Maura's 4th bday

Today was Maura's 4th birthday party. We celebrated in a girly manner...making lip balm, painting nails, dancing, playing dress up and making body glitter. Maura's mommy knows how to throw a party! It was so fun. Here is just some of what went on...

Sammie and the birthday girl.

Ana, Maura and Sammie.

Getting ready to make glitter.

Lip balm central.

Lunch with the girls...

Happy Birthday Maura!!!

VBS

The last 3 weeks Samantha has been a busy little girl. She did a week of summer camp at her preschool, last week she did a week of VBS at Cornerstone church with Ana and this week she did VBS at her preschool with Ana and Maura. She's been learning a lot and having a ton of fun and today was the last day. Next week starts our official "summer vacation". Hopefully she'll get the memo about sleeping in and give that memo to her brother. Happy summer everyone!


Ana, Maura and Sammie

Mailman Cole

Apparently we need to get this kid some "guy" dress up clothes! Ha! I don't know about you but our mailman does wear pants, doesn't have a bonnet and no wand either! But he's also not as cute!

Father's Day

What says Happy Father's Day better than backyard fun? We love you Peter and think you're the best dad in the world, so glad you're ours!

Retreat

This last weekend I went on a weekend getaway with my good friend Mary. Her sister has a "cabin" up in Pinetop Lakeside. Although, it's more like a beautiful house than a cabin.
We had a great time. Sleeping, long drives, ski lift, hikes, drinks, quiet, fresh pine air and much more. Here is just some of what we were up to...


Mary and I.

The cabin.

This is when Mary was calling her sister because she
FORGOT THE KEY!!! Luckily the reality office up the
street had a spare (we got there within 10 min of them
closing!)

We drove up to sunrise to ride the ski lift and
in the way we saw a herd of deer. There were
about 30! It was amazing.

Had to take a pic of the ski lift so that I could
show Sammer.

The view from the top of sunrise.
We just sat here and stared for a
long time. SO beautiful.

I love how this tree looks like it's
pointing to the cloud!

Here we are at the top.

This is where we had some fun the first night.

And the sign is no joke....the wineburger was

outstanding! Best burger I've ever had.

Enjoying some scenery.

Look, a tree!

And rocks!

This stream looks like it's flowing right to the big tree. Love it.