July 2020 - Yellowstone + Moving

We sold our Denver house on June 30th and drove up to West Yellowstone. We stopped in Jackson Hole to take a picture with the famous antler arch - super cool and huge! 

 While we were leaving Jackson Hole, we saw this amazing Moose - it was the best one we saw during our trip.

 Yellowstone was gorgeous! We enjoyed driving around and looking at the different waterfalls, geysers, hot pots, etc ... We wore masks most of the time except when taking photos. What a cool place to explore!

 We saw a ton of buffalo... hundreds for sure.

 We did see a this bear on the side of the road. He went down into the trees shortly thereafter and we raced back to the hotel so the kids could swim during the hour time slot we booked.

 Love this. Father son fishing.

 Avery & Griffin loved exploring while Ryan/Jaxson fished and I was feeding Colson.

 Sweet baby!

 Even though Covid only allowed us an hour at a time and minimal people, the kids had a blast in the hotel swimming pool. I, of course, enjoyed the hot tub!

 Colson was a champion - traveled great & slept well.

After most of the month spent at Echo Lake, we drove back through Denver. The kids had a blast seeing friends and playing one last time. It was sad to say goodbye but we were ready to be back in a house all together. 

We made it to Edmond (city on the north side of Oklahoma City) and it is gorgeous. We are loving the lakes in the neighborhood and the swimming pool. Looking forward to getting more settled and into a routine soon

June 2020

 June started out with the baptism of this beautiful girl. She was baptized on the same day as her 3 other girl cousins and they all supported each other through zoom calls. Even though COVID kept them physically apart, they got to do be together through the internet. We are so proud of our Avery and her desire to choose the right.

Avery was allowed to have 10 people attend so we had our 6 family members and her 2 close friends & their mommas. Glad the rest of the family was able to attend through zoom. 

I snagged these cookies for Ryan because he said how much he enjoyed these peanut butter cookies with PB & jelly swirl on top. It is not often he says he loves a treat so I wanted to give him a bunch! 

Our sweet little guy at 2 months. 

Avery asked for a spa date so Daddy helped her out. 

Avery playing with Colson on his play mat.

She is a great helper - loves to burp her brother during a feed.

This is what happens when you let her watch Colson on her bed. She is going to be a fun babysitter one day.

Fishing at the reservoir before we moved. Lucky night for us ... Jaxson actually caught one! First one in 4 years. 

Proud boy!

Colson loves his baby brother.

We did a drive by ice cream primary activity before we moved. It was so good seeing my primary kids (from a distance) but sad at the same time not getting to see & hug them to say good bye. Love these ladies who I was able to serve with in the primary presidency.

We sold our Colorado home June 30th ... so bittersweet. We had so many good memories there and will cherish them all. On to more adventures in Oklahoma!

Colson was an amazing traveler through July as we road tripped, spent time in Montana, then drove back through Denver to OKC.

May 2020

I felt so grateful  this Mother's Day to have all 4 of my babies at home and healthy. Colson was still on oxygen but continued to make good progress and eventually was allowed to be off supplemental oxygen this month. 

Caught a cute yawn

 Avery is such a great big sister and Colson just loves it when she holds him.

Yay for graduating extra oxygen! 

 He just stares at her ... its so cute to watch them.

 Griffin also loves holding his baby brother and can't wait until he can run around and party like the big kids.

 We take daily walks down to and around the Aurora resevoir. The kids love (cray) fishing down there and splashing in the water.

Colson is a champ and just sleeps in the stroller most of the time. 

Griffin graduated preschool this month. We were sad he couldn't meet his class in person but was excited to be done none the less. He said when the sickness is over, he wants our family to go to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate. 

Avery & Jaxson also finished their (remote learning) school work and completed grades 2 and 4. The teachers did a parade around the neighborhood and honked at the kids to say goodbye. 

Family picnic at a park with torchy's and crumbl. Pretty much perfect! 

One of the trips around the resevoir ended up in the kids (and Ryan!) jumping off a cliff into the water. Brrr. Brave kids! 

 Daddy took a nap and Avery was his weighted blanket.

 Jaxson thought it was funny to mimic Colson.

 Just snapping some pictures of the little guy. We sure loved him and think he is pretty adorable.

Caught this precious moment during our Church worship one Sunday. 

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Jaxson was spotlighted in our ward weekly newsletter. He is such a good kid and we love him! 

The kids have been SO glad to be playing with friends again outside. Bike rides, fishing, football, etc. Its so good to have a small bit of normality back. 

 Cray fishing ... I think they had 15 or so in the castle.

 Jaxson, Nick, & Dallin. These boys are going to miss each other once we (and Nick) move!

 Avery was nice and held the cray fish so Griffin didn't have to touch it. He wanted to but just couldn't.

Avery has had a couple of outdoor playdates with her best friend Ethan from school. I am so glad they get along so well. It's going to be hard to see these two say goodbye to each other next month.