In other news, we are welcoming fall with open arms. I'm not sure I'm ready for the leaf raking, but am soaking in the cool mornings, extra covers on the bed, soups, and of course football:) We are definitely not die hard around here, but there is something fun about game days with UT flags on every other car, and orange everywhere!
Joel and Kate (born 11 days apart)
Roochita with Joel
Keely and her two angels Caleb and Kate
Syd and Caleb
Hey all! Is anyone still out there?! I had all but given up on ever posting again to this fabulous bloggy blog. Thankfully I had my mind changed the other day when Sydney and I went back through each and every post from the beginning. We had the best time looking at all the pics, and watching the videos. Sydney could have watched videos of herself all afternoon. So we are back (for now anyway)! I am going to try to do better so Joel can join in the picture viewing fun one day.
Too much to catch up on, so I'll just start with the here and now. Syd will be starting preschool next week, which I think she is excited about and Joel is going on 7 months old:) Sydney loves being a big sis. She will stop doing just about anything for a chance to hold him. It's crazy too how much Joel looks like Syd at that age. Joel has officially starting sucking the 2 middle fingers on his left hand (longhorns, which I guess his cousin Lyd taught him). Honestly I am thankful he has something to soothe himself...he is an easy baby full of smiles and laughs!
My cup runneth over!
Can you tell who is who? Syd on top and Joel on bottom...crazy huh?! More examples to come!
My little goggle girl..she loves going under! Thank you Y swim lessons! This is her practicing in the bath.
Hiking with Courtney The longhorns...my sweet boy
So I can't believe it's already August! Some of me is ready for summer to be over since it has been so HOT, but I try to remind myself how in the winter I am always dreaming of summer. So here's to making the most of the rest of this hot hot season:) We are headed to the pool in a little while and hoping it feels at least slightly cooler than a bath. Sydney is growing up by leaps and bounds and pretty much keeping us laughing and on our toes all the time. She will be a big sister at the end of January, and got to hear her baby brother/sister's heartbeat today at the doc. What a blessing! Here are a few pics from our summer so far;
Syd's bonnet from Gramps
time in Florence with mawmaw
wadey woo woo as syd calls him
lydy looloo
hiking in townsend
boating adventures
syd's first day of school...(mother's day out)
Hiking as a family with 20+ people
Wade with his Daddy enjoying a cozy ride
Lydia and Pappy
Wrestling with Pappy - the girls were introduced to a "hard hold"
We dug ourselves out of the snow in Utah only to bring some home with us!! We went out there a couple weeks ago and had such a great time. Drew worked the first part of the week, and then the Connells and Purnells met us for some fun in the snow. Just during the week we were there, some parts of Utah got 3-5 FEET....I don't know exactly how much we got, but I do know that trying to walk in it wore us out! The only way to successfully get around in it was with skis or snowshoes on!
Seeing that amount of snow while surrounded by white mountains was a reminder to me of how big God is. What a mighty God we serve.
Here are a few pics to document these wonderful memories!! 
Syd sure loved eating the snow while I became a big fan of eating Julie's delicious snow cream!!!!! YUMMY
Sydney and Drew rocking out
The gals before our morning at the spa. Talk about good!
The guys before their first day on the slopes
Sydney and Liam
The girls taking a break from the slopes by the bonfire at Sundance
