July Summertime Fun

Star and Andy came to visit with Attison and Ayla

Denver Aquarium

Denver Zoo

Fun at the Park...

New Belgium Brewery with Uncle Jasun and Nick..

Anheiser Busch Brewery with Uncle Jasun and Nick

Tally introducing Nick to her baby

Garden of the Gods with Uncle Jasun and Nick...

Mesa with the Buechelers...

Tally and Jonas

Aricin and Carter

5 stiches for me- compliments of some scrap metal sticking out in our basement

Super Tally

Snack time

4th of July

The crew

Father-son camping trip...

July flew by and was pretty busy. Aaron and a couple of our other guy friends brought their 3-5 year olds on a camping trip- the kids and dads all had a great time and Aricin even got to go fishing for the first time. He loved finding sticks, climbing things, and running around with his buddies. We also spent a weekend up in Mesa, Colorado visiting with my grandparents and Aunt and Uncle- we explored Grand Junction and even got to take a boat out for an afternoon on the lake. The kids loved playing with the cousins Jonas and Carter who are about their ages. 4th of July we stayed in Highlands Ranch and went to a parade and later watched fireworks with friends. We've enjoyed lots of water fun at the local pools, and fountains/ man made mini rivers at the parks here in Highlands Ranch. My brother Jasun and his friend Nick came out for a week to help me while Aaron went to the Bahamas. I kept the boys busy taking them to Boulder, Golden for the Coors Brewery, Ft. Collins for the New Belgium and Anheiser Busch Breweries, Colorado Springs for Garden of the Gods, and Downtown Denver- it was a busy week but also tons of fun. Meanwhile Aaron was in the Bahamas on a trip via Impact Edventures the company he and two buddies started about a year ago. They brought about seven highschoolers down there on a leadership development/ service trip. They spent the whole week on a sail boat, helped at an orphanage, did a ton of snorkeling, swam with barracudas and nurse sharks, collected huge Conch shells that they ate the critter out of and brought one of the shells home to me. All and all he had a blast and came home with a great tan. We missed him like crazy! The same day he got back, Jasun and Nick flew out and Star and Andy arrived. It was great to have Aaron's brother, Andy and our sis-n-law and niece and nephew out for a week. We brought them to the Denver Zoo and the Aquarium as well as lots of fun pool and park time. Aricin loved playing with Attison and Tally followed Ayla around a bit. We also dog sat an awesome yellow lab for two weeks- Jeremiah loves Molly and they did great together until Molly decided to make a great escape and dig a hole out of our yard. We ended up tracking her down and bringing her back- thank goodness! Aaron left for a 2 nighter retreat for Valor in Colorado Springs- I'm so sad the summer is done and he's back to it with school. Aricin starts pre school two days a week on August 23rd. He did a week of Vacation Bible School in July and loved it! He learned a couple new songs, did some great crafts, and made some new friends. I am 31 weeks along now and i feel like my super huge belly is dominating my body- it's getting harder to roll over at bed at night and i think i'm starting to waddle :) Aside from feeling really large, I feel great and am starting to be more and more eager about meeting this guy or girl. I'm nesting like crazy and reorganizing everything in my path and the kids love the baby too. Aricin likes to sit next to me and try to feel "baby Trey" while Tally gets jealous if Aricin touches my belly and usually yells at him "My baby." Aaron finished re-tileing the kids bathroom, putting in a new sump pump in our basement, and a six foot extension of our porch- i'll try to include pics next time- it looks great and has created a great space for us to sit and hang out in- the kids have their sand box out there and a teeter totter as well as a gate to keep them from leaving the front porch- it's great! Oh yeah and yesterday i brought the kids to the Douglas County Fair, they loved seeing all the animals- i love fairs! And now... i turn 32 in a week, Dang i'm getting old! Part of me is excited to get back into a normal routine with school starting and our small group starting up again- there's something great about a normal schedule and slowing down a bit.

June and Tan Toes...

WARNING: I've uploaded a crazy amount of pictures...

strike a pose

Tally got her face painted in Lake Arrowhead by her cousin, Rachel.

Aricin got Lightning McQueen painted on his face

Lake Arrowhead with cousins Anna and Emie

First Carousel ride in Lake Arrowhead

Lake Arrowhead

feeding the ducks

Aricin and his buddy Seth in Santa Barbara

Jason and Zoe let us stay with them for a week in Santa Barbara

Aaron went Paddleboarding

Tally practicing her running form at Westmont

The Westmont fountain

Westmont bookstore find

Beach time...

lunch with Great Grandma Marshall

surfing down the hill at the zoo

Tally sliding down the hill at the zoo

And this is where we got married at the Santa Barbara Zoo... 7 years ago

Aricin feeding Betty Lou the Giraffe at the Zoo

Duncan the Dinosaur

Tally in a Dinosaur foot print

Whale bones at the Natural History Museum

Ring around the Rosies at the Santa Barbara Mission

Playtime at the park

24 weeks preggers pic

7th anniversary dinner at Longboards

Cousins Attison and Aricin

Cousins Ayla and Talia

Aaron with his dad and brother (The Marshall Boys)

Ramos Family pic... note the fake baby my mom's holding- just in case she opts to use the pic as a Christmas card when baby #3 will already be here :)

Spa surfing with Uncle Jasun and Uncle Jon

In-N-Out... it's what a hamburger is all about

Slide races with Grandpa

Playing with Grandpa Marshall

Twins day with Uncle Parker

Newport Beach

Backyard campout with daddy

Summer Backyard fun

trampoline tricks

Aaron's birthday sticker... in honor of our last car's "roll"

Papaya-shrimp yumminess

Caprese Salad

pre-haircut hair

we made sponge balls for water fun

June was soo fun. I don't even know where to begin... We went to our first concert at Red Rocks- an amazing venue where we saw Dispatch a pretty awesome band. We've been enjoying lots of evening walks (one of my favorite things) and i've been trying lots of new recipes (also one of my favorite things). The kids have seen lots of pool and sprinkler time and we've just been trying to enjoy as much outside time as we can. It's funny i think we appreciate being outside so much more because of the snow and cold that we got this spring. Aaron's been busy doing research for his PhD and has also demo'd the basement and is planning on renovating it sometime soon. I've been nesting and reorganizing everything i can get my hands on. Tally's vocabulary is growing and i love hearing her sweet girly voice say new words. Aricin is potty trained and loves helping us with everything from cooking to house projects.

We had an awesome time in California. We flew into Orange County and went straight to Newport Beach with our In-N-Out burgers. We stayed the night in Irvine with the Parkers and then drove up to Pasadena and spent some time with Aaron's dad and Diane. We stayed 2 nights with my Aunt and Uncle in Thousand Oaks and got to hang out with my parents and brothers which was awesome. We spent fathers day with Aaron's dad and his brother, Andy and his wife, Star and kiddos Attison and Ayla. It was so good to see family. We then headed over to Santa Barbara where we went Longboards on the pier for dinner on our 7th anniversary. We stayed with my old roommate Zoe and her husband Jason and appreciated their hospitality. In the week we were there we spent a lot of time at the beach, went to the zoo, the mission, state st., Westmont, we did it all and enjoyed great meals with friends. A small part of my heart will always remain in Santa Barbara- oh how i love that city. Aaron got to do some Paddle boarding (thank you Kevin and Amber) and Aricin got to feed Betty Lou the giraffe. I got to sneak out and go shopping with Zoe and Tally got to see turtles at the park. Our trip was awesome, refreshing, relaxing, and very much a vacation. We spent our last night up in Lake Arrowhead visiting my grandparents and aunt and uncle. Aaron got to do some Kayaking around the lake before we left. It's funny as good as it was to be in California it was also really good to be back home. As much as I whine about the winter cold and spring snow I think i do love it here and love the seasons.