ava's favorite part of the whole trip

Walkin' down the boardwalk with Dad

Bagel with Cream Cheese (kept her occupied for close to an hour every day)

Ava wasn't so much a fan of the beach so she spent her time in the baby pool sans wawa

My version of working out during the trip (and since...)

And Kurt's version...

Ava and PaPa having fun in the pool... "Dad, are you spitting water at her?!?"

Ava's first taste of crab...I guess she liked it cause she kept asking for more

Bring on the Sunshine

"DaDa Nermaid" -Ava really loved this and reminded us all about 1 millions times about dada's few minutes as a Mermaid

JoJo trying to show Ava that the ocean water is fun... didn't work if the ocean water was still in the ocean

Kev playing a show at Coconuts, a cute little beach bar in Ocean City

I think we're ready to move to the beach (well Kurt and I are- we're still working on Ava)

And on to Indiana!

Rehearsing

I love this one- I think he's feeling lucky!

Kurt and Jacko

She was such a beautiful bride! (I felt so honored that she asked me to be her Matron of Honor AND that she trusted me to do her hair and makeup!)

David and Ava- friends since the first time they met! (Kurt and I feel the same way)

Ava and the Princess (she really thought Jackie was a princess)

Sarah, Jessie and D

Beautiful Bride, Beautiful Dress, Beautiful Wedding