Cousin Fun For Everyone!!

This cute little chubba came to visit me!!!

We were so excited when the Talbots called and said they were comin for Labor Day!!! We made plans to eat good food and relax! The weekend turned out really fun!!!

Friday night we went to Outback Steakhouse

Ben got ribs.... so delicious.

Saturday morning after our run, Gabe was just LOVING Uncle Ben.

Later that morning we hit the pool!! It was a beautiful day for it!

Then Heather made us some AMAZING chile rellanos with authentic New Mexico chiles... Yum!!

After dinner, we decided to play a little Kinect to burn off the calories :)

We totally killed it on Kinect Team Sports! Yeah red team!!!

Sunday after church, we all came home and played some games

We had Salmon Kebabs for dinner... wow, they were delicious!

But Gabe didn't really think so :)

We pretended to nap :)

Jo & Cameron came over for dessert and to catch up with Heather from the good ole BC days. We played some Celestial Companions (LDS Newlyweds game)

Apparently... Ben and I struggled.... :) Never mind we're the second longest married couple!

Monday morning meant goodbye to my sweet nephews and of course Heather and Paul too!

We had to hit up Goodwill for the 50% off Labor day sale before they left :) 

We got some great scores!

And we spent the rest of the day like this:

Thanks so much for coming guys!!! We had a blast!!!

I miss you Heath!!!

Back to Good Ol Denver

Went for a Mountain Bike Ride at Wildcat Reserve

Collecting rocks for our collections :)

Brook's fancy preschool hair :)

Making pie crust with Uncle Sam

Dad got new skis!!!!

And back to the grind stone... :(

We got a smokin deal on new toothbrushes

Ellie won't STOP brushing her teeth... and face... and clothes...

Love my girls!

"Satchel" shopping :)

A little fun with chalk on the sidewalk :)

Becky Came To Visit!!

For Becky's graduation gift, she got to come stay 10 days with us in Denver!!! She rode back from Boise all the way in the back seat (what a trooper!!)!!

Our first day in Denver, we decided to hit the 16th Street Mall and see some sights. We went to the Federal Reserve Bank Museum and saw some pretty cool stuff. We made our own currency too... We're the new faces FOR SURE!

Saturday we went to Goodwill for our favorite 1/2 price sale-

Oh yeah, we found some keepers....

Monday night was FHE and a lively game of Charades

Becky: Dolphin Brook & Ellie: Horses

Dena: Crab Ben: Donkey

We found this AMAZING dress at Goodwill- with a few tweaks here and there, it turned out INCREDIBLE!!! Becks sewed it all by herself :) So proud!

We tried to swim the whole week but it was rainy and cold almost every day!!! :(

The one day we thought we'd get some quality swim time in, after 20 minutes there, it started to pour!

Jenna was kind enough to let Becky help teach the girls swim lessons

Becks and I went to St Nick's because Christmas is Becky's all time favorite holiday- they have such fun stuff there!!! It totally made me so sad it's only August!

The last night we had a family movie night :)

 We had a small problem with gas leaks while Becky was here... that was fun...

Faulty water heater, wouldn't ya know.

 We started alterations on this dress, but didn't quite get it finished.

When you finish it Becks- I wanna see!!!

 We had so much fun and are so glad you came to see us Becky!!!

We love and miss you!!!!