Friday, July 24, 2009

Time is FLYING by!

Oh man, it is just crazy busy around here. Gracie is amazing and growing way too fast! 2 teeth and crawling! She is the light of this family. I still wake up and cannot believe she is here. Our summer has flown by. Baseball is all over. Justin's team decided not to play in the state tournament, but Cameron's team did and we spent a weekend in Greeley. His team WON, so they are state champs for 9A! It was awesome and Cameron even got some pitching time. He did great, struck out some too. We had a huge storm here the other day, and our city has been devastated. We have trees in our yard with NO leaves, and we have very large trees. It wiped out all the flowers and gardens, was horrible. Tons of hail damage to our cars...I guess it was time for "fall" cleaning. My sister from TX is here with her 2 kids, so we spent 2 days cleaning up the yard! We had over 65 bags of trash. Not a very fun summer vacation for Lori and her kids, but they were a great help since Mat was at work for 2 days. We are having our church here on Sunday for a pool baptism. It will be so much fun and what a way to start my immersion for a new life!
We also had our pictures taken by a wonderful lady at Contemporary Expressions. She is part of the celebrating adoption photographers and she is AMAZING! Our pictures came out great and can't wait to share them. Here is a sneak peek:



To check out more of Tanja's work you can visit her at www.contemporaryexpressions.net. She will be more than happy to help you out. She LOVES what she does and to her it is truly art!

Next week we are leaving for Wyoming to visit some of my family. We are going to do some white water rafting, visit Yellowstone and see lots of wildlife we hope. It should be a nice break before football is in full swing!
Tyler, Gracie and I are also going on a 4 day trip to visit our dear friends, The Beckings and The Outmans. The Outmans just came home with their twin boys and The Beckings were our travel partners. We cannot wait to be all together again!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures and the update. I will post more when I can.

8 comments:

The Andersons said...

amazing. can we come to visit the outmans and beckings too???

michelle said...

I LOVE your family photo! and of course the pics of Miss Cuteness Gracie are terrific! I am so excited to see you! Can't wait to meet the cuteness! Andersons you ALL are welcome to visit ANYTIME!!! See you soon!

Kendell said...

Wow, Stacey! That picture of your family is BEAUTIFUL!!! Love the ones of Miss Gracie, too!!!

Lory Howlett said...

So fun! I love love love the family picture!!!

Leah Reeves said...

So so so cute!!!!!
She is growingso fast. Have fun visiting the Outmans and Beckings.....sounds like a great time.

Chantelle said...

YEah, sh eis alive and posts! I cannot believe it!
Could Gracie be ANY CUTER????? Love love the family photos. Can't believe you are actually coming! So so excited and still need your itinerary so I can get my schedule prepped to get to STL to pic you kids up!
Also, thinking we would love to buy some of hot stuff's outgorwn cool clothes if she has grown out of some of it! Not a lot of selection here and little Miss Solie Koket is growing like CRAZY!!!!
Love and miss you guys!!!!
Chantelle & Crew

Unknown said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE the new header!

What a great family shot!

I am so glad Gracie is doing so well!

Love and blessings,
Jill

Sarah said...

Oh the joy, Gracie is simply precious. I can hardly wait to hold our little Ethiopian princess. Delighted to find you. Hope you don't mind if I splash around a bit.

Blessings Costa Rica,
Sarah Dawn