we will rock you

sunny's 4th bday party

last weekend, we celebrated sunny's birthday with a bunch of friends. one of the highlights was the pinata!

sunny and wills gave the pinata a goodbye hug before she was hoisted up the rope.


the action was priceless. i gotta say, i am amazed no one was injured in the process!




in the end, daddy got the goodies out :)

gimme tha loot gimme tha loot!!

colorado birthday extravaganza

we had a wonderful birthday celebration for sunny up in the rocky mountains. it started with an awesome steam train ride that gammy planned for the whole family. it was so cool!

after the train ride, we went to a park for pizza, cake and presents! by the way, gammy hit a home run and got the most beautiful fairy cake ever!

wills was so happy for his big sis, i think he's goin' in for the moochie.

sunny LOVED all of her presents. she even shared a magic wand with wills. she had to explain protocol to him, of course.

colorado playtime

i'm still truckin' through the colorado footage. i can't stop posting!

cruisin' to the gondola

the guys deep in their creative process.

sunny panning for treasures (ps- momma freakin' LOVED this activity too!).

play time with daddy... notice the reference to "rain", something y'all texans probably need to look up in order to understand!

best buds. makes my heart shine :)

4 years old!!

it is crazy that it has already been four wonderful years since my sweet sunny rose was born. the world is a better place with this ray of sunshine in it! i love you sweet sunny!

happy hikers

i don't know who loved hiking more, our little kangaroos, sunny and wills, or us! it was a little hard to maneuver on the trails while these little buddies insisted on holding hands! who can deny them though???




another favorite activity was when we became field scientists and drew (extremely accurate) pictures of the flowers we saw on the trail. The best part was getting to name the flowers whatever we wanted. some example of our creative names were "spiky rose" and purple-bonnet".

gondola gondola gondola

we LOVED riding the gondola in breckenridge. what a great way to see the beautiful sights in the mountains! it got to the point that every time we approached the gondola, wills would scream, "who loves the gondola??"... and would continue to scream it until we all raised our hands and yelled "meeee" in unison. i think we may have a future camp counselor on our hands! here is footage from our maiden voyage up the mountain.



i love my parents.


the pilot and co-pilot


takin' it all in

the first hike

as i mentioned before, the plane ride and journey to Breckenridge went off without a hitch. BUT, what i didn't say was that after we arrived, our overly excited, overstimulated, non-napped kiddos had a rough time of it throughout the afternoon. here's an example of what happened:



and here are some scenes from before the crash.

gettin' there

the kids did great on the plane both ways. maybe it was the early flights, maybe it was the excitement of being on the plane, or maybe it was the ipods loaded with their favorite tv shows and the emergency lollipops!

man-o-man, vacation is the best!

where to begin??? the basics: us, gammy and gan gan, uncle ross and heidi, colorado, awesomeness. prepare yourself for a posting frenzy!

shall we start with snow in august?