And the winner is....

O Grace Photography! Yay!!
Last night was Arizona Bride Magazine's "best of" party and it was a blast.
Great food, drinks and great people.
Awards were given in each wedding vendor category (photography, florists, etc..)
and O Grace won for the third year in a row!
I was very excited for Jen and also happy to be a part of her special night and her company.
We had a little goofy fun in the photo booth before leaving the party.

Sinking Daddy

"Cannonball!"
I hear it every day when Tim jumps in to the pool. The kids love it!
Next to Tim's Cannonball and pretending to be merpeople, their next favorite thing is to try to sink Daddy.

Burger Trees

Collin has a new love for hamburgers.
He has always had an aversion to meats other than chicken nuggets.
But this new fondness started after trying Grandma's loose meat hamburgers.
So every now and again we get him a burger.
The other day we found him picking sesame seeds off of his burger buns.
After asking him what he was doing, he said, "I'm going to plant these seeds so that
I can grow a burger tree. Then I can just go to my backyard any time I want a burger."

Trip to Colorado

Our spontaneous trip to Colorado turned out to be a well timed and perfect trip.
We got to be there for Jack's birthday, the Air Force Academy Thunderbird show and
the first week of summer break from school that several of our friends and family had. This might be the week to visit every year (although we might just have to switch between May and August every year as my sweet nephew, Nicky reminded me)

Papa Tom's birthday

May was the month of which I am not ready to speak.
I will write about it some day soon I hope... maybe even tomorrow.
But for now all I can say is that May was a tough tough month to say the least.
BUT there were some highlights as there are during any difficult time and one of them was Papa Tom's birthday. We were so sad to miss Tim's birthday while in Michigan, but so happy to have a bright spot last month in celebrating Tom's birthday. Cupcakes, laughter and good company. What a fun night!
Thanks for coming over and bringing a party to us Tom and Joann!!!
You always brighten our days.

The zoo with Grandma Elephant

We love the Phoenix Zoo! It is always a treat to visit and this time Grandma came with us!

I must say it was a kick to see her brushing the goats at the petting zoo!


The goats seemed to really love her.



We got to learn about the Golden Eagle. Collin had lots of questions!




The zoo has a new up close portion to their elephant exhibit! Perfect for Kayla and Grandma Elephant!



What a great day!

Banana Bread

The kids love when they see one or two of our bananas turn brown because they know it's time to turn them in to banana bread.
It was especially fun to bake the bread this time thanks to the groovy new aprons they got from Kelsey and Chris for Christmas! They wear these aprons every opportunity they get!