Say Cheese

These are the first glimpses of the babies smiles.

Uncle Craig in Rockport

Daren's brother Craig is a helicopter pilot and has been working in Kansas City. He had some time off and so we met in a tiny town called Rockport Missouri. We thought there would be somewhere in the town to eat just a bit off the freeway but we were wrong. I don't think the town had even one stoplight. We went back to the freeway where there was a Subway in the gas station and a McDonald's. Both of those sounded pretty safe, boring and ghetto but safe. There was a restaurant in the back called the Black Iron Grill or BIG for short. That seemed even more ghetto but we let Craig pick and he was up for an adventure. We went in side and it was actually really nice. It was more like a Famous Dave's inside. The food was great and Craig treated us to a fine meal. Thanks Uncle Craig. We miss you.

2 Months

I can't believe how lucky we are to have these precious babies in our home. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to believe I am not just dreaming. We waited so long to have them and now they are finally here and I don't know what we did without them.

Help

Does anyone know why my pictures keep posting sideways even though on my computer they are straight? Also how do you do the list of friends and family with the drop down menu so it is all compact?

Better than nothing...

Here is a cute one of them holding onto each other. No time for more now.

This day couldn't come soon enough

I don't know who was more ready for this day, Aspen or I. I know she has been really bored at home with me having to take care of babies all day. She has been kind of jealous of the attention the babies get. It is great she gets to go back to school to be with her friends and have a more structured day. She really seems to have enjoyed her first couple days back. She was able to get the same teacher, room and same 10 of the 13 kids in her class. I think this will really make the move much easier with less transition and less change. Hope all of your first days of school went well.

Good Bye Zoo, Good Bye Omaha

We made our last trip to the zoo to see the butterfly exhibit. I thought Aspen might finally enjoy the carousel. She really liked standing in line listening to the music and she liked the first half of the ride and then I think she went on overload. She covered her ears and clung to me. It was fun to see how she would react. It is sad to think of all the things we will miss about Omaha. I have to say one thing I won't miss are the winters. We will be leaving just in time. We should be headed out the first week in October if all goes as planned. Hopefully all the pieces fall into place. Boise here we come.