Saturday, August 4, 2012

Cardinals Camp

We woke up and were ready to head into Flagstaff...
When planning our days away, we didn't realize that the Cards would be there, but were sooo happy when we found out.
We did some walking around the town before lunch...
Everyone had Cardinals gear (Nannie and Muntz even got some that day)

 The boys...
 Always time for 'funny faces'
 Trying to perfect the 'eye roll' as good as Ella
 The kids and the Lumberjack
 We arrived about an hour early and had fabulous front row seats on the bleachers...

 Playing games before the practice started...
 Future hall of famer???
 Definitely my favorite pic!

 And the practice began....


 The kids definitely had a great time...



 The most fun part was meeting the players after and getting autographs...
The kids took turns asking the players...
 And who would have thought Paul would have been the MOST excited!
He was grinning ear to ear and couldn't wait to pose with the players...


 Love this pic!  Jay Feely chatted with Logan for a bit and Logan loved him because he is 3 and Jay was number 3...
 And then there was Todd Heap...a former Sun Devil.....Paul wore his jersey and was excited to meet him....Can you tell?  I had to ask if Logan could be in the photo....
A similar photo from a different angle (minus Logan) actually ended up on the Cardinals website!
 EVERYONE wanted Kolb's autograph...I took the advice of a wise friend (thanks Jackie) and Logan shouted out, "Mr.Kolb"...He immediately stopped what he was doing, smiled, and came right over to Logan to sign the football.  SOOOOOOOO cute! 



 The kids and Scott Pasmore from Channel 3. He actually had interviewed Paul earlier when we were watching practice for the news...
 Peterson was so great to the fans....He signed everyone's stuff and took photos with everyone!
 We had a great time and the rain stayed away for the day....
On our way back to the car, me and my boy :0)
 It had been a long day so we enjoyed pizza outside and our cabin....

Friday, August 3, 2012

A few days up North...

The day after Nannie and Muntz arrived, we headed up to Munds park to a cabin we had rented for two days.  It was quite stormy as we arrived, but Paul was determined to BBQ and luckily the rain calmed before dinner.....
 Handsome little guy...
 Quite the pose!




 The kids with their grandparents...
 funny faces...
 Us...the last time we will be in long sleeves for another couple of months...

 We had a great dinner, relaxed, and were happy to get some sleep...
Logan was the last one up the next morning...
 cuddles...

Nannie and Muntz are HERE

It will be two weeks on Sunday since Nannie and Muntz arrived....
Their arrival was long awaited since it's been a year since we have seen them....
 And this time there was a whole case of surprises for these kiddos....

Looking forward to spending 5 weeks with them...

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Ella ON STAGE!

Ella LOVES the spotlight....
I want to do everything I can to encourage her to stay that way...
I DREADED presentations, etc.... if front of a group and I NEVER want her to feel that way!
She was ECSTATIC for summer camp at the theater with her friend from school...
They had camp Monday thru Friday and put on a performance after camp on the Friday....

The stage....
 Two of her biggest fans in the audience!
 We ordered the video of the performance since you couldn't take photos during, so we got some photos of our 'clown fish' after it was over
 Our two little clowns!
 Ella and Ella both got to be clown fish

 She loved every second!
She knew all her lines and everyone else's lines...
She sang every song and did a great job!
Her teacher advised us to keep her in the theater....we will :0)
 And Logan had to get a pic with the 'crab'......I call him my little crab!

Summer Fun

Summer has FLOWN by!!!
I can't believe how long it's been since I have blogged.....ugh!
It means we have been having fun and I have been too tired to blog at night!!!

We have had backyard BBQ/swim times with friends!
 We have gone to LOTS of birthday parties, some I didn't even get pics of...
We went to a trampoline place and poor Ella hurt herself in the first minute...ice on the knee and she managed a little jumping before the party ended....
 Logan loves to bounce! 
Happy Birthday to Brooke...we had fun!
 We also celebrated Owen's birthday and Logan must have gone down the waterslide over 100 times!

 Kellen taking a break for a snow cone!
 Ella....splash!
 Logan taking his break for a snow cone!
 And back to the slide!!!

 Happy Birthday Owen!
 And then there was swimming in the rain on the 4th at Stevie and Kristens...

 We had some tired kids at the end of the day!
It's been a fun and QUICK summer!!!!
I need to try and take some good photos in the next couple of weeks before school starts!