AUGUST 2009

Our Happy Boy
His Froggy- He loves this thing and sucks on the tag (kind of gross i know)
Our New Deck Aaron just finished

Another Deck Shot

29 week Belly shot

People keep coming up to me saying... you must be due any day now. Nope I still have 3 months

Aricin has a Dyson just like Mama's

Kissing my belly (or his sister)

Could the belly button stick out any farther? Sorry if you're grossed out.

First Lollipop while daddy cut his shaggy hair

Tool Time :)

Our Master Bath... Aaron's almost done with it.

Shower/Tub shot

First Pair of Flip Flops

Guys, why can't i go repelling too?

Praying my Volleyball girls won't fall off the Cliff as they repel down

Just another day in Mommyworld at the Marshall house

All Done- did i mention mommy hates messiness

We like Spaghetti!

Riding the Elephant

Family Pic at Vail

Surprise Visit from the Fam. for my 30th

Swing time turned into nap time with Grandpa

Pool time with Grandma

Yet another Rockies Game

Hmmmmm????

Rockies game with the Cartier's and my Amish Husband.

High Fever = First Popsical

Let's get crafty there's a baby girl on the way....

Too fun

Wild man!

Watch out here he comes

Umm... Why is the cow talking to me? Is that weird to anyone else?

New Belgilum Brewery. Introducing Fat Tire Beer to Jon

Jon and the Denver Art Museum

He loves to read or to be read to

Tractor Time

August went by way tooo fast. I dont' even know where to begin. I turned the big 3-0 this month and my parents surprised me and flew out. We went up to Vail with them for the weekend which was awesome! I got a job at Valor coaching the Frosh/soph Volleyball team. I am soo enjoying coaching and think we are going to have a good season. Despite being very pregnant i'm still able to hit and serve at them. I can't wait for next year when i can jump in and actually play. I'm almost 30 weeks now and the baby is super active, the last few days she's gotten the hiccups in the morning and has started kicking me in the hips of all places- she's trying to maximize the real estate in there. Overall i'm feeling good- starting to have some back pain and am starting to feel fatigued, which might be from coaching. Aaron makes fun of me because i usually fall asleep right after Aricin (around 8:30). Aaron has been quite the work horse finishing our new deck and our Master Bath. He's a crafty one and has been busy being back at school with his two new classes Intro to Ethics and Bible Survey. I usually drop Aricin off at his classroom a little before 4 while i go to Volleyball practice until 6. It was sad to see my brother off in August as he moved back to San Diego to finish up at Point Loma- we had a blast with him here and Aricin can't wait for him to visit again. Aricin is growing so fast and talking more along with climbing everything he can find. Our church nursery attendants call him their little monkey and spider man because they can't keep him off the furniture. I have to admit i've had a bit of an obsession this summer with Garage Saling. Highlands Ranch has some killer Garage Sales and for a couple bucks here and there i've manage to fill our house with an excess of toys we don't need but Aricin's not complaining. This summer was filled with lots of Bar-B-Q's with friends, afternoon rains, pool time, park time, day trips, and laughter. I still laugh at myself and how Anti-Colorado i was before we moved here. Coloardo is really an amazing state. The weather is awesome, the people are nice, and everyone is always outside doing something active. Please come visit, we love having guests!

July 2009

Riding his 4 x 4
Rockies Game

Those Baby Blues

Hmmmmm.

Yes another Rockies Game

Touch Down!??

It's been a baseball summer

Go Dodgers!

Watching the game

Seriously mom? another picture.

Mom this Bee Costume looks kind of girly

At the park

Weeee!

At Tom and Andrea's wedding

Shaving Uncle Jon's head

The after picture

The first cut was the hardest...

Our little climber

Outlaws Lacross Game - 4th of July

4th of July Highlands Ranch Parade

Working on facial hair like Uncle Jon with my chocolate pudding

So sleepy

I'm so sad as I realize August is almost here and the summer is almost gone. Aaron goes back to school for meetings and prep in a week and Jon leaves in another couple weeks. We or I should say Aaron and my brother Jon have been busy working on lots of house projects. It has been so great having Jon here- Aaron surprised me and whisked me away for our anniversary for a night and we left Aricin with Jon without any worries- it was great! This summer has been filled with lots of baseball games, a lacross game, Beer tastings for the guys, warm sunny days, warm thunder storms, and fun. Aricin is growing so fast and continues to learn new things and make us laugh. He's also going through what i hope is a phase of climbing. Everytime we turn around we're pulling him off of the dining room table, window seals, or anything else he can scale. He loves to play outside and is great at exploring. He is also very much a toddler and is starting to push limits and see what he can get away- We are not excited about disciplining - parenting is tough and i'm sure will just get tougher. But all and all things are good out here in Colorado.

Kids Bath Renovation

So my Awesome hubby has been working away at a crazy amount of house projects this summer and here's a peek at the Kid's Bath. It's basicly done- or it was until we found out you're not supposed to put glass tile on the floor- next week he'll be retiling the floor. Either way we're pleased with how it turned out.

Cats...

We're not big Cat people but a friend of mine from Westmont, Robin Eley was recently asked to illustrate a children's book. It was published a couple of months ago and I recently checked it out at our library. It's called How Many Cats by Lauren Thompson. It's a super cute read if you're looking to buy or check out a book. And I must say the illustrations are Awesome! Go Robin!

It's a Girl

Most of you know already but for those of you that haven't heard... we're having a girl
and i'm finding to my husband's dismay little girls are so much more fun to shop for. We can't wait to meet her!