The Longest Post in History

so obviously its been awhile since my last post. I figured I better catch up since its winter again & I think my last post had snow pics :) So get some popcorn, kick off your shoes, & get comfortable because I uploaded about 100 pictures in no particular order...In June we went to Texas for work/pleasure. Here are some pics of that trip:

We hauled hay, it was actually fun...surprising, I know. Chance had the best time I think.

Dustin got to drive the truck down the rows of hay, he only hit a couple bales :) Love you dust.

Me & my sweet man hangin in the hay. We were in charge of counting & stacking.

Of course we were too tired to unload it when we got home & then of course it came in & rained. Soooo, me & the boys had to run out in the rain & save it with tarps. Not as easy as it looks.

Grandpa helping lighten my load...literally!

Best buddies

Grandpa & the kiddos decided to play in the rain. Sorry for the crappy pic, I didn't want to go outside & get more wet. They stomped, jumped, rolled, & danced in the rain!

Chance made his own costume of his idol "Iron Man!" You can guess what he wanted for his birthday ;)

Back in Colorado, playing dress up in the front yard. Yep, our neighbors think we're freaks. Whatever.

You will notice how she grows throughout this post. Isn't she beautiful?

Chance had a VERY low key birthday this year. We had just gotten back from Texas & were too tired to plan anything. He totally got the shaft, I am lame. But he did get his...

IRON MAN TOYS!!

We decided to be spontaneous & make a last minute, non-planned tip to Winterpark over the 4th of July. We ended up staying less than 24 hours, took 2 kids to the ER, got rained on, & stayed in a "suite" where the biggest bed folded out of the wall. Note to self: spontenaiety is NOT for parents of little kids & hotels.com does NOT have good last minute deals at "nice" places.

Miss Priss taking her baby "Allah" on a walk. She has 100 babies, all named Allah.

Child labor at its best:

In September we took a girls trip to NYC:

My favorite ladies of all time.

Their rootbeer stand with watered down rootbeer. No customers. They were bummed.

Chance's very first spelling test with a perfect score!! This was a big day for us:

Practicing writing our words/letters in chocolate pudding:

Halloween:

Great Grandma Young came to visit for a few hours.

Kenedi's preschhool field trip to the pumpkin patch!!

OK, here are the pics from our FABULOUS girls trip!

so tired from walking 1,000 miles a day.

I know, I'm a faker.

Yep, best candy store ever.

Times Square BABY!!

We scored front row seats to the Broadway show "In the Heights," it was AWESOME. Jordin Sparks was the lead, she was amazing.

Gettin our subway tickets. Yep, we're new yorkers.

HOT

The "Big" piano with my faves.

Hint Hint Fellas...specially Clint (love you clint :) )

Giving professional lessons outside of Julliard.

The stash

Don't hate us cause you ain't us.

Yep, we're cool.

We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It was cool....long, but cool.

The Temple.

Relaxin on the Subway.

Ahhhh, fooood.

The week before the girls trip, Craig & I went on a cruise with some of our good friends. This sign was all over the plase in the Bahamas:

Seriously?

We found this sweet beach called "Jaws Beach" because its where they filmed on of the Jaws movies. Turns out a fisher went missing from that same beach a few days after we were there. They found his body in the belley of a tiger shark. Maybe thats why we had the beach completely to ourselves...

Our Group!

Our waiters dancing for us at dinner. It was so funny!

Yep, those are my toes & that is our ship. Can it get any better?

Me & my man.

The view from our room.

Enjoyin a little swim in Margaritaville

Cruisin on our sweet rides.

Copple California Trip:

More cruise:

Dinner in Southbeach. That town is NASTY.

Jumpin' with Addy.

Chance's First Day of 1st Grade!

AZ Trip:

Sorry ladies, he's bout to leave on a mission.

How can they be cousins when the look so totally opposite??

More California Trip:

Ferry ride in Cali, nice hair Chance:

Apparently we are teaching Kenedi great things...Young Family Pics:

How did I get so lucky??

Pretty much the busiest/funnest/best/craziest summer ever.

Good night.