Monday, June 28, 2010

More of the wedding

I needed to add a few more...I couldn't resist! Look at these cute flower girls! :)
Everyone looking up at the mountains...there was someone rock climbing way off in the distance.
Aunt Wendy, my Aunt Lynn, Martha, Elizabeth, Michael, and Janice
My Aunt Gail, Erin, and Addison


Danny, Rachel, and baby Zeke...so cute!



AMAZING...my Granny, my Grandma, and Grandma Ginnie all made it to Colorado! It wasn't easy but they were able to come celebrate with everyone. Thank you for making the effort...it was so nice to have you all there!




Sunday, June 27, 2010

Our new family addition!

Ali's 5th birthday present is HERE! His name is Ty and he is 3 months old. She picked out a GREAT little kitten at the Humane Society because he is SO tolerant of little hands!! Lizzie is sure testing him (putting him in a doll stroller, inside a purse and carrying him around, pulling his tail, trying to ride him like a horse)...that last one I saved him from being squashed! But he just purrs everytime someone picks him up or pets him. Welcome little Ty...you are doing great! :)

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Mahalo

Lizzie, Cousin Nora, and Ali
Happy Hour at the Hyatt...our family, Grandpa & Grandma, Erin & Tony & Nora








Catching waves! They enjoyed the ocean for a few minutes here...but the girls didn't like the waves this year either...some day I'm sure they will...maybe!! Ali likes the movie "Barbie in a Mermaid Tale" where Barbie is a surfer girl...maybe that will influence her!! :) Or maybe we'll always spend most of our days at the pool and in the jacuzzi!! Either way is great!




Two years ago

This was us 2 years ago in Hawaii...we took turns sitting with Lizzie while she slept in the stroller next to the pool...and Ali had her floatie on at all times. NOW, Ali is swimming all on her own and Lizzie wanted to go to the beach and build sand castles with Nora! :) This trip we also had NO stroller, NO diaper bag, and NO pack n play!! These girls are growing up!!

HAWAII 2010

Four days after getting home from the wedding, we left for HAWAII!! We are so lucky that my Dad and Janey have this time share every 2 years and that they want us to come! Thank you for bringing us there...it was SO lovely to be back!
Lizzie wasn't happy taking pictures with Ali and cousin Nora....
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Pre-Wedding

I have so many pictures from the wedding in June that I needed a bit more time to post them...I love how some of my friends post things that happen from day to day and I feel so connected to them but I can't seem to post on our blog more than once or twice a month! So...it's almost July now and I'm still adding things from the wedding!! But better late than never! So, when we first arrived in Colorado, it was so great because Chris' parents picked us up with 2 cars...I took one to Sheila's bachelorette party and Chris, Ali and Lizzie went with Oma & Opa in the other car to their house. My vacation started with a bang! It was so much fun to be able to go to the mountains and celebrate with Sheila! We had this great room in Black Hawk with a bunch of Sheila's friends and 3 sisters, wore crazy glasses all around the casino, played a Q & A game of who knows Sheila best (I was impressed that her sisters knew her so well), ate dinner at 9pm, and had lots of fun drinks!
Then I picked up Chris' brother, Colin, from the airport the next day and we drove up to Oma & Opa's house to see my girls! They were having a great time...and they surprized me by showing me that the basement was finished in Chris' parents' home! It was gorgeous and so nice to have a place for us to stay!!

So nice to see Chris and Colin's Aunt Patti...he is showing her pictures from China (where he and his wife Elizabeth are living for the next 2 years!)


Oma and the girls...Thank you Oma and Opa for such a nice time at your house before the wedding craziness began! :)








Thursday, June 10, 2010

Getting Ready

Look at this gorgeous bathroom...the Della Terra in Estes Park had beautiful rooms where the girls got to take a bath together.

Pete and Sheila's sunroom...we got to spend a couple days with Pete and Sheila at their house in Denver before the wedding...Pete moved in all of his stuff and Sheila moved around all of her things to make room for him!
Sheila's (and now Pete's too) three dogs...Blue, Sully, Tilly...the girls LOVED playing with them. The dogs were so good with kids and calm while they were being bothered!!
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Rehearsal Dinner

The girls with Nana
Grandma and Grandpa
Uncle Tony, Nora and Auntie Erin
Our family
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Monday, June 7, 2010

I have a new sister!!

The whole day was just gorgeous...we were so lucky with weather and Estes Park was so beautiful! I love Sheila and I'm SO happy for Peter! :)
the lovely couple!
Wendy, Poppa, Nana and Ali and Lizzie
Grandpa, Grandma, Nora, Ali, and Lizzie...it was a feat to get even this picture...the girls were a bit wiggly!
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