Phone pics

These are a few random pictures from my phone, but I just want them on here for my record:)

Here is my lovely family at the Wild Animal Sanctuary. It is about 45 minutes outside of our town and it has over 300 different animals, all that have been rescued.  It is a pretty cool place to go. There is a mile long walkway about 30 feet up, maybe more, I'm not sure, but then all the animals are below you walking around in their new habitats. All the animals are rescued, some from circuses, some from zoos, there are quite a few that people just had living with them.  It is a fun and interesting place to visit.

I thought I was going to get a little blondie and this is what popped out- and now I am so in love with her beautiful head a hair.

Brennar and Eli reading a book together - I love how much fun these two boys have together

My kiddos riding on the horses at a toy store in Boulder. Brennar was good with one ride, but Brilee rode is non-stop for about 10 minutes

Brennar and Eli and my other friends little girl, Autumn (the 3 kiddos on the right) all take swim together, it is so fun to watch them and get to catch up with my mommy friends at the same time

Brilee wanted me to take a picture of her in her new snuggie to send to Grama Honey

See I told you Brilee likes riding horses:)

My little shark man

Brilee's birthday present, we set it up early, it is so much fun, even mommy can go down!!

We went to Boulder to run a few errands and we found a free train to ride - kiddos loved it!

August...almost caught up!

August brought about a milestone for us, I crossed the "safe point" for our pregnancy.  Although I had been showing for quite some time, I finally felt safe in telling people, although we didn't make an announcement this time around.

Sure felt nice to be safely in the second trimester. I actually had an US at 12w2d and I measured at 13 weeks, so that was so nice to see!  So baby Stapp moved up from having a due date of 2/1 - my birthday, to 1/27 so who knows when baby will make an appearance!

Brennar starts school the middle of August and although I have tried to have the kids have a fun summer, I haven't felt well at all, so the first 2 weeks I planned to do as much as we could.  We spent a lot of time outside in the backyard

Little cuties with their shades - they have to have them on every time we go outside, just like their mommy does:)

Brennar played a lot of baseball

And Brilee watched him:)

But luckily big brother came and joined her after he played!

Gosh, they are just so stinkin cute!

Here is a picture of Baby Stapp - I think s/he looks just like Brennar did in his ultrasound pictures:)

I caught the two of them laying on the floor planning an attack on mommy and daddy

And one last pic of my little lady

Our July

July flew by for us again this summer, mostly because we were crazy busy with some really fun stuff and some not so fun stuff too.

We went back to MN with my moms family again, and we had such a great time.  Brennar did his fair share of fishing, he probably caught around 20 fish that week and loved each and every one:) my mom was taking pictures so I didn't that week - but of course I forgot to get them from her camera. (I have learned my lesson- Ill get my own from now on)

There is just nothing better then seeing your kids so happy doing the very same things you did at their age!! Although Brennar asked over and over to try water-skiing (maybe next year) but that is one thing I didn't ask to do:)

We had our friends over for a few playdates, I did get the camera out for one of them, but here is Brennar and Eli on the see-saw. 

Brilee and Ava hangin in the shade- I did get some pictures with Zac in them - but he was naked (potty-training) and I didn't think he would want me posting those kind of pictures with him :)

My crazy kiddos, Brennar is a little blurry since he is jumping put that is pretty much how he is all the time, so why not capture it??

My little lady had another visit to the ER - another ear infection, so the next day we just hung out at home. Brennar was watching a movie where they make spider pizza so he requested we do the same

So what if it looks a little more like a sunshine then a spider:)

He loves himself some cheese:)

Brennar found some dress up clothes, so he was a cowboy for an entire day - must be that "made in Montana" he has in him:)

And my little lady got herself a Princess Sofia dress and she would hardly take it off

She wants a Sofia birthday party this year, so I thought it was only fitting that she had her very own dress to look just like her:)

And then, since Briee was getting dressed up, Brennar decided to dress up as a dino - T Rex to be exact! But doesn't he just look so great? This was his best "mean" face, but I just think its cute:)

Love her little face!!!

Alex brought Lucy back to MT so they stayed the night with us.  Kula and Lucy had a blast - they played so so nice together. Not sure if they knew they were sisters or not, but they sure had fun.

My grandpa Ed died in the middle of July.  It was so nice to be able to go and see all my family, but I was such a mess the entire trip.  He is my first grandparent to die and I guess I just never thought it would happen.  But the really cool thing is that I am pretty sure that my little Brilee Grace saw him!  We talked to Brennar about what had happened to him only because we had talked to him about Bella and Beckett so we thought he may be able to understand a little bit, but we never once talked to Brilee. The day after we got home, I was walking down the stairs holding Brilee's hand, and she said 3 times in a row that Papa died (grandpa), and that papa odd (grandpa Todd) was sad, then she told me papa in heaven and smiled.  She has never even heard the word died, so there is no way she could have known what it meant and how she could even relate Grandpa Ed to Grandpa Todd - that was the only thing she said and never once said another word about it.  How amazing is that!!! I have always thought that little ones can see things we can't and have had a couple different things happen with both kids that confirm it.  Makes me a little more at peace with it.

In the middle of all that Clint had a birthday in there! So once again we have narrowed that age gap from 3 years to 2, even if it is only for another 6 months:)

Rounding out our June

The last half of the month was pretty uneventful around our house, it was soooo hot, so we spent a lot of time in the pool or down stairs.

My little bathing beauty - only a few more summers until daddy puts the end to bikinis, but isn't she just adorable in one?

One of the many faces of Brilee Grace - definitely one of my favs!

Skinny little pirate boy

Brennar is starting soccer this fall, so daddy has been practicing with him in the backyard.

Brennar prefers to be the goalie most of the time - he apparently also prefers to do it in just underwear!

Here is Brilee and one of her new besties, Miss Julianna Marie - I got the girls matching outfits:)

Brennar and Kula cakes - they love each other

But our biggest news is... We are having another baby!!!! Woo who!! We are so happy!

The beginning of June

                                       My loves!!! Aren't they all just so cute!

We took the kids up to Georgetown, CO for a little train ride.  I think the ride is about 30 minutes each way.  It was just the perfect amount of time.  We drove up in the morning hoping to spend some time in the mountains but it was crazy windy, so we pretty much stayed in out car until the train was taking off.  But once "the mountain train" in Brennar's words got going, the kids had a blast.

My little lady, just poses oh so well for pictures anymore:)

I was trying to get in a little photo shoot so I could make something cool for Father's Day, but didn't have much luck.  But, got a few cute shots

Brennar is always happy to comply with my picture taking!!

Here was the winner.