Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Catch up time!! (It's a long one.)

I know I've been a slacker!!  I'll warn you this post is long and honestly I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about the happenings of the past few months so hopefully the pics will 'speak a thousand words'.  :)    There will be more pics and videos to come -  updating the blog is my goal for the week.   Cross your fingers I'm successful!  :)    These pics are some of my favorites.

(These are before Regan was born and some while we were moving to Colorado.)

Miss Catherine - Briella's physical therapist.  We LOVED her!  She was fantastic and Briella loved seeing her.  We saw her once a week from Nov-Feb to help Briella walk. 
 On our way to Colorado.  We just had to stop in Lawrence!  Connor was soooo excited to see where the Jayhawks play basketball!  (The Booth Family Hall of Athletics - wish we were related!)
 One of my favorite pics!!  On our way back from church when we stayed in Kansas City.  Two tired ladies!!!!  :)  (Matt's mom was such a HUGE help while we moved, couldn't have done it without her!  Thank you Cindy!!!)
 We got to see our long lost friends from Lawrence - Kevin and Amy Player and their cute kids.   It was so much fun visiting with them - just like old times but now with kids running around us!  :)  
 This was at the Easter Egg Hunt in Colorado at the Academy.  Our future firefighter!
 Enjoying the massive Easter egg hunt!
 Decorating Easter eggs at home.

 Fruits of our labors!   The bright pink sparkly one was just for Aunty Mel !!! 
  Easter pics!

 Aunty Mel painted Briella's fingernails for the first time!  
She wasn't sure what to think about it at first but then she loved them.  She kept saying 'pretty!'


(After Regan was born!)

We got a bunch of snow on May 1st!!!  Apparently Colorado couldn't make up her mind which season she was in.  :)    But nonetheless, the kids were ecstatic!  It was 9am and there were ready to go play outside.  It was a good thing because it all melted by the afternoon.  
 They made snow angels and went down the slide numerous times.  They were so happy!
 Joe made a mini golf course for the kids!  It was awesome!!  Katelin and Joe came to visit for a couple weeks at the beginning of May.  
The kids LOVED having them here!!!  :)  (Me too!  The extra set of hands was great!!)
 Hiking at Garden of the Gods - it is beautiful!


 This is up at the Air Force Academy.  Behind us is the cadet area and the building straight back from us is where Matt works - teaching Electrical Engineering.
 We went to the Warrior Games at the Academy one evening.  We watched the Bronze medal match in wheelchair basketball.  Those guys are strong and amazing!   It was neat to watch and fun to cheer them on, even though we were sitting in the Marines section.  :)
 Enjoying the weather!  
Lots of family came for Regan's baby blessing.  We were so grateful to have them all come - it was fun!  
 Grandma Minetto 'chatting' with Regan!  So cute!

 Hanging out in the backyard.
 Papa Steve pitching to Connor.  He also taught Briella to say (with her hands on her knees), 'Hey batter, batter!'   It was soooo cute!
 Grandpa Minetto enjoying the sunshine!
 Silly family!
 On the trail to see the Academy Chapel.

 Connor and Papa Booth tossing pine cones at each other.  :)

Regan's baby blessing
We did it at our house because we forgot that it was Stake Conference weekend.  
Grandma and Papa Booth
 Grandma Jan, Papa Steve and Aunty Katelin
 All the family
Grandma and Grandpa Minetto
 Wahlquist family
 So pretty!!!


 Uncle Joe even joined us via Skype!  :)

 

Our little fishy Briella! 
 Cutie Regan!
 Our trip to the zoo.  It was so cool, we got to feed the giraffes.  Their tongues are really long!


 This is the afternoon when the Black Forest Fire started.  That's what we saw out our window around 5pm.  It was only a few miles from our house.  But luckily we were safe and sound and so was our house.  It was scary though!

 This is Briella's favorite past time - dress up!  (in anything and everything.)
 Regan's 2 months old!
 Love this pic!!!  She's so happy and fun!!
 My little helpers!
 Connor's swim lessons
By the end (2 months total - but the 1st month was a waste of time- that's a long story) he was diving underwater grabbing diving rings.  yahoo!!!!   We are so glad he feels so much more comfortable in the water.   (I'll post some videos soon)



1 comment:

Liesel said...

Great pictures. We miss you and your pictures of Allen Fieldhouse make me homesick (even though we were there after you...) Tell everyone the Buschelmans say hello!