Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Busy Summer

I apologize for the time it took me to update. It has been a very busy summer. Here is a photo update on our comings and goings.



Here is Sam on his birthday holding what is now his prized possession......"Cars, The Movie"!!! He's obsessed with Lightning McQueen and Tow Mader.

Our trees in the back yard have the prettiest pink flowers for about a week every year, so I always try to get some pictures.


Sam wouldn't look at the camera, so he was forced!! :)

Ainsley and cousin Lander at the Denver Zoo during our weeklong stay with Grandma and Granpa Schlup.



Ainsley striking a pose before her recital. Notice the ringlets, please notice them......they were a pain in the butt.





We've been doing a lot of landscaping this summer. This is the before........





And here's the after. We also installed a drainage system around the entire house and are getting new siding put on this month (more pictures of that later).


Here's Sam on a tractor at Old McDonald's Farm during a camping trip to the Black Hills.



Ainsley has been loving gymnastics this summer!! She's mastered her headstands, cartwheels, and somersaults. (The girl could literaly somersault befor she could walk)


A kind of scary, but pretty cool wall cloud that went over Gillette. It ended up producing a tornado about 15 or 20 miles later.



Brian and Sam on a hike down to Porcupine Falls in the Big Horns on our latest camping trip. I highly recommend it!! It was a steep hike, but totally worth the sweat. It was beautiful down there.



At the bottom of the trail to Porcupine Falls (that's not it in the background, that's just an offshoot that comes out in the middle of the rock, pretty cool).
We're off to Yellowstone today, so we'll be posting more pictures shortly, yes, shortly. :)