So, as you've noticed we go through phases of posting here. What happens? We start to believe no one actually reads this, so we stop. However recently it's been drawn to our attention that people do check this on a regular basis and are wondering why we haven't posted anything in .....oh.....forever!
So here's a quick update!
October 2007Our new nephew Carson Oakley was born! I was able to go to Iowa for about a week in November and spend a majority of that time with my sister and beautiful nephews!
Cooper loves to cook!
Look at that sweet face!
Now for 2008February we went to Minneapolis, our friends Brian and Ann got married! It was a beautiful wedding and we had an amazing time! It was so awesome to see our friends/family that we miss and love dearly!
Our beautiful friends the Villasenor Kelly's and the Ervasti's
Our "neice and nephew" Maya and Sam *Luff them!*
Brian and Ann getting their dance on
Such a beautiful bride!
One of our favorite families in Denver had their third baby! This was our first time meeting Ari!
In A
pril both of our nieces were born!
Starlet Rose
Kenna Taylor
The girls! 3 weeks to the day apart!
In
May, both Conor and I were able to go to Iowa to visit the family! This was the first time Conor had gotten to go back with me in quite some time, and was his first time meeting Carson! We drove through the night, slept a couple of hours and got up in time to make it to church. My Grandma Johnson started a church and we really wanted to go and support her. It was so awesome seeing my grandmother preach! She's so cute!
Conor and Carson snuggling!
don't you just want to eat them up!
snuggling with my favorite boys!
In
June we had to say goodbye to Bruce. Bruce was our friends cat that we kept while they got settled in CA. We had him from November to June. At first we hated him, then we came to love him. Such a bizzare creature, he is.
He laid on his back like this often. So hilarious!
Most of you know our dog, Juliet, is a total wuss. So to say the least, Bruce stressed her out a lot, but they had a love hate relationship. By the end, they really did play well together, but there was lots of antagonizing on both parts. The one thing I don't miss is being woken up by Bruce attacking my feet!
My dad, stepmom, and half brother also came to visit in June. We had a good time driving around the mountains. One day we went to the top of Mount Evans and the next we went to Estes Park.
I finally got to see a Mountain Goat!
Me in my mom glasses! Yes I have
transition glasses!
July 2008
We moved in with the Rents, yes we are almost 30 and live with Conor's parents! It is going well so far and we are so thankful that they would consider letting us live there! We are staying there so we don't have to pay rent so that Conor can go through an accelerated nursing program that is 14 months! It will be tough, but we are both looking forward to having him be done with school!
We got to see our friends Cassie and Chris Haw who were in town for a book tour. Chris wrote a book with Shane Claiborne called "Jesus for President." It's now in it's third printing! Which means over 70,000 copies sold! Check out www.jesusforpresident.com If you get the chance to see them in your city you should, it's an incredible show. A few members of the Psalters are traveling with them and are a fantastic bonus to the performance. The whole experience brought chills and spurs exciting conversation. It had a huge effect on me, not because it was new information (definately on the same page with what they are teaching), but I believe the Lord brought up a lot of memories and past dreams that I had let go of.
July 19th is Conor's birthday. With everything going on there wasn't much of a party planned. However he really wants to see the new Batman movie. So Saturday night we will go, with whoever wants to come with us! So if you're in town give us a call!
That's all for now. Maybe I can get Conor to add some later!
