More pictures.....

From top to bottom (and left to right): Christopher with the Rice kids in my parents yard, they were playing in the sprinkler; C at that same father/daughter campout, at Lake Wellington, near the campfire with a stick; Joel trying to show him to aim a little higher with the bat; Shauna showing him the glowing thing; another pic of me, Shauna, C and Jaime rafting at Lake Wellington.

Pictures, early summer 2007

Told you he follows through and lifts his back leg, didn't I? : )

He Loves T-ball!



Haircut, it took me forever to do it and I cut myself very badly, but he was mostly good : ) My mom wouldn't let me just use the clippers again.

Both pictures below are from Lake Wellington when we went on the Father-daughter campout with my Dad and Shauna and Jaime. He loved rafting : )

Summer 2007

Well, I have been quite the slacker. And not just where this blog is concerned! I wanted to post some new pictures and realized I seriously haven't taken any in quite a while! I got a little down about it when we lost just about all of the pictures we've taken since Christopher was born due to a computer (actually 2, since we had a backup on Shauna's external drive that also crashed) crashing. But I definitely need to suck it up and start again! So, I just begged my family for their recent pics of Christopher and hopefully I'll have some soon.

We have been REALLY busy, especially since summer started. Baseball season is in full swing, and the Rockies have had an extremely up and down season so far (currently, sadly, in the down stage!). They had a horrible April, then had their longest winning streak in 8 years or so, took 2 out of 3 from the Red Sox and came home to sweep thr Yankees, and are currently on a road-trip with a 7 game losing streak with a couple of heart-breaking late losses! My job with them is also a little more stressful this year, but I still love the people I work with and think it's nice to get paid to watch baseball : )

We also have some summer events going on. We just did a friend's wedding and have had a couple of summer picnics. Tammy is starting to schedule a lot more, so that should keep us busy and help the income a little : ) Otherwise, for me, there are just a lot of summer plans, Christopher and I will leave in just over a week for Orlando with my sisters Denise and Jaime. We'll spend a week there (July 10-17th), and see lots of friends and family. And when we come back we'll have a short break before Joel's parents come to town and we have tickets to events and plays.

Joel is still working away at 1stBank and steadily moving up. We've adapted to his different schedule and keep Christopher up a little later. It actually works pretty well because when I get home from games so late, I like to sleep in, and for the most part, Christopher does too, since he stays up. We do get some weird looks when we have him out late though : ) Joel also finally got released from Primary and now holds callings in the Elders Quorum and as assistant ward clerk over membership. I'm the Beehive advisor and am having a great time working with the youth of the church again.

Christopher talks a blue streak and LOVES baseball, tho he has a great appreciation for most types of balls : ) He apparently has been observing the game more than we thought, as he follows through on both his throwing and swinging. He even lifts his back leg at the end of his throw and steps into his swing! He has a favorite bedtime story; "Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo", he loves it because of all of the animals. He recognizes most animals and can make all of their noises. He loves his aunts and uncles and Papa and Grammy. I'm sure he'll have a great time with Joel's parents this trip and start to remember them more too. He's learning so fast right now! It's a lot of fun.

When I get pictures I will make another post including some of them.

2007

Well, here we are in 2007. This year I will have my 10 year high school reunion (I can say that because I'm planning it! : )), Christopher will enter his Terrible Twos (unless we're very lucky), our marriage will turn 5 years old, and I'm sure many other things will happen we have no way of knowing right now.

We spent the last two weeks of 2006 mostly at home and with my family at my parents' home. The roads are still horrible from the two storms we had. Side roads still have snow and ice, and major roads are clear and mostly dry, but have new potholes. Most of my Christmas presents were things to improve my home and wardrobe, and I'm THRILLED, as I almost never buy clothes for myself and have been desperately wanting to decorate the house, but haven't quite had the means. I also got an ipod nano from my cousin Lori, another thing I would never buy myself but am sure I will use and am very grateful for.

The past 6 months Joel has gotten 2 promotions and 4 raises. We're excited to see them settle in and to start saving money and get out of debt. He's not crazy about his current hours, but we're adjusting so we can spend as much time together as possible.

I hope everyone had great holidays and has something to look forward to in this new year. Take Care and keep in touch!

It's 2007!

Christopher as a pirate for Halloween (he even says "arrgh"! : ))
playing basketball in his room (yeah, he stands on the bed, but he'll grow!)
Christmas morning. He was overwhelmed after about 2 presents, but he had fun.
Christopher and I at my parents, Dec 30th. Little Audrey is in the high chair.
my sisters and I at my parents', also Dec 30th.

This is the whole family (with the exception, of course, of Steven who is in Brazil for at least another year), at Lori's wedding, 11/25/06. l to r: My sister Jaime (18), sister Denise (25), my parents, Gary & Terri, brother Mitchell (15), sister Shauna (23), Christopher (17 months), Myself, and hubby Joel is in the back.

Snowed in!!

Well, it's almost Christmas, and we've been snowed in for 2 1/2 days. My dad just finally came to shovel out my car, but I still haven't attempted to drive. We've accumulated over 2 feet of snow since the storm started Wednesday. People are stuck here who don't want to be here and others can't get here. Denver International Airport was closed for 2 full days. It's a little crazy : )

Christopher and I have been getting a little stir-crazy. Joel came home from work early Wednesday and stayed home yesterday, but they had to open the bank this morning. We've gotten a lot of cleaning done and I colored my own hair : ). We have yet to even start our Christmas shopping, and I'm sure everyone in the metro area is at least behind, so the next couple of days should be fun : ).

December was very busy for our family business, as usual. Christopher has spent a lot of time with baby-sitters. I got called as the Beehive Advisor at church just at the beginning of December and am enjoying getting reacquainted with the Young Women Program. Joel got a promotion and, therefore, transfer almost 2 months ago and tho he doesn't love the hours, seems to be doing well there.

Last month our big project was my cousin Lori's wedding. She got married out here the weekend after Thanksgiving, so we had around 40 people for Thanksgiving and then put on a wedding. Hopefully I'll be posting pictures of that soon.

We hope everyone is happy, healthy and having a great holiday season!